10/12/15 Simplicity of the Gospel

My dear Brothers and Sisters!

So guess who is in our ward? JoAnn Dew!! Yep she's related to Sherry Dew, that's her mother!! I remembered that Aunt Paullas roommate was Sherry Dew, so I asked her if she remembered Paulla and she does! JoAnn isn't here all the
time though, she lives in Utah, but she's here in Ulysses to check the
farms. So it was really neat meeting her and talking to her about General Conference, especially since she is best friends with the 12 Apostles! Elder Uchtdorf gave her a kiss on the cheek. She said she didn't want to wash her face ever again! She is such a neat lady. She also knows Elder Nelson (who is now President Nelson) and sister Nelson.

Speaking of General Conference... It was such an amazing experience. Literally every talk I was on the edge of my seat. I think General Conference is a lot like the Super Bowl for Missionaries. I'm so grateful for the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that the Head of the Church is Jesus Christ and President Monson is truly the Mouth Piece for him as well as the 12 apostles. I know that the Mantle was truly placed upon Elder Rasband, Elder Stevenson, and Elder Renlund. I loved every single talk in conference and I'm trying to figure out which one to speak on for my talk next week in Sacrament Meeting.

This week we've met so many wonderful people. I'll tell you a couple of stories that Stood out. Well we ran into this lady who speaks Spanish, one night and we didn't get a chance to talk to her very long since it was getting late. We actually ran out of Spanish Book of Mormons since we moved to a new place and had very little supplies. She seemed interested but very busy with her work with McDonalds. Well a week and a half later we were walking down the street and decided to go up to a house that some little kids were playing in the front. The same lady just walked right outside and she invited us in. She was at her niece's house taking care of her kids and we just happened to be prompted to that house. We finally were able to give her a Book of Mormon. She was looking through the book and opened up to a scripture in 2 Nephi 9 and she read a verse and said how beautiful this book is and that she'll read the whole thing cover to cover! It was such an amazing experience! I know the Lord leads us in the right direction always!

Another amazing experience happened yesterday. We were invited to lunch at a members home after stake conference. We planned what we were going to talk about before and make it spiritual for that family. Turns out they had more of their family come and a nonmember came. We actually thought this girl was a member, but after talking to her she wanted to become a member. She's good friends with someone in the family and was at church several times. It was such a good experience talking to her because she really wants to learn more and be baptized one day. We definitely had to switch up our lesson in order to teach her as well. 

 We have found so many people just by having more lessons with the members and helping them be a disciple of Jesus Christ. We've been trained a lot on how we can better help the members because think of how much good 200 missionaries in a ward can do rather than 4 missionaries in a ward! We are starting to help families with their missionary plan. Surprisingly their are only 13 steps!

I know that the atonement is real and that we can overcome anything with our Savior. I know that Heavenly Father knows our hearts and answers every prayer. I know that Joseph Smith Restored the true church on the earth and I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God! This is my simple testimony that has kept me strong. I know there is beauty in the simplicity of this Gospel.

I love you all,

Hermana Webb