Hola,
This week was absolutely amazing!
Here are just some highlights. We got to hear from an Apostle of the
Lord, Elder Stevenson. Well I'm not sure if I need to highlight anything
else. That was just so amazing! But of course there were some other
experiences worthy of my weekly letter home.
We
found this one teenager about 3 weeks ago in a potential investigators
house and we gave him to the Elders to teach. Turns out the 14 year old
son wasn't just curious about the gospel, he really was seeking the
truth. Within 5 minutes of talking to him he asked us about 50 questions
about the bible and what were something's we believed weren't right to
do. So fast forward a little bit and this kid has been reading the Book
of Mormon. His mom doesn't believe that we even are Christians, so she
grounded him for wanting to be baptized. She took away his truck
(because in Kansas you can drive when you're 14) and his phone and wont
even let him read the Book of Mormon. So this is a teenager, you'd think
he'd love all of those things enough to just let it go and wait until
he's 18 to be baptized. Well after much prayer and fasting his
mom finally let him come to church this past Sunday. Luckily it was fast
and testimony meeting. It was amazing to see his friend go up there and
bear his testimony. Then at the very last minute, before the meeting
ended, this shy 14 year old boy who just barely got introduced to the
church, went up and bore his testimony. I'm sure just about the whole
ward was in tears and moved by his testimony. He prayed and read the
Book of Mormon and knows that it's true and this is the true church. He
said that he's praying that his mom's heart will be softened to let him
be baptized. After he bore his testimony Sister Samani and I looked at
eachother and said, "What just happened?" Miracles do happen. So we'll
see what happens next.
We met Elder Stevenson
on Halloween night in Salina. We spent about 5 hours in a bus one way
and 5 hours coming back. It was totally worth it. Those 21/2 that he
spoke felt like 10 minutes long. I learned so much about how to be a
better missionary. He talked a lot about his time serving as a Mission
President in Japan and the stories of the missionaries there. He's such a
down to earth, relatable person, but he teaches with power and
authority. He taught us about having a vision, being obedient, and how
to teach from preach my gospel. He compared himself a lot to the other
general authorities. He said that whoever got to hear from Elder Holland
on the mission to "lower their expectations" he said that's the only
time in your life we should lower our expectations. Well he definitely
isn't Elder Holland, or President Thomas S. Monson. It's hard to compare
servants of the Lord, or anyone because everyone has something unique
to bring to the table. Elder Stevenson taught me many things and I know
that he truly is called of God.
I hope everyone had just as good of a Halloween night as me. But the only ghost I felt on Halloween was the Holy Ghost. :)
I love you all. I know our Savior lives and loves us. I know that this is the true church. I know obedience brings blessings.
Love,
Hermana Webb
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