Nuther Day Nuther Peso

This week, it was alright.

My companion, Elder Otto and I, taught Eduardo about the word of wisdom (amongst other stuff) which basically talks about how we believe that God has revealed that we should not partake of harmful substances like alcohol, and tobacco, and drugs and stuff. And we asked him if he had ever had a problem with the Word of Wisdom, and he was like "yeah, sometimes I like to have wine with dinner, but the doctors say it´s healthy to have wine sometimes."

So we were like, "now that you know that God has commanded us to refrain from alcohol, will you commit to obeying the Word of Wisdom?"

"um. no? the doctor said it´s fine, so I´m not gunna stop."

"Do you believe that God knows about all things?"

"yes."

"do you believe that God reveals his commandments unto the prophets today?"

"yes"

"then will you listen to God and obey?"

"BUT THE DOCTOR SAID IT´S OK"

"WHO´S SMARTER? YOUR DOCTOR OR GOD??"

"BUT DOCTOR"

"BUT GOD!!!"

and long story short, it got slightly confrontational... We stopped teaching with the spirit. which is our fault... but it just didn´t go very well. but we learned, and in our next lesson, we explained things a little better, and we´re tight now. but... bleh... no esta padre.

We also met our new investigator, Merideth, and her daughter, Carter. and they are American and know quite a bit of english, but we´re still supposed to just speak spanish to them. our lessons are going so well. she could probably get baptized pretty soon with Jorge. (our other investigator.) but Eduardo, the "DOCTOR" guy... he has to wait until he´s good with all the commandment...

Also, we started a district wide futbolita tournament last week, and not to brag, but me and Elder Otto as a team... We´re totally undefeated. We are actually super good. but we play again today. and then if we win, we move on to the finals. so I´ll let you know how that goes.

I´m attaching some pictures too this week. hopefully. but if it doesn´t work out... I met another Elder Webster! we´ve actually become kinda close friends.

And the other one is a picture I took of the most dedicated weed puller in the world. I see him everyday, and he always looks awesome.

Love you all. Jaxon, your pictures always make my day. Dad, sorry about the trailer and stuff.

Hailey.... thanks for not emailing me... Jace, Good luck balancing your budget I guess...

and Mom, let me know when you sell all my drawings, because I want a cut of the profits.

Love you all.

Elder Webster

Elder Webster and Elder Webster

Weed puller

Dog Fights and Womanly Tears

Hola

(sorry. This is a long one)

Sooo it´s been crazy rainy lately. We´ve had 2 really bad hail storms in the past week, and it was totally legit. but both of them were during our "Gym time" so we basically stayed in doors and took naps and just hung out. It was so sweet. I got some pictures, I´ll send another email.

The Spanish is coming along really well! We have this thing called TRC every Wednesday, that´s when we teach a random investigator whom we´ve never met about a different topic every week, and we were "roll playing" the lesson amongst some of the other missionaries, and I got paired to practice with Hermana Buxton, (from Washington DC) and I had to teach her about the Book of Mormon. And straight up. I made her cry. She said that the whole time, she was thinking of her friend back home and she just kept thinking "I wish Elder Webster would´ve been called to Washington DC" :´) hahaha so that was nice. :) but the practice went better than the actual TRC. It was a good lesson and all.. but me and my companion had to be grouped with our roommates in a group of 4 for our lesson, and they are just really bad at Spanish.. so it was hard to get them to say much... me and Elder Otto (my companion) taught most of it.

Also, Elder Otto, Elder Lotuleile (the district leader) and me were asked to teach some greenies how effectively study Spanish. You could say we run this place.

This next part of the email is the most exciting part. because this morning we went to the Mexico City Temple!! It was the first time I´ve left the MTC walls. it´s all graffiti-y and loud and scary. But i did see a couple wild dogs fighting in the streets, so that was cool. and someone tried to sell cigarettes to my bus driver off the side of the road.. Mexico man... Mexico... But the temple was really pretty! the downside is that the actual "temple is currently being renovated, so We had to stay in the visitor´s center... Nonetheless, I did get several sweet pictures to remember the moment. Jaxon, I bought you a keychain that I think is sweet.

I´m also sending you a picture of my mailbox. You may notice... It is Empty... Everyday... All the time... Without fail... But you know, whatever. I´m not bitter.

Love you guys! I hope Idaho/Wyoming is sweet. Jace saw a llama this week, so I know he´s having a blast. Dad, try not to get too bored by yourself haha

PS. Elder Otto and I are the Fútbolita (Fusbol) champions. 100% undefeated. WHAT WHAT represent.

Elder Webster

Chillin' in Corpse Pose

HOLA LOVED ONES!!! I sent some pictures a few minutes ago. Hope you got them all. :) it´s way pretty here, except for the daily rain. haha I also learned some spanish slang. haha so if I ever say "Está Padre", that means "that´s sick". kind of. haha So anyway. Things are still going good. haha

My first investigator, Felípe commited to baptism, and now we don´t teach him any more. turns out, he is a teacher here. So.... lame. But he was supposed to act like he didn´t know anything, only spoke spanish, and was supposed to turn down any commitment invitations unless he genuinely felt like he was ready. The teacher knows a guy who is actually named Felípe though, and he was acting as if he was his friend. So it´s still a huge achievement to commit him to baptism. Elder Otto and I have had a few investigators since then, and they´ve all gone really well. spanish is definitely still something I need to practice, but I can almost teacha whole lesson without any notes! :)

I gave a talk this last sunday about Faith in Christ, and it had to be in Complete spanish, and I think it went really well, but it´s hard to say exactly how well because i don´t technically speak spanish, but it was the material that was really important.

I´ve been playing a lot of soccer recently. :) We get a half hour of GYM time every day. And usually, I do Yoga.... Haha one of the sisters in my district has trained to be a yoga instructor, so usually, we just chill in some "corpse pose" or "warrior one". But I´ve moved on to Soccer recently. It´s a good time. haha

Dad, You were asking if i got a haircut, and yes.

Let me tell you something about haircuts in the CCM. THEY DON´T ASK YOU HOW YOU WANT YOUR HAIR CUT!!! they only spoke spanish, So i tried my best to tell them I wanted a haircut, and then they basically shaved my head. haha It´s the shortest it´s ever been. But it´s been about a week since then, cuz I got it cut last thursday. It´s sorta growing out now, kinda. but it´s still short. No more swoop. :(

Hope everything is going well! I´m happy to have gotten so many emails from everybody!! I hear that a few of my friends have been reading my blog, so that´s awesome! I had low expectations of people actually reading, cuz I wrote a lot. but once everything stops being so new, my emails will probably be shorter. haha

Verse of the week. 1 Nephi 3:15

You should read it because I read it last week, and It pretty much sums up how I feel about my mission.  It talks about returning with honor. That, and 1 Nephi 3:7. That talks about being obedient and willing to serve. It´s good. Read it.

Love you all.

Elder Webster

This is Mexican Jesus. We tight.

B Mountain behind mi casa.

CCM

Me and Derek

Old Mexican Pesident

A Quick Summary

Hola

So the MTC (or CCM in español) is pretty.... interesting. haha It´s in mexico city, which is this HUGE compact, busy, loud, dirty city. But the CCM is right in the middle of it, surrounded by 4 big walls and a moat. ?? It blocks out most of the sound, but if you get a chance, check it out on google maps, cuz Im sure it looks super weird.

Also, Thanks to everyone who emailed me. I tried to reply to a couple, but I´m almost completely out of time already, so unfortunately, I just don´t think I can get to everyone today... But you made me feel so loved and missed, and I want you to know that you are loved and missed too.

It´s rained almost every day since I´ve been here. I think I came in the middle of Mexico´s version of "monsoon season" because apparently today was like day 21 of rainy days in a row. Which is actually cool, because I thought I´d be super hot.

I live with 16 guys in my casa, but I´ve only talked with the ones who are in my "district", which is about 8 of them. Of those 8, I sleep in the same room with 3 of them. Elder Otto, Elder Mecham, and Elder Capels.

QUICK SUMMARY OF MY ROOMMATES:

Otto- my companion. He´s tall, kinda quiet, and super super funny. We get along pretty well. but his spanish is pretty awful, so they asked me to help him whenever I can. He´s the type of person who has played in Super Smash Bros tournaments when he lived at BYU. but he´s originally from Michigan with his family of 10, including his identical twin brother.´

Capels- He is from South Carolina, and he has a thick South Carolina accent. His spanish is even worse than Otto´s...

Mecham- Elder Mecham is pretty chill. I think we´d be friends if we lived close. But he´s from Morgan Utah, and he used to be a butcher´s assistant. Him and Capels don´t get along very well, which stinks, cuz their companions and we all share a room.....

Anyway, My spanish is probably the best out of us 4 because two of them took french, and the other one didn´t take a language. So whenever we have to buy something or talk to people, they usually stare blankly until I translate for them. which is pretty sweet and all, but I´m nowhere near fluent...

I kinda forgot that it was 4th of July last week... we didnt do anything to celebrate it, other than have hamburgers for lunch. but that´s about it. Happy late 4th of July!

I´ve seen Elder (Derek) Funkes almost every day this week, and we´re pretty tight. we hang out whenever we can, but we´re not in the same district, so it´s usually just for about a half hour at lunch or dinner.

I have an investigator already!! I´m pretty sure he´s not a real investigator, but we have to talk to him in only spanish, and teach him according to the situations he´s "in". but it feels so real, so it´s actually pretty cool. His name is Felipe, and after about 5 lessons, me and Elder Otto got him to commit to baptism on August 1st! :) it´s been going well!!

I have so much to tell everyone, but first and foremost, I love you all, and I laughed hard at all of Jaxon´s pictures. glad things are going well! keep emailing!!!

Elder Webster

I Landed In Mexico!

I landed in Mexico! I´m safe and happy. Spanish is already kinda weird to deal with. I´m currently typing on a spanish keyboard, which is very similar yet surprisingly different from an english one. and sometimes it typo-underlines random words I know are correct because my computer is set to spanish... and the signs and graffiti look awesome. I only have 5 minutes total to write all my emails, so I'd like to turn this into a family email. PLEASE SHARE WITH EVERYONE  Mom, Dad, I love you and I hope you keep sending me emails all the time because I was super excited to see the ones you sent today. Thanks for the facebook update dad. That picture makes me look ridiculous, but I´m happy to see that I´m missed!!! :) I made a friend in the airport today! his name is Israel, and he´s about 10 years old, flying alone, and looked as scared as I felt, so I sat with him for a while in Texas and we had lunch. He´s pretty chill, but I´m positive that his parents will either love me or completely hate me for talking to their kid, but whatever.

Hope you're not dying of boredom without me. Love ya!

Elder Webster