Dear loved ones,
As you are well aware, yesterday was mothers day! :) I had a
pretty good mothers day! I got to Skype home, and see me good ol' family, and
it looks like everyone's doing pretty good! I even got to see my big brother
Jace for a brief period of time! :) I liked Skyping home again! it was nice! I
feel like at this point, there isn't a whole lot of news though... haha it was
super nice to see everyone again though!
We went over to the Chacon's house to use their computers
(same house I used for Christmas) If I haven't mentioned the Chacon's yet by
name, I'm sorry. But they have been there for a lot!!! Betsaida Chacon is their
daughter at BYUi, and Joel Chacon their son who is a returned missionary from
Phoenix AZ mission who has helped with lots of lessons and given me lots of
sweet shoes and belts and stuff, and Brother Chacon is the 2nd councilor of the
bishopric and was there with us when all of our computers got robbed a while
ago, and Sister Chacon makes amazing Enchiladas and is a missionary-mom for
sure. There family is the best and I am so thankful for them. :)
Anyways, I thought I'd give them a shout-out, because I'm
probably going to come visit them after the mission. :)
OK! So this week, we saw a lot of blessings for sure.
LITERALLY! I must have given 9 or 10 Priesthood blessings this week. So much so
that I used an entire oil-vile's worth of oil during one week's worth of
blessings! We asked the bishop for a refill of consecrated oil on Sunday during
church, and then we continued on with life and were asked to give even more
blessings that night! It made me feel so honored and thankful to be a worthy
priesthood holder, and to be able to see so many faithful people. I've really
started to notice how easy it is to give blessings. When I first started giving
blessings, I was nervous and would always hope they would just ask my companion
to do it. I would try to think of the best vocabulary I could and say the best
things I could think of. I know now that I was doing it wrong.... Lately, I've
been doing better at focusing on the person's needs and trying to imagine my
true role as a Priesthood holder, and I've noticed that all the anxiety behind
giving a blessing completely disappears. I no longer have to worry about what
to say because in a very VERY literal way, the words just come.
I testify to the power of the Priesthood because I've seen
miracles and I've seen it work.
On another note, we were able to see several of our
investigators coming to church lately, which will help them develop a testimony
so much faster, so that's extraordinary. We're still planning on having 2
baptisms this summer. Probably in June. I'm very excited for them both, because
I've been working with them from the very beginning, and I can see that they
both KNOW this church is true, and they both have a solid belief in Christ and
His atonement, and now they're just waiting for their schedules to free up
enough to become active members. So that should happen in the next couple months
whether I'm here or not.
That's pretty much it for the week.
I'm so thankful for my companion btw. Elder Green is
probably one of my favorites. He's a hard worker, he helps me, he accepts help,
he's fun and funny, and I've loved working with him so far.
Anyways! Love you all! Happy Mothers Day!
Elder Webster
Me and Elder Green
This is My District!!
Back row- Yellowhorse, Green, Webster, Mora
Front row- Collett, Kaufusi
This is my companion's Teddy bear... He calls it Vanessa.
It's the creepiest thing ever.
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