Another week down and it has been a great one, I cant believe that another transfer has pretty much gone by as well. Summer is in full swing here, 97 degrees the other day and its HUMID! some people love it, but I have to say I miss the dry Utah summers. Also the grass back home. We were volunteering at a garden place the other day and every patch of beautiful grass had to have a sign that said "do not park on the grass" because that is what people do here, they just park on the lawn. Its great, but you rarely see a nice green grassy yard. My first week on my mission (back in troy) i suggested we have our comp study outside on the grass and my companion said "oh, you dont want to even sit on that sister... there are chiggers and ants". So enjoy your beautiful green utah grass too :)
So many good things happened this week I dont even know where to start. Its just awesome how many times minor set backs will allow for something great to happen. So here are a few stories:
We found a girl named free (tafreesha) this week and had a super spirit filled lesson. There were so many things that had to happen for us to find her, it was incredible. So lets start from the beginning: A couple weeks ago we got a referral from the spanish elders of a lady named Arlivia. we went to find her and she was there. we went in and as it turned out she was visiting her daughter from quincy (she she doesnt actually live her) and she had been baptized before but is less active. So we talked for a while with her and her daughter (who is not baptized) and were trying to rekindle her testimony while still teaching her daughter a little bit so we offered to watch the restoration DVD with them. She said no she had to leave pretty soon, but her daughter said that she wanted to watch it with us so that we should come back. So we set up a return appt. and went back a couple days later. Her power had just been shut off, not because she didnt pay her bill but because they had lost her check. We were super sad, but set another appointment and went back again. Just as we were coming in her friend Free also showed up. With 3 children in the room and 2 sleeping babies we made it through watching the restoration DVD uninterrupted (that NEVER happens). so we started talking about it after and robin seemed semi interested but not really. Free however had so many questions and she felt the spirit so strong while we were watching it. We talked to her for an hour or so and invited her to church AND SHE CAME! that also rarely happens. no matter how many times you call them in a week and ask if they are coming, something always comes up. She definitely felt the spirit so we are going to teach her again this week. Super awesome.
Then when we thought that our sunday couldnt get any better (because we FINALLY had an investigator come to church) up walks the bishop of another ward with a guy. He says, this is Rod.... he just showed up to church today and he wants to take the lessons. So we talked to him and he has an incredible story of being led to this point in life. He has been every religion out there starting with non denomination, then baptist, then athiest, then jewish ortodox, and none of them "fit". He started looking into the LDS church on his own reading books and looking at the sites and even watched a part of general conference. He read about the word of wisdom and was use to living diet restrictions from the jewish faith so he decided to give up coffee and alcohol. We are teaching him tomorrow. The elders want us to give him the them, we shall see. we talked about alot of different things like missionary work and The last thing he said to us before he left was "so..... if i decide to get baptized, do i HAVE to serve a mission? cause in kind of introverted" haha No no Rod, you dont HAVE To serve a mission. Good things are happening :)
Man, I have alot of stories... but this is already getting long. I will be staying here in tally first because .....drum roll........ I'M TRAINING AGAIN! unless something happens in the next couple weeks I will be training the new sister coming in. I am super pumped. I dont feel like I know the area as well as I should, but I am coming to realize that you just always feel that way being a missionary. You always want to know more than you do.
LOVE YOU ALL!
Have a great week.
Sister Webb
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