Weekly Letter for the real homies Feb 14, 2016

HEY!! I am happy right now. Life feels good. I hope all you are happy. 

Mannnn we had an awesome week. Very busy, very rewarding. 

So I took some little notes every day this week so I could have a little bit of a better letter for you all... So I will just kind of go day by day..

Monday- This was just the pday I emailed last week but later on that night we usually always have FHE on monday nights here so we had a couple family home evenings this day. So the first one we planned on going to at about 5:30 but we were late and they were late also so we started at about 6:30 and our next FHE was supposed to be at 7:30 and it is like 30 minutes away... So we came way late to the last one haha we knocked on the door and the dad is just sitting there watching tv and the rest of the family was sleeping... Haha so it was pretty awkward and we felt really bad but they understood and we just shared a quick message and left.

Tuesday- So today wasnt anything too special we had a zone training meeting where our whole zone got together and we had some workshops and stuff. Then we all set goals as a zone. One of the goals we set is called "Magic 6" which is we get 3 referrals obtained and contact 3 referrals every day. And every time we got that we would text magic 6 to the ZLS letting them know that we got it. This was a fun thing and our whole zone got into it. The other goal is called "Magic L.A.M.E" (Less Active Magic Excitement) This means that every week we find at least 2 new less actives that we have not met before. This one me and my comp are leading in it. We were supposed to find 2 per week but we were finding 2 per day haha. But these are some fun goals that have got us motivated to open our mouths.

Wednesday- So wednesday was an interesting day... It was way hot and we went to go work. So we went out and started to find some less actives. So we found one and then we started to teach them, and they had a couple dogs that kept walking around me and I was sitting down talking and then all of a sudden I felt a warm sensation like a dog was licking me then I look down and freakin peed on my leg! My first appointment of the day and I already have dog pee all over my leg... I didint even go home to change I just kept on working.

Thursday- Today was all right. Kind of tough. I just kind of had a bad attitude so that is my fault. But we have this awesome investigator named Crisanto and he came to church for the first time last week but didint come yesterday:( But he is still way cool and we had a great lesson with him today. He really understands what we are teaching. And he understands his role as an "investigator" he knows that he is searching for the truth so its been fun to teach him and we can tell he always loves our visits. So we are working on him and praying that he will continue to progress.

Friday- On friday we found the funniest and cutest old lady less active. She was funny and it was way fun to teach her. She is in a tough situation she has been in and out of the hospital so it has been hard for her to go to church but we are trying to help her out. later that night we were just walking to an appointment and me and my comp just stopped and we saw this family outside and we both felt like we should go talk to them so we went over and did. The mom wasnt very interested but we taught the dad and he loved it. It was awesome to teach them, it felt really good after and me and my comp both kind of new that it was an impression.

Saturday- Hahaha this was an interesting day.So on friday night when we sat down to do planning for this day and usually on saturday we go to this part of our area that is WAY far away and just kinda pointless when we could focus on the area that is much closer to the chapel so its easier for people to come to church. So we sat down to plan and we just had no clue what to do, we made a plan but that soon fell apart so we just said ya know what lets just go out and work and see what happens haha obviously not the best example of what a missionary does but thats what happened. That day we just walked around and talked to people and taught them lesson 1 and we had 6 lessons that day and they were all lesson 1. We got a lot of new investigators and found some new LAs. I was way nervous for that day but it actually turned out alright and it was a good day.

Sunday- Kind of tough. I got sick again... I think I am getting allergies here which  really sucks but yeah we still went out to church and worked but it was tough. My body was way week and I am still kinda sick right now but its all good. 

So this is kinda a different approach on my weekly letter. Let me know if you like it or want something different. I love all of you and I am so grateful for you all!!

Have a great week!:)

Love Elder Webb

Feb 7, 2016

Hey everyone... Sorry that I didint write last week I didint have too much time and I forgot my camera so I wanted to wait until I had it to send this. 

HELLLLOOOOO,

I hoped you all enjoyed the pictures!!! So yeah that is my area! San Miguel. Im lovin it. 

So how is everyones week going?! Mine was pretty good!! It was up and down, I am still adjusting a lot to where I am at but it will get a lot better soon. This week was a busy and rewarding week. We had 5 of our investigators come to church which was of course awesome. 2 of which are in pictures that I sent you. One was the cute little boy and the other was the guy sitting on the couch not looking at the camera when I took a selfie haha ( he is way shy) The little kids name is John Carlo and the guys name is Ramil. Ramil is a great guy and progressing in everything right now EXCEPT word of wisdom. He has a smoking problem. He comes to church every sunday but he is just taking some time getting over his smoking problem, we are here to help him and he is making some good process. Our area is SO big, I am trying to just focus on a small part in our area right now close to the chapel so people can easily get to church. Because we have a few less actives and an investigator wayyyyy out in the bukid (farm) And they just cant come to church because they cant afford the price it takes to travel there. That is the hardest part about this area and most of the Philippines is just the price it takes to get to church because they dont have any money and of course they have no cars. This place feels so different that I dont even feel like I am in the same place, the people are different, the area is different, and the work is different. But its all a fun new adventure. One thing thats really cool about this area is that we have ward members with motorcylces with side cars so when they work with us we have a ride to all of our appointments haha it is awesome. I dont know what much else to say sorry. I need to take notes through out the week so I can write better letters sorry, i just get to the computer and I go blank. But I will take some notes this week so it will be better. 

But yeah I love you all and hope you all have a great week this week and stay warm ;)

Love Elder Webb

January 25, 2016

Hello everyone, 
I hope you all had as good a week as I did. Well throughout this week I kind of figured it was my last week. Which was risky because I easily could of stayed. But we had our zone conference last Wednesday. Which is 2 zones together to listen to workshops and stuff. It was pretty good. Friday came around and thats when all the potential trainers get their phone calls so my comp was expecting a call which I dont know why haah but yeah he didint get one. So saturday was my favorite day. That was the day of Michael Salinas baptism. I had the honor of being able to baptize him:) That is my first baptism of me performing it and what a great experience that was. I also taught Mike from the beginning which was even more of a cool experience to be able to baptize the guy I taught all the way through. He is so excited to be apart of the church now. After his baptism he just said thank you and hugged me. I asked him what his feeling was and he said that where were no words to describe it. That baptism was definitely the highlight of my mission so far. After the baptism we all went out to get some food at a place called Chow King. IT was a memorable night and I will never forget it. I will miss the people I have met in the University Hills area. They will always have a special place in my heart. 

Sooo YES I am finally transferring! I have been in Caloocan for 6 months and now I will be transferring tooooooo BALIWAG. Now I know you guys dont really understand that so I will try to explain. Baliwag is the farthest zone in the mission from everything haha. It is clear up north. Not only is the zone the farthest but specifically my area is the farthest area away. San Miguel. This place is the opposite of where I am now. It is green, it is clean, it is beautiful! I cant wait to head up there. I can finally get rid of this pollution cough I have. So yeah, now that I am done training I am not a trainer anymore. I guess President trusts me enough to call me up to be a new district leader... So I am now District Leader up in Baliwag which is like my dream right now haha. I am very excited. So tomorrow I get on the bus and take about a 4 hour ride up to my new area. So after I heard the announcements I was so excited. But later on that night the ZLs called and they had an addition, I will be opening an area. I dont know if you guys know what that is but, the area I am heading to the previous elders there were taken out so right now there are no Elders there and me and my new comp will both be new in the area which means we both dont know anything about it. Hahaha so that will be a challenge. But I know I can do it. So that is basically all the big news I have. These next few days some members have invited me to go eat before I go and they are making me some awesome food so I am very excited for that. But yeah I leave tomorrow morning and head up there. 

Also we had a special announcement from the mission last week and on February 19 we will be able to have the pleasure to have Russel M Nelson come speak to our whole mission. That will be a great experience to here that and for our whole mission.

So yeah! I hope you know I love all of you! I pray for ya always. I will email you next week in my new area!

Love Elder Webb

ps. I burnt a tie for my 6 month mark.

Letter from Mission President

Week of Teaching

Hellllllllooooooooo:)

Its hot here, its cold there, its day here, its night there, pretty much the opposite eh? But yeah this week was way busy but a good one. We hit the most lessons this week than I have ever gotten here. Which was very rewarding because we were in top gear the whole week. Well we have some great progressing investigators right now. 2 came to church yesterday and one of them is going to be baptized this saturday so that is always so exciting! One of our progressing investigators right now is actually someone that I approached on the street and now she is working to towards baptism and I really just love that and it makes me very happy. We are also working with a lot of less actives who are starting to come back to church, they are tough sometimes but it is great when they come back to church. All of our recent converts are fully active and doing great. That is one of the most important things to me, making sure the ones we baptized stay active. 

I think my time is coming closer to an end here in my first area, transfers are next week and I think I will be heading out of here. I am excited to go explore more parts of this mission that are hopefully not so much city. 

Sorry this letter is really bad, I need to take some more time writing in the future. My thoughts just go blank when I come to the computer. But they will get better.

I love you all have a great week.

Ps. I dont have pictures right now because my SD card got a virus and got completely wiped soo yeah that sucked.

Any ways love ya

Elder Webb

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I helped an old lady cross the street!

Hey guys:) Sorry its been a while since I have been able to write because it has been a pretty hetic schedule with all the holidays and such and I am sure it has been the same for you guys as well! Well Christmas was okay here! We really did not do much. I skyped and then we went home took a nap, went to a members house to eat then just came home and hung out again. Haha very uneventful. Christmas eve was the most fun Elder Kirifi my roomate and I just were up on our roof throwing toys and stuff to kids it was fun. They really loved it and there were a lot of dancing and christmas carolers it was a lot of fun. So my companion got really sick for a couple days. He had a high high fever and was just dead in bed basically haha. So that left me for myself in the house for a couple days which was really boring. I really just read all day and kinda just sat, it sucked haha. Oh yeah. My subject of this email. I helped an old Filipina lady cross the street! Just like you see in the movies haha it was awesome. I held out my arm to her and she grabbed it and I took her across the busy street!! I can cross that off my bucket list. So yeah we had some good lessons this week. One investigator in particular who is doing really well is Mike Salinas. He is the cousin of Elsie Salinas (my first baptism here) He is progressing really well. We just taught him the word of wisdom which we thought he would have a problem with but he took it really well and agreed to live it. I have really enjoyed teaching him, he is a funny guy and just always has a great attitude. So yeah last night was new years eve and hoooolllyyyy cow.... It was NUTS here. Especially here in the city it was just crazy. We had a curfew of 5 but we kinda wanted to go in earlier because there were so many drunk people and they were just lighting off "fireworks" they werent really fire works they were just basically bombs haha they were soooo loud! But once we got in it was fun. Our new roomate Elder Guilermo is a good chef and he made a lot of food. Chicken Curry, pasta, and our neighbors gave us a lot of food as well! So we took a table and chairs up to the roof top and ate some food and had some music and it was a good time. Then we went back inside and I fell asleep but I woke up at 11 because it was SO loud outside so we went back to the roof until midnight and man was it crazy haha. There were firworks everywhere and music so loud and just people everywhere it was seriously nuts haha. But after that we just went inside and I tried to fall asleep but it was hard because the firewroks would not stop hahah. So the next transfer date is on january 27th and I think I will be transfering but who knows I might stay another one. Okay I am trying to attach pictures but it is not really working so maybe next time. So this wasnt a super long email but thats kinda how my weak was. I love you all so much! Stay awesome:) Happy New Year:)