Well transfer calls came. And looks like I will be heading to another place here in the TSAM.
I am pretty dang excited to start a new life in a new area with a new companion and new people and a new ward and new fun/spiritual experiences. I like the idea of new. Leander has been great and treated me really well, however, I am excited and very ready to be in another place. I still dont have any idea where I will be, but I will find out on Thursday. And I will be in my new area and everything. I'm looking forward to it.
Yes. We did have some weird weather. Sister West warned us that there could be a tornado and then through the whole night I was woken up by thunder and crazy lightning and things hitting the window. Although we didnt see any tornandoes it sure sounded like the earth was being ripped up outside. So that was kind of fun. But we are safe and we survived. We got rain that we needed. So thats really good!
This week guess what I did. I did something that I never thought I'd do. I totally unloaded/stacked bales of HAY!! Thats so weird, huh. The reason I never thought I'd do it is because of the whole Alergy thing. But my alergies didnt even bother me (knock on wood.) and it was so great. And everyone here says that alergies are really bad but I have not had too bad of symptoms, like at all. I am so grateful for that. But yeah, it was kinda fun to stack it. And I got to feed/pet horses and they were so cute. And just looking at them, I cannot deny the existance of God. Seriously. There is no way that those animals were created just by like organisms mindlessly mixing together. There really IS a God.
We got to teach some cool people this week. We had a great lesson with this family, I kinda mentioned them last week but I will again: The mother was kinda raised lds but fell away and so her children and husband dont know much about the church. So we went by one time just to try to meet her because she is on the records and doesnt come to church so we wanted to meet her and stuff. Turns out she wants to start coming back to church and wants her kids to learn about it too! And the kids are all really excited about it and like it a lot. So we taught them the resortation and they were all answering questions and it was totally making sense to them! It was so cool to see how it makes sense to other people, esspecially when you teach by the spirit. So they werent at church but they are just such a legit family. They are from such humble circumstances and they are really cool. I enjoy them/ will miss them when I go.
I am just going to say, that God really uses us as His tools. I dont know how many times I have just had a thought or something and acted on it, and we show up somewhere and people say we were an answer to their prayers. That always makes me feel so excellent. Because it goes to show that although I am not perfect, Heavenly Father still allows me to bless the lives of His children. And it is such a great feeling to help others and to know that you were guided to help them.
I just love how much sense the gospel makes. It is honestly just so perfect. We have had a couple people who try to bash or whatever and its just lame. But the things that they try to harp on us with dont even make sense. There are doctrines that people totally transfigure and they dont even make sense! So I am just so grateful for the knowledge and restored and correct truth that we have. Example: this week I had the privilege of meeting a mexican man who wanted to talk. Although Elder Caldwell doesnt speak spanish we had a lesson with him. He asked me, "Okay. So the bible happened over in Israel/ Jerusalem and stuff... But what about all of the other places that people are?" So I whipped out the Book of Mormon and started teaching him and he said that it made sense but that he was Catholic and he was not going to change his ways. So that was kind of a bummer. Although his question was answered and I promised him that he could find out the truth and find out about those "other sheep" he didnt want to. But for me it was just great to reaffirm my testimony that there were other people who prophesied and looked to Christ for salvation, and we can know about them and understand more of how we can do the same thing.
I am so grateful for my testimony and the fact that it is growing. (Okay time out.)
This is really weird because I am pretty sure a year ago I was talking about how I wasnt going to be the missionary who like the whole e-mail is just like mushy spiritual stuff. I recant that statement.
But I really am so grateful for this knowledge. February's ensign.. the cover story or whatever is about our Heavenly Father. When Sis. West got that it the mail I was so excited and just ripped it open because I wanted to read it right away. There is so much truth and joy that comes from modern day revelation. And I am so glad we dont have to go around guessing or without light. Because that would really just not be fun. So I am so glad the gospel was restored. And I am so glad that I can take this testimony that I have to yet another place and some more people here in Texas and share with them the joy that can come from recieving a witness of that truth. Hopefully that makes sense...
I love you very much and I am so glad we are an eternal family.
<3 Always,
Elder Kyle David Webb
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