Mas Pictures -- May 23

So yes. From the pictures you may notice that we attended the temple. LOVE IT!! Duh. It was a really great experience and such a beautiful temple. (Because of our area and being in the city and stuff we get to attend once a transfer.) P.S. Transfers are this week. Aka I have been in TX for 6 weeks. WHAT THE!?
No but the temple was really amazing. We actually also got asked to be witnesses for sealings. Legit. I have never even been in one of those before so I was kinda blown away. I love the temple.
Kinda lame. Bianca and Frank are backsliding. They were doing so good and all this drama is happening now and we haven’t seen them all week. So hopefully that changes! But we have an investigator named Henry who is so unique and really coming along as well. He attended church with us this week and he seemed to like it a lot. And the talks given and lessons applied to him so much so it will be nice to go back to his house and talk to him more about how he felt. It was crazy. When we talked to him he told us that his great-great grandfather told him a legend (from like an Indian tribe or something... I may have shared this already...) about how a white god... Aka Jesus Christ came to the Americas long ago. How crazy that he heard that and we read it with him in the Book of Mormon! Hahaha. But he is an interesting guy. I will give more details once I really figure him out.

Good news: When we went to the temple we went across the street to some like "Bountiful Books" type store. And right next door there was a Great Harvest. So I like peed my pants I was so happy so we went in and I just wanted a free sample cause I am poor ya know? So the girl at the front is like, "Hi Elders. Did you want a free loaf?" So we were like "Uhh... What?" And she said that they have free loaves for the Elders. So we got a Spice Apple bread. For FREE. LOVED IT!!
Always, <3 Elder Kyle David Webb

Quickerz-- May 9, 2011

This week was supes good. I am trying to remember all that happened! I gave another haircut! OH! And. It totally rained. And poured really. We worked a lot with members and less actives. Trying to get them more converted since we don’t have very many members attending, we want to make sure they have some sort of Spiritual experience. AND of course we want their help in this work of finding people to teach! Working with members... I think... will really help us in the long run! So we were doing that this week visiting and giving them Books of Mormon to hand out to their friends. We also chatted with some people and taught a lot of first lessons. The Zone Leaders called us last night cause (I guess by the numbers) we did hecksa good. So they congratulated us.
We had a really cool experience with Marta this week. (Member who is living in poverty but has SO MUCH FAITH!!) So her daughter is in the hospital and pretty much bleeding to death and Marta was going and visiting her and stuff and she was just kinda scared. (When we talked to her at first) And then on Saturday we were pretty much guided by the Spirit all day of what to do and teach and we were having a lot of success and just seeing miracles. Anyway. So we were lead to her house. It didn’t seem like anyone was home but we called her and she was balling and turns out she was at home and wanted us to come in. When we were there she said, " Seeing you guys on my doorstep is like seeing angels that the Lord God has sent to me. Its like you guys came at the exact moment that I needed you! How did y'all know!? This is just like a sign from the Lord God that He is reaching out for me and telling me that I am not alone." (Amazing, right?) So we chatted with her for a long time and she was so just like out of it I guess you could say. Crying, worried, sick about it. It was so sad cause she is never like that. She is also a schystophrenic so she was scared she was going to start hearing voices cause she was so worried. She said all these thoughts are going in her mind at 100 mph. She was just so on edge and then we gave her a blessing of comfort (which was cool cause I had the privilege of declaring it.) And she fell asleep during it!! Like what the!? She was just sitting there, balling, not thinking she could rest or be calm about anything and she is ASLEEP! We helped her move over to the couch and lay down and while we did she was all confused and stuff... Anyway she said, "Wow, I feel so calm."
Elder Andersen and I were just taken back with everything that happened that day and especially with her! I mean the amazing power of the Priesthood helped her to calm down so that she could rest! We were so grateful for everything and it was just such a great experience!
Always, <3 Elder Kyle David Webb

Estes loco si no spay/nueter

There are weird signs around that say this. (the subject of this e-mail) And there is a picture of this crazy woman holding some animal it is really funny.

Last p-day the other Elders in our English ward ran into this lady at the supermarket. Let me explain this more. So we are in an English ward and a Spanish branch. Our area for the boundaries are so big that there are 3 sets of Elders that cover the Spanish branch. And 2 sets of Elders that cover the English ward. So it is Elder Andersen and I and then Elder Brook and Elder Crall. (they are supes tight.) Our area slash ward is called Mission Creek. The other Elders are MC A and we are MC B. So we always eat dinner with and hang out with MC A. ANYWAY. MC A ran into this long lost member of the church. I guess she was baptized and LOVED church but then she moved and didn’t know where the nearest church was to her new home. So she was been like praying for this and stuff and then she saw the Elders and was so excited! She lives in our area of Mission Creek ward. Aka our side of town pretty much. So we went and visited her. She is way strong and totally has this strong testimony. She is a little strange but I think its from drug abuse and just I don’t know. But she is funny and cool. So we met with her and her daughter-in-law was there. (Who is not a member of the church.) We talked to them and then Bianca- the daughter-in-law was telling us about her life story and stuff and how she feels like she needs to go to church cause God is helping her out. So I don’t really know what all happened but its like this: She has 4 kids who have been taken away from her. I guess her last husband beat her and the kids so they took the kids to live in a safe environment. But somehow during this, Bianca is charged or something because she has to take parenting classes and she doesn’t really have custody of her kids. She has to meet some requirements before she can get them back. Requirements such as: get her own house, get a job, finish these classes. And she has to do it by a certain time that is close at hand. ( I hope this is making sense.) Anyway. Things have been falling in place and her mother in law, Marta, has been a strong help to her and they have been praying and all this kinda stuff. But when we met with her she said, "Just since you guys got here I feel different. I feel a lot better!" And THAT was awesome. So her and her husband... who is also not a member, named Frank. Want to take the lessons and stuff. And then they totally came to church on Sunday and said that they really enjoyed it. That hearing everyone's testimonies was really powerful and they really liked it! And Marta is just way cool! She like fell and has all these health problems and she was in a ton of pain but she kept being like, "I may be in pain but that’s not gonna stop me from going to church!'" It was cool. I just remembered I am typing for like ever and I will be talking to you soon.

A Few Pictures

Elder Kyle Webb had a chance to see his friend, Elder Sam Hunter, before leaving the MTC.

Got in a fight with a dog and my pants lost!

Going by the Alamo on a morning run? I guess so!

Elder Webb at the River Walk in San Antonio!

"In 1934 there was the NRA"

I just felt like adding a weird title to this e-mail. So I quoted this really weird guy who we talked to. He talked for like 30 years and he was hilarious! He kept on saying the same stuff over and over and he had no teeth and he kept putting his hands up by his face and making rather odd noises... HA! Anyway. He was an interesting fellow.

News: I figured out this week that Elder Andersen is Ben Crabtree's long lost twin. I'm not even joking to you right this minute. Like they are SO ALIKE!! It is hilarious. Elder Andersen is totally cool and we get along really well. He is just exactly like Mr. Crabtree. They have the same manerisms and like they say the same stuff and talk the same! Make the same faces and all sorts of things. I am not even kidding. My trainer is Ben Crabtree.:)

Anyway. This week was good. Some of the days were hecksa hot. We rode our bikes some and it was alright. But our car has been the main form of transportation. We are still looking for people to teach. We met a referral this week who was so cool! They have this cute little family and are so nice. I think they are thinking that we are really only going over there to "hang out" though. We stopped by again and they just talked forever about like themselves and showed us around their house. We didn't get to teach them anything but it was kinda cool to get to know them. They had music videos playing on the TV... It was so distracting. So we asked them to turn it off. Haha. I just thought I would add that in... Anyway. We are also kinda teaching this guy named Rico. He is way cool. But he is like a paranoid schystafrenic (we know because one of his best friends is a recent convert that we visit and help out... she is hilarious. I love her.) So anyway. He called us the other night and said that he was thinking of committing suicide that day and so we are like praying for him. He is kinda out there but we love him. Other than that we are just looking for people to teach! Its tough!

Easter. Easter. Easter. We just went to church. Sang in the choir. And then that night we made and took food to a family in the hospital. I guess the mom and the daughter recently had surgery. So the husband and the other 4 kids were there. It was a cool experience. We took them the sacrament also and just hung out in this hospital room and had spaghetti. It was a good Easter.

Hmmm...The members are really nice. I have used some spanish. hahaha. I feel like I'm loosing my Spanish a little bit though cause we dont always speak it or learn it! And Elder Andersen is fluent so... anyway. This week has been pretty good!

Okay. This is for everyone who reads this e-mail. This is an order from your missionary son/brother: HAVE THE MISSIONARIES OVER FOR DINNER!! Like seriously. We have been blessed with the gospel in our lives and even more blessed to have the Spirit in our homes. It is so refreshing to go and eat at a members' home where the Spirit resides. We are out all day working hard and seeing people in this broken sad situations and the Spirit isn't residing. It always feels so good to step into a nice clean home with friendly faces to greet and love you! SO. Invite them over! It will make their day and you will totally be blessed for serving the servants of the Lord. P.S. Never serve hot dogs.

Anyway. I love all of you and hope everything is going good!

LOVE YOU!!

<3 Always,
Elder Kyle David Webb. Ghetto SA.

Are you kidding me?

Okay woah.

I am finally here in San Antonio! How weird is that to say!? So here's the scoop:
My first area is called the Mission Creek/Highland Hills area. We cover an english ward AND a Spanish branch. So that's 2 churches in one Sunday. Kinda cool but kinda long. Our apartment is IN Downtown San Antonio. Like I am not even kidding. Like we are right down the street from the Alamo and the River Walk. We are right behind a bunch of super tall buildings and stuff! Its nuts. I thought I would NEVER even see the city. And here I am. First area and I LIVE in the downtown of San Antonio. (i just had to explain that first cause I am so excited that that happened!)

The first day that we got here we were greeted by the mission pres and his wife... obviously. But then we did some like orientation stuff and all that. THEN we went to the Alamo and had to talk to people and hand out books of mormon. Pretty crazz. Then more orientation and then 15 of us stayed the night at the AP's apartment. It was a decent sized apartment but still.... I didnt get a shower or nothing so thats cute. The next day, Thursday, we got up and had more information shoved into us... ugh. Then it was the transfer meeting and I met my new companion. His name is Elder Anderson. He is way cool and nice. Not only is he my companion but my trainer so there's a little fun thing to think about! Here's the thing. He is my trainer and he JUST got done being trained. He has only been out in the field for 12 weeks. Crazy right? Here's some more. So there is this new like study/training thing that they are setting up to train missionaries in the field (Kinda like the pilot program in the MTC. They like go together.) So only 6 missions in the world are doing it right now... testing it out. San Antonio is one of those missions. The program lasts for 12weeks. So you are with your trainer for 12 weeks doing this program. Anyway. So Elder Anderson is from Mesa Arizona and his dad was a mission president in Guatalahara Mexico. So Anderson is fluent. But anyway. He entered the MTC in like January and has been in Texas for 12 weeks. Anyways. Elder Anderson and I are kinda learning together I guess you could say. I pretty much feel like I am being lead blindly or something. I never really know where we are going or what we are doing. But hopefully that'll change real quick.

There is this week in San Antonio called "Fiesta" Its pretty much like Marti Gras but just in Texas. So that is going on like right outside our apartment! We couldn't get home the other day cause of cars and stuff (it was during a parade in the day.) We had been doing a service project for this woman and we needed to change. So we had to go to the other Elders' apartment to change. Fact: There are other Elders in our area that cover the same ward and branch. We eat meals and stuff with them and hang out with them a lot. They live in a different apartment across town cause this area is so spread out! Then there is one more companionship that covers the branch with us as well! but they live way far away. So its only Anderson and I in our apartment. ANYWAY. So Fiesta is crazy and kinda cool too. We rode our bikes the other day. I totally ate it. (yes, applause here please.) I was so embarrassed! We biked like 20 miles.

In this area its pretty Ghetto. Its pretty perfect for me, right? Like Elder Anderson was like, "Okay, we are now entering the hood!" hahahah. It's got beat up houses and like grafetti and just GHETTO! Its so great. I love it. We have used mainly english but some Spanish. I will hopefully get to use more Spanish whilest I am here though! There are so many different kinds of people all over here so that's really intersting to see. I love all the diversity and differences from what I have been around. Going from totally NOT ghetto to straight up, Dope corner... (There's a place called Dope corner...) Hahahaha :) Oh also. Dont be concerned or worried at all for me! I am totally safe!! Like extremely safe. There is no danger of getting shot. Just a lot of weird, extremely drunken people! WHOM I will baptize! :)

We eat at members houses. So far. For dinner at least. Everyone has been way nice. The ward is smaller than the branch! I had to bear my testimony in sacrament meeting in the Spanish branch! I understood like nothing. But I loved it! There was a baptizm last night for some little family coming into the english ward. It was fun. I sang at it also, with some other Elders. Anyway. We are meeting some really interesting people and trying to get some investigators. I guess all of them dropped right before I got here! Lame, right? So we will be working hard! We have talked to some people and set up like a couple of appointments. But mainly we are working with recent converts and less actives. Which is way important also.

I am having a great time! Although this is going to take a longer time to adjust to! I am pretty quiet and like not really knowing what to do but its all good. I am trying to love everything that is going on! Elder Anderson usually does all the talking so that will need to change. Cause I want to and need to get a word in! haha but I am still trying to get used to things!

My address is: 500 N Santa Rosa, #107 San Antonio TX 78207

Anyways. I love you all and am enjoying this! My p days are on mondays! ahahaha. So cool, right? Well. I have no idea what else to say. I love you! I am glad you guys are doing well! Pray for me (which I know you are doing) and for those here in texas! And the other missionaries! haha

LOVE YOU!!

<3 Always,
Elder Webb

P.S. I am loving this weather!! Its nice and warm and humid! Perfecto. We also have a car. If you didnt get that from earlier.

Last few days....

Weird. I have been on this mission for TWO months. I am 1/12 done! WOHOO! haha

So I totally saw Sam this week. Like 5 times. It was like brief and stuff everytime we ran into each other so that was kinda sad. Our schedules dont exactly match up very well! But the first day I saw him it was so cool and I was so excited! It was way fun to see him! Hopefully we will see each other once more so we can get a picture together! I would love that. Awww.

This week was good. LOOONGG but good. I guess. I decided this week is going to be the longest slash craziest week of my life probs. I have to wait 2 more days here which will take forever! And then I start in el campo misional! (THE MISSION FIELD!) so weird. But I feel like I am ready. I feel confident in the little spanish that I know. I LOVE talking to people and meeting new people. I have a desire to help others, and I just want to do this! Lets get going, ya know!? I'm excited.

The BYU mens choir came and sang for our fireside last night. It was pretty cool! They did Spiritual songs and then like some cultural songs with cool instruments and I was like so excited slash happy. Anyway it was cool! We got to hear our teacher's conversion story which was so cool! It was so long and detailed and like so cool to see how God has lead and prepared her in her life! What else... This week was pretty boring. Just some last minute things and like ending teaching our investigators. Oh. My native teacher (Hermana Penaflor... with the conversion story... from Peru.) She said that she is so impressed with my Spanish. That made me feel really good! She said she isnt worried for me because I pronounce really well and sound close to fluent. Although I do not feel that way It was a nice confidence booster! But its weird. I feel like I can think of sentences in my head in Spanish and say them. Instead of having to think extensively about what I want to say and how to conjugate it, it is starting to come and kinda just flow. So much fun.

Put in the blog this: Hey friends! So I am about to head out to Texas and I could not be more excited! I am going to work so hard and do my best and most of all, help everyone I meet! I cannot wait for this freaking amazing opportunity I have to serve! I am so glad I am a missionary! And I seriously love our Heavenly Father SO much!

<3 Elder Kyle David Webb