I'm Getting Transferred!

This week was another great one here in Boston!

We found 5 new investigators and set a baptismal date with four of them in the first lesson! God is so good to us. He literally guides every step we take.

One thing I've learned a lot here in Boston is that God's hand is present EVERY SINGLE DAY of our lives. It's our job to look around and recognize it.

On Friday we received news about transfers...

I'm leaving Boston after 7 and 1/2 months.

I'm going to PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island!

Man, I am SO excited! I will probably finish my mission there.

Hermana VerHoef was called as a Sister Training Leader here in our zone. I am really proud of her and excited for her. She is going to continue to do GREAT things here, not only for her investigators, but for the missionaries too. She is a great missionary.

On Wednesday, I'll meet my new companion. Her name is Hermana Hafen. She's been out for just 6 weeks, but she and I have been called to serve as Sister Training Leaders in the Providence North zone, so she must be AMAZING! I met her at the temple this week and she seems SO kind. I am stoked to work with her. Stay tuned on more info about what she's like! :)

What I learned in Boston...

I don't think I could ever put into words how much the past 5 transfers here in Boston meant to me. My time here truly changed me.

I think the most important thing I learned in this area (there are SO many thing... Obedience, diligence, faith, hope...) is LOVE.

The enduring power of the pure love of Christ... Charity.

I've been blessed to receive a portion of this love for the people here in this branch. I love them beyond my own understanding and this area is truly my home. It will be hard to leave, but God needs me in Providence, and I'll go where he wants me to be!

I am ready to run. I'm gonna give it my all.

There is no time to stop!

I love you all. Thank you for your love and support.

It means more to me than you could ever know.

God lives.

Christ's church still stands.

Some people call us Mormons,

but we are LATTER DAY SAINTS,

and we will spread His Gospel until it's touched every corner of the earth.

I LOVE YOU!

Love,

Hermana Webber

Hector

This week was a week of miracles in Boston. 
We found 5 new investigators, taught 23 lessons, and best of all...

Hector Castillo was baptized. 

So, last Sunday we met with him and he wasn't sure he had a testimony of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon... We worked with him everyday this week to help him resolve that concern. We tried everything we could think of! President Miller met with him on Tuesday night and bore his testimony of the Book of Mormon. It was such a powerful meeting and Hector ended up asking President Miller if he would baptize him. He still wasn't sure about The Book of Mormon, however. Our next appointment with him was on Friday, and we knew it had to be something special. This man needed a SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

We had the thought of taking him to the temple. So, on Friday night, we borrowed headed to Belmont and sat outside the temple and had the most spiritual lesson of my mission! 

We called his parents from Guatemala (who are both recent converts to the church! Rene is his father.). And we talked about how testimony is similar to a puzzle (we even used a real puzzle to demonstrate). Sometimes we have pieces of our testimony, but we haven't connected them to see the big picture. 

His sweet parents bore their testimony to him over the phone, then his brother Carlos testified of Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon. We sang, "Grand Eres Tu" and bore our testimonies to him. I asked him how he felt and he said, "joyful." We explained that was the Spirit, touching his heart and showing him the way.

That same night, we drove back into Boston where our zone leader interviewed Hector for baptism. He came out and congratulated us, because Hector was ready. 

The next day, Hector was baptized by President Miller. He even said the baptismal prayer in Spanish for Hector. This experience has forever changed me. 

The Castillo's are my mission! :) 
I'm gonna be there when they are all sealed as a family. 

I cannot boast of myself, for I know that God is the reason these things occurred this week. He is a God of MIRACLES and He blessed me beyond my understanding to be able to teach this family. 

I love this work! 
I love you all!
Thank you so much for your love and support. 
Love, 
Hermana Webber

Hector's Baptism!! :)

Missionary Life Is The Best Life!

This week was exhausting!

Exhausting weeks are the best weeks. :) 

We moved out of our apartment and now we have roommates! Whoooooo! We live with the English sisters and they are SO much fun. 

We've been picking up potential investigators left and right! 

Our members have been giving us several referrals and we are working really hard to find new people to teach! 

We picked up a new investigator last night who is PREPARED. His name is German. He is Dominican and he's 34 years old. We taught him in a Barber Shop in Jamaica Plain. So classy. 

He is amazing. He doesn't drink coffee, tea, alcohol and he doesn't smoke cigarettes. He's practically Mormon already! Hahaha he has GREAT faith in the Savior, as well. We taught him about Joseph Smith and the lesson went so well. 

Our dear investigator, Juan, who we found back in September, can come to church now! He couldn't before because he had work, but he can come now, which means he can get baptized now! :) What a miracle. :) 

With moving this week, we weren't able to go out and proselyte as much as usual, but on Saturday we got to go out and work all day and it reminded me of the happiness that comes when you embark in the service of God. I guess I take it for granted sometimes, my call as a missionary. Being a missionary is the happiest thing a person could ever do. 

We are meeting with Hector, who is planning on being baptized on Saturday, to help him resolve some concerns he has before he gets baptized. He is so great. He's Rene's son, and I love him with all my heart! 

I just love the people! I love this life. If I could, I would live like this forever. 

It's such a tender mercy to me that God would allow me to come and do this work for 18 months. 

I feel lucky and blessed to have this mission. 

I love my mission. 

I hope you all have a really happy week! 

Be happy! Life is beautiful. 

Love, 

Hermana Webber

Consecration (Happy New Year!)

A story has been told about a chicken and a pig who found themselves discussing their contributions to the farmer's breakfast table. The hen bemoaned having to donate her eggs for the breakfast. The pig replied, "Yes, but for you, it's just a small sacrifice. For me, it's a total commitment." 

Are we the type of church member who gives everything we have, everything we are, to the building up of God's kingdom here on earth? 

Or, like the chicken, do we only occasionally contribute?

We've been learning a lot about consecration recently. 

At the end of my mission, I really want to be able to look back and say that I truly did serve God with all my "heart, might, mind and strength." 

I love this consecration thing. 

I promise, there is nothing on the planet that brings more peace, more joy, than consecrating ourselves to God. Giving EVERYTHING we are and hope to be to him. Turning our will over to him and doing what He wants. 

We had a great week. I learned a lot and I love the mission. 

I could never repay the Lord for the thousands of tender mercies, miracles, and blessings He's poured out upon me as I've served. The year 2015 changed me. God is so good to me. 

and in 2016, I am turning myself over to him! 

I LOVE YOU ALL! 

Happy New Year. :) 

Love, 

Hermana Webber

Feliz Navidad/Book of Mormon Challenge!

Feliz Navidad! 

Christmas...

It was the greatest day.

Hector, our investigator that we've been working with for months, committed to being baptized January 16th. 

This was the greatest Christmas gift I received this season.

The close second was talking to my family! I feel so insanely blessed to have a family so supportive, so loving, and so uplifting. I am a lucky girl. 

We are working harder than ever. We received a training on the 23rd about being a CONSECRATED missionary. I am gonna dedicate everything I have to this work for my last few transfers. Every piece of my heart. Every cell in my body. Everything. 

I love my calling as a missionary. it has taught me so many things. I think one of the most important things I've learned from serving is the enabling and healing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. God doesn't expect me to be a perfect missionary. However, he do expect me to do my BEST and when I don't, the grace of the Savior makes up for the rest. 

It's divine.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone. 
How can you consecrated yourself more to The Lord?

Love,
Hermana Webber

BOOK OF MORMON CHALLENGE!

 Hello, beautiful people who I love so much. 

It was SO great to see you all on Friday. I love each of you more than you can imagine. 

I promised I'd send you an email with the details for the Book of Mormon challenge I extended to you. 

So, here it is:

Supplies needed:

1. A new, fresh, clean copy of The Book of Mormon

2. 4 different colored highlighters

3. FAITH. :) 

You officially have 115 days left before I get home. 

You must read FIVE pages a day in order to complete the challenge! 

Here are the things you should be looking for: (mark each with a different color!)

1. Titles of Christ

2. Words spoken by Christ (even if it's a prophet quoting him)

3. Attributes of Christ (if you want to read more about Christlike attributes, check out the following link!!!) https://www.lds.org/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/how-do-i-develop-christlike-attributes?lang=eng 

4. Passages that contain the DOCTRINE of Christ (Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Holy Ghost, Enduring to the end... For more info, see 2 Nephi 31!) 

And this is the challenge! Start today! 

If you get behind, don't give up! 

Most important thing:

I am going to follow up with each of you the day I come home! So be ready to be held accountable!!!! 

Hahahaha I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! 

I promise that by doing this challenge, you will all strengthen your faith and relationship with the Savior. It did the same for me. 

Love, 

Hermana Webber

BOSTON RED SOX

Merry Christmas from the Boston Spanish Missionaries 

Merry Christmas. 

Love, 

the coolest companionship on earth

Hermana Webber y Hermana VerHoef

Please take a minute to appreciate this picture of Hermana VerHoef and I heel-clicking in Downtown Boston.

#CityMissionaries #ConsecrationNation

Merry Christmas! (Dinner @ the Anleu's)

BEast Sisters! @ Spanish Missionaries

Christmas Eve Dinner @ Rosa's

A Savior Is Born

FELIZ NAVIDAD! 

Wow, this year has been so full of miracles, lessons, and love! It's honestly been one of the greatest of my life. For my Christmas email, I just want to testify of our Lord and Savior, The Son of God, even Jesus Christ. 

Everyone is pretty familiar with the Christmas story in the Bible (Luke 2, etc.), but I want to share with you the Christmas story from the Book of Mormon. 

In Helaman 14:1-8 Samuel the Lamanite, a prophet of God in the ancient Americas, testifies of the signs of Christ's birth. 

The signs were a new star and a day without a night. 

Later on in Helaman, all they that believe in the words of Samuel are baptized, but there are many unbelievers that say it is unreasonable to believe in the coming of a Savior.

In 3 Nephi 1, the Nephites that believed in Christ were threatened by the unbelievers, that if the signs prophesied by Samuel the Lamanite did not come to pass before a certain deadline, they would be killed.

On the night before the deadline of the massacre, one of the Nephite prophets (his name was Nephi) prayed to the Lord and asked for help. 

In 3 Nephi 1:11-15 Christ himself speaks to Nephi, in an answer to his prayer, and tells him to not worry. For that night, he would come unto the world. 

That night, the signs testified of by Samuel the Lamanite came to pass, and although Christ was born in the eastern hemisphere, far, far away from the people of Nephi, they all witnessed the undeniable signs of the coming of The Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. 

Two things I LOVE about the Christmas story from the Book of Mormon...

1. The fact that Christ's birth saved thousands of lives in the ancient Americas. If the signs hadn't appeared, the Nephite people surely would have suffered. Isn't that something? Christ was literally a SAVIOR from the very moment of his birth. 

2. On the night of His birth, The Lord saw it fit to speak to Nephi and to comfort him. Another example of Christ's selflessness and mission of bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. I know that if we have faith, and ask The Lord, He will comfort us in any moment, in any hour, and in any need. 

What a blessing it is to have a SAVIOR. 

I testify that He is the Christ. I know that it is in Him, and Him only, that we can receive eternal life and exaltation. I hope we can all remember our loving and humble Savior, not just this Friday, but every single day.

I LOVE YOU ALL! 

Merry Christmas!!!

Love, 

Hermana Webber

PS This week we had a mini missionary stay the weekend with us. Her name was Amanda Wood, from Western Massachusetts and we had a really successful day with her! We taught an entire family and they fed us a Dominican dinner and then we picked up a SOLID new investigator named Eduardo. He's great. He's Puerto Rican. :) 

God is so GOOD!

The Massachusetts Boston Mission is ZION

Dear Family, 

Merry Almost Christmas!!! 

This week was crazy. 

We've gone on several exchanges with the sisters in our zone because one of our sisters is really sick. I spent all day with her on Saturday while our companions went out and worked in our areas. It was the first day of my whole mission that I've stayed home. I learned SO much. Sister Lima and I spent the day praying together, and talking, and studying scripture. I learned so much from her. 

Hermana VerHoef and I are involved in a Christmas Musical Fireside that our mission is putting on. We've been travelling the mission for practices and last night we had our first performance in Rhode Island. It was really successful! There were about 200 people there and it was a great missionary tool! 

Tonight we have another performance in Cambridge, MA. I am so excited! There are some incredibly talented missionaries in this mission! 

Hermana VerHoef and I are staying together for another transfer! This will be my fifth transfer in Boston and I couldn't be happier. This place is my home. :)

We had Zone Meeting this week and also a Zone Conference where an apostle came to visit our mission! He talked about the language of the Spirit and how we can constantly live worthy to have the Spirit with us. :) The conference was a huge learning experience for Hermana VerHoef and I. We were also asked to sing for it, and we performed, "Lord, I Would Follow Thee." 

At Zone Meeting our zone spent some time bearing our testimonies to one another. The Spirit was tangible in the room as we all told each other our stories. It was an indescribable experience and I was reminded how important it is to build ZION wherever you go. 

The Massachusetts Boston Mission is ZION. 

I love you all! 

Good things are gonna happen to us this week, because Hermana VerHoef and I are getting a mini missionary! A young woman is going to come spend the weekend with us and we are going to take her out and show her how much fun it is to serve God with all your heart, might, mind and strength. 

 

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Love, 

Hermana Webber