17 March 2014
Hello paternals, fraternal,
and extended “-ernals”!
This has been an excellent
week. Elder Jolley and I have seen a lot of miracles and a lot of good things
happening. Also, it’s warm! Well, I’ll be honest, I don’t know what warm is. I
think it’s hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit, which pre-mission Eli would
definitely not categorize as warm. Acclimatization!
Here’s the miracle of the
week. A few weeks ago, Elder Jolley and I got a media referral, which basically
means someone put their information onto one of our websites asking for a visit
or a free book, and if they’re in our area we get their information texted to
us. This media referral listed their name as “Pill Bojandies”, with the comment
“Praise cheeses.” It seemed like it had a legit phone number and address, but
we just ignored it and figured someone was messing with us.
On Friday, we had an
appointment on the other side of our area, and since we’re bussing it was a big
time commitment. Well, en route our appointment cancelled, so we were at the
other side of our area and we needed something productive to do. Elder Jolley
suggested we go and try Pill, since we were around the area of the address. We
hunted down the house, knocked on the door, and a young man answered. He had
glasses and shoulder-length hair. We told him we got some information sent to
us, and that this was the address. He said, “Oh yeah! I requested a free copy
of the book!” We asked him if he was Pill or even Phil, and he said, “Oh, no, I
just didn’t want to include my real information. I’m Jacob.” He invited us
inside where we met his mother and brother, and their Shih-Tzu puppy named
Ellie. They were all so nice! And normal! Elder Jolley and I had a hard time
remembering the last time we encountered normal.
We had an excellent
discussion about the church and what we do, and they agreed to have us in their
home the next day to teach them! We came back on Saturday, and Jacob was the
only one we taught, but we had an amazing lesson! He’s so sharp and on top of
things, and he grasps doctrine really easily. He had lots of great questions for
us, and after we answered all of them, he told us we were exactly who he wanted
to talk to. He seemed to not only have a full understanding of what we taught
(which never happens), but he actually seemed to agree with it! We’re
going back in a few days to teach again, and by then hopefully he will have
read some of the Book of Mormon, and hopefully his family will want to sit in
too! So amazing. Even Pill Bojandies needs the gospel.
Thank you all for your
love and support! I pray for you constantly. Hooray for rabbit pelts! Thanks
for keeping me posted on things that could seem negative or scary. So much
better than being caught off guard! My love is especially with all suffering
family members. Hang in there! Trust in the Lord and the power of His Atonement!
Read Moroni 7:41. Do it! Love you all!
Keep the faith,
Elder Webb
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