I´m excited, and a little tired. We´ve been doing a lot of running around and dealing with a few problems, but things are starting to work themselves out and really I have no reason to complain. The Lord blessed us this last week like crazy. So we redivided the area lines here in Molina, now that we have a car we have been given all the pueblos around here and a small part of Molina. We had to pass all of our investigators over to the other elders and that one was a little painful, but we kept one, a lady named Maru. She has a baptismal goal for the 25th of January, this saturday! So please please please, pray for her. We need a lot of help. She still hasn´t gotten a sure answer and we´re working really hard with her to help her recognize the Spirit and understand the need of baptism. Please pray for God´s miracles to bless Maru so that she will make the decision to be baptized this Saturday.
The Lord handed us another freebie this week too. Last week it was Angel and Milenka (the less active and investigator couple that walked into church last week). This week is was another new investigator in the form of Laura! She´s the daughter of some recently reactivated members and she finally has decided that she wants to be baptized. So this coming Sunday we´ll be having a baptism. That right there is a straight up gift from the Lord. They live in a pueblo really far away called Cehín. There´s also an American family that lives there, but they´re in the US right now. But when they get back, together with Laura´s family we´re going to baptize all of Cehín!!
A missionary in our zone got really sick this week and has been in the hospital. It´s possible that he has appendicitis and they might have to operate on him. Please remember him in your prayers. His name is elder Baker.
There are only 11 days left in January, and we still have our goal to baptize 7 people this month. Right now we have 6 baptismal fechas and they all have real potential to be baptized. Please remember these people in your prayers at night. They are Laura, Maru, Gustavo, Marisol, Josue, and Erica. We´re going to be doing a lot of driving this month becuase they all live in different pueblos in this area, and it takes kind of a long time to get there. We´re also going out to some elders area tomorrow to do splits with them and help em out in their area. We´re going to a place called Huercal-Overa. It´s a tiny little town in Almería and is like a hub for english tourists in the summer when they want to come to the beach. Apparently there are some really good nude beaches in that area too...
Last thing I want to say is something that I´ve been pondering about lately and that is one´s potential. We all have a potential that has no limits. We are children of the Allpowerful God, and therefore we are heirs to all things divine. We have the ability to become like Him, and in fact part of this life is to give us the experience we need to be more like Him. But sometimes it´s difficult. Sometimes we get down on ourselves and say that we can´t do it (whatever it is that we´re doing), and our vision of the possilbe becomes blocked out. We are the ones that put up barries and the limits of our own potential. And God is the One that is able to help us break those walls down and reach our full potential. Have I ever baptized 7 people in one month? No. But is it possible? Yes. And I´m going to do everything in my power to do make it happen, and He is going to help me with the rest. So now the question is, what´s YOUR potential? What do you want to accomplish? Where would you like to see yourself in one year? And what are you going to do to reach your potential?
this is what got me thinking on this subject. Let´s all find our inner potential and then reach it! Let´s all become who we´re destined to become, who we should become, who we want to become. Christ and His Atonement will help us get there (Mosiah 3:19), but we gotta start searching and start the journey.
I love you all so much! I hope you have a fantastic week! My week is going to be very busy. Missionary work is the best. All that can should experience being a missionary, being an instrument in the Lords hands. Love love love!
Elder Webb
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