May 11, 2020
Hello everyone! I hope your week was good and that everyone is healthy. As you may or may not know, I had to spend the past week isolated from my companion, and had to stay by myself in my bedroom all week because I had symptoms of the COVID-19 virus! I had headaches, sweats, and fatigue throughout the week, but I am feeling better now. Almost everyone in my district has had the virus, or has it right now, so New York is just super infected. It was really really tough to be quarantined alone into 1 small bedroom, as I am sure you could imagine. We called it the "mega quarantine". I was still able to conduct district council and watch zone conference from my bed, which was a pretty unique experience! Of course, it would be super easy to complain about that situation and how it effected us, and the people we teach, but instead, I am going to write about some thing that I learned!
D&C 123:7 says, "Let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."
This past week, I felt like nothing was within my power. I couldn't teach, cook, get fresh air, or get much excersize. When I read that scripture, I paused and thought about the things I can do. I can study, plan, learn more spanish, and do a puzzle haha. Not a lot of exciting stuff, but I I can still cheerfully do all things that I have control over! So thats what I did, (or tried to do), and as I tried to stay productive, we actually ended up finding 4 new people to teach this week! From seperate bedrooms! I don't know if you realize how miraculous that is! God provided for us when we could not provide for ourselves, and it was super cool to see the work move forward despite our situation. I learned that if I truly want to be an "instrument" in the Lord's hands, I have to let him be the one playing the notes. God is obviously a better musician than I am. If I were in charge, I would not have stayed in my room all week. But I am not in charge, so I did it anyways, and we were still successful. It was probably part of His plan all along for us to be led to the people we found.
One day, Elder Goodman and I both prayed to know who we should call from our area book. After praying, searching, and thinking, I found a name I wanted to call. Her name was Ada, and according to the notes in area book, she had not been contacted in years. So, I called her, and she said that literally 5 minutes before we called, she was cleaning her house and found her Bible, which she hasnt seen in years! Even she was blown away by the way God directed us to her at the perfect moment. So cool!
Anyway, not a super eventful week for me and it was pretty hard but I have sooooo many blessings so I cannot complain too much. I hope you all have a great week!
Elder Webster
P.S. I gotta give a shoutout to Elder Goodman because he made all of my food this week and was pretty much my servant haha. He is the best! You would think he would be tired of me by now, but yesterday he said, "How did I get so lucky to have such a great companion?". And I feel the same about him! We are rocking it right now!
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