Took an L while taking an L

December 14, 2020

HELLOOOOOOO!!! I hope you all had a great week! I also hope that some of you TELL ME ABOUT IT because I have no idea what some of y'all are up to nowadays. Anyways, my week was sick, here are the highlights:

Yesterday we took the L train in the wrong direction by accident, so we took an L while literally taking an L. It was pretty funny.

I went on my AP exchange and got to visit a place called New Rochelle for the day. That means I got to be in a car for the first time in AWHILE since I have been in subway areas my ENTIRE mission. On my way there, I drove through The Bronx, right through my last area! It was so awesome seeing everything again! I spent the day with Elder Davis, one of my previous companions, which was WAY awesome reuniting for a day! We had so much fun! It also snowed that day! It was great!

We are teaching a few amazing people but Juan is our favorite! We found him about a week and a half ago, and he is just SO willing to turn his whole life over to God and accepts everything we teach. He absolutely loves our Facebook page and shares pretty much all of our posts, and he is so excited to be participating in Light The World! I gave him my Light The World beanie from last year because I have 2 now. He loves it and wears it all the time! One of our members walked him home after a lesson we had at the chapel, and apparently they talked for AWHILE and exchanged numbers and are best friends now. So cool! Please pray that everything goes smoothly as he progresses towards baptism, and that he can have spiritual experiences as he reads, prays, and comes to church! Our friends Noemy and Omar are also doing well! Pray for them too so that they can commit to a baptismal date!

Our ward is probably the best ward I have ever seen... like in my whole life. They feel like family to me, honestly. I never want to leave them! They are so good at welcoming and loving the people we bring, and I don't think I have ever left church without at least 1 member giving us some sort of present. Usually some members bring us food on Sundays, but this week the ward gave us matching New York beanies, brownies, rice krispy treats, and Christmas cards! Ugh I love them.

Okay, that's all my updates. Sorry for taking so many pictures every week haha. Gmail doesn't even let me include all of them, so I am attaching a few of the best ones into the email. BYEEEEEEE have a great week!

Elder Webster

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