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"We're in the endgame now"

 March 15, 2021

What's up!!?! I hope you all had a blessed week! The subject of this email is a quote from Avengers Infinity War, which seemed VERY fitting because today is the first day of a HYPE Avengers themed initiative I am doing for my zone. I have done one like it in the past, but it is BACK by popular demand (thanks Elder Giles), and better than ever. The subject of this email is also very fitting because today marks 6 months until the day I go home. WHAT?! How crazy is that? If I was a sister missionary, my mission would already be over! I can hardly comprehend that thought. 6 months left to grind. Also, COVID hit a year ago. Crazy to think its been a whole year since we had to start missionary work from scratch and do it in a whole new way. Its been a ROLLERCOASTER of a year. 

 
Jorge got baptized on Saturday!!! It went really well! The journey has not been easy (for him, or us haha) but he is a happy member of the church now! Yay!!

I got sick halfway through the week, which made it pretty difficult for me to get things done. Friday was the worst day of them all. Elder Taylor told me to take a sick day and just sleep all day, which SOUNDS nice, but it was torture for me. It sounds crazy but I would honestly rather just do missionary work than sleep sometimes. Don't worry, I did sleep a majority of the day, but in between naps I would sneak out of the room to go update a sheet, plan something, or message someone from Facebook. Satan can't stop me. Elder Taylor was SO nice and made me a bunch of soup, cleaned the apartment, rearranged the furniture, and he was even fasting for me so I could be better before the baptism! And guess what? I was totally healthy enough in time for Jorge's baptism! Fasting works!

I had the wonderful opportunity of going on an exchange with my MTC companion, Elder Martin! This was one of my favorite exchanges ever!! We talked for a long time about our mission experiences and how much we have grown since our days in the MTC. Elder Martin is SO AMAZING! We have both changed so much! He helped me realize a lot of things about myself, which I will attempt to share in a way that isn't confusing haha:

After sharing lots of experiences with him about things we have gone through on our missions, he asked me how I was able to stay diligent even when it feels like the whole world is against me sometimes. After a long conversation and a lot of reflection, I came to realize that my primary motivation for literally everything I do (waking up, planning, making Facebook posts, serving, teaching, calling, and studying every single day) is my love for God. I realized that I am not here to impress anyone, or gain any type of reward, but I am here because I truly love God. Heck, I didn't even want to take a nap when I was sick because all I wanted to do was missionary work. At this point of my mission, I think my love for God is stronger than my love for myself, which means that I don't really care how tired or sick I am, I just want to work. Memes on Facebook haven't distracted me in a long time, because entertainment just isn't as important to me as finding God's children. Of course I have plenty of room to grow more love, and I am not trying to sound like I have a perfect love for God or anything. But I am grateful to Elder Martin for helping me see where I am currently at, because I hadn't connected the dots of where my drive really comes from. I invite all of you to do whatever it takes to develop more love for God. Start a journal to write down how God's hand was in your life each day, study the Plan of Salvation, talk to Him more through prayer. It will give you motivation and drive during difficult situations.

Sorry for the rant, I promised Elder Martin I would be more spiritual in these emails haha. On another note, our shower head broke on Tuesday so we have had to take showers from a bucket all week. We finally bought a new one today, so we are good now. I hope you all had a great week! Love you!

Elder Webster

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