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Families Are Forever

 July 19, 2021

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a good week! This week was a bit difficult and eye opening for me, I had a really interesting experience.

On Thursday, we were in a lesson and our phones kept vibrating but we just ignored it because we were teaching. After the lesson, we got in the car and checked our phones. We had several missed calls from Sister Robison and Sister Braithwaite. When we called them back, they were both crying so hard that they could barely speak. We asked what was wrong, and all they said, full of tears and out of breath, was "please pray for us." So, we hung up and said a prayer for them, not knowing what was wrong. Then, we called President Holmes and he told us that Sister Robison's 13 year old brother back in Utah got ran over by a truck, and died. Our jaws dropped. It was so sad, and you could hear the pain in their voices when we called them. President rushed to their apartment, gave them a blessing, and they all came back and stayed at the mission home for a few days. That night, Elder Money and I were so quiet. We were praying, writing, and pondering a lot about the plan of salvation. I started realizing how much I really love my family, and I appreciate the knowledge and blessing we have of the plan of salvation and eternal families. We spent some time with Sister Robison and Braithwaite and the Holmes' talking about temple covenants and the plan of salvation, and the spirit was so strong. Tears were shed. I will never forget that experience. There were SO many miracles that happened in between all the tragedy, it was honestly super faith-building to see how everything played out (a story for another day maybe). I know God was with her family and with us. Please pray for Sister Robison and her family.

Other than that, we have been super busy and very productive. Yesterday my eye lid was twitching non-stop, and I looked up why it was happening, and found out it was because of "fatigue and stress", so... that just goes to show how my life is going right now haha. President Holmes' office is still unfinished, so he sent us out on lots of errands to upgrade it. We went to Queens and picked up a massive conference table, we mounted a TV on his wall, got better lighting, rugs, and plants. It is looking REALLY nice and I am grateful to the office elders who helped us out a ton. On top of that, Sister Holmes had her own to-do list for us, including an emergency diet coke run past our curfew. I love them haha. We also got a head start on planning transfers... it's going to be absolutely nuts.

I've honestly been struggling quite a bit with the fact that we hardly teach lessons anymore, and I barely do normal missionary work. I am basically a full time assistant, which has its perks, but it isn't really the experience I was expecting when I went on a mission (well, none of my mission has gone as expected). One night, while being a bit frustrated that I haven't gotten to do normal missionary work, I wondered what on Earth God wants me to learn from this. The next day, I had a discussion with President Holmes' that completely changed my life. He taught me what direction I want my life to go in, how I want to do it, and how to work effectively to accomplish those goals. The career path I thought I wanted to take is no longer in my plans (Still trying to figure out what I want to do instead though haha). He is teaching me how to be successful in life, not just spiritually, but in a temporal sense too. They have taught me how I want to live my life, and I am learning so much from them about how to put Christ first before anything else. I've always heard that a mission prepares you for the rest of your life, and I always thought they were just talking about in a spiritual sense... but serving as an assistant is preparing me for life in a business and family sense too. I am so grateful for their example to me and for all the advice they share with me to live a successful, Christ-centered life.

Love you all SO much! Stay safe! If you could all please fast and pray for Sister Robison and her family, as well as Sister Hampton and her family, who are friends from back home. Sister Hampton was diagnosed with some pretty severe cancer and needs lots and lots of prayers. Thank you!

- Elder Webster

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