Transfer 9 Week 1
New Companion= Hermana Storheim

Okay.. 

MIRACLES! 

So this week has been really awesome. So my companion is hermana Storheim, from Grand Junction, Colorado! She is tall and blonde, and very Norwegian looking. So it's a good on the streets. I mean it's a lot with just one blonde, but now two? It's a "locura."  Well I have had a great week, and something that I have been thinking a lot about is: Doing all that you can do. Because I feel like it's easy to do the minimum in anything but, to all that you do to the best of your ability and with your whole heart, is much harder. That is why often times, the things that we like to do, we do well because it's important to us, so we dedicate our time, love, and our whole heart to do it well. But if something is not that important to us, will we do it with that same devotion to detail, and wholeness of heart? Probably not. 

There is a scripture that I have been pondering a lot lately that stalks a little about salvation, and how we can be saved. Talk about something that should be close to our hearts and in our every thought. This is a question of eternal importance. How can we be saved; What do we have to do to be saved? 

23 For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.

2 Nefi 25: 23....

It is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do. But what does that mean? 

What is grace? What is all we can do? 

Well grace means: 

The enabling power from God that allows men and women to obtain blessings in this life and to gain eternal life and exaltation after they have exercised faith, repented, and given their best effort to keep the commandments. Such divine help or strength is given through the mercy and love of God. Every mortal person needs divine grace because of Adam’s Fall and also because of man’s weaknesses. (Pretty awesome...)

Then, All that we can do: When we try our hardest to keep the commandments, as well as live the gospel of Jesus, which is: faith, repentance, baptism, removing the gift of the holy ghost, and enduring to the end... 

So if we do these things to the best of our ability and with our whole hearts then we will have the peaceful assurance that we are saved. 

Pretty cool. But the hard thing is doing all that you can do. I know that there are definitely times when I don't do ALL that I can do. But the scripture gives me hope that as I try my best the Lord will bless my efforts and help me along the way. 

Also I wanted to tell y'all about two really amazing MIRACLES that I saw this week. 

So the first miracle was on the guagua... So we had spent the whole day out teaching and knocking doors when we were finally on our way home. We had go on the bus, and it was packed. The bus was seriously max capacity, and it was hot because of all the people. So I was standing near the front and my companion was with a member who came with us near the middle. As I was standing in the front I felt really prompted to talk to this lady who was sitting down to the right of me. I kind of shrugged it off, and just kept thinking about how hot it was, and what I was gonna eat when I got home, and a bunch of stuff. The bus was packed, I was tired, and I didn't feel like talking to anybody. I felt a little prompting once again the talk to her. So I gave in and asked her about her shoes. Then within 2 minutes of talking, and me telling her about why I'm here, and what I'm doing, she stops me and says, " so your a missionary, right?" I tell her yes and then she goes on to tell me that she would like me to come to her house and share our beliefs with her, and then she gives her address and number. It was the weirdest thing. That doesn't happen. Not unless the Lord had a hand in it. It was amazing and a big MIRACLES for me. THEN, when we got off the bus, and were walking home, this guy stopped us and within minutes we had given him a book of Mormon and had set up a time to meet, and talk. The crazy thing is, that both of these people are Spanish. European.... This is the Lord's work and he is in charge of it. 

Well that was my week. My companion is amazing, and I love all of y'all and am super glad to be here. Have a great week, and remember to do all you can! Much love,  Hermana Webster... I really hope to train again soon. Training was such fun, and I would love to do it again! I love being a missionary!