Sister Jessica Webb in Long Beach California: My Birthday Week!

This week was a ton of fun. My companion set a baptismal date with an investigator... but they didn't come to church so I don't know if the date will actually stick. We taught many less active people. Our goal this week has been to be CRAZY bold so we have been contacting and door knocking with topics like repentance and baptism. It's actually been pretty fun. By contacting with more bold things and clearly saying in kinder terms, "We are here to teach you that God's only true gospel has been restored and you need to repent and follow it..." we are able to quickly pull the wheat from the tares and find those who are truly seeking the gospel. It's kind of scary but well worth it.

My birthday was so fun! We got up and Grandma and Grandpa brought packages. They brought them during the last few minutes of companion study (which is bad because it may be disobedient not to be studying) but we still got out of the house by 10:00 and were able to work all day. It was a pretty good day- we went to a less active lady and had really good hot chocolate. Then we worked and worked and had DINNER WITH M &L AND SISTER P from Cypress (best. part. of. the. day)! This is the couple that I taught and got baptized and Sister P is a wonderful member who loves the missionaries and is friends with them. I opened a birthday present from my mom and Mandy (thank you so much by the way)! We got to see Sister L, my last companion, because she was on exchanges with the STL's next door. It was a ton of fun.

We had a really neat lesson with a lady that is less active. She is about 25 and it was a really powerful lesson and really fun. We also found a family that are new investigators. They were so kind and we will see if they progress in the gospel. We also tried so hard to get this less active brother to church. He use to never come because of work but he told us that his schedule changed... long story short he still didn't show. Any tips on how to get them to church would be great. We also saw a bunch of drug needles on the ground in one of our sketchier area's while proselyting. Yep... welcome to California!

Love you all- have a good week!

Sister Webb