Sister Webb in Hong Kong: Leo's Baptisma and Divine Compassion

We went to a Sacrament Meeting this week in Wan Chai with the YSA’s after Leo's baptism this week! OH . . .LEO WAS BAPTIZED . . . IN THE OCEAN . . . DURING A BIG YSA GATHERING . . . IT WAS INCREDIBLE! Anyway, President Lam gave some remarks to these incredible YSA’s who came from Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and Malaysia. They all came to join in on a huge YSA activity that was put together this weekend. Something he said that really stuck out to me was the fact the divine compassion is never absent. This is true in every aspect of our lives. even in times we don't feel worthy of the blessings and love that the Lord is just waiting to pour out on us, or feel like no one understands, or feel alone, useless, or just stuck in some kind of rut . . . we will ALWAYS have the Lord’s divine compassion to lean on. He will always understand us perfectly, and will always be there to hold us help us. This has been especially evident to me this week.

First off I want to start by sharing my sincere testimony that I know without a shadow of a doubt that Joseph Smith is a true prophet, called of God, to humbly restore His church here on earth. He was prepared from a young age and the Lord continued to test him until his last breath. I came across a scripture in Isaiah that says, “The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable." When I read this I think of Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith. The more righteousness they brought forth and the more righteous they were, the more magnified the Law of God was. This proved to be Joseph Smith’s life. Joseph Smith suffered so much for this Church. As we watched the restoration movie this week with Tracy, a testimony grew in her heart of the truthfulness and the reality of this living church. She expressed how amazed she is by the courage and zeal that Joseph had. Then in tears we all bore testimony of living prophets and the reality of this Church.

We met with a boy named Reno this week from Indonesia. He had such a natural passion and love of the things we taught him. He started pulling out bible passages that testified of us missionaries and testified of God’s gospel being spread about to all nations, kindred, tongue and people. We explained to him the meaning of trumpets sounding and voices of thunder spreading through the earth, and that he is literally in the middle of the storm of thunder and was blessed to have crossed paths with a sounding trumpet (us missionaries.) Then he pauses and says, "This all makes sense." There was an undeniable witness that God's true Gospel is being spread to every nation, kindred, tongue and people . . . and I’m participating in CHINA!! The thunder is getting louder and more and more trumpets are being called to enter the hand of the Lord in His field of labor. All of you youth preparing to serve missions . . . "You are worthy of his hire!" (D&C 31) Be an instrument in His hands, help God bring to pass the things foretold of this day and age! Don't hold back from this amazing opportunity to turn your life over to God and spread his gospel. People are ready to hear the noise from your trumpet. YOUR trumpet! So get out there and get to work!!

As Leo got baptized this week it has been just phenomenal to see this 19 year old boy turn his life around and really turn to the Lord and repent and understand the truthfulness that is in this Church. He was pulled in at first by the good feeling the church has, and now he is changing his life to be a better person!

Anyway, I’m training a new Sister starting tomorrow! The YSA and my ward yesterday were teasing me about my pregnancy (my new companion fresh out of the MTC), and are so excited for my baby to be born. This world is ready for your desire to serve, so if you’re contemplating a mission, I can promise that great miracles and blessings await you! The world and the Lord need us, so get out there!!

Love you!!

Love Sister Webb