Leaving on a Jet Plane :)

I am leaving on Wednesday so I thought I would leave my address for anyone looking for it!

Sister Janae Elizabeth Webber

Washington Kennewick Mission

8656 W Gage Blvd Ste 205

Kennewick WA, 99336

United States

This is the address for the mission home by the way. I wont be there until middle of November so if any one wants to write me I would love it!!! Pass the word around!!! Love Love!!!

Waiting

I have been waiting almost 16 weeks to go on my mission. Do you know how long that is? I for sure do, I remember almost every moment, experience that has happened in the last 4 months. Heavenly Father has been trying to show me, and teach me so much and I thank him every day for what he has taught me. He has taught me that I am strong, independent, loving, kind, patient (as much as I didn't think so) and beautiful. Heavenly Father has never made anything that was disgusted, hateful, angry, ugly, or weak.

In my opinion we choose to be that way, by situations we are placed in or otherwise. We choose how we look at ourselves. For the longest time I saw myself as ugly, disgusting, unlovable, and in turn I hated everything. But this last 16 weeks, I have been able to come closer to my Savior, use the Atonement in a way I have not experienced. Our Savior didn't just die for our sins, he died for our sorrows, our heartaches, our losses, our weaknesses. I am thankful every day for that. I am thankful that Heavenly Father has taught me patience and continues every day to teach me patience.

My family and friends are also the reasons why I am where I am. I am so thankful for them and will miss them so much. My mom bought a little sign to put in our kitchen that says the following:

Mis-sion-ar-y: (mish-uh-ner-ee)

-noun Someone who spends

time away from loved ones so

others can spend eternity with theirs.

I think she was inspired to get this! haha It for sure has helped me get some perspective on things. I have been terribly nervous the last week or so and panicking about going on a mission. I am worried I will space talking to an investigator, or I will say the wrong thing, or not know the answers... But my parents helped me realize... I know it, I have read the Book of Mormon, grown up going to Primary, Young Womens, Young Single Adults, as much as I don't think I paid attention the last 20 years of my life, not everything bounced off me. My testimony is going to be the most powerful asset that I have.

I know my Father in Heaven loves me, I know that I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father and I know he lives. I know my Savior died for my sins and my sorrows, my weaknesses and my downfalls. I know that I am never alone, I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I know that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ in a grove of trees in New York. I know he restored this church and I know that it is true. I know the power of the Priesthood is real. I have felt it in my own life and seen it in the lives of others. I know that we can become clean from ANYTHING. I know that our Father doesn't remember anymore once we have. I know because I have lived it. I know that the Temple is the house of the Lord, I know that he walks in those halls. I know that prayer is our way to talk to our Father, I know he listens, and I know if we read the scriptures we will be able to have the answers to those prayers. Our Father is a loving Father, and he will never leave us without the answers to the questions we have, all we need to do is ask! I know for a fact also that what we want is not always what our Father in Heaven wants for us, and that in his own due time, we will be able to find the answers to all that we seek. And yes sometimes we need to go on Faith, which is a hard thing for me. BUT I know that if we have faith, and trust in our Lord and Savior, anything is possible.

I love this gospel and am so blessed to have the opportunity to be able to teach it to the people of Washington. I hope I will be able to have the strength and love for them, and I know that with my Fathers help I will be able to do all he has asked of me. I cannot wait for the next 3 weeks to go by so I can be in the MTC, set apart as the Lords messenger to proclaim this gospel to his children, and I pray I will be able to do right by him.

Institute

I am officially a firm believer that if you do not want to go to institute, you need to be there. The teacher I went to was honestly inspired and I am so glad I was able to be in her class, but all I remember of her name is that it starts with an S. :S She talked about serving one another and how we need to love like the Savior did. She gave us a list of quotes and scriptures and these are just a few of them.

"Knowing that service is what gives our Father in Heaven fulfillment, and knowing that we want to be where He is and as He is, why must we be commanded to serve one another? Oh the glorious day when these things all come naturally because of the purity of our hearts... How can we give if there is nothing there? Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves. Money to assist the needy cannot come from an empty purse. Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak."

Marion G Romney

"The more we serve our fellow men in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls... We become more substantive as we serve others -- indeed, it is easier to find ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!"

President Spencer W Kimball

When she gave us that quote from President Kimball, she made the relationship to being a shriveled soul, we want to be spiritually obese!! I thought that was the best way to look at it, feasting so much on the word that when we get into heaven our souls are obese from all of the feasting we did on the gospel! There was also the connection made, Satan is selfish, and God is selfless... who do you want to be like??

In Mosiah 5:13 it says, "For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?" How do you know someone you never serve? If you serve others you are serving the Lord, Matthew 25:40 "...Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me."

So if you are not serving others, how are you serving the Lord and getting to know your Lord, Savior, and Creator? I am completely guilty of this, not serving as much as I could, we all can do better! Which is why i needed to go to institute so bad!! Bah I love how the Lord works!!!

Kennewick Washington :D

This Temple is the Columbia River Washington Temple: It's official :) I am going to be a missionary in the Washington Kennewick Mission and i will be leaving October 27th!! I cannot even describe the feelings that I have at this moment. I am going to be a missionary!!!! I never wanted to go on a mission, I wanted to get married, start a family, and live happily ever after. Then in October of last year, I got my answer that I needed to go on a mission. I was scared, frustrated, half excited, and honestly it took me awhile to warm up to the idea. I knew deep down that this was something I needed to do. I know it is going to be hard, I know there will be challenges, and I know that I will learn tons about myself and what I am capable of. I am for sure the 3 week girl, I never do anything for more than 3 weeks, so for me to dedicate 18 months of my life to the Lord, I know I can do it but I am nervous about a lot of things. I know if I put my faith in the Lord and study my hardest, and keep the rules, my mission is going to be the best experience of my life. I am stoked and cannot wait to be a missionary for the church. I have finally grown a foot or two ;) and they have sent me my call and I am going!!!