Week 17: Happy Thanksgiving Week!!!!! 11/19/2018

Hello again everybody!! How you all doing this fine Monday morning?? What is life like in good ol' Utah?? It was sooo good to hear from those who emailed me this week!!! I hope the rest of you all are doing great!! Well, I am looking forward to Thanksgiving this week!! I hope you guys are too. I legitimately have FOUR families assigned to feed us that day. Me and Elder Hammond definitely need to go on a two day fast before that day comes because I don't know how it is humanly possible to consume that much food!! I am sooo excited for that day tho!! I love hanging out with the members!! I have had more opportunities to visit with members and they are sooo helpful to us in the work. They feel that it is an obligation to be involved with missionary work because being members of the church, the Lord expects more out of us to seek his lost sheep!! To minister to those around us especially the ones who are going through the hardest of times as of late.

So just a bit about this week!! It was AWESOME!!!!!! Last p-day I got to hang out at the mall with a lot of missionaries!! I love going to the mall especially at this time of year when everything is beginning to be on sale. We might be doing the same today!!! I am still trying to learn how to manage my money because I definitely don't want to be broke when I return home!! Haha!!! We also got to help out with the special olympics this week which was a really cool experience. It is awesome to see the smile on those kids faces when they are having fun. Just picture a ton of volleyball games going on with missionaries EVERYWHERE officiating them!! Most importantly cheering them on!! Meet some really cool people that day and definitely put things in perspective. Everyone is equal in the eyes of God and he loves all of his children just the same!!! Just imagine how happy it makes him when we are always encouraging and uplifting others!! When his children are happy, then he is happy!! We also had zone conference this past Friday which was awesome. It was my third one!! President trained on how we can eliminate anti-mormon arguments. The most reliable source and the source that has been attacked most of all is the Book of Mormon. These people are really convinced that Joseph Smith plagiarized the Book of Mormon from other manuscripts. We were able to get those manuscripts and it is obvious that Joseph Smith translated it through the gift and the power of God!! How can Joseph come up with these divine doctrines?? I don't know how it's possible!!! When you also regard the power as you read it. People are too afraid to give it a chance. Too entitled to their opinions!!

Well, didn't get a lot of people at church yesterday probably because everyone has started off their vacation for Thanksgiving early!! It was a really good Sunday nonetheless!! I got to hang out with the young men in their quorom activity. Got me reminiscing about the times when I was in that position. I miss those days!!! All you young people back home, take advantage of where you are at right now!! I would give anything to go back to those times because it was soooo much easier back then!! You all don't know stress until you serve a mission!! But stress is part of it and it is so rewarding to see the fruit of your labors as you work hard!! Well, I love you all and I hope this Thanksgiving you all can remember who and what you are thankful for. It is not just about the turkey and pie although they are all good. Just count your blessings that day and I promise you guys it will be the best Thanksgiving ever!!!

Love,

Elder Weese

1) Zone Conference 
2) Chillin like a villain!!

3) Downtown!!

4) B-DUBS!!!! 

5) Me and my Mercedes:)
6) Fly like an eagle!!!!!!