Week 21: Mighty Miracles Have Sprung Upon Us!!!! 12/17/2018

Wassup everybody. How's everyone doing? Dang, Christmas is getting closer and closer! There is definitely a huge excitement in the air in Tulsa. Just a little different than my typical “white” Christmas season. I'm kinda missing the snow right at this moment, but the holiday vibe is around town and that is what gets me super pumped! I have come to understand the true meaning of Christmas more abundantly as I have served as an instrument in the lord's hands. I hope we all can try to slightly diminish the commercialized Christmas we have now a days into the holier approach of it, which is is the true meaning of Christmas. We are not only celebrating the birth of our Savior, but we are celebrating every thing he has done for us, the path he walked and his grace. I also hope you all can continue to spread light during this holiday season through quality service to others. I have seen my life blessed and changed as I have given myself up for the service of my God and I know it can bless yours too.

Well, this week is the last week of my third transfer. We got the calls yesterday! Me and Elder Hammond are staying here in Tulsa for at least 6 more weeks. I am sooooo excited to be celebrating Christmas in this area. We have an awesome Christmas day planned! I also can't wait to continue furthering the relationships with the people and my knowledge of the area. I'm also glad I don't have to pack up and move again! Sheesh that's stressful! It feels like I just barely got done doing that. My first 6 weeks here flew.

Anyhow, this week was quite the eventful week for us. In addition to the news about transfers, we also had some cool experiences this week. Mateo's dad is letting him be baptized! We were sooooo nervous about that and how he might possibly not let him because he's pretty anti, but he accepted and the 30th of December is still the plan for him. I am sooooo excited for him. He is such a cool kid! Him and another girl named Ashlynn Hutchins are getting baptized the exact same day. We have worked really hard with them keeping them on track. 

So I had this crazy experience with this one referral we got a few days ago. Probably the weirdest experience of my mission and it is quite a long story so I'll try to keep it short. It's hard to explain it quickly because it won't do this experience justice. These sister missionaries called us about this girl, so we called her and she literally rambled on to us for like 30 minutes and said some really weird stuff like how the devil has been attacking her and how she wants to be baptized immediately. There was a lot more stuff said but it's way to much to put into words. We show up to her house shortly after, we both felt really weird about going so we decided to pray and find out if this was a good idea because it was a weird conversation on the phone. We still felt weird but went anyway and I learned my lesson that those weird feelings were the spirit telling me this was gonna be a waste of time. She opens the door, she is missing an eye and has a HUGE cold sore on her lip. She hugs Elder Hammond and attempts to kiss me on the mouth (with the cold sore)!!!! Thankfully my strength prevailed and it didn't happen. But this woman was psycho. She also thought we were legit angels sent from heaven so she is screaming at her poor children to come and meet us. She gets sooooo frustrated because they weren't listening and ends up dragging them out of her house. Her husband is on the phone and he is yelling at us and telling us to get the “bleep” of his property and to never come back. He didn't have to tell us twice, so we fled the scene. It was sooooo weird! Sorry for that awkward story, I thought it was pretty funny. 

To wrap up on a high note, we had dinner yesterday with a family named the Masters. They told us that they were on an episode of House Hunters once and I thought that was pretty cool. The episode is called “The Tulsa Tustlers.” Check it out!

Well, 6 more triumphant weeks are ahead in this area. I can't wait to make the most of it and make this transfer the best one yet. Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas season! I love you guys!!

Love,

Elder Weese

1) "O Christmas tree"

2) I don't think these guys live hear anymore!!

3) Can't trust anyone!!

4) Dinner with house hunter celebrities!

5) Fossil watches!!!!

Week 20: BENT KNEES AND A DISEASED COMPANION!!! 12/10/2018

Wassup my friends? How ya'll doing? Another really quick week has come and gone here in Tulsa Oklahoma! This is my 20th p-day writing to ya'll! So this upcoming week is the last full week of the transfer and I am in awe because I feel like I just barely got to this area. Not to say that I am going to be getting transferred again, but it certainly does not feel like I have been in Tulsa for about 5 weeks. I'll make sure to tell ya'll what happens when we get the phone calls. My companionship with elder Hammond has been going great! We have grown solo close and it would be awesome to continue to serve with him if I have the chance! I have become more familiar with the area on a daily basis and have formed great relationships with the members!

Soooooo this week was pretty awesome! I visited a doctor on my knee and received a brace to walk with for the next week before a follow up appointment. The doctor I went to is actually a member of the stake presidency in my stake and we also had stake conference this last weekend and he has been checking in on me. Still unable to tell what the problem is so they're given me a few weeks to see if the pain will ease. If not, I might have to be getting an MRI. The pain hasn't been too severe since the first part of this trial, but there is a weird clicking sensation going on every time I bend it that other people have told me is not normal. But I think I will be ok! Apparently I'm not the only one going through this right now. My mission president did the exact same thing on the exact same day and in result of that, he is getting surgery this week. I guess his is a little bit more severe than mine!

Well to push that aside, this week was pretty good for the most part. So there has been a sickness that has been going on in throughout the entire mission. I experienced it a few weeks ago. My companion is experiencing it currently. But that didn't stop us from an awesome week. We had a miracle on Tuesday. We went to eat dinner at a members house who are grandparents who have full custody over two of their grandchildren, I don't know the details behind that, but it was the first time meeting them and one of them, who is about 11, told us that she wanted to be baptized! That doesn't happen to much to us! It is very exciting and I can't wait to start teaching her! Stake conference was yesterday and we had a general authority attend from the seventy! Everyone seemed pretty excited for that! We had interviews with President again for the 3rd time. Just goes to show how quickly this transfer will be wrapping up. The members are still feeding us daily. One member felt sooo bad when she had to cancel our appointment that she gave us 100 BUCKS to go get dinner with for the two of us. We can get like 3 meals with that! But like I said the members have been totally awesome.

Well, I am sooo thankful to be starting another week here in Oklahoma. My mission so far is something that I can't trade for anything. I learn day by day! That is the glory behind it, that there is always something or someone to learn from. And I can't wait for that to continue. Ya'll mean the world to me! Love ya'll!!

Love,

Elder Weese

Week 19: Christmas season is here!!!! 12/3/2018

Hello family and friends. How is everyone doing this fine Monday morning?? It seems like from what I hear that Utah is getting hit hard with snow! Here in Oklahoma, it is pretty much just a wet cold. The humidity has made this Winter season a whole lot harder. So it was a pretty hard week for me. I injured my knee playing some basketball and it may have resulted in a meniscus tear, as I have heard from doctors in my ward!! I have kept my president updated on my condition and I might have to go get it checked out by one who specializes in knees to find out what my actual injury. Soooo pray for me that it is nothing to serious and I can keep the work going here in Tulsa!!

So with this injury, I had a decision to make! I can either sit around and do nothing or I can get up and make some sacrifices and continue to work. As I have made those sacrifices, I saw an increase in miracles and blessings!! For example, I was able to set a baptismal date that same day and was also able to find this one girl who assumes to be very interested in learning about the book of Mormon!! 

Well, we are just waiting on a few baptisms to come up for our solid people that we have. They seem ready and committed. Hopefully they can stay that way as time goes on because the baptisms are after Christmas!!

Soooo I am sooooo sorry that this email is shorter than usual. My time has been cut short to email. I hope everyone is still doing great and is getting ready for Christmas! I challenge you all to spread the true spirit of Christmas by lighting the world! I know that your lives will be blessed and the lives of others as well as you share the light of Christ with others! I love you all!!

Love,

Elder Weese

1) apartment knocking

2) Multi-zone P-day

3) Knee check up with brother Bennet :(