Week 80: Infested!!! 2/24/20

Hello everyone!! I hope everyone is doing well this fine day!! Things here in Wagoner have been going pretty well, other then what happened to us a few days ago. One morning, I woke up with like thousands of bites on my arms which are from bed bugs we received probably by being in an old trailer home visiting someone. I saw one on my clothes once we left there that I killed, but I guess it didn't stop anything. Last night we had this HUGE heater in our bedroom to kill those suckers so we won't have to worry about them again, during that we had to stay in another missionary's apartment. The problem should hopefully be solved now, but dang, I was hoping to go my whole mission without getting these things, but I guess that is make belief because literally every missionary out here has experienced something that had to do with them. I guess trials and hardships are for our learning and benefit I guess. To think, whenever I look back on my bike crash that took out my elbow, ya it was hard in the moment, but now it just makes me laugh, I'm sure that will be the case for this situation as well...

Despite that, we had a super good week!! I love the people here!! Members, investigators, random strangers,.. you name it. They are all so friendly and we continue to run into friendly people on the regular. It has really made the work fun and enjoyable. There's an awesome member named Tammie, she's in her 50's and she loves missionaries and we all think she is hilarious. Out of all missionaries she has been in contact with, I asked her what it would take for me to become her favorite. She told me to come back and marry me when you are 57! Haha what?? I guess whatever it takes! Haha jk! But she is so funny and very honest and real too. If she has questions about the church, she won't hesitate to ask, mainly because she's a convert!

We also had some cool discussions this week as well. One with Rob, who is sooooo close to baptism. We got talking about it and why he is so excited for it. He really thinks that it will help him become a better person and it will keep him from making the same mistakes he has made in the past. He has really good intentions about the whole thing and he comes to church every week. He's super awesome!!! We also had a lesson with a newer person we are teaching named Kenneth. He LOVES God and loves being engulfed in the word!! Missionaries in the past gave him a BofM and he totally agrees with the reality behind it, he said "there were 12 tribes under God's covenant. Why would he only talk to one?" He also asked whenever he was off work if he could go tracting with us. We were like, helk ya. His main issue however is he does NOT like organized religion. He thinks to much of the people and how they destroy settings where we are supposed to worship and that they just act so fake all the time. He hates that, so he doesn't go and thinks his relationship with God is fine enough to where church going isn't necessary for him. Then and there is where we talked about how our church is set up and organized and also talked about the sacrament and how that is necessary. He said he would come and see what church is like, hopefully this upcoming Sunday we will get him there.

I was also on an exchange this week with someone named Elder Hopkin who serves in Fair Oaks. We got bashed, but it was the most polite bashing I have ever been in, that continues to go to show the type of people in the area. It's awesome!

Well, I'm so pumped for this next week. We have many people on our radar to go and see so let's hope and pray they will all turn out! This is the most excited I have been about the work in a REAL long time! I'm loving this area! I hope you all have a great week! Love you all! TTYL!

Love,

Elder Weese

1-3) Bed Bugs DO Bite!!

4-5) Exchanges with Fair Oaks