Week 83: Missionary Life Amid COVID-19 Outbreak 3/16/2020

In case y'all are wondering, I am alive! I'm doing well, I have plenty of food, toilet paper, etc. I can't believe how crazy things are getting! Everyone is talking about it. I've been hearing things about it everywhere I go. It's also crazy to hear about all the things that are being shut down because of it! It was weird not going to church yesterday and it's also weird that we aren't gonna be taking part of any weekly meetings this week as well. But hey, life just keeps going on and the work of the Lord continues. This quote by the Prophet Joseph Smith says it best this way...“The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.” 

I also appreciate the video that was sent out by our current prophet where he promises us that the Lord is bound when we do what He says. May we all be comforted that we can find joy in life and rich blessings when we follow the Savior, when we live by his example, and when we strive to be like Him. It can be easy to lose track of that amid all the chaos going on, but when we remember, it truly blesses us. I'm grateful for His love, and His concern. He is the one in control, He knows what's best for us, and no matter what life may throw at us, we may overcome, through Him. I'm also grateful for a living prophet who receives direct guidance from God for our welfare. We have the tools to go on with life, and that's what we need to use now more than ever. 

Well, other than all of that happening, we had a pretty good week. We moved out of our broken house which, on Tuesday, found out it was more dangerous than we thought. Our plumber found extension cords running our main power source from the breaker box underneath our house! That's something pretty scary and hazardous, so we moved out quickly! The "new-old" house is pretty good, still isn't finished being adjusted, but everything works, toilet and all. There is a chair here with bedbugs that we had to throw out this morning, hopefully we won't have any further problems with that. We also had a super awesome lesson with this girl named Angie along with her 2 daughters, Alexa and Autumn. They live right next to the church and have wanted to try it out, but never had. We taught them about the Restoration of the Gospel and it was super powerful. We told her that Christ not only took upon Him our sins, but also all of our pains and afflictions and any sadness we have ever felt and we showed her in Alma 7 where it says that. She started crying because she had never thought of that before. She says her relationship with Christ feels a lot more meaningful because we shared that with her. It's exciting because her daughters, Alexa and Autumn, our super interested as well and they are all going to start reading the Book of Mormon together!! Exciting stuff!

Well you all, stay safe out there! I hope things are going well!! I'm looking forward to another week and I am excited to talk to you again soon! I love you all!

Love,

Elder Weese

1) Lunch with Skip, the "mormolic" (catholic and mormon as he likes to call it)