Week 38: The one with 2 exchanges!! 1/23/2023

Hola a todos! Cómo andan!? Well this week was busy busy!!! We had 2 exchanges with a couple Elders in the zone, and we will be doing some more tomorrow!!! It sure does make the time fly by!!!

This week went by really well! We put an 8 year old kid named Maxi on date and he is very excited to by baptized!! His baptism will be on Saturday!!! Other than that Elder Neilson and I have just been grinding really hard, trying to find the elect!!! And if there has been anything I have learned on the mission, the elect do exist!!!

To give yall an example we recently started teaching this one lady who we found on the street!! Today we went back and she has read the introduction to the book of Mormon, all of the testimonies, the explanation, and all the way up to 1 Nephi 3. She went on to tell us how she feels peaceful as she is reading and how it all just makes sense!! Her name is Carina so if yall could add her to your prayers that would be great!!

Sorry my emails haven't been that long, ahaha I don't know what's going on I am having a hard time writing everything!!! Anyways I love yall and hope you have a wonderful week! I'll add a scripture at the end of this for yall!!! 

15 For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

1 Nephi 21: 15-16

Chau!!! 

Love Elder Weese

Week 37: Anotha week in the vineyard!! 1/16/2023

Hola a todos! Cómo anda!? How are yall doing this fine week!? 

This week was pretty good!!! We talked to a lot of people in the street and had some great lessons!! 

Church went pretty good too!! We had 7 of our friends come which was pretty good to see all of them! The progression of these people is really awesome to see over here!! All they need to do though is get married and they can be baptized so it'll be good!!

Pday today was fun though! We did a Zone pday and played soccer all day, ate an asado, drank some doble cola, alfores, everything!! I am sunburned though! My legs have not seen the sun in 9 months haha!! 

Well I dont have a whole lot on my mind to write about in this email!! Just to ask yall to continue praying for our people we are teaching! Pray for Guiñazu!! Anyways I love ya and hope yall have a fantastic week!!

Chau

Elder Weese

Week 36: Week 1 in Guiñazu 1/9/2023

Howdy everybody!!! How's it going? Well the first week in Guiñazu has come to an end!!! What a crazy week it was and what a crazy area this is!!

Well this week was full of learning new names, new area, and how to be a ZL. I'll be honest I am drained! Mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc. But there is no better feeling than to say that you served with ALL your might, mind, and strength!

Well for starters I just wanna say how much I love my companion Elder Neilson! Elder Neilson is from Atlanta Georgia but his family moved to Montana while he has been out, and he goes home in 2 transfers! Him and I have gotten along so well!! Just an absolute BEAST of a missionary!

We had some awesome lessons this week!! One in particular is the Inga family. Their story is really cool! So Elder Neilson and his oast companion are the ones that found these people! It is a family of 5 and they baptized 2 of their sons, now the goal is the mom and dad. But the battle has been they won't get married! The dad wants too but the mom doesn't want too. Well this week we focused really hard on that and asked Heavenly Father for a miracle, He provided!! The dad (Juan) told us how they are getting married today! She finally agreed too!! So the plan is to baptize them on the 4 of February but honestly we might move that up a little closer now!!

We also put a girl named Pamela on date to be baptized! Pamela has a lot of family problems and one of them is that she is a single mom, trying to raise a bunch of little kids on her own. That lesson we had with her was so powerful!! We bore testimony to her of how she can have a relationship with her Heavenly Father through the power of prayer! It was awesome to watch the spirit hit her in that lesson!!

We made a billion more contacts and lessons this week but I won't throw all of that here! Anyways I love you all and hope that you all are safe!! Truly I hope that you realize how much I love you!! I cannot thank you enough for the support that you all give me through your prayers!! Have a wonderful week!!

Love Elder Weese

Week 35: TRANSFERS!! 1/2/2023

Howdy everybody!!! How are things going back home? Happy New year by the way! I hope you all were able to set some goals on things you want to accomplish in 2023!!

Well things are pretty hectic right now! I am in a sketchy van with my companion leaving Aimogasta! So as you could tell by the title, we had transfers!! I am sadly leaving the wonderful people of Aimogasta! But I am excited for what's ahead! My new area is in Córdoba in a part called Guñasu which is just north of the city. I will be the Zone Leader down there with an Elder Nielson! I have never talked to him in my life but I have only heard awesome things so I am excited! My companion Elder Krupp will be staying in Aimogasta and is coming with me to pick up his greenie!! 

Well now that we got all the news out, I'll talk about my last week in Aimogasta! It consisted of a lot of walking, knocking 100000 doors and talking to 100000 people. We had some awesome contacts and taught some great lessons!! But there is one that I would love to talk about which happened yesterday. 

Elder Krupp and I were standing outside of the church waiting for some friends to come and for the sacrament to start when I looked over and saw this girl standing outside of her house. I felt this strong impression to go talk to her and invite her to church and me being like the natural man I am, was trying to shake off that impression. I had a whole bunch of excuses go through my head of why I shouldn't go over there, "church starts in a couple of minutes" "she ain't gonna come" "go inside and talk to the members" But after having all those excuses going through my head of why I shouldn't, I got a better one of why I should! It was "Elder I have called you to serve the people of Aimogasta, and I am giving you an opportunity" When I heard that voice I kicked off the natural man and went over to talk to her.

I am glad I did!! I went over with my companion and we could just instantly tell that she was crying. We talked with her for a little bit, trying to invite her to come to the church with us but she wasn't to big of a fan of that idea. We then told her we were servants sent by God to help people. And if she needed anything we will be there!!

Well she never came to church, but I know that wasn't the point of me going over there. She needed to know that somebody cared, that God loves her, and that she is a daughter of God. 

I feel like we can all be like that girl. We all have times where we just cry, and feel hopeless. I know this because it happens to me a lot!! We must all realize that no matter where we are on the covenant path, we have a loving Heavenly Father who does not want us to be sad. He is there to comfort us in every moment so when times get hard, the first thing we must do is turn to Him! I promise you that as we do this, we will feel a love that is more powerful than anything❤️

Anyways I love yall. I will miss Elder Krupp making me pancakes but I guess I'll just have to learn haha!!

Have a great week!!

Love, Elder Weese