To start off with: December tornadoes! Sounds awesome, right?
I guess the story goes something like this: My companion and I were headed to dinner, there was a light drizzle going on, nothing massive really. The weather was pretty interesting looking though (I'll attach some photo's). We had some sun rain and a double rainbow. We got to our dinner appointment with the other Elder's who serve in our ward and started to help out with the cooking. As we're helping, I thought I heard a very loud radio dispatch pager go off outside of the window(probably some cop in the apartment complex), followed by a wonderful tornado siren! The first question I asked myself was this: "Why are there tornado sirens going off in the middle of December?" Then the more logical, active portion of my brain took over and came to the conclusion that there's a tornado forming in December because Oklahoma's weather doesn't have any logical boundaries and it does what it wants, whatever the season. Brother Merwin, deciding that it was somewhere in the city and we should probably get more informed than we currently were, turned on the TV to the channel 9 news station, where we see the weatherman using lots of hand gestures and pointing out that there's a tornado northeast of us about 20 miles away moving away from our direction. About 2 minutes later the siren's disengaged and the tornado watch was lifted, so we resumed cooking and ate a wonderful dinner, gave a spiritual message, and resumed proselyting.
A day in the life of an Oklahoman missionary. Exciting, right?
Other than severe weather we were totally not prepared for, it's been a great time here in Quail Creek! We are finding new people to teach, through members and our own efforts. Our area isn't where it needs to be, but we're getting it there! Members are picking up a lot of slack and we are getting referrals, which is the best way to do missionary work. Our ward is so awesome!
Chelsae White is our only baptismal date currently. We haven't been able to meet with her this week, unfortunately. The Murphy's have been pretty busy, and we know that a family member of Chelsae's had a birthday so we knew it was going to be rough to try to get a visit in. We're hoping that we will see her this week.
Cam hasn't talked to us in a long time. We haven't officially met him since that dinner appointment, so we're looking at dropping him. We were hoping that the Wiberg family was going to be able to set something up sometime on a Friday, but it looks like it may not happen the way that it was planned (surprising, I know...).
We have two new investigators we found through our own efforts: The Tkatch family! I wasn't there to teach them, 'cause I was on exchanges with Elder Hightower, my district leader, but it was an awesome lesson and they want to learn more. I don't have a lot of details, so I will have to fill y'all in next week.
Things are beginning to boom here in the city, and I think it's going to keep on booming as we find new people to teach. I'm excited for what we can accomplish this next week!
I love my mission! I love the people here in Oklahoma! This has been such a great experience for me! If you are reading this and you're considering a mission, I would suggest to you to study, ponder and pray about it. You'll get your answer, and I'm sure it will be a resounding "Yes!"
Thanks for all of the love and support y'all have given me!
-Elder Holbrook
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