Wagoner: a crazy rain storm, a 2 foot cacti and a spiky plant

This week Elder Wold told us that they were in his old area, Wagoner, for a day (which is about 2 hours east of where he lives now). When he was there a year ago, he and his companion, Elder Kestner,  were teaching a lady and she gave him a spiky plant and when he went to the apartment he used to live in, the plant was still there and alive. The Elders there didn’t want it, so he took it with him back to Edmond. Also while he was there, he was passing a woman’s home that had a 2 foot cacti out front. So, he stopped and told her he was from Arizona and that he hasn’t seen cactus for awhile. She showed him three other cactus that she had on the side of her house. Then she told him that he could have the 2 foot tall cacti. Then on the way back to Edmond, Elder Wold and his companions got caught in the worst rain storm he’s ever been in. He said there was tons of lightning and rain. They felt blessed to made it back home safely.

Meeting with Pres. Eyring

Elder Wold had lots of meetings this week and they are teaching a few people which is coming along well. One of the days last week, Elder Wold’s companion, Elder Vogt, all of a sudden said that they needed to stop when they were passing OCU, which is a Methodist college. So they stopped and met the head reverend of the campus, even though it was after hours in the middle of the week. They were able to get all the information they needed to start more actively teaching on that campus. They’ve been trying to figure out how to go about doing this for awhile and so this was a big miracle that night.

Last Sunday the Oklahoma City Temple was rededicated by President Eyring. The missionaries weren’t able to go to the rededication but their mission president and his wife, were able to. Right after the dedication President Eyring came and spoke to all the missionaries for an hour! Elder Wold said that it was such a powerful and spiritual experience. President Eyring spoke on receiving revelation.  He also shook each missionary’s hand and looked each one in the eyes.  Elder Wold said that he was so impressed with how nice and real Pres. Eyring was. 

On Monday, Elder Wold, Elder Vogt, and Elder Martineau drove to Tulsa with Pres. and Sis. Mansell. All the schools in Oklahoma City and in Tulsa were closed for bad weather but the Mansells felt it was safe to travel so Elder Wold said he trusted them and they went to Tulsa for an activity and all was well. Oklahoma did have some tornadoes touch down this last Monday and yesterday but no one was injured and the missionaries went to storm shelters. The storms all passed through by yesterday morning and everyone is safe. We are so grateful that our prayers for the safety of the missionaries and for the people in Oklahoma were answered!

From left, Elder Lynn G. Robbins, President Henry B. Eyring and Elder Kevin R. Duncan participated in the May 19, 2019, rededication of the Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple. 

Zone conference & temple open house pics!

Elders Scott, Manis, Downing and Wold with Bill Smiley at Golden Corral.

6 weeks left!!!

We talked to Elder Wold last Saturday and he is doing great! He and Elder Vogt and Elder Martineau have been doing trainings and have been on exchanges. Christian is scheduled to be baptized this weekend.

They were able to go to the Oklahoma City Temple Open House and they really enjoyed it.

We received Elder Wold’s return date and flight information and he will be returning home on June 19th, in 6 weeks! He will be speaking in our ward on Sunday, June 23rd.