May 4, 2010

Hey all! It's transfer week and looks like I'm staying in Lethbridge with Elder Dastrup for at least another 6 weeks. Well things slowed this week. We taught member lessons and gave a 7-day challenge yesterday to the Fletchers (get this Bro Brandon Fletcher served in the UT Ogden mission and served at the same time as Andy) and on Sunday we taught Mr. X again and all he wanted to do was bash with us. We couldn't get two words in, he just kept talking... we might meet with him again, but who knows.

So yeah, another transfer come and gone... time flies. This next transfer will be good and I'm looking forward to it, cause the members are getting missionary minded. I'm stoked.

So get this, we go to the Library this morning and it was closed... so we are at the Owens this morning emailing.. ha well I love you all and will talk to you Sunday!

Love

Elder Moore

Nice Letter About Elder Moore - May 1, 2010

Editors Note: We received a letter from the ward mission leader of the Heritage ward in Lethbridge this week. What incredible members there are in Canada that would take the time to write us to let us know how our missionary is doing. In addition, the Elder's quorum president from the same ward and his lovely wife and little girl were on "holiday" in AZ and came by today to drop off a package from Hayden (a Canadian hockey jersey, of course!). What sweet people they are and how nice it was to visit with them and find out how Hayden is doing.

Here is the letter...

Moore Family:
My name is Brother Tim Rollingson and I'm the ward mission leader of Heritage Ward in Lethbridge, Alberta where your son is currently serving. We are so pleased to have Elder Moore among us. The work in our area is visibly progressing as a direct result of the work of your son and his companion, Elder Dastrup. He is an effective missionary and I personally appreciate his willingness to obey and work hard, magnifying his calling. He looks well and our members are getting behind him (and feeding him). Thanks for sending us such a worthy servant of the Lord.

With All Sincerity,
Tim

April 28, 2010

How goes it? Well another week has flown by and we have been super busy! So we had given a 7 day challenge to Troy Leavitt. He is a member in 12th ward. A 7-day is where we challenge them to find some one for us to teach in their home in 7 days. So on Sunday we taught two separate people at his house and then on Monday we taught two more people. All this from one 7 day challenge! He is a way solid member missionary and he is my example of what I want to be like when I get home. The first person we taught was a guy who is a born again and is really set in his ways. He kinda wanted to teach us more than for us to teach him, but he is a really nice guy, and we are teaching him again this next Sunday. Right after that lesson we taught a girl (this was like 10 minutes after the other guys had left, we only had like 5 minutes to eat dinner Sunday night haha) and she is really nice. She was receptive but not really wanting to make any commitments. Troy was the one who tried to set a date for baptism for her but she was kind of back peddling a little. She wasn't even to sure on wanting to make another appt.

The first lesson on Monday was with a lady, and we again taught her at Troy's house and it went well. We taught her the second lesson and she even got a little emotional about talking about past experiences with religion but she is not by any means against it. The second person we taught on Monday was a guy who is an interesting fellow.. he has been through a lot in his life, some of it really crazy. We tried to get a Baptismal date and he also said no, but we got him thinking about it! The only unfortunate thing is that not one of these people live in our area so we had to hand them over to other missionaries, but as long as they are being taught I'm OK with it.

So what else happened this week?.... oh ya, we helped out lot with service this last week. We helped a couple people move and some others clean up stuff and take it to the dump. On Saturday, we didn't get in our suits till about 7:30 that night cause we where just constantly helping people with stuff, it was a lot of fun... because I didn't get into a tie all day!

So that's about been our week, today we went to the temple as a zone and it was fun. The Hamilton's from Heritage ward took us, that's why I'm emailing later in the day. The weather here sucks right now because it's raining/wet snow. It is not fun to be in and it's going to get worse over the next couple days... but it should warm up next week. Well I love you all and miss ya tons!

Love

Elder Hayden Moore

P.S. For Mothers Day you will be calling me at 6:30 p.m.!! I will let you know if anything changes.

New Church Building for Lethbridge 4/22/2010

Editor's note: We received another great email from Elder and Sis. Owens and thought we would share:

Today was a historic day for Lethbridge. The West Stake had a groundbreaking ceremony. The Full Time Missionaries in the West Stake jumped in for a "photo op". Wow! Everyone's cameras went clicking! I think we were a nice sight to behold, don't you? So parents of the missionaries, please forward this back to them so they can see how they looked on their next P-Day. After all, this is why we are here ... to get more converts so even more chapels can be built. This has been a long time coming. Right after these photos were taken, the Lethbridge wind kicked in. Everyone scattered fast to their cars. Ohhhhh, sooooo much fun being missionaries !!!!

Elder Lanny D. Owens

April 21, 2010

What's up everyone?

Another week has come and gone and now I have been out seven months! haha Time flies.

This week was a good cause we picked up two new investigators! The one I talked about teaching last Wednesday night...Well, we taught her and it went well, the spirit was strong and she felt it. She got a lot of her questions answered that night, so being obedient, we gave her a firm Baptismal commitment and she accepted! We were stoked about that, but she canceled our appointment for Friday. She told her friend that she thought things were moving way too fast and just wanted to get some questions answered. We aren't too sure about her at the moment. The other investigator that we picked up is thirteen and really wants to learn more. The lesson went really well and she came to church with her friend who is fellowshipping her. Unfortunately, her mom won't let her progress to baptism, but we are going to see what happens with that this Saturday.

Yeah, so the weather this week is a complete opposite from last week.. went from heavy snow to 77F. haha It's beautiful outside right now. Today we are going to go play soccer and Frisbee, and maybe go hit some balls at the driving range if we have time. We might do that next week ha.

Last night we went to the Hamilton's for a visit and they are huge Suns fans. They kept us posted on the game and when we got home we had four phone calls from members telling me that the Suns won! I love the members in these wards. They are sick. Next week we are going to the temple, so I won't be on till like 3 or 4.

Well I love you all and miss ya tons!

Mothers Day is Coming !!!

Pics of Hayden

Elder and Sister Owens were so sweet to send us these pictures of Hayden and the missionaries he is serving with in his area. They said their district had a going away luncheon for one of the sister missionaries. It looked like they were having some fun. Thank so much to the Owens for their kind words. We are so blessed to have missionary couples like them serving alongside our sons and daughters.

April 14, 2010

Hey all!

Well another week has come and gone and guess what?! We just got a ton of snow last night and this morning! ha! It stinks because it is heavy, wet snow and is not fun to shovel. There is so much of it! It's not snowing anymore, but it's kinda raining, and it is very wet and slushy. Not fun to walk in. Well, this last week has been good and it went by really fast. Probably because we are keeping ourselves so busy with member lessons. We are really working hard with the members to find someone for us to teach and it's paying off for us. Tonight we will be teaching a friend of a girl in Heritage ward. We did a 7-day challenge with them. That is were we commit them to find someone for us in 7 days. It works really well and it's a great way to find people. Things are great here in Lethbridge and I'm having fun. Just not liking the snow thing. Oh yeah, and last night we got a flat tire. Our car is just sitting in front of the Owens' place till we get over there and get it fixed. It won't be fun but oh well. ha!

Well I love you all so much and miss ya tons!!