GREETINGS FROM THE DEEP FREEZE THAT IS MEDICINE HAT, AB
Right now, as I am typing this, it is -35C with the windchill, that is -31F for you. Ya I'm freezing my you know what off. What's crazy is that just last Thursday it was really nice outside and it was above 0C. Thankfully we got a car...
So yesterday we got to meet with our investigator again. It was a sweet lesson. We taught her L3 which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She understands everything so well, but just has some concerns that she hasn't shared with us yet. We have a meeting on Tuesday with her so hopefully we can help her with some of those concerns. She understands the Book of Mormon very well and grasps on to the things we are teaching. Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity of giving a talk on missionary work in church. It was an alright talk. haha They are really not that bad to give anymore.
Also yesterday, it was snowy and icy while I was driving. I was making a left turn which I took it a little too fast and jumped the curb. Came within inches of nailing a light pole....haha it was crazy. Missed it and everything is fine. ha
Also a funny moment happened at dinner on Saturday night. For a few days now I have had a cough. In the middle of dinner I was taking a swig of juice and coughed in the middle of it. The juice went everywhere!!! hahaha Most of it went on E. Chamberlin and we were all laughing for about 5 minutes straight it was embarrassing, but funny at the same time.
Well, I am out of time. I love you all and have a great week!!
Love,
Elder Moore
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011
Family,
Things are finally starting to thaw out a little bit.... its finally going to be above 0C or 32F. Never thought that 32 would feel sooo good haha. So far this year Medicine Hat has gotten more snow than they have in years, lots of the white stuff.
Yesterday I found out that Elder D. Todd Christoferson is coming to the Hat for Stake conference in March, hopefully I can be there for it. That would be sweet if he spoke to the mission as well.
Well we taught our investigator again yesterday and it went really well. She kept her commitment to read and pray. We taught her the second lesson (the Plan of Salvation). She seemed to grasp it pretty well and she said a lot if it made sense to her. She has a very analytical mind, but so does the the member whose home we are teaching her in; so it works out really well. We have committed her to come to church next week, and she said she definitely will; plus an added bonus is that the Ward Mission Leader and I are speaking! ha Second time speaking in this ward. It seems like she has a real desire to learn the gospel. There was an awesome spirit at the lesson.
Interviews were this week and they were really good. President talked about faith and the AP's just asked kinda asked us the things we can improve on it was basic stuff but good.
On Friday the DLs and ZLs went to a leadership training meeting in Lethbridge. Normally I would have just stayed with E. Chamberlin, but the other companionship, E. Newman and Miller, had a lot of less active lessons and potential gator lessons that they couldn't cancel. So E. Chamberlin went and hung out in Taber and I stayed in the Hat with E. Miller ( you should remember him from 5 Guys the day I reported to the MTC). We split off Thursday night and Friday went to teach their lessons. What a great day! We even taught a less active in our area as well. So they were supposed to get back Friday night around 8, but they got a flat tire in Lethbridge and had to get it fixed; plus on the way back it started snowing like crazy so it took them awhile...they showed up to exchange back at 1130..... haha For missionaries that was really late. Not much else to report...
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week!!!
Love,
Elder Moore
Things are finally starting to thaw out a little bit.... its finally going to be above 0C or 32F. Never thought that 32 would feel sooo good haha. So far this year Medicine Hat has gotten more snow than they have in years, lots of the white stuff.
Yesterday I found out that Elder D. Todd Christoferson is coming to the Hat for Stake conference in March, hopefully I can be there for it. That would be sweet if he spoke to the mission as well.
Well we taught our investigator again yesterday and it went really well. She kept her commitment to read and pray. We taught her the second lesson (the Plan of Salvation). She seemed to grasp it pretty well and she said a lot if it made sense to her. She has a very analytical mind, but so does the the member whose home we are teaching her in; so it works out really well. We have committed her to come to church next week, and she said she definitely will; plus an added bonus is that the Ward Mission Leader and I are speaking! ha Second time speaking in this ward. It seems like she has a real desire to learn the gospel. There was an awesome spirit at the lesson.
Interviews were this week and they were really good. President talked about faith and the AP's just asked kinda asked us the things we can improve on it was basic stuff but good.
On Friday the DLs and ZLs went to a leadership training meeting in Lethbridge. Normally I would have just stayed with E. Chamberlin, but the other companionship, E. Newman and Miller, had a lot of less active lessons and potential gator lessons that they couldn't cancel. So E. Chamberlin went and hung out in Taber and I stayed in the Hat with E. Miller ( you should remember him from 5 Guys the day I reported to the MTC). We split off Thursday night and Friday went to teach their lessons. What a great day! We even taught a less active in our area as well. So they were supposed to get back Friday night around 8, but they got a flat tire in Lethbridge and had to get it fixed; plus on the way back it started snowing like crazy so it took them awhile...they showed up to exchange back at 1130..... haha For missionaries that was really late. Not much else to report...
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week!!!
Love,
Elder Moore
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
January 17, 2011
Another month come and gone..... Where does the time go???
Another cold, wintry week in Medicine Hat! Yesterday we picked up a new investigator... but unfortunately I have got a stomach bug again!! Its not fun. I still am not feeling great... Well back to our Gator..she is an intern for a family who does humanitarian work in Africa and stuff like that. Our Ward Mission Leader works there too and knows her well, so we challenged him to invite her to take the lessons and she accepted. So yesterday I stayed home while Elder Chamberlin and Elder Miller went on exchanges to teach her the first lesson. I'm bummed I missed out on it but I will be there next week. Also yesterday we had four less actives come to church. Bow Island is doing good. We haven't been out there for awhile. There is a guy out there that hopefully we can start teaching soon.
Elder Chamberlin and I are doing great and we are having a good time.
Well hopefully the weather here starts to warm up cause I am kinda starting to get sick of this cold, snowy weather...
Love you all and have a great week and safe travels.
Love,
Elder Moore
Another cold, wintry week in Medicine Hat! Yesterday we picked up a new investigator... but unfortunately I have got a stomach bug again!! Its not fun. I still am not feeling great... Well back to our Gator..she is an intern for a family who does humanitarian work in Africa and stuff like that. Our Ward Mission Leader works there too and knows her well, so we challenged him to invite her to take the lessons and she accepted. So yesterday I stayed home while Elder Chamberlin and Elder Miller went on exchanges to teach her the first lesson. I'm bummed I missed out on it but I will be there next week. Also yesterday we had four less actives come to church. Bow Island is doing good. We haven't been out there for awhile. There is a guy out there that hopefully we can start teaching soon.
Elder Chamberlin and I are doing great and we are having a good time.
Well hopefully the weather here starts to warm up cause I am kinda starting to get sick of this cold, snowy weather...
Love you all and have a great week and safe travels.
Love,
Elder Moore
Thursday, January 13, 2011
January 10, 2011
Greetings from the Frozen Tundra of Alberta,
Transfers have come and gone and I am still in Medicine Hat but now I have a new companion. His name is Elder Chamberlin, he is from Draper, UT and has been out 21 months. Serving with him will be lots of fun and we will work hard, even though he is 21 months out and might be getting trunky. Just kidding! It won't effect me that much... I hope haha. I still have a long ways to go ha.
So for transfers we drove to from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge which is about a 2 hour drive. Transfers are fun because you get to see missionaries that you haven't seen in a long time. So I said my goodbyes to Elder Stevens (he went to Calgary in the west stake). Before we left back to the Hat, we ate at Tony Roma's and a random member paid for all of us...a total of 8!! It was amazing.
On Wednesday, the Zone Leaders' catalytic converter went out, and they needed a car because they live 10 mintues out of town and cover all of the Hat with the Young Single Adults. So now we don't have the car. The weather's been nice lately...no snow and mild. But now that we don't have a car the great weather disappears and then comes the deep freeze and a blizzard..... it has been snowing since Saturday at noon. Right now it is light snow, but it is stinkin' cold and it is only going to get colder....Gotta love these Canadian winters!!!!
Crazy about Uncle Russ... how did he feel being on the other side of the medical practice? (Russ had his appendix out) Well tell him to get better and I love him. It's amazing how much Grant has grown up since I left.
Yeah. I heard about the shootings in Tucson. Crazy stuff... another black eye on AZ. Ever since I have come up here all I have heard is negative talk about AZ. First, the housing market, then the immigration bill, how we are killing people in need of transplants, and now the shootings!! Maybe things will calm down by September.
Well I love you all and have a great week!!!
Love,
Elder Hayden Moore
Transfers have come and gone and I am still in Medicine Hat but now I have a new companion. His name is Elder Chamberlin, he is from Draper, UT and has been out 21 months. Serving with him will be lots of fun and we will work hard, even though he is 21 months out and might be getting trunky. Just kidding! It won't effect me that much... I hope haha. I still have a long ways to go ha.
So for transfers we drove to from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge which is about a 2 hour drive. Transfers are fun because you get to see missionaries that you haven't seen in a long time. So I said my goodbyes to Elder Stevens (he went to Calgary in the west stake). Before we left back to the Hat, we ate at Tony Roma's and a random member paid for all of us...a total of 8!! It was amazing.
On Wednesday, the Zone Leaders' catalytic converter went out, and they needed a car because they live 10 mintues out of town and cover all of the Hat with the Young Single Adults. So now we don't have the car. The weather's been nice lately...no snow and mild. But now that we don't have a car the great weather disappears and then comes the deep freeze and a blizzard..... it has been snowing since Saturday at noon. Right now it is light snow, but it is stinkin' cold and it is only going to get colder....Gotta love these Canadian winters!!!!
Crazy about Uncle Russ... how did he feel being on the other side of the medical practice? (Russ had his appendix out) Well tell him to get better and I love him. It's amazing how much Grant has grown up since I left.
Yeah. I heard about the shootings in Tucson. Crazy stuff... another black eye on AZ. Ever since I have come up here all I have heard is negative talk about AZ. First, the housing market, then the immigration bill, how we are killing people in need of transplants, and now the shootings!! Maybe things will calm down by September.
Well I love you all and have a great week!!!
Love,
Elder Hayden Moore
Monday, January 3, 2011
January 3, 2011
Happy 2011!! Well it is transfers this week, but they kinda changed it up so we are emailing on Monday. I am getting a new companion, Elder Chamberlin. I don't know a lot about him, but what I have been hearing is good so far. This transfer is going to be a little bit different. It is going to be seven weeks, not six, because they are sending missionaries home a week early. Everyone in Medicine Hat, all six of us, are getting new companions. It will be good transfer. Elder Stevens (Elder Moore's current companion) is going to West Calgary.
This week we got some less actives out to church for all three hours. It was pretty cool to see them come out and feel the difference in their lives. We didn't get a chance to meet with any of our investigators this week, but hopefully next week. We will start teaching a guy out in Bow Island who is " very" interested...we will see what happens.
It's been kinda cold the past week and a little snowy but not too bad. I bet you guys are freezing down there. Heard it is in the 20s hahaha and you even got a little bit of snow in the higher parts of the valley. That is sweet.
Well I love you all so much. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Moore
This week we got some less actives out to church for all three hours. It was pretty cool to see them come out and feel the difference in their lives. We didn't get a chance to meet with any of our investigators this week, but hopefully next week. We will start teaching a guy out in Bow Island who is " very" interested...we will see what happens.
It's been kinda cold the past week and a little snowy but not too bad. I bet you guys are freezing down there. Heard it is in the 20s hahaha and you even got a little bit of snow in the higher parts of the valley. That is sweet.
Well I love you all so much. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Moore
December 27, 2010
Mi Familia,
It was amazing to talk to you guys on Christmas...best phone call yet ha! The rest of Christmas was good. Right after I got off with you, we went and chilled out tossing the basketball around until our dinner at the Peppers. We had ham and cheesy potatoes. haha They were way good. They gave us little presents which were fun: some Canada socks, a huge Canada stocking and some other goodies. Even though I was away from home, it was a good Christmas; definitely one I will always remember. I love you all! Happy NEW Year!!
Elder Moore
It was amazing to talk to you guys on Christmas...best phone call yet ha! The rest of Christmas was good. Right after I got off with you, we went and chilled out tossing the basketball around until our dinner at the Peppers. We had ham and cheesy potatoes. haha They were way good. They gave us little presents which were fun: some Canada socks, a huge Canada stocking and some other goodies. Even though I was away from home, it was a good Christmas; definitely one I will always remember. I love you all! Happy NEW Year!!
Elder Moore
Monday, December 20, 2010
December 20, 2010
Family,
This last week was awesome! We picked up a new investigator and got two less actives that haven't been to church in a while to come!! So first about the new investigator, his name is X and has a wife who hasn't come to church in a long time. We found them a few weeks back by just calling people on the ward list and since we didn't know her so we gave them a ring. She said it was cool if we came over, so we set a time, but she forgot so it didn't happen. Last Sunday we felt like we should stop by and they let us in. We got to know them a little bit and came back on Tuesday and taught a little bit about Christ and then we asked him if he wanted to hear the discussions and he said "yes". Cause of this being Christmas week, we won't be able to meet with them until next week. Also we had our ward Christmas party and they came to it!! It was sweet because we have built some trust with them and they also got to meet people in the ward.
Another less active member and his wife hadn't been to church for almost six weeks, if not a little more ( he got baptized on the 17th of October). We hadn't been able to reach them and his mom got really sick. So they came over to a member's house for dinner. It was at the Elders Quorum president's house, along with the ward mission leader and his wife. After the dinner, we taught them the first half of lesson three. We threw in keeping the Sabbath day holy and coming to church and it went really well. Saturday night we finished up lesson three and they committed to coming to church. We also talked about the Priesthood, why it was important to have it, and going to the temple. They came to church, but left after sacrament because she wasn't feeling well.
Another less active is a single guy who has lost his desire to come to church. We had been over there a couple times before, but the lessons weren't really sinking in and he didn't act on anything we invited him to do. But this last time was different we talked about the Book of Mormon and its importance. Then we set goals with him to help him progress, come to church and get him to start reading his scriptures. So far he has been doing a really good job of it, and he came to church and stayed all three hours! It was really cool. He said he is already feeling a difference throughout the day.
That is great that the home ward is having a convert baptism! Fills me with joy! (Editor's note: a wonderful young man named Chad is being baptized on Christmas day and is part of Hayden's home ward here in Gilbert.)
I got the Christmas package. I got the shoes and the razor out, but I didn't touch anything else and won't till Saturday. So for Christmas we are eating breakfast at the Oberg's where I will be talking to you guys. Bro Oberg was our ward mission leader, but just got released. Then we are going over to the Peppers to eat dinner. It will be fun.
I love you all and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Love,
Elder Moore
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