Busy Week Up Here in the Great White North
Another week come and gone.... Tell Bishop Anderson that I thank him for everything that he has done as bishop and that he did an amazing job magnifying his calling. Send my condolences to Bishop Nathan Andersen haha jk He will do an amazing job, he is a spiritual giant and he was great example to me as my home teaching companion.
So far it is not as cold as it was last week, but tonight it will get pretty chilly at about -30c but then it is supposed to warm up by the end of the week so hopefully it is going to start warming up here a little more frequently. What I have learned by living in this climate is that I can live with snow. It's really not that bad. It can get annoying but I can deal with it. What I can't live with is the cold temps. Not the 10c, that's not bad; it's when its like -25 to -30, even - 40 when it is killer.
We were pretty busy this week... Tuesday we had exchanges and I went with E. Miller again this time just working in my area. We had a good day and had a few lessons with some less actives and also we had a lesson with our investigator. In the lesson we answered some of the questions she had and helped clear up some rumors she had heard ha. It was a really good lesson and we really feel like she is moving in the right direction. We also met with her on Sunday and we watched the Restoration DVD. This was the last lesson we are going to have with her for a few weeks because she, our WML (ward mission leader), and the members she is living with are going to Ethiopia on a humanitarian trip. So hopefully she will realize what she needs to do. E. Chamberlin and I both feel like we have done all we can and now it is in her hands to make the decision, we will obviously still teach her and help her, but she knows what she needs to do. She is very smart and a good person. I am confident that the Spirit will lead her to making the right decision. So going back to Wednesday, we had Zone Conference in Magrath which is about 3 hours southwest of Med Hat. It was a long day. We had to leave the Hat by 530am to get there by 830 and the roads where terrible; it was windy and icy and there was a lot of blowing snow, but we got there safe, no incidents. Zone Conference was good they talked about urgency in our investigators being baptized and they focused a lot on numbers... and they talked a lot about the Atonement. We listened to a talk given by Elder Jeffery R. Holland, he gave it to Mission Presidents and other missionaries it was amazing. The Church Is True!!!! So those were the highlights of the week, it was a good one for sure.
I love you guys so much and have a great week!!!
Love,
Elder Moore
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
January 31, 2011
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
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
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
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