MUNRO, WEEK 42: THE PARTY CONTINUES

Well, as you can see by the subject of the email. The party CONTINUES in MUNRO! Same companion and everything. It seems that I will be here for another transfer after too because this is the last transfer of my companion. So we will see what will happen! 

Anyways, this past week was good. Munro is a great ward. A return missionary took us out to dinner after working with us for a day, we had great pizza but I didn't have my camera with me to take a picture. I will try to get that picture though. 

We have an investigator that has her baptism this weekend, so pray for her! 

It got cold again here! Had a storm and it was raining and blowing. It got so cold last night in the pension that I got out of bed, put on socks, pants, long johns and went back to bed. It was great. :) 

There is a member in our ward that is a PE teacher at a university or high school and we were talking all about missionaries and their health after the mission. It was pretty interesting. He explained how to burn fat and exercises and everything. A member that was with us (in one of the photos) said this which was just plain funny: "So it that you are saying is that there isn't a magic pill or some Chinese cream that I can just smear on my body to make it go away. That I actually have to do exercises!" The member laughed and said yes. Then he said. "Forget it, I will just keep eating what I want." Ha!

A really REALLY cool story that happened with this member and his family is this. We stopped by to get to know him a little bit more and to meet his wife who went inactive for some reason. They have 2 kids one that 5 years old and the other thats 3. We decided to teach the OLA. Orar. Leer. Asistir (Pray, Read, Attend) And how these three things can helps us receive the blessings that God wants to give us and that we need. I drew a picture of a faucet and that the three things (OLA) were pipes that directed that water to a flower which is our testimony. The kids were really attentive. The Spirit was there too. Then they satarted drawing their own pictures so we kept talking to the parents. Then at the very end I looked at the picture of the daughter and asked her what she drew. So she explained it proudly to everyone. It was the temple and next to it she drew each member of her family and she proudly said "Even mommy is there too!" (she is inactive and the kids know it) I then pointed to what was above it and asked and what's this? It was a heart with an arrow to another heart that was broken in half, and then it had another arrow that pointed to a heart that was whole again. She said " I don't know, I just wanted to draw it!" I testify that she was prompted by the Spirit. And she drew what was needed in that very moment. Everybody in the room knew it. The little girl kept on drawing and it was quiet for a moment as everyone was reflecting on the simple but profound doctrine that this daughter of God had drew. I then testified that whatever problem we may have had or have now in our lives, it can be fixed by God. By the OLA. 3 simples things and the Lord can repair our lives. It was a time I will never forget. It's so true. 

The next day as we were heading to sacrament meeting, the Bishop called us and asked if I could give a talk on the importance of reading the Book Of Mormon. For 10 minutes. I did. I talked about this experience. How when we read, we receive and if we don't, we don't get anything. It's that simple. If investigators can receive an answer from God and change their life and get baptized in only three weeks, why can't we, as members, do the same but faster? We know the commandments, we know the standards of God, what we should do and shouldn't. The change isn't that drastic for us. We are already baptized. We just got to read!! The Book of Mormon is TRUE! Without it, we have nothing. No hope, no future, no happiness, no church, no priesthood, no authority. Nothing. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT. To establish the Light of the Gospel. READ IT. PRAY ABOUT IT. APPLY IT. Establish the Gospel in our own lives. We can't testify of the Book of Mormon with divine power if we don't have a solid testimony first. Every problem, difficulty, trial, or situation that we have, has an antidote in the Book of Mormon. Read it! :) That's my testimony. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

That about sums it all up for this week! I will make brownies this week. I hope it goes well! 

Love you all. 

Please pray for me!

Love, 

Elder Moore

PICTURES

A great family -- pioneers! They helped open one of the Munro wards back in the day. 

Another family we're working with. The man and woman in the right of the photo are going to get married in a few weeks! Civily first, then the husband will be baptized. Then they will be sealed in a year. They are awesome. 

Me celebrating when I heard they took out a date to get married!

Me and E* with our missing teeth. We are growing up!

This is of a part of the district. 

MUNRO, WEEK 41: WEEK 6

Well, this week was long. 

I went on divisions...TWICE! That makes 7 times this transfers. Which is definitely a record. They have been great experiences. The zone had a goal to do a lot more divisions to learn and to expand the work. It was pretty interesting. Sometimes difficult but I learned a LOT!!

Well, today we have plans to go to WALMART! Yep. [That's right, Taylor, the company has spread its slimy tentacles here.] Haha - it's okay with me because I heard that they have peanut butter. So they won me over. 

This week was a little bit more difficult in finding people. But we found someone named M*. She is great. About 40 years old but she is progressing and came to church! And she fit right in with the members and everything. 

This week that is coming is the last week in the transfer. So we will see what the Lord has in store for me! 

I really don't have much to talk about this past week. Things have been just chugging a long. 

The weather is already starting to heat up. 70s or so. I already broke out the first short sleeve the other day. This summer is going to be a doozy. Yay. :( Winter was absolutely nothing. Only a few really cold days that was it. 

I love you all I hope everything is good! 

Love, 

Elder Moore

MUNRO, WEEK 40: WEEK 5

Hello!

Well, family I have 30 minutes to write and then get back to the work! 

Today we went early to play soccer and volleyball and made smoothies. They were great! Mango and Kumquats (which are weird) and everything. 

This week was very busy. Walking with a purpose every day in every part of the area. The ward is really progressing in the missionary work. For 8 weeks we have been talking with the ward about goals, ward missionaries, regular meetings, people to accompany the missionaries, home teachers and plans. The past 2 weeks they established home teachers, called a new Relief Society presidency, have had 2 meetings that are now regular every week, and then they just called and set apart 3 ward missionaries. IT'S AWESOME. I feel like the missionaries and the ward are starting to work together. It's a great feeling. :) 

Here's a funny story. One day we were walking to a house of a less active. We were talking with the family outside and out of the corner of my eye I saw a lady of about 60 years watching us. We said goodbye and as we were walking I made eye contact with this person, my companion too. We decided to detour and talk to her. She is from a providence north of here. She has a big family and we talked to her about the Plan of Salvation. She accepted to listen to us. We came back the next day and taught about the Restoration because she is Catholic. She accepted the lesson and told us that she was going to pray, but then she told us a story about how when she was alone one day, pregnant she went into labor early. 3 people came to her in a white shirt and tie and helped her to the hospital. Then when they returned a few days after she gave them lunch but they only ate seeds and honey and grains. (In this moment my companion and I looked at each other and he whispered the 3 Nephites.) We left and we came back the next day. She told us that she had news for us. That she said her prayer and something came to her memory. She went and retrieved an old book and opened it up. And a picture was there; a picture of three Elders. The first Elders that opened up the area where she was. They were all dressed in white. She then realized that she was a baptized member of the church! It was a very happy moment for us (also sad because we lost an investigator that was progressing) but it was great!  

So that is my story of the week. Very interesting. 

Thanks for all your prayers! I love you all! 

Love, 

Elder Moore

MUNRO, WEEK 39: WEEK 4 OF TRANSFERS

Well, hello family! 

It's great to write to you all once again, although I must admit I don't know what to write... 

Yes, we went to a place called Tecnopolis. Which is the Argentina version of OMSI. But not quite the same caliber. They had some cool things and exhibits but the others were just plain weird and space fillers. They had a huge warehouse of just futuristic clothing for extreme conditions... woohoooooo... But then they had a cool hands-on application place and I got to participate in this blind maze race where I only had a sensor in my hands to navigate a small maze that beeped when I got close to a wall. It was pretty cool. It was all about bats and how they find food. Hope you enjoy the pictures:

We had a crazy crazy week. Lots of traveling and lots of divisions. There is a sick Elder in our zone. Which happens to be Elder G*, my companion and best friend in the MTC. He has been in his apartment with some type of virus for a week. I had the awesome opportunity to do divisions with his companion so I could stay with him in his apartment for an hour or two. It was a great blessing! We just talked and talked and worked on papers for the mission and stuff. It was great! Definitely a blessing for us, almost like a recharge. Haha. 

Anyways, we have found lots of people to teach but none of them are able to go to church so we stop teaching them because they can't progress. So it's a little frustrating in that part of the work. But we go on! Eventually we will find someone that is ready for the waters of baptism! 

That's about it! I love you all! Thanks for your prayers. 

Love, 

Elder Moore