Elder Moore

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.