Hello friends and family!
The days have flown by. I feel like the last p-day was yesterday. I bought more than just a gallon of milk this time. I bought 2! This week was good, as most weeks are. Of course there are challenges and difficulties, but none of them are unconquerable. We've been good at finding people to teach but it's been difficult actually teaching them. People don't answer their doors here very often. We've been keeping in contact with a less active family, so that's been good. Watching people revitalize their faith is the coolest thing to witness. The Lord works with those who sincerely work to find the absolute truth for themselves.
I've been reading the Book of Mormon a lot lately. It's inspiring to read the words of Prophets who say things that you yourself have been thinking. I read Alma 29 last night and it gave me chills. Very glorious.
It was sad to hear about Frazier (my dog for those who don't know). He will be missed. I remember the day we got him. I was on the verge of getting hospitalized because of that sickness but then we got him and I got better the next day. He was a funny dog. Barked like crazy but was timid and gentle. I'll miss him.
So y'all probably heard about the shooting in Vegas. I heard about it this morning. We got a text from our Zone Leaders to make sure we were indoors on time. It was on the strip, so out of our range, but still...crazy stuff. Seems like as soon as we got out here that the world got even more crazy. I come from a more sheltered place, so maybe this is how it's always been. Either way, we should not fear. Fear is the opposite of Faith.
It hit 90 degrees the other day. The weeks get hotter and then they dip down to the 70s at the beginning. Supposedly it gets windy here in the fall. I have yet to feel such winds.
Sorry if I haven't been responding to everybody. I read all of the emails I get, and I appreciate hearing from all of you. It makes my day. P days are kinda boring because we aren't on the go as much these days. Not until evenings anyways.
Being a Missionary has helped me recognize the role that the Lord plays in my life a lot better. He's always ready to bless and guide us, so long as we heed his words.
General Conference was awesome of course. This is the first time in my life that I took notes on all of the speakers (even if they were brief notes). I found myself pondering the needs of the investigators more than myself during the talks. I wrote one particular quote really big and underlined it in my journal.
OPPOSITION STRENGTHENS OUR FAITH.
Eyring said it.
We have a lot of opposition in our day. It is a glorious battle that we constantly wage against the adversary and against sin. In every aspect of opposition, we should be strengthened in our faith, and not give in to fear. We read in Ether 12:6 that witness comes after the trial of our faith. So never give in, and never surrender. After all, we did not come to Earth to Lose.
D&C 63:47
47 He that is faithful and endureth shall overcome the world.
3 Nephi 9
9 Behold, I am the law, and the light. Look unto me, and endure do the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life
Keep Fighting the Good Fight!
God Speed
-Elder Moore
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