Hello once again friends and family!
This past week has been good. Very good. I am tired. Which is good, because it means work has....occurred. I've had some awesome things happen and have a wacky story or two to share, so let us begin.
First things first. The area is growing. We have grown our teaching pool beyond what it was before. We have some new people we are teaching who are awesome. We had a less active and her boyfriend move into the ward and they want to come back to church! She even wants a temple marriage, and the boyfriend has no idea what he is going to get himself into! We had a lesson that was very "fire" as my companion, Elder Peralta, described it. We have had entire days full of lessons. Granted, one day we had one lesson that occurred and we were just bible bashed the whole time, while the other lessons ended up falling through....but that's okay because the rest of our week has been good!
We have a Baptism coming up! I don't know if you all remember the "hobo grandpa I never had", but he is getting baptized soon! He is a funny guy, and his name is Kyle, which reminds me of my dad. He also has a beard. Which is a plus in my book. He wants me to Baptize him too, so I think he will be the first one I ever perform the actual ordinance to. I'm excited!
We've been walking in our area. Why? My companions bike chain snapped in half. It was tragic and hilarious. However, we are now walking more frequently. It's not the worst, but every companion so far has mentioned that I walk really fast. Apparently sometimes it's too fast. I get excited and motivated and usually speed up though, so I'd rather be walking faster than slower.
The last time we helped out with the food pantry, I found myself being gifted with a delicious Angus tri-tip slab of meat. It was such an honor. And it was delicious. Now, unfortunately, I do not have access to a grill, but I do have a pan that is designed for meats, so I pan fried the cuts throughout the week. It was delicious, and I regret nothing. I have actually found that cooking meats is like therapy for me. Very relaxing. And delicious.
So something very odd happened last night. We were on our way into our apartment when we got a call from the Sister Missionaries who live in the same complex. They requested some aide. We had no idea what for, but we figured "why not"? So there was this one woman in the complex who walks her cat....yep....and the cat ran up a wall. She was worried about it and climbed up to grab her cat and bring it down. Well she got stuck holding her cat. So she couldn't bring it down with her without potentially falling and getting injured. So the sisters found her and called us, because we are tall. So I grabbed the cat, got scratched up and lost grip of it (its tail was about to break) and it ran up the wall again. So then the next time, I held it tight and managed to calm it down. It was strange, but the moral of the story is that apparently women love it when you can calm down small animals. Elder Moore may have impressed some sister missionaries too. Either way, that cat was stupid and I have to wash my shirt now because of all the cat hair.
Here is a scripture that has impacted my life.
Ether 12
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
Never feel bad because of weakness. If you put your faith in God and humble yourself enough so that He can work with you, then you will be made Stronger. I know this to be true. I have many, many weaknesses. Through Faith, Hope, Humility, and Diligence, all things are possible. My dad shared this quote with me from Jeffrey R. Holland, but I'm going to share it with you. "You can change anything you want to change, and you can do it very fast. That's another satanic suckerpunch; that it takes year and even eons of eternity to repent. It takes exactly as long to repent as it takes you to say, I'll change--and mean it."
Keep fighting the good fight everyone. Remember, the Adversary desires your misery. God desires your happiness. I know that we all want to be happy. I know that my Redeemer lives and that our Father in Heaven is waiting for us to return home. So many wonderful blessings are in store for us if we follow Jesus Christ and keep our Fathers commandments.
Thanks for everything
-Elder Moore
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