Hello friends and family!
What a wonderful week it has been...
I got a new companion, Elder Spataro, from Seattle Washington, we had General Conference, which is always good, and we recently had a nice mission change.
Well last week I mentioned that I don't know anything about my new companion. Well... now I do. He just came from the Peach Springs and Havasupai area, which is the most coveted area in our mission. It is two native American reservations. Peach Springs is off of route 66. Radiator springs from cars was actually loosely based off of it (to give you an idea of its seclusion). The Havasupai reservation is in the Grand Canyon. So they hike every week to switch off where they go. But because of the dangers at night time, the missionaries go in at 6 o clock every night. He was telling me a lot of crazy cool stuff from there. It sounds like a lot of fun. The one part that was kind of flattering was that roughly 4 or 5 missionaries who served in that area all thought I was going there or am going there soon. I would love to go there, obviously. Fry bread and hiking... sounds good to me.
Elder Spataro loves this area already though. We went knocking doors in a weekly apartment complex. We met... an apostle, a psychic, and a Satanist all in a row. It was... hilarious. We had a great laugh afterwards. Weekly places are full of interesting people.
Elder Spataro and I are both super duper chill so we get along just fine. He has had experience as a Zone Leader and a District Leader, but for some reason he is now a grunt missionary with me. He has been out a month and a half longer than me. He luckily knows how to cook a few things.
Which reminds me. We had a new announcement in our mission. From now on Member meals are only allowed if the members have someone for us to teach present at the meal. Weekends are the only exception. So everybody in the mission was given a crockpot and some simple meal plans. I am stoked, I want to learn how to cook some stuff. In peach springs/Havasupai, they do not have member meals, so Elder Spataro knows how to cook a few things. I know how to turn on the crockpot, so that is good.
General Conference was good. The new church times will be cool. I'm pretty sure I could see my parents shouting for joy over that announcement. I like it a lot. When President Nelson spoke about the name of the church it made a lot of sense to me. This is Christs Church. I felt the spirit strongly confirm that this was the will of the Lord. I am not a Mormon. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.
I also just remembered that I have not taken any pictures again. Whoops.
It is finally down in the 80s and 70s. Fall finally came. It has been a little cloudy too. It feels nice.
At transfers I saw Elder Ficklin, one of my previous companions. I learned that many of the people I helped to teach in my last area got Baptized. That was good to hear. Sometimes we don't see the end result of our actions, but trust in the Lord that all things will work out through the Savior. They will.
Keeping General Conference in mind, here is a scripture...
Jacob 4
10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.
11 Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God, having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he manifesteth himself in the flesh.
Christ has died and risen again so that we can return to the Father with our families. Families truly can be together forever, and it is through Jesus Christ, the Lord, The Master, The Great Mediator, and the Savior of the World that these things are made possible. The more I work and the more experience I gain the more I know this grand truth. I know that My Redeemer Lives.
I hope you all have a great week!
-Elder Moore
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