Hello friends and family!
It's Thanksgiving! You probably knew that though. Today we luckily have our preparation day, so we can chillax, clean, do some shopping, and hopefully take a nap. Also, tomorrow is my birthday. Elder Nielson, the missionary me and Elder Spataro are training, is so nice. He already got me a gift for my birthday! He got me sick. Elder Spataro got sick too. So, we're all sick!
Elder Nielson is a cool missionary. He is from Maryland. He has bike problems. His first week in the mission field has been a challenge. Sick, bike problems, new to mission life... but he keeps on trucking. It's been fun!
I learned that this transfer is only 5 weeks because of Christmas next month. The missionaries going home would have gone home on Christmas day, but now they will go home a week before to be with their families. So this will be a fast transfer...
I wish I had more pictures to share. But I usually don't take pictures.
I recently finished reading through the Book of Mormon again. That means I am starting from the beginning soon. I study it every day, but I also just like to read from it every day. The more I read the Book of Mormon, the more my testimony of the Restoration and the Gospel of Jesus Christ grows. The Book of Mormon is Rich with Doctrine. Elder Spataro studies a lot out of the Bible, and so we compare notes and we have learned how much they compliment each other. Even the untraditional Christian things that we learned from modern revelation, such as the Three Kingdoms of Glory, and Baptisms for the Dead, are found not in the Book of Mormon, but in the Bible. (1 Corinthians 15:29 and 40-41) However, the Book of Mormon explains and expounds Doctrines that simply aren't spelled out for us in the Bible. For example, in Matthew 3 we read that Christ was Baptized to fulfill all righteousness. What does that mean? In 2 Nephi 31, we learn that Christ was Baptized as our perfect example, and He did it to fulfill all the commandments that the Father has given. He did it to be Exactly and Deeply obedient to the commandments. Even though He was perfect and lived a sinless life. He fulfilled all righteousness. I have learned much these past few months. The mission is flying by, but every passing day brings a host of exciting challenges and testimony building experiences. Suffice it to say, the Mission is good.
Mosiah 4
9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.
I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! I am going to clean and shop and take a nap before I go out to Proselyte. Have a great week! (Tuesday Is p-day again next week)
-Elder Moore
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