Hello everyone!
Good week! On Tuesday we had zone training meeting in Cardstone, which was fantastic, and while we were there we stopped by the temple! I had been to Cardstone a few times already, and had never seen the temple, so that really needed to change. I love getting to see the temple, and really miss being able to go whenever I want. Hopefully I'll get to go this month sometime if we can get a trip approved by the mission president.
After we got back from our meeting on Tuesday, we had an appointment scheduled with Janelle, the girl that we tracted into a couple weeks ago. Well she was busy again and really didn't seem like she wanted to talk to us, so we just left her a card with our number and told her to let us know if she ever wanted to hear our message or ever needed help with anything. We stopped by Tayson's after that, but he wasn't home again, and Jaidah was there but didn't want to listen. So it looks like we're back to zero investigators for now.
However, on Wednesday we had an awesome experience! We were walking back to our house from the church, and a lady stopped us and started talking with us. Elder Stone and Elder Rejas had helped her and her husband move into their house sometime before I arrived in the area. Turns out she's a less active member of the church, and really wants to come back! We ended up talking with her for an hour or so. She has such a strong testimony, and says that she still prays and reads her scriptures every day, and listens to the hymns while doing housework. Her husband isn't a member of the church, and she wants him to come to church with her. Apparently he's gotten really big into church history though. He loves learning about the pioneers and the early roots of the church. They recently visited a few of the LDS settlements in southern Alberta and stopped by the Cardstone temple, and they're taking a trip to Salt Lake City within the next couple of weeks! We have dinner with them and their next door neighbors, who are members, this Friday. It should be a great experience and opportunity for missionary work!
On Saturday we got to help out at Claresholm Fair Days. A sister in the ward volunteers to organize it every year, and she asks the missionaries to volunteer so that we can meet more people from the community. It was a really cool experience! Fair days lasts for a few days and consists of a parade in the morning, then a rodeo, fair type activities in the park, and a bench show where you can enter in different items and win prizes. We worked in the park at the rock climbing wall. I would make sure that everyone signed a waiver, and then Elder Stone would help people get their harnesses on. We met a ton of people, and it was good for them to see us out giving service in the community, and not just in white shirts and ties knocking on doors! People are much more willing to talk to you when you're in normal clothes.
It's that time in the email again, SPIRITUAL THOUGHT!!! I know you're all very excited for this, so I will try to not disappoint! In our zone training meeting, we talked about the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I loved this lesson so much! We read a talk from Elder Bednar called "In the Strength of The Lord" given to BYUI students. In it, he talks about grace. We believe that we are saved through grace, but there is much more to this statement than we may initially think. In the bible dictionary, grace is defined as an enabling power. This enabling power is demonstrated many times throughout the scriptures. One example that stuck out to me was the story of Nephi in the Book of Mormon, where his brother's bind his hands with strong cords. When Nephi prayed to Heavenly Father, he didn't ask for the bands to be broken, or to be set free from them, but for the strength to break them. This is something we must apply to our own lives. We must not pray for our situations to be changed, but for the strength to change our situations. That grace that we learn about, is the strength that we can receive through Christ to overcome any challenges or obstacles that we face in life. We must still do our part in keeping the commandments and repenting of our sins, but when we are not able to do it alone, that's when we receive grace.
I love you all and hope that everyone has a fantastic week!
Love,
Elder Moffitt
P.S. I'm off to bale hay right now, so I'll hop back on the computer later today to email people back individually.
Good week! On Tuesday we had zone training meeting in Cardstone, which was fantastic, and while we were there we stopped by the temple! I had been to Cardstone a few times already, and had never seen the temple, so that really needed to change. I love getting to see the temple, and really miss being able to go whenever I want. Hopefully I'll get to go this month sometime if we can get a trip approved by the mission president.
After we got back from our meeting on Tuesday, we had an appointment scheduled with Janelle, the girl that we tracted into a couple weeks ago. Well she was busy again and really didn't seem like she wanted to talk to us, so we just left her a card with our number and told her to let us know if she ever wanted to hear our message or ever needed help with anything. We stopped by Tayson's after that, but he wasn't home again, and Jaidah was there but didn't want to listen. So it looks like we're back to zero investigators for now.
However, on Wednesday we had an awesome experience! We were walking back to our house from the church, and a lady stopped us and started talking with us. Elder Stone and Elder Rejas had helped her and her husband move into their house sometime before I arrived in the area. Turns out she's a less active member of the church, and really wants to come back! We ended up talking with her for an hour or so. She has such a strong testimony, and says that she still prays and reads her scriptures every day, and listens to the hymns while doing housework. Her husband isn't a member of the church, and she wants him to come to church with her. Apparently he's gotten really big into church history though. He loves learning about the pioneers and the early roots of the church. They recently visited a few of the LDS settlements in southern Alberta and stopped by the Cardstone temple, and they're taking a trip to Salt Lake City within the next couple of weeks! We have dinner with them and their next door neighbors, who are members, this Friday. It should be a great experience and opportunity for missionary work!
On Saturday we got to help out at Claresholm Fair Days. A sister in the ward volunteers to organize it every year, and she asks the missionaries to volunteer so that we can meet more people from the community. It was a really cool experience! Fair days lasts for a few days and consists of a parade in the morning, then a rodeo, fair type activities in the park, and a bench show where you can enter in different items and win prizes. We worked in the park at the rock climbing wall. I would make sure that everyone signed a waiver, and then Elder Stone would help people get their harnesses on. We met a ton of people, and it was good for them to see us out giving service in the community, and not just in white shirts and ties knocking on doors! People are much more willing to talk to you when you're in normal clothes.
It's that time in the email again, SPIRITUAL THOUGHT!!! I know you're all very excited for this, so I will try to not disappoint! In our zone training meeting, we talked about the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I loved this lesson so much! We read a talk from Elder Bednar called "In the Strength of The Lord" given to BYUI students. In it, he talks about grace. We believe that we are saved through grace, but there is much more to this statement than we may initially think. In the bible dictionary, grace is defined as an enabling power. This enabling power is demonstrated many times throughout the scriptures. One example that stuck out to me was the story of Nephi in the Book of Mormon, where his brother's bind his hands with strong cords. When Nephi prayed to Heavenly Father, he didn't ask for the bands to be broken, or to be set free from them, but for the strength to break them. This is something we must apply to our own lives. We must not pray for our situations to be changed, but for the strength to change our situations. That grace that we learn about, is the strength that we can receive through Christ to overcome any challenges or obstacles that we face in life. We must still do our part in keeping the commandments and repenting of our sins, but when we are not able to do it alone, that's when we receive grace.
I love you all and hope that everyone has a fantastic week!
Love,
Elder Moffitt
P.S. I'm off to bale hay right now, so I'll hop back on the computer later today to email people back individually.
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