Change

Contacting people "DOWN BY THE RIVER!" (sorry if you don't get that quote)

Hello my wonderful friends and family!

So as you probably figured out from the subject of this email, this past week brought a lot of change. It was transfer week, and for some reason those weeks always feel a lot longer. Not much changed for Elder Stringam and I, but there were a couple of changes in the zone. Elder Ajeman was transferred, and is now serving with Elder Todd, who was my MTC companion! They're just one stake over, so we'll probably still see them around quite a bit.

In addition to the changes brought about by transfers, we had Stake Conference this weekend, and there were changes to every ward in our stake. The Queensland ward didn't have any boundary changes, but we did change our meeting time. One of the wards was dissolved completely, and two new wards were created. This created a lot of confusion with the missionaries, as we now don't really know whose covering what wards. We were waiting for President to give us a call and let us know what was going on, but when he finally called, he just scheduled interviews and was getting ready to hang up. When he asked if we needed anything, we were like, "Actually now that you mention it, our stake just completely changed and we don't know where anyone is serving anymore." So now President is on the job, and we should know by tonight what is happening. He mentioned that he might have Elder Stringam and I cover another ward, so we'll see what happens I guess!

In other news, we were able to get together with the entire mission again to hear from President Russell M. Nelson! That was an awesome experience. We had the privilege of hearing from him, his wife, and a few other members of the seventy. Now let me tell you, President and Sister Nelson are absolutely phenomenal speakers, and also hilarious! They had all of the missionaries bustin' a gut one minute, and the next they practically had us in tears because of how powerfully they testified of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel. Sister Nelson is actually from Raymond Alberta, which is in our mission. That was Elder Stringam's first area. It was a spiritually filled meeting, and I was able to learn so much about how to become a better servant of the Lord.

We had some miracles this week too! Elder Stringam and I have been trying to get better at talking with everyone. We haven't been doing half bad at it either. The other day we chased down a group of people on the street to talk to them about the gospel. It was pretty awkward, but hey, that's what we're called to do! We've also been tracting a lot in our free time in an attempt to find more people to teach and to show the Lord that we really do want to work hard. Well the Lord certainly blessed us with opportunities because of our efforts. We've been going to 7-11 a lot to get Slurpees and Taquitos recently. Actually we're pretty much there every day. Elder Stringam has a Slurpee addiction, and he's fueling my Slurpee addiction. We're thinking about going to some ARP classes, but that's besides the point. Anyways, the guy that works at the register see's us in there all the time, and the other day he started asking us who we were and why we wear name tags all the time. So we explained to him what we do, and asked if he'd be interested in having us over, he said sure, so we gave him our number! Then the guy behind us in line said, "Hey actually I could use some service guys, could I grab your number too?" so we gave him our number as well! Those were just some nice tender mercies.

We also had some great lessons this week with George and Ben and Martine, and the Chrismas family! Please keep them in your prayers!

Oh and one more tender mercy for you guys. I'm always complaining that there isn't any good Mexican food in Canada, but I was proven wrong the other day. We found a legitimate Taqueria. Best day ever. We knew it was the real deal when the lady we ordered from didn't speak any english. I had to whip out my high school spanish skills. Those were the best tacos I've had in a really long time.

For the spiritual thought today, I just want to share something that President Nelson said. "Men are that they might have joy. If you have joy, please notify your face!" Our Heavenly Father wants us to be happy, and has given us so much in order for us to achieve that happiness. Happiness comes from obedience to the commandments of the Lord. If we're happy, we should show it! Smile! Let others know that you're happy, and help them find that same happiness!

Love ya'll!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

I forgot to take the before picture of the tacos . . .

Lunch at the Taqueria!