Elder Moffitt in Canada, eh!: The Snow is SoftLee Falling! Also Happy Thanksgiving

Morning!

Happy Canadian Turkey Day! I feel like we just had one of these, but I guess it really was last year. Man time flies!

Well this week was pretty crazy. It was transfer week, which means a lot of running around for good ole' Elder Lee and I.

On Monday we had an office staff meeting where we got to discuss all of the logistics of transfers. That's always a good time because I love the office staff so much! Then for our Pday our zone got to go over to a members house in Priddis Valley area. Man that was a nice home. We got to play some ping pong and basketball and such. It was a swell time! Then Monday night we had to go and start typing up transfer drafts that we send out to the Zone Leaders to notify them of who in their zone is getting transferred.

On Tuesday we had a district meeting in the morning, then headed off to the airport to pick up the new missionaries. President Miles bought us Chickfila again #tendermercies, and then we waited for all of the new missionaries. This group wasn't as big as the last one, so they got through customs pretty quick. As soon as they got through we loaded everyone up and headed over to the chapel! This is probably one of my favorite days of transfers. It's so cool to see all of the new missionaries and how excited but scared they are to be in the field. It's a complete role reversal. I remember when I first showed up in the mission like it was just last week, and how anxious I was to meet my trainer and go to my first area. It's weird but neat to be on the other side of that now. We got to have dinner with the new missionaries that night in the Mission Home, and then Elder Lee and I got to talk about the mission and describe the different zones and parts of the mission, and answer any questions that they had. This was a quieter group, but they all seem like such solid missionaries!

On Wednesday, we had the New Missionary Pick Up Meeting, and introduced all of the new missionaries to their trainers. Such a fun meeting! The rest of that day was just a lot of planning for the upcoming transfer and goal setting for the month. We made a super awesome board to help us with our planning though, we're pumped!

Thursday was transfer day! Transfers are kind of chaotic. Everyone in the North part of the mission (basically all of the areas in Calgary) that is being transferred and their companion show up to a chapel in Calgary in the morning, and find their new companions. It's fun because you get to see a lot of people that you know! Then Elder Lee and I have to herd everyone that is being transferred to the south part of the mission (anywhere in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Cardston, or British Colombia) into the mission van and make sure that all of their luggage is in the trailer so we can send them on their way. Then Elder Lee, Elder Larson, Elder Ajeman and I hopped into a Nissan Rouge that had to be swapped with some missionaries in the south, and headed down to Lethbridge for the south transfer. We stopped in Claresholm on the way to swap out the car. We gave them the rouge and took their Cruz the rest of the way to Lethbridge. Elder Ajeman and I got to ride in the same Cruz we had together a year ago in Claresholm! When we made it to the south transfer, it was pretty much the same routine as the north one. Everyone exchanged companions, and then we headed right back up to Calgary. This time we got to drive a chevy equinox. We drove a lot of different cars this week haha. We were pretty relived that it was all over after we got back to Calgary. Transfer days are long days.

That night we had dinner with Heather Littlelight, and recent convert in the ward. I think I've mentioned her before. She's still doing great! We got to share a message with her about Prophets and talk about General Conference.

On Friday it began snowing! In October! It looks like we're in for a long, cold winter this year. We had a zone goal setting meeting, then weekly planning. We had a good dinner with the Zubels in our ward. Brother Zubel shared with us some of the stuff he's been studying for the past year and a half or so. He's a really knowledgeable guy, and he's actually writing a book right now!

On Saturday we had a meeting with President to discuss our next Mission Leadership Council meeting. We did some planning with him, and figured out what we want to talk about. It's always so neat to council together with President Miles. We always go away having learned so much from him. After meeting with him we saw the Gobles, a part member family in the ward. We shared a message with them about the joy of the gospel, and invited them to take the discussions. But then Sister Goble started talking about all of this anti-mormon literature that she'd read. It was really sad to see that even though she'd never read the Book of Mormon, all of the things that she'd read had already convinced her that it wasn't true, and that it wouldn't help her at all in her life. Elder Lee and I just bore our sincere testimony on the Book of Mormon, and invited them to read it and to sincerely pray about it and ask God if it's true. Sadly I don't think that they will accept our invitation. It breaks my heart to see people not accept the gospel because of what they've heard about it, or pre-conceived notions that they have, and knowing that if they accepted it that it would do nothing but bless their lives. Later that evening we saw sister Pollard again. She's doing well. She's got a lot of faith, and right now she really wants to come to church! I don't think they came this Sunday because of how slick the roads were in the morning, but we're hoping to see them at church soon!

Sunday was good. We had a great sacrament meeting! There was a senior couple that just got back from their mission in Fiji, and they gave talks about their mission. It was so cool to hear about all of their experiences. We had dinner with President that night, and he invited Elder Thomas and Elder Hatch (the mandarin missionaries that live downstairs) over as well! It was a fun dinner with those two haha.

Spiritual thought! I was listening to some more conference talks this morning, and I just really love Elder J. Devn Cornish's talk. He talks about the question, "Are we good enough?" which I think is a questions that we all face at times. Here's his response to this,

Let me be direct and clear. The answers to the questions “Am I good enough?” and “Will I make it?” are “Yes! You are going to be good enough” and “Yes, you are going to make it as long as you keep repenting and do not rationalize or rebel.” The God of heaven is not a heartless referee looking for any excuse to throw us out of the game. He is our perfectly loving Father, who yearns more than anything else to have all of His children come back home and live with Him as families forever. He truly gave His Only Begotten Son that we might not perish but have everlasting life! Please believe, and please take hope and comfort from, this eternal truth. Our Heavenly Father intends for us to make it! That is His work and His glory.

I just want to bear my testimony that the Lord does love all of his children, not just some of them. He wants us all to return to live with Him, and he'll provide us with every opportunity to be successful, we just have to make the choice to follow Him.

Love you and hope everyone has a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving!

Love,

Elder Moffitt