THE BOYS ARE BRACK-IN TOWN

Us teaching at the airport!

Happy Monday everyone!

I know you are all probably just waking up from your turkey and pie induced comas, so I'll keep this short.

Man what a busy week! It was transfer week, so kind of hectic for us. It's fun being with my old new companion, ELDER STRINGAM!!! So some of you might remember him. We served together for three months in the Queensland and Chaparral wards which is literally down the street from where we are now haha. It's fun being back together! Usually there's this awkward couple of weeks where you're trying to get to know your companions, but we don't have that! We were able to just get right to work!

So this week we got to pick up the new missionaries from the airport which is always super fun! While waiting for them, Elder Lee, Elder Stringam and I got to teach this lady sitting next to us about the gospel! My first airport lesson! Check that one off the bucket list.

I always love getting to see the new missionaries, they're all so excited but nervous, and don't really know what to expect. It's fun talking with them and getting to know everyone. We got to have dinner with them that night, and then do some training. Definitely my favorite day of transfer week!

So Elder Lee got a training call, which means that on Wednesday he got to pick up his new companion! He didn't go to his new area until Thursday, so they spent the day with us! His new companion is Elder Del Molino from Spain! We filled that night up with teaching appointments so that Elder Del Molino could get out in the field. I actually got to go with him to teach the Romo family! We had a pretty good lesson! Well at least I think we did. 75% of it was in Spanish, so I could only loosely follow the conversation haha. But they read the first bit of the Book of Mormon since last time, so they're coming along!

This week we also got permission to watch a movie, weird right? So our ward mission leader, who is the bomb by the way, put on this movie called Screenagers (you can google it to find out more) and used it as a cool activity to invite people too. It was hosted at a local theater used for small productions, and lots of nonmembers came! It was a documentary about the dangers of technology in our homes, and what we can do to help. It was all based around families, so we put some Family Proclamations to the World out, as well as some other pamphlets on families that people could take as they left. It was a neat activity, and I think it was a good point of contact with people.

For today's spiritual thought, I want to share with you the new Christmas initiative put out by the church! It's super cool, so if you haven't seen it, you should go check it out. Just go to Mormon.org, and it's the first thing there. It's all about serving as Christ did, and gives suggestions on things you can do every day of December leading up to Christmas. It awesome and once you check it out, you should share it with your friends! #LightTheWorld

Love you all! Happy late Thanksgiving!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Leeving on a jet plane (or in a charcoal gray Rav 4)

So sadly this week marks the end of my companionship with Elder Lee. We've had a good run. We've both grown a ton, the work in the area has come a long way, and we're really become good friends. But that's the way the mission goes I guess. The only constant is change. Just when you're really getting used to things, they change. I'm sad to see him go, but I'm excited for what's to come! Right now I'm in a three leg with Elder Lee and my new companion, and it's been a blast!

So a lot happened this week, but I'll just hit a few things.

I got to go on exchanges with the Mandarin elders! I was with Elder Hatch, and was a mandarin elder for the day. I even got to wear the mandarin name tag they made me! It was super fun! I had no idea what anyone was saying! We got to run a table at a chapel tour that they were having, and we talked to some non members about our beliefs. It was really cool!

Probably one of the highlights of the week was stake conference. It was so good! We learned so much, and the spirit was so strong. Elder Brian L. Rossin, an area seventy, came and spake, and everything he said was just amazing. We had one whole session focused on the Atonement, and it was so neat to just feel of the spirit that the speakers brought. The power of the atonement is real, and I'm so grateful for it. I know that my Redeemer lives. That was powerfully affirmed to me during that meeting. The Atonement isn't just for our sins, but for every aspect of our lives. Do we use it everyday? We should. Do we ever go a day without thinking of the Savior? That can sometimes be easy to do with all of the distractions that we face in our lives. However, we shouldn't let anything in our lives pull our focus from the Savior. He is the only way to receive lasting joy in our lives. I'm so grateful for Him, and for the strength that he has given me, and for the healing power that he offers. Holy cow, that was such a powerful meeting.

Well I'm going to count that for my spiritual thought this week. I'll update ya'll a little more on the happenings of things next week!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Our New Fearless LEEder!

Hey Everyone!

So I'm guessing you've all heard about the election. Well so has every single Canadian, and they absolutely love talking about it. I don't think that we had a meal this week where the US Election wasn't brought up. Man, Canadians really love US Politics.

Anyways, lets talk about some more important things, like the great work of salvation!

So this week was a busy one! Monday was really good. We got to go to the hospital to give a blessing to the non-member sister of a less active member in our ward. It was really cool. I always love participating in blessings, it's neat to see how the Lord leads you in what you say. After that we went to dinner with an awesome new couple in our ward, and they're less active sister who we've been trying to meet with forever! It was good to get to know them better, they're an awesome family! After dinner we ran over to a lesson with the Romos. They're doing really well. They expressed a sincere desire to come to know that the church is true. We challenged them to really commit to reading the Book of Mormon, explaining that reading and praying about the Book of Mormon is the best way to come to know that the church is true. They seemed sincere in their desire to start reading, so we'll follow up with them about it this week! We really think that they'll progress a lot in the next little while.

On Tuesday we had to go and get the windshield on our truck replaced, so while it was in the shop, Elder Lee and I went contacting in a nearby park. It was super cool! We learned that a jogging trail is not the best place to contact people haha. However, we had a couple of solid contacts, so we think that it was time well spent! That night we drove down to Cardston to start our long week of exchanges.

Wednesday was exchanges with Cardston. I love those guys! I was with Elder Browning, and Elder Lee was with Elder Todd. Elder Browning is from Texas! So we were basically the most free companionship that day. He also lived in Hawaii for a number of years, so it was fun talking about that! We got to have a neat lesson with one of their recent converts. It was cool to see how much the gospel had effected her life. She loves the Lord, and loves the gospel so much, and it has really turned her life around.

Thursday was exchanges on the west side of Lethbridge. I was with Elder Murdock, and Elder Lee was with Elder Dredge. We had a pretty good day. We stopped by a lot of potentials, and had some lessons with members. It was good to be back in Lethbridge!

Friday we had exchanges with the missionaries on the East side of Lethbridge. I was with Elder Linford, and Elder Lee was with Elder Owens. What a couple of great guys! We had a fun day with them! We got to do some service, and some finding and contacting. That night Elder Linford and I went to the small town of Magrath to try and find some of the Less active YSA that live there. It was a good exchange!

On Saturday we drove from Lethbridge down to Cardston to go to the temple. A couple of recent converts from Elder Lee's first area was going through the temple to take out their endowments and to be sealed! It was really cool for him. It was good to be at the temple again. The spirit there is always so strong. It was a good reminder for me of why I'm here on a mission. I'm not here to get people to join some church, I'm here to help bring people to Christ, and experience the blessings of the restored gospel in their lives. I love the gospel, and I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have to be here in Canada sharing it with people!

That was pretty much our week. It was a long a tiring one, but a great one!

Spiritual thought! I'm going to steal a quote that my Mom sent me today, Thanks Mom! "When someone does something wrong, don't forget about all the things they did right." I love that! I think that we need to see people through Heavenly Father's eyes! Everyone is a son or daughter of God, and we need to love them! Don't judge others for mistakes that they've made, see them for the child of God that they are.

Love you guys!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Exchanges in Cardston!

Elder Browning and I reppin' Texas!

Exchanges in Lethbridge!

Exchanges in Lethbridge!

FamiLee History, I Am Doing It!!!

Aloha!

Well this email might be a bit shorter than the past few, but let's get to it! Que the highlight reel!

So Wednesday was our Missionary Leadership council! We had a good time gathered together learning about how to be more effective leaders and having our testimonies of Christ strengthened. Those are seriously some of the most spiritual meetings in the mission. We talked about developing greater faith to find (Elder Lee and I got to give that training) and then we talked about setting goals and how we can help bring more people to Christ. It was awesome. Then we had pizza for lunch. Day made.

That night we had exchanges. I was with Elder Crump in our area. We had a good time! We got to have a lesson with the Romos. Right now we're really focusing on the Book of Mormon, and trying to help them gain their testimony of it. We have another lesson with them tonight, so we'll follow up and see how they did! We also went to see a less active member out on the Reserve, and we got lost. The GPS wont really find anything out on the reserve, and most of them don't have real addresses on the ward list. But we eventually found it! We had a good lesson with him. He's doing pretty well. We just encouraged him to make scripture study a bigger part of his life. Then to end the exchange, Elder Crump and I quoted Nacho Libre and Napoleon Dynamite back and forth. Tender Mercies.

On Friday we did some planning, and we also had a family history consultant from our ward teach us some family history! We want to start using it as a contacting approach. Lots of people are interested in learning more about their ancestors, and now we know how to help them get started! It was really fun, and Family History is something that I want to get into more when I get home.

We had another exchange this week where I got to go with Elder Henry. We stayed in my area. We had a pretty good day together! We visited a community center in our area to try and see if we could volunteer at all in the community, but they were closed. However, we got to meet Barb! She was a super nice lady that we contacted out front of the community center. She wasn't super interested in learning more, but she did need some help being pushed back to her apartment (she was in a wheelchair). So we got to do a little bit of service! It was super fun to talk to her all about her kids and family. She had actually met with sister Missionaries before! So we gave her our number and told her that she could let us know if she ever needed anything!

On Sunday we had a regional broadcast, and it was really good! We got to learn about temples and teaching in the saviors way. Super spiritual meeting! That night we had dinner and interviews with President Miles. I love interviews. We just got to talk about all sorts of things, and he gave great advice on how to strengthen my testimony, and how to become a better missionary. You always leave those meetings inspired to be better.

Sunday night was the highlight of my week. We had a fireside with the youth from our ward at the mission home. It was super cool. Elder Lee and I got to teach the first discussion to them, and then President Miles got to talk to them, and it was just spirit packed. I loved it so much! Then Sister Miles gave the youth a tour of the mission home and we ate cookies.

So spiritual thought for today, I want you all to read through the first vision and reflect on it. Think about what it means in your life, and the impact that it has had. Allow the spirit to teach you as you ponder.

Love ya'll and hope that everyone is doing well!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Picture:  Youth fireside at the mission home!