Hello my amazing family and friends!
This week was a good one! In our past zone conference we really focused on the importance of talking with everyone. I've been trying to do better with that, and now that it's warming up a bit and people are outside more, we've been having more opportunities!
I'll share one cool experience we had with that. A couple weeks ago, we were getting in our car after visiting someone, and there was a guy checking his mail. I was just about to slip into the car and drive off, but then remember my commitment to talk with everyone. We walked over to the guy and started talking with him. His name was Ali, and we asked if we could share a message with him, testifying about how it had blessed our lives. He said that we could another time, so we grabbed his address and headed off. This past week, 8:30pm hit, and we had no appointments, so Elder Neulinger and I decided to drop by Ali. He answered the door, saw who it was, and then invited us right in! He's from Iran, and understands a lot of English, but doesn't speak super well. His wife, who is from Lebanon, speaks English very well, and so did his kids. They're Muslim, so we got to spend some time discussing our different religions, and both learned some things which is always great! Then we got to share a message with them about the Book of Mormon, and about how we believe that there are still prophets on the earth today. It was a cool impromptu lesson! We left them with the Book of Mormon and a pamphlet, and we're going to follow up to see if they're interested in learning more. That really built my testimony of talking to everyone! The Lord knows who is prepared, even when we don't. All he asks is that we open our mouths!
We had some other good lessons with investigators this week, but I'll just share one more neat one. We tracted into a lady named Lana a while ago, and I had a really good feeling about her. We were able to get an appointment set up for last night, and it went really well! Apparently one of her best friends is a convert to the church, and Lana has asked her a lot of questions about beliefs. Because of this, she's very willing to learn more! She grew up in a christian church, but had a lot a questions about the after life, and there were a lot of things that she had been taught growing up that she didn't agree with. She considers herself spiritual, but isn't practicing any specific religion because of these questions that she had. We taught her about the Plan of Salvation, and were able to answer some of these questions for her. She seemed to like what we taught, and agreed to pray and ask if it was true. She's super busy with her kids and work, but we were able to get another appointment set up in two weeks. We're excited to meet with her again! The member that we brought invited her to watch General Conference too, so we'll have to follow up with that! The Lord is really preparing the hearts of his people!
We also had a snowball fight with the Kernyangs this week. That was pretty fun haha. A member in the ward made me authentic Mexican food! That's always a tender mercy :) We also got hooked up with some bread, muffins, some home made rolls, fresh honey, and peanut butter cookies this week. The members sure take care of us!
Spiritual thought for this week! I've been reading in the book of Acts, and in chapter 11, Peter explains to the Apostles and disciples in Jerusalem that the gospel should be preached to the gentiles, as well as the Jews. I love verse 18:
Love ya'll!
Love,
Elder Moffitt
I'll share one cool experience we had with that. A couple weeks ago, we were getting in our car after visiting someone, and there was a guy checking his mail. I was just about to slip into the car and drive off, but then remember my commitment to talk with everyone. We walked over to the guy and started talking with him. His name was Ali, and we asked if we could share a message with him, testifying about how it had blessed our lives. He said that we could another time, so we grabbed his address and headed off. This past week, 8:30pm hit, and we had no appointments, so Elder Neulinger and I decided to drop by Ali. He answered the door, saw who it was, and then invited us right in! He's from Iran, and understands a lot of English, but doesn't speak super well. His wife, who is from Lebanon, speaks English very well, and so did his kids. They're Muslim, so we got to spend some time discussing our different religions, and both learned some things which is always great! Then we got to share a message with them about the Book of Mormon, and about how we believe that there are still prophets on the earth today. It was a cool impromptu lesson! We left them with the Book of Mormon and a pamphlet, and we're going to follow up to see if they're interested in learning more. That really built my testimony of talking to everyone! The Lord knows who is prepared, even when we don't. All he asks is that we open our mouths!
We had some other good lessons with investigators this week, but I'll just share one more neat one. We tracted into a lady named Lana a while ago, and I had a really good feeling about her. We were able to get an appointment set up for last night, and it went really well! Apparently one of her best friends is a convert to the church, and Lana has asked her a lot of questions about beliefs. Because of this, she's very willing to learn more! She grew up in a christian church, but had a lot a questions about the after life, and there were a lot of things that she had been taught growing up that she didn't agree with. She considers herself spiritual, but isn't practicing any specific religion because of these questions that she had. We taught her about the Plan of Salvation, and were able to answer some of these questions for her. She seemed to like what we taught, and agreed to pray and ask if it was true. She's super busy with her kids and work, but we were able to get another appointment set up in two weeks. We're excited to meet with her again! The member that we brought invited her to watch General Conference too, so we'll have to follow up with that! The Lord is really preparing the hearts of his people!
We also had a snowball fight with the Kernyangs this week. That was pretty fun haha. A member in the ward made me authentic Mexican food! That's always a tender mercy :) We also got hooked up with some bread, muffins, some home made rolls, fresh honey, and peanut butter cookies this week. The members sure take care of us!
Spiritual thought for this week! I've been reading in the book of Acts, and in chapter 11, Peter explains to the Apostles and disciples in Jerusalem that the gospel should be preached to the gentiles, as well as the Jews. I love verse 18:
18. When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles, granted repentance unto life.God has given all of his children the opportunity to repent! What a wonderful thing! Repentance really does bring us new life as we slowly put off the natural man and turn to God and Christ.
Love ya'll!
Love,
Elder Moffitt
Us and a couple of the Kernyangs on a hill by their house
My beautiful companion on the Canadian $20
The Kernyangs and a couple friends that came to our Pday!
Selfie with the Czech!
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