Baptism day!

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful week! Elder Crawley and I are doing just dandy over here in Med Hat! It was a bit rainy this week, but it's better than the snow that they're getting in Calgary! We had a pretty good week! Lots of people were out of town for Easter break, so meeting with people was a bit of a struggle, but we made do. We did a lot of tracting, visiting potentials, biking in the rain etc. We had an awesome Zone Conference in Lethbridge on Tuesday. President Miles put us on the spot and called Elder Crawley and I up to role play teaching the restoration in front of everyone. Good thing we practiced! Those meetings are always full of the spirit and really get us pumped to go out and do missionary work. You can really feel the love of President and Sister Miles as well. They do so much for us! I love both of them and it's always great to see them and get some training.

So Mike and Ryder got baptized this week! We were busy meeting with them this week to make sure they they were ready. It was amazing to see them as they had the opportunity to make those covenants with their Heavenly Father. Saturday was a busy day! We had a baptism at 2:30 for Mike, and then at 5:30 for Ryder. They both seemed to go off without a hitch! Planning a baptism can be a stressful process sometimes. They both got confirmed on Sunday, and Mike asked me to confirm him. That was a really cool experience. He's changed so much since having the gospel in his life. It's been neat to see his family one by one accept the gospel and choose to be baptized. They should be able to get sealed together in a year, which will be so great for them!

In other news, we got a new bishopric this week. It was really sad to see our old bishop and his councilors released, but we're excited to go forward and work with this new bishopric!

Spiritual thought for today. I've been studying the Christlike attribute of humility in personal study, and I just wanted to share what Preach My Gospel says about humility

Humility is willingness to submit to the will of the Lord and to give the Lord the honor for what is accomplished. It includes gratitude for His blessings and acknowledgment of your constant need for His divine help. Humility is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of spiritual strength. When you humbly trust Him and acknowledge His power and mercy, you can have the assurance that His commandments are for your good. You are confident that you can do whatever the Lord requires of you if you rely on Him. You are also willing to trust His chosen servants and follow their counsel. Humility will help you as you strive to be obedient, to work hard, and serve selflessly.

I love this description because it teaches that humility requires us to recognize our dependence on the Lord. I've really learned that as we do this, he's able to help us so much more. We constantly need His help throughout our lives. I know that our Heavenly Father loves us, and is always there to help us!

Hope this week is a great one!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Spring Fling

Happy Easter everyone!

We had another great week! We started this new thing in the mission called spring fling. It lasts until the end of the month, and the idea is that we get points for doing certain things, like teaching lessons, tracting, finding new investigators etc. and as a mission we're trying to reach a total of 15,000. If we do, then we all get to go the temple as a mission! It's been a fun way to really push us and focus our efforts!

I don't have much time today, so I'll just share a couple of cool experiences from the week.

First off, our investigator Robert came to church! This is the first time I've seen him at church since I've been here. He seemed to enjoy it, and we're hoping we can start making this a regular thing. He's an interesting case. He seems to have a testimony that what we teach is true, and he's read the Book of Mormon twice, but he says that the only thing keeping him from being baptized is his job. He works at the Catholic church near his house as a handy man. So we're not too sure how to help him there. His wife is an active member, and he's taken the discussions a few times. Funny thing was, his wife wasn't at church yesterday, but Robert still came without her, which was pretty cool.

We met a guy named Allah while tracting this week, and he let us right in! He and his family are from Syria, and so his English isn't super good yet. But we still had a nice conversation with him, and he said we could come back. We went back once this week but he wasn't available, so we left him with some pamphlets in Arabic that we found in our apartment. His kids seemed to like us! Every time we're in that area now they're playing outside and want to play with us haha.

We tracted into this guy named Jim a couple weeks ago, and went back to visit him this week. He let us in, and we had a nice conversation about religion, and shared beliefs. The Lord has been preparing him! He's said that the restoration of the gospel makes sense to him, and he has a lot of personal beliefs that coincide with what we teach! He said we're welcome anytime, so we'll definitely be going back!

At the end of our dinner on Sunday, we asked, as always, who the family knew that could benefit from a message about Jesus Christ. I sang a song in Sacrament meeting on Sunday, and then again for the Meldrum family at dinner, and Sister Meldrum said she knew of a lady that I could go sing too! I guess that counts as a referral right? She actually called this lady, Loretta, up right then and asked if we could go over. We realized that Loretta was actually a potential investigator that we had on our records and had met just a few days ago. She wasn't interested in meeting, but told Sister Meldrum that we could go over. So we hopped on our bikes and rode over to Loretta's house! We just sang to her, and then had a nice chat, and left. It was a pretty cool experience!

It also snowed this week. Come on Canada, it's April, get your act together.

Spiritual thought! This is John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Christ is the Prince of Peace! Through Him we can find peace in our lives. No matter what we're going through, He has already gone through it, and is there reaching out to help. I know that as we let Christ into our lives, he will help us through our struggles and challenges. Only He can grant us lasting peace in this life, and in the life to come!

Love ya'll! Hope this week is super!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

1. WE FOUND THE EASTER BUNNY
2. My feelings about it snowing in April
3. Riding the good old bike!
4. We found Elder Crawley in one of our pamphlets!

Irish Spring

Afternoon everyone!

This was another good week in the Hat! We've been walking and biking quite a bit, so my legs have been constantly sore this week. I've gotten way to spoiled with having a car in most of my areas. It's been good though. It looks like winter really is over now, so the weather should be pretty good from here on out!

We had a lesson with Mike this week! He's doing great! We went through the restoration with him. He has a testimony of the restoration because he knows that the Book of Mormon is true! He's read it, prayed about it, and received an answer. That's what it's all about! That's why as missionaries and members we talk about the Book of Mormon so much. It really is the keystone of our religion. If we can come to know that it is true, we also come to know that Christ's church has been restored to the earth! It's that simple!

We had a good lesson with Gerald this week too. We're really trying to help him see the importance of the spirit, and get him to listen to the spirit more. He's doing really well, and has been reading the Book of Mormon a little more consistently. Gerald is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet! It's been great getting to have lessons with him each week!

Recently we've just been working hard to find more people to teach. We'll see what this next week brings!

Spiritual thought! Go and visit Mormon.org and watch the new Prince of Peace video for Easter! There's 8 other videos that go along with it, and they're all great!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Luck of the Irish

Top of the Morning!

So we had transfers this past week. I ended up saying goodbye to Elder Neulinger, and getting a new companion, Elder Crawley! He's been out for about 5 months, and he's from the beautiful island of Northern Ireland! He told me that they don't actually say "Top of the Morning" to each other in Ireland, but I thought I'd throw it into the email anyway. I also asked him if he has a strict diet of Lucky Charms for breakfast. He told me no, but I think he's lying. Being with another British companion (This is my third one, and my fourth European companion) makes me feel like I'm in a Harry Potter movie all the time. It's fantastic. He may not be a wizard, but he is a lucky little leprechaun. We had some great things happen this week.

So the biggest news is MIKE IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!! I think I've mentioned Mike in previous letters. He's the husband of a recent convert, and he's been learning about the church, but has never admitted that he was investigating. We've talked to him about baptism quite a few times, but he always just shrugs us off and pretends that he's not interested in the church even though he comes every Sunday and quizzes us on doctrine every time we're over. Well recently the spirit has really been working in him. He's been listening in on lessons that we've had with the family, and he recently finished the Book of Mormon after the Stake President issued that challenge at stake conference last year. He's decided that he wants to be baptized! It's nothing that we've done, but the Lord has been preparing him ever since his wife began investigating the church. He's felt the spirit as he's come to know more about the restored gospel, and that's what has converted him. He wants to be baptized on April 22nd! I think he still has some things that he needs to change to be ready, but he's determined, and we'll be right there helping him out! We're so excited for him!

Our investigator Lana also came to one of the Saturday Sessions of General Conference! She's really busy with work and kids, and so meeting with her often is a struggle, but she really does seem to have a lot of intent to learn more and come to know if what we teach is true! I was so excited to see her at conference! I was praying so hard the whole time that she would be able to feel the spirit and power that the words of the Apostles brought. I think that she enjoyed it!

I loved General Conference this week! It's like Christmas for missionaries! I won't share too much about it (spoilers) but I will say that as I watched, I had an overwhelming feeling that the men speaking were called of God, and that his church really has been restored today. I'm so grateful for the guidance that we're able to receive from modern day prophets and apostles!

The work is this area is going really well! We've got a lot more good things right around the corner! We've also started sharing a car with some other Elders in the district, so we're going to be doing a lot more walking. We have some bikes now too, so that's good. Hopefully I don't rip my pants riding this time.

Tender Mercies for the week: We went over to the Fleming's house one night so that Elder Neulinger could say goodbye, and when we got there, Brother Fleming said to me, and I quote, "Elder, we're going to feed you enchiladas tonight." His wife is from Mexico, so they were authentic. I love members. We also didn't have a dinner last night, so we looked through our kitchen to see if any previous elders left us something to eat, and to our great joy we found some frozen chicken strips in the freezer. Bless.

Spiritual thought for the week! My favorite quote from conference, "Church sleep is among the healthiest of all sleep!" I love President Uchtdorf! Truer words were never said. I also really liked the talk about the spirit by Ronald A. Rasband. I like that he said we need to be first responders. When the spirit prompts us, we must act on that first prompting. I know that as we act on the first prompting that we receive, the Lord will guide us, and we'll learn how to better follow the spirit.

Hope ya'll have a great week!

Love,

Elder Moffitt

Don't judge too harshly, but Elder Todd and I decided to take some High School Musical pics this week. I think they actually turned out quite good!

1. Elder Crawley and I by the Med Hat sign
2. Elder Stringam at transfers!
3. Goodbye to Elder Neulinger
4. Our district!

And a poorly taken selfie with Elder Crawley #SelfieGameWeak