11/27/2017 Week 4: Stress Filled Thanksgiving

This week started wonderfully but was kinda slow. So I had 3 separate contacts with President and Sister Welch this week. 2 good, 1 bad. The first was a zone conference which was fun we got the cupcakes in the pictures below to take home. And Sister Kapp, the 9th General President of the Young Women's program came and spoke to us. I got to meet a bunch of other Elders and Sisters which was amazing. The next day was new missionary training where we went to the mission home and we trained by President and given advise on very important matters. We also got to see, hear from and get to know sister Kapp more. She is amazing and gave letters to each of the 8 people who were there. I am so happy and sad because she is very sweet but I cant read cursive. THEN thanksgiving happened and we get a text from the Hawaii visitor center at 6:00, keep in mind we wake up at 6:30, the text stated, "We have been chatting with an investigator in your area, who we just heard was planning suicide." Exact words. That ruins your day. So we called President for help and advice. We decided the next day to go over and check on him. He is fine, but the missionaries are no longer visiting him because he is a pathological liar, he is unstable, drug addict, and just looking for attention. If you think for a second that I am over exaggerating you haven't seen him for yourself. I wont expose who it was for his safely but if he calls us again we are given the ok to call the police. Please dont go posting this everywhere I dont want to hear about it. Other wise the week was great and thanks giving dinner was amazing. I know that it was just a trial. got to go, love you bye.

11/20/2017 Week 3: Going On Strong

Hey every one. How is it going. Another week gone in the blink of an eye. not many things happened this week. Things are slowing down in the winter months. nobody comes outside so its difficult considering that door to door knocking is the least effective way to teach the gospel. But we wont tell the Jehovah Witnesses that. We have been stopped a lot but not for a good reason. People with typically say that they are thankful that young men are going out and spreading the good word but then they start to try to convert you to their religion and even when we disagree and we share ten scriptures that are against what they believe and they cant give an answer they try to do the same, and what happens is we can backup every scripture they throw at us even with the scripture they try using against us. Then they get really flustered. Its funny but bad because then they start to hate the Mormons. Making them anti and etc. So we usually just leave whenever they try to argue. And it makes us look even better. BOOM the book is blue, the word is true. I love it here. Just had some exchanges so I got to hang out with the district leader for a day and we helped a family move. We got fed so much that day I was so happy. There is a really good greek food place in that area. It was great and so many awesome pizza places, the thing is they cost a lot and are only deliver and we are always out. I took my areas phone on accident to another area so they didnt have anyway of contacting people that day... oops. I am going to crew tower today which is the largest building in Cincinnati, you can go to the very top and take pictures. Not much else has happened. I get going now there is not much else besides the fact that my really nice shoes are completely soaked and havent dried in 3 days now. But otherwise talk to you next week.

I drew a tree... Thats kinda it

That is our freezer with months old salmon and bananas in it

11/13/2017 Week 2: I AM Tired, But Otherwise Geat

This week was great. I was able to teach so many people. It is starting to get a little cold but it isn't worth complaining because my family is in Alaska. My legs hurt but they are getting better. Today was a zone fun day. I love being here but I am not sure if I will type a lot because I have a limited amount of time on the computers. So the computer I am using is a public one in my apartment complex. So that means there are probably 30 different viruses so I am sorry. My companion is great he is doing a great job being a trainer. I learned that my area is getting its first baptism in 2 years so that is exciting. We are meeting with a lot of people. But they dont keep commitments. Other wise it is fun. We went shopping for food. WE ARE GETTING SMART PHONES SOON I HEARD. But that wont be for a few months. We had a lot of service this week. Almost as much service as rain.  Not much has happened this week sadly but we helped someone move and are helping one of our investigators build a nativity set for his church. We played volleyball and ate smores at the fun day. I changed my profile picture to a koala because why not. I love Highland Heights there is nothing bad to say about it. I am looking for scriptures that prove the Book of Mormon to be true in the Old and New testament. I found some but the people here are kinda stubborn and wont change there beliefs even after multiple of the scriptures that they read prove that they are wrong so they ask which one is right. Its complicated but possible. Jesus said it was incredibly difficult to baptize and change a rich man but not impossible. Course he did say it was easier to fit a horse through the eye of a needle. But with that attitude you wont get anywhere. Time in the mission is weird. The weeks go by insanely fast but the days are slow. I wish I had more to say I will answer questions to other emails as well just dont reply to this email. Send a new message. I have not figured out how to have them separated. Right now you all can see what each other write. Talk to a lot of you later.

11/6/2017 Week 1: I'm in Kentucky

Hey every one this week was great. Sorry that I don't have many pictures. Google is dumb. So I love my area but so many people smoke here that I wouldn't be surprised if I had lung cancer by the end of my mission. The weather here is kinda weird. It seems like its just getting hotter. But yesterday we had to be in by 6:30 because of a very bad storm. We got back at 8:00. The people here are extremely supportive of the idea of missionary work. But this is also the hardest area in the mission so thats fun. Everyone here is already religious. Our address is 250 Little round top Apt 318, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 United States. Please send stuff. I do love it here but my area is a walking area and has a radius of about 10 miles. But that is why there are sisters with a car in the same area, we can give the an address of someone far for us to travel and they can go do it. It usually takes us 30 minutes to get into our proselyting area. Also there are a lot of hills. I got my new companion. His name is Elder Christensen. I miss my old companions but he is able to teach and give me advise on things the others couldn't at the time. Its great being in the Celestial kingdom. I have to travel by bus to get to the church and there are a lot of unsavory faces. P-day so far has been pretty good. I am emailing in the church building with some other elders. Right now we are waiting of some other Elders to come so we can go grocery shopping. I did the dishes this morning and it reeked. I am spending my time and money wisely though. Don't want to spend all my money in a week. We you get money 2 times a month. To the other Elders and Sisters that are getting this email how has your week been since leaving the MTC. I realize that some of your emails will be on Tuesday but let me know. My companion has been great he is able to teach me but at the same time reassure me that he is my friend. I love the people here because they all try to look on the bright side of everything. If anyone is having a bad day they will come up to us and ask for advice almost. We usually tell them the reason for their hard time is because it is a way for God to teach and progress. And that even though it is hard sometimes God never gives us anything we cant handle. He does this to show us that he loves and cares about us. And they usually leave with a smile on there face knowing that they are cared about. The problem is we make appointment to meet with us but they don't answer the door. They don't keep the commitments that they make. We teach this one guy and he is ready to be baptized and everything and wants to be baptized but doesn't come to church. The rules are they must come to church 3 times at least to be able to be baptized. On the bright side... (inside joke) we have a baptism scheduled for a kid named Zach. He is a really nice kid reads the BoM every day, has come to church every week since first meeting, and prayed to be baptized and said yes the next meeting. He is being baptized on December 16th. I'll be here for it. He is most likely being baptized by a kid in the ward named Keagan. Keagan is preparing to go on his mission and should be getting his call at anytime. I am excited to see where he goes. I talked with him a little about it yesterday and he is ready and has an amazing testimony. Fasting was kinda hard because for some reasons I have been having pains in my legs and when we where walking to our dinner appointment it was worse then ever. I had Ibuprofen in my bag but I didn't know if it would break my fast so I refused to take it. My companion was yelling at me to take it but I was being stubborn and kept saying no. My companion said we can call someone for a ride because we were going to be late. I said a prayer in my heart asking and pleading for help that the pain would leave and we would make it on time. By 30 min later the pain was gone and we made it with minutes to spare. I have a firm testimony that what President Monson says about being called to the works is completely true. The Lord will bless you in your times of trouble. He as done it for me and for others. I know that he is there, and even if the prophet were to come to me and say that he lied about every thing I would still believe in God because of the experiences in my life and the gratitude that I have shown for Him and His son is beyond anything else. He loves me and everyone that has ever been, or will be. I am a servant of God and I know that the message he has to give is one of joy, love, humility, knowledge, and safety. I'll talk to you all next week. Love and miss you all.

     Sincerely, Elder Moore 

Train from MTC to Airport

Me and my trainer, Elder Christensen

Sunday dinner at the Shuley's