Elder Cody Moore: 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