June 24

Well just another grind it out week with a lot of finding time. We did have a blitz up in English again, and we did some service by moving some wood and stacking it for an older couple. On the blitz I worked with Elder Rich from Spokane, Washington. It was fun and it makes me realize just how spread out my current area is. In our area there isn't a single town over 3,000 people and the counties I'm in have less people than my small bike are back in Evansville. The work is definitely dependent upon the members here in order for there to be any success. We do have a few progressing investigators at the moment that have made it out to church a couple times now. We had an awesome lesson with them in which they recognized when the spirit was testifying of truth to them. Now we just need to get them into the font. For district meeting this week I tried to make it fun and test how well everyone has been studying, so I made a jeopardy type game that went over pretty well. The district really got into it and it ended up coming down to the final question to decide the winner. Well I don't know if you saw the broadcast yesterday by the church on missionary work but it sounds like it will be a great time to go out and be a missionary right now. I'm excited for Presto and he will love it.

 

Well I hope you have a wonderful week and that all goes well!

 

Love

Elder Moorhouse

June 17

Well it was one of those weeks where everything set just fell through at the last minute but it was still really busy. So we had transfers and my new companion is Elder Behling from Payson, Utah. He's 6' 8" and not a sports fan unfortunately or else we would have a killer combination on the court ha. He's been out for 10 months and actually came out with Elder Denton so it shows me how fast time really has flown. Well I'm officially the oldest group out on the mission which is a weird feeling and I know it won't last long. We also had a zone meeting this week and it is crazy how many sister missionaries there are compared to elders now compared to when I first came out. The Elder still out number but it is getting closer with each transfer. This transfer there were 7 elders and 23 sisters that came out. And only like 12 elders going home and 1 sister, so you can see how they are gaining rather quickly ha.

 

Well I hope you had a wonderful Father's day dad it kinda snuck up on me and I didn't realize it was yesterday until I went to church.

 

Thata boy bryson keep working hard and have fun.

 

Presto congrats on going to the temple.

 

Well I hope everyone has a great week and I'll do what I can to help ya'll out.

 

Love Elder Moorhouse

June 10

Hello family,

It was a most excellent week here in the Burg! After months of working to get investigators to come to church, this week we finally got three to show up. It was awesome we currently have a baptismal date for one in July and the other two should follow suit in July as well so it could be a very busy month coming up. Well transfer news is I'll be staying and Elder Colling will be leaving me, so we will meet my new companion tomorrow at the transfer meeting. We have a few investigators that I'm glad I'll be able to stay around and see the changes that the gospel will make in their lives. I still can't believe it is already the final transfer it really has sped by and it just continues to speed up. Well we will continue to do missionary things until the end and hope to continue seeing the blessings each day. It has been great gaining a greater knowledge of the Gospel and actually knowing truths that you won't find anywhere else. It is amazing to see how many people are truly deceived by Satan's craftiness and enticing with the craftiness of man. Churches are everywhere out here and it is sad to hear some of the reasons people choose to go to certain ones over others. Most of the time the reason is simply convenience sadly. Well we will work on them  by sharing truth and bearing testimony.

well I'm glad you had a great trip and tell Nolan and Ty congrats for me sorry I'll miss it.

I love ya'll and will look forward to hearing from ya next week.

Love,

Elder Moorhouse

June 3

Well it was a busy week here in the Burg. It was probably one of our best weeks here in a long time. We were able to find quite a few new investigators and they all have a lot of potential to go a long way. The work is starting to pay off. One of our new gators read half of 1st Nephi twice before we returned just to make sure she understood it. This week was really big on getting the members of the ward involved in our lessons and when you match the right members to the right investigators it can go a long way. We had a few spirit filled lessons this week that I feel have planted the right seed in our new gators to help them act of the message and work towards baptism. This may be my final week in Brandenburg but I really hope it isn't. I'd rather end here and finish what I've started than have to go rebuild another area. Things have really turned around lately for the better and I'm excited for the growth to continue. District meeting this week was good I just kind of reviewed all the major points form my trainings of the last 5 months. It's weird to think how many I've done already. This week P-day should be pretty fun we have the district coming down to play some ball and hang out for once. The time just keeps picking up and I realize just how quick it will come to an end so just gotta keep chuggin along each day and work hard.

 

Well I hope you enjoy your cruise. I have no idea what I want to do when I get home I'll let you know when I get there ha.

 

Ya'll have a wonderful week and hope all goes well. Love ya lots!

 

Love,

Elder Moorhouse