3/11

Hello Family,

The week was alright I guess, just another one of those grind it out weeks. We had our Zone Leaders come and Blitz our area which was pretty fun. We were able to see quite a bit of success there. I'm excited for this coming week. It looks to be our most full week yet and it will be a great way to end the transfer. This ward is full of Part-member families and that is where we have been putting a lot of our focus lately and hopefully we will be able to see some success with it soon. As far as baptisms this month it is looking less likely because our investigators are really struggling to make it to church unfortunately. Once we can get them coming enough times they will be good to go. The time change this week really affected quite a few people. Church was pretty empty the first hour ha.

Being a District leader has been great so far. I have a really young district so they look up to me quite a bit. It definitely keeps me busy trying to help them out and prepare trainings each week, for district meeting.

Well if there is anything I can do for you let me know. I look forward to getting your letters this week and will try to respond in a timely manner, no promises though.

Love ya'll

Elder Moorhouse

3/4

Hello Family,

Well this week was pretty awesome. I met two apostles and a member of the presidency of the 70. Elder L. Tom Perry, spoke about how we have a perfect structure in our church with Christ at the Head, and how leaders of other faiths envy us because of it. He also told us to stick to the Doctrine when teaching and we won't have to worry about anything. Elder Quentin L. Cook spoke on how we need to be the example for all the new missionaries about to come into the field and how we set the culture of the mission for them. He also stressed the 1st vision and the Plan of Salvation because those were the two points that converts would remember over the years. Elder L. Whitney Clayton spoke on the 112th section of the Doctrine & Covenants. It was pretty awesome to be there and a once in a lifetime opportunity. I was also able to see all my past companions, who are all doing well. After the conference we went out to eat with Elder Hawes which was fun to talk with someone about Meridian and the people there. Also this week we had a Zone Conference which was good. They focused a lot on teaching the Word of Wisdom, which isn't too surprising out here. I was back in New Albany again for a day and it was tough not to just go visit some people while I was there. Oh well maybe someday. Well that sums up the major events of the week. We found a few Part-member families that we will start teaching here soon. So that is exciting the work has really grown here lately and it is exciting to be a part of.

Well tell Nolan and Tyler Congrates for me. And if you ever run into any of my other friends tell them I say hello and that it is never too late to write .

I love you and hope ya'll have a wonderful week.

Love Elder Moorhouse

2/25

Hello family,

How was everyone's week. It was alright here we were able to teach a few and find a few more so that's always good. Unfortunately, many of our baptismal dates didn't make it to church do to numerous reasons beyond our control so their dates will have to be moved back a bit but we are still working with them for sure. This was also a week of a lot of falling through appointments but that will happen quite a bit in this field of work unfortunately. We went on a blitz to English, IN this week and I worked with Elder Seegmiller who is from California. He's been out a little over a year now and is pretty cool. We had a good time up there and were able to see a lot get accomplished. At district meeting this week I gave a training on Listening with Love and to the spirit. It went really well and most of it came from Preach my Gospel Ch.10 listening and Ch.4 following the spirit. That's pretty much the bulk of our week since last Wednesday so yeah. However this week should be pretty awesome. So we have a Zone Conference on Thursday. Then on Saturday we have a mission Conference where we will have two Apostles speaking to us. Yep it will be Elder L. Tom Perry and Elder Quentin L. Cook. Which should be pretty awesome. Pretty sure this will be the first time I have ever seen an apostle in real life and not just on the television or computer. I'm excited and can't wait.

That is crazy they are making two more missions in Idaho. I wonder which mission our home will fall under as far as Boise or Nampa. I'm hoping we stay in the Boise ha.

Well hope ya'll have a great week and I love ya lots

 

Elder Moorhouse

2/18

hey family,

The library was closed here on Tuesday as well for upgrades on the computers so I finally get to write you today. It was a pretty good week here. We saw a lot of great things happen. We found quite a few new investigators and set a few more baptismal dates for next month so March is looking like a great month here if we can just get people to church. That has been the biggest hold up for a lot of people, so that's what we are going to have to put a focus on. Well my new companion is Elder Colling from Idaho Falls, Idaho. He went to Bonneville high so yes he is a bee. Lame I know ha. He has been out for 16 months so he is my oldest comp I've had yet. He is the first companion to be out over a year while I've been with him. So far it's gone pretty good and we are finally seeing some success here in Brandenburg. It just took a transfer here to get things rolling. Well this last week we had district meeting on Valentines day and of course I had to give a training on Love. It wasn't that kind of love, but it was all about how we need to truly love the investigators that we are working with, and to love the Lord to serve him as diligently as we can. It went well and that was about the extent of our week. Nothing too crazy happening just out working and setting up appointments to keep ourselves busy.

The weather here has been a roller coaster. Each day brings something different. Last week we had Snow in the morning then by the night time it was in the 50's then the next day it was back bellow freezing so we never know what to expect each morning when we wake up. It makes a lot of sense why so many people get sick out here with this crazy pattern.

Dad I haven't had the chance to go to the temple at all out here yet I just keep serving too far from Louisville, maybe here soon if our Zone can go.

Well I love ya'll and hope you have an enjoyable week.

Love,

Elder Moorhouse

2/11

It was a pretty good week here in Brandenburg. We did get the transfer news and Elder Anderson will be getting transferred. It was a bit of surprise since this was only his second transfer in this area. I'm not sure who my next companion will be but we will find out on Tuesday, so I'll let ya'll know next week. This week we found a few new investigators that have some real potential to progress and work toward baptism. It has been tough lately because a few of our most progressing investigators will be gone all of February for training in the military since they will be deployed in July. So now we are searching for some civilians to teach so they won't we going anywhere on us ha. We also went and Blitzed the Corydon area this week and I worked with Elder Stohel, who actually went to high school with Elder Fry. He came out with Elder Denton so he's been out about 6 months now, which is crazy to think He's been out that long as well. It went really and we had some solid lessons that lead to a baptismal commitment, and the investigators came to their church as well. That will really help that area out, I'm excited for them. So I'll be staying the district lead for another transfer and our district isn't getting changed up too much. Just elder Anderson and one of the Spanish Hermanas are getting transferred from here. This was one of the best weeks for the district overall in a long time. It has been great to see improvement each week, which is exactly what we want.

 

Sounds like the show went farely well in Des Moines. This has actually been probably the worst transfer for me and pictures I just haven't pulled out my camera much. It is just a dreary time of year with no leaves on the trees. This coming transfer I will do better. That was funny about Carson and the frost cause I had to teach Elder Green how to use the scrapers to get frost off our car in my last area, that last weekend. It was the first time he ever had to do it too.

Well love ya'll and hope this week goes great.

love

Elder Moorhouse

2/4

What's up ya'll?

It was a crazy weather week here in B-burg. It was about 70 degrees last Tuesday and Wednesday was in the 20's. So as you can guess we had some strong winds and storms that night. Then the rest of this weekend it just kept snowing. Unfortunately the snow didn't stay long. Each morning we woke up to a little snow and it was gone by dinner. Kinda like Boise at times. Well this week was a lot better as far as the work went. We were able to find a few new investigators that we should see this week. We also had interviews this week. It went well and mainly just talked about the district and how I can best help each area. The Zone leaders also blitzed our area this weekend which was good. I worked with Elder Ahern from Arizona, it was a lot of finding that day so knocked quite a few doors. We worked a little in this tiny town where "Pee Wee" Reese was born. He played for the Dodgers back in the 50's and is probably the biggest name to ever come out of this place. The rest of the week was just a typical work week. Since it was the end of the month we were running low on miles so we did a lot of walking around B-burg.

 I love ya'll and hope this week is awesome!

love ya,

Elder Moorhouse

You would Never Guess!

Well it was a crazy week here in Eville. So I guess I'll start off with Halloween. So we had a regular day with district meeting then we, had a lesson with some of our new investigators who are originally from China. So it is a new experience teaching people with such a non christian background. There are three at the moment, one is an atheist, one Muslim and the third has no religious background at all. It will be a longer process but it is definitely starting from scratch here. Then after our lesson we went over to the house of one of the other set of elders investigator's home and had sat by a fire pit in his back yard. It was pretty chill and fun, he has been in the military for basically his entire life and he brought out some of his guns including his sniper rifle, M4 and so on, unfortunately I'm not allowed to shoot them while I'm out here but I did get to hold and look at them.ha. Then he brought out his Scandinavian Battle Axe, which he plans to go wild Boar hunting with. He loves boar hunting and has killed one with a knife that reminds me of Crocodile Dundee. He is a way cool dude and he lives just three doors out of our area but as long as he gets baptized all is well. Alright well a new tune up for this last week was to go Romney sign hunting. So we wrote down all the addresses with Mitt Romney signs in their yard and plan on knocking them in the coming weeks after this election is finally over. Well for the biggest news of the week, so a missionary had to go home early and his companion needed some new companions till the next transfer. So I'm in a trio again. Elder Denton and I have a new companion for the next couple of weeks. and now for the best part. The new companion is Elder Clawson. Yep the clawdog and mascasa reunite. Pretty crazy right. Well the good news is I get a car for the next two weeks but we have to cover two areas so it should stay pretty busy. It should be exciting ha.

 

The weather has gotten a bit cooler here with some showers now and then. No snow yet, but very windy. Sounds like everyone had a decent week for the most part. Well I hope you all have a wonderful week and enjoy no shave November.

Love ya,

Elder Moorhouse