MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

HO HO HO EVERYONE!!!!

This past week has been crazy with a bunch of traveling to different places and it was the holidays. So let’s get right down to this. 

On Wednesday we had to go down to Toronto for Zone Conference. Zone Conference is just a big meeting with all the missionaries and we talk about what we can do better and how to improve ourselves. It was pretty cool. I got to see some of the people that I came out in the mission field with and talk to them about their areas and what they have been up to. Zone Conference was from 9:00 am to about 5:00 pm, so we were kinda ummm whats the word I am looking for here??  Ummm oh yeah I remember now, the word is STARVING!!!!! WE WERE SOOOOOO HUNGRY!!!! We ended up going to this Caribbean place and it was super good! I got some jerk chicken and I will tell you what them Caribbeans know how to make some chicken because I pretty much inhaled all of that food. But yeah that was pretty much it on Wednesday.

The only thing exciting that happened on Thursday was that I got a haircut. That's right, ya boi has gotta be looking clean out here while he is spreading the good word. One of the members said she would do it for free since we have been shoveling her driveway for her. So I ain't gonna turn down a free haircut!! However when she was cutting my hair she was going around with the scissors and I don't know what happened but next thing I know she has SLICED THE INSIDE OF MY EAR!!! She started apologizing and I said it was fine until I started feeling the blood fill the inside of my ear. But it is all good. Sometimes the cut re opens and it starts bleeding again but a little bit of blood ain't gonna hold me back. 

Saturday was Christmas Eve and that was pretty good. We went to the Rostirolla's house for lunch and played some games. Sister Rostirolla is SUPER competitive!!! She would freak out if I started winning in any sort of way. She called me a cheater like a hundred times but she could never prove it so I guess I did a pretty good job of covering it up 😉 We also went to the Dunning's that night to have dinner and that was pretty good. Brother Dunning was super generous and got my companion and I tie pins with chains on them. It is super nice and I am so grateful for him and all the things he does for us.  

On Christmas day we only had one hour of church so people could spend time with their families. After church we went to the Jones for lunch and it was delicious as always. But then they brought out the Monopoly game. And if you know me at all then you know that I go hard when it comes to Monopoly. I AIN'T PLAYING NO GAMES!!!! THIS WAS REAL LIFE GOING ON AND I WAS GOING TO WIN!!! I didn't end up winning because we ran out of time and we had to be somewhere else. So I had to call it a tie with Brother Jones but I would have won because I don't lose, it’s that simple. We went to the Cepeda's for dinner and they always feed us super well. 

The highlight of the week though was definitely the opportunity I had to Skype home and talk with my family again. I am so grateful that they give us the opportunity to do that twice a year. I love them so much and always love talking with them and hearing about all the great things they are doing back home. I cannot wait for Mother's day so I can do it again. 

But yeah that was about it for this week. Thank you all so much for the continual support you show me while I am out here. You don't know how much it means to me to read and hear all of your up lifting comments.  

I love you all and hope everyone's holiday season is amazing. 

Question of the day: what is the best thing you got for Christmas?

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Elder Murray

coleton.murray@myldsmail.net

Christmas Skype

We got the best Christmas present ever yesterday...A Skype call from Cole!

He looked great and is doing fantastic. We were able to spend about an hour talking to him and it was just like he was back home again. He kept us all laughing the entire time with his stories. Even though he has only been in Owen Sound for just under 2 months he absolutely loves the people and the area. We were able to ask him a lot of questions and finally were able to get some answers about mission life in Canada. He said that they have had more snow there than he has ever seen and they aren't really into the winter months yet.

Here are a few things that he shared about things in Canada:

"Every thing is crazy expensive! It cost like $15 for a box of mozzarella cheese sticks!"

"They don't have $1 bills here. They have $1 and $2 coins that are called oonies and toonies."

"The exchange rate is pretty great here so I bought myself a really cool knife. I have to buy myself some souvenirs while I'm here." ☺

"I think I have gained a little weight during the holidays because everyone just wants to feed us all of the time."

"There is only one Ward in Owen Sound and we only get between 50-60 people at church each week, today there were only about 30 people."

"The next closest set of missionaries to us are about 1 1/2 hour away so we don't hang out with any other missionaries unless we have meetings to go to."

"I keep forgetting to take pictures, but really it would be kind of awkward to knock on someone's door to ask them if they wanted to hear about the gospel and then say 'Oh hey just a second while I take a picture so that I can send pictures home to my family." 😕

"I went to Toronto a couple of weeks ago and it was insane. The traffic was absolutely horrible and there were people everywhere!"

"We only clean our apartment if we have the time so no it is not 'Mom Clean' but my side of the room is a lot cleaner than my companions."

"I bought myself this red tie, do you like it? My goal is to have 365 ties, one for everyday of the year."

"The car we drive is all wheel drive. We each have a card that you have to swipe through this reader thing if you are the driver and it records everything about your driving."

Cole wanted us to let everyone know that he misses you all a lot and is thankful for all of the support that he gets from each of you. He is excited to see what the rest of his mission has in store for him and is looking forward to all of his upcoming adventures.

CRAZY!!!!!!

Hakuna Matata everyone!! 

First off I want to say that this email is going to be pretty short because I have a lot of stuff going on today. But I can tell you a few stories of what has been going down the past couple of days. 

The biggest event that happened was that I had a snow day on Thursday. ⛄ ⛄ ⛄

Yeah I know right, snow days out on the mission. However on that day it dumped over 2ft of snow on us, IT WAS INSANE! Everyone was saying how they have never seen so much snow fall at one time. So we had to stay inside all day long. We pretty much just studied and cleaned the apartment. We also had to keep ourselves entertained so we wouldn't lose our minds. One of the things that we did was take scissors and knives and throw them at some boxes that we drew targets on and tried to get the best score.

Other than that everything has been the same just spreading the word and now shoveling driveways a lot so people can get out of their homes. I love being out here. It is so much fun and I am learning a lot. 

Let me hear from all of you and tell me what you have been up to.

Question of the day is, "If you could be any Disney character who would you be and why?" 🦁 👸 🐭

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Elder Murray

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REACH FOR THE SKY!!!!!! 

Howdy everybody your favorite deputy back once again!

This past week we have just been getting hammered with snow up here. We have gotten at least two feet just where we live! It is insane but I am loving it soooooooo much. Most of the week has been mostly just a lot of traveling. 

First I went to Midland on exchanges and that was pretty cool to go and see a new area. During the exchange we were driving after a dinner appointment and we were coming over this hill and right as we reached the top there was a DEAD DEER IN THE ROAD!! We hit that thing head on and went right over the top of it. I am pretty sure we went airborne for a couple of seconds. Amazingly however there was no damage to the car so we were pretty excited with that. Then as we kept on driving we got a ride check. A ride check is when there are cops posted on the ride and they pull you over and see if you have been drinking. So we pulled over and they were shining a light in our faces and asked if we had been drinking. We said no but I guess he didn't believe us because he stuck his head in the car and started to sniff and try to find any trace of alcohol. Of course he didn't find anything (I hid it too well). I am just kidding!! He told us to have a good night and we were on our way. That was mostly everything that happened during that exchange. 

Next, we had to drive to Barrie for Zone Leadership Meeting. That was pretty good. I learned a lot and learned how to be a better missionary. We stayed in Barrie that night because in the morning we had to get up and go to Brampton for our temple visit. While we were in Barrie that night however some craziness went down. The Zone leaders have this thing called Satan's Blood in their apartment and it is food that is crazy hot! It is like eight hundred thousand on the hotness scale. (A ghost pepper is one million to give you a comparison). Two of the Elders decided that they wanted to try it. They both put some on some spoons and went for it. Fast forward through all the tears and liters of milk that they drank, one of them ended up puking because he couldn't handle it and the other one turned pale white and just started shaking uncontrollably. It was kind of scary but everyone is fine so there is no need to worry. 

The next morning we went to Brampton because it was the end of the transfer. We had our follow ups and also a temple session. It was super cool to see everyone that I came out to Canada with again and to hear all of their stories they had to tell. The temple was super amazing!  The inside of it was so beautiful and so peaceful. It makes me sad that I can't visit it more often. But I am so grateful for the chance that I had to go. 

That night we had to go back to Barrie because we had Zone Council and on the way back we stopped at a place called Smoke's and got some Poutine. If you don't know what Poutine is it is basically fries covered in gravy and you can put bacon and cheese on it. It is super good and I would highly recommend it. Zone Council was good also, learned a lot and got to hang out with the Zone. 

The last thing is an update on Jim Baker. He is doing so well!! We have a baptism date set up for Jan 21st and he is starting to come out to church now. I can just see how much he has grown and how much his testimony has grown also. I cannot wait for the day when he gets baptized. 

That was about it for my week now I want to hear from all of you and everything that you have been up to. I love and miss all of you so much.

And like a wise man once said "Merry Christmas you filthy animal"

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Elder Murray

ANOTHER MOVING EXPERIENCE!!

What is going on everyone!? Hope everyone's past week was super great!

My past week has been all sorts of crazy and eventful. This past week alone I have given 5 priesthood blessings. Everyone is getting extremely sick or going into surgery up here, it is insane. There is also this cat named Bert that hangs out in front of our apartment all day long, so when we come back he just starts meowing at us and tries to come inside with us. Every time I see him I just say "Bert you crazy cat, you better get outta here!” The neighbors look at me kind of weird but what can you do.

I guess I should tell you about a moving experience I had again. Sooooooo lets get right to it! It was this past Thursday a less active member was moving out of his apartment and he wanted some help so obviously we were the first ones to volunteer and there were two other members that had trucks and trailers that were willing to help also. We got there and one of the members was standing outside. As we pulled up he told us that the individual that was moving (I will just call him Bob) had nothing packed yet. So Bob had nothing packed and he came walking out and we asked him where he was moving to and he said he didn't know yet he still needs to find a place. SO HE HAS NOTHING PACKED AND NO WHERE TO GO!! One of the members asked him why we were even there to help him move and Bob says, “Well I have to be out today.” We thought he was getting evicted or something so that's why he had to move out but no he informs us that he has A HIT out on him so he needs to move out as soon as possible because they have already tried to kill him once. So with all of this craziness going on and just being informed that I could possibly get killed trying to help Bob move it started pouring rain. Like I mean POURING rain! Luckily I had a waterproof jacket on, the only problem was that there is no hood on it and I didn't have a hat so my head was pretty much just getting soaked that entire time we were there. Bob finally found a storage unit that he could take all of his stuff to so we packed everything up and headed over there. When we got there and started putting everything in it became obvious that all of his stuff wasn't going to fit. So he went and got a bigger unit and we had to take all of the stuff that we had already packed in before and move it to the bigger unit. We started helping him move at 10:30 and didn't get done until 2:45 so we were pretty soaking wet and cold. The member that gave us a ride felt bad for us so he decided to take us out to Montana's (pretty much like a Texas Roadhouse) for lunch. The food was amazing and delicious. Right as we were leaving another member texted us and told us to meet them at Montana's for dinner in an hour. So we had Montana's twice that day and it was super awesome.

I think the only other funny story I got is that we decided to go drop by a former investigator and when we got there he was extremely drunk. We had a pretty interesting conversation about politics and Jesus Christ so I am glad I was there to hear it. He decided to say a prayer at the end and in his prayer he said and I quote "thank you for sending these two gentleman in my intoxicated state to bring light to the darkness" so that was pretty cool to hear.

Finally an update on Jim Baker, we have gotten to know each other really well he is more like a friend than anything. He tells us about the movies he watches and shows us his paintings that he works on. The last time we were there he said he would get baptized sometime in the near future he just doesn't know when. So we are working on trying to get a date with him and hopefully get him baptized. 

I am loving it up here in Canada. There are so many great people and so many experiences that I get to be a part of. I am so grateful for all of you and the examples that you set for me. I love getting to read your emails and hear about all the awesome things you are doing down there.

I would just like to leave you with a scripture to read, it is in John 14:15-18. I have seen the scripture bring tears to people’s eyes because it means so much to them and it means so much to me.

Well tell me all about your experiences you are having and the things you are going to be doing for Christmas!

And like a wise man once said "I'll be back"

Elder Murray

CRAZY FIRST EXCHANGE!!!!!

What is going on party people!!! Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and remembered everything that they were grateful for. Everything up here is going super awesome but enough about that, it is STORY TIME!!!!!! Time to talk about my first exchange. 

For those of you who don't know what an exchange is it is basically when you swap your companion with someone else's companion for a day. Anyways let us just jump right into this. So I had the exchange with one of the zone leaders and his name is Elder Lemon and he is super awesome, very spiritual and also laid back. We made the exchange Wednesday night and exchanged back on Friday at our district meeting. So let me tell you about my Thanksgiving Day on Thursday and explain the madness that took place. 

So the first thing we had to do was at 8:30 in the morning the Ripley's family asked us if we could help them with moving out of their house. We went over there and helped move things around like dressers and couches and a freezer. There was one point when Elder Lemon and I were carrying a dresser down the stairs and I all the sudden it felt like I was carrying the whole thing by myself. So I was like "Umm Elder Lemon?" because I wanted to know what he was doing so I wouldn't DIE! All I see is him peek around the corner of the dresser with both hands in the air and just says to me "I don't know what to do." So then I yelled at him, "Well you better do something before I just sit here and drop this thing!!!" I couldn't believe it, what a guy am I right?! Around 11:30 we left and got lunch at Kettles with the Cepeda family. Once again I would like to say how they are a gift sent from heaven. After we ate we had a meeting with a less active member named Scott and that went really well. We were able to talk and he showed me his hot wheels collection and you already know how much I love them hot wheels! After we got done with that it was around 2:30 and we decided to try and drop by to see some people but nothing came out of that because most of them were not home. Then around 4:00 we get a call from Bro Dunning saying that the Ripleys needed another trailer and we needed to help him get it and load the rest of the stuff. THIS IS WHERE THE STORY GETS WILD! 

So Bro Dunning lives about 40 minutes away so we got up there and changed back into our service clothes and we were off to go get the trailer. The trailer is an open trailer so we were hoping it wasn't going to rain but we brought tarps so we would be fine either way right....WRONG!  We arrived at the Ripleys at 6:00 and just started putting the rest of the stuff they had onto the trailer and of course it started to rain. Now we had to put a tarp over everything. We got everything on and got a tarp over it and tied down and we were off once again. We driving down the highway when all the sudden THE TARP WENT FLYING OFF THE TRAILER!! We pulled over real fast and we were chasing a tarp down the highway. We finally got the tarp and found out that the rope that we used to tie down the tarp snapped so that is why it flew off. We came to the agreement that there was no point of trying to put the tarp back on so everything was going to get wet. We arrived at the new house in Markdale at 7:00. The driveway that they had was all covered in snow and was long and had an incline. Bro Ripley was driving a U-Haul truck and when he parked on the driveway he had to park on the incline part because the rest of his family was already up there and had cars parked there. So we come pulling in behind him and he puts the U-Haul in park and jumps out and the thing starts SLIDING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY!!! Luckily it stopped before it hit us but we had to reverse and get out of the way. However, in doing that he backed the trailer up right into a ditch! So now we have a U-Haul stuck on the driveway and a trailer in a ditch. It took a lot of tow straps and pushing and pulling on vehicles but we finally got both of them unstuck. So we got all the cars out of the way at the top so we could get the U-Haul up there. We got a running start with that thing and drove her up there. When it got to the top of the driveway the truck went sliding off to the left and into their yard. So the U-Haul got stuck again!! Around this time it was like 8:45 and Elder Lemon and I realized that we weren't going to make it home by curfew because our car was all the way at Bro Dunning's house which is an hour and a half away. So we made a call to the mission president to let him know that we were going to be late getting home. He was very nice and understood that things happen that are out of our control and just told us to try and avoid it in the future. So from 8:45 to about 10:15 we were getting that U-Haul unstuck and other things that got stuck in the process of trying to move that U-Haul. We got everything taken care of and we were off back to Bro Dunning's house to get our car. We decided to stop and get some Subway on the way back because we were all starving and Bro Dunning paid for all of it because he felt bad for us. He is honestly such an amazing guy. He is so funny and is always willing to give service. By the time we got done at Subway and dropped the trailer off and were back at Brother Dunning's house it was around midnight and his house is about 40 minutes away from our house so we didn't get home until 12:40. So for my first exchange that was with a zone leader and we were around 4 hours past curfew. Elder Lemon said it was one of the funnest exchanges he has ever been on and for it being my first one I wouldn't want it to be any different. 

Friday we exchanged back and just did the regular stuff like spreading the gospel and talking with everyone. 

Saturday at 8:30 in the morning we had to go do more service at the Cepeda's. We had to clean out the bottom of the barn where all the sheep were so that was basically shoveling poop and hay for about an hour and a half. But then we went out and had to cut down some trees so they could have firewood for that week. I was out there with a chainsaw just slicing down these trees and I have decided that I am the modern day Paul Bunyan. Then we went out spreading the gospel more and had dinner with them that night. 

I am so grateful to be out here on a mission, and to be able to have all of these experiences and meet so many great people. I am so thankful for all of you and your continual support that you show me while I am out here. I can't tell you how much it means to me to read all of your emails and listen to your stories. 

Alright I think that is all I got to say so email me back and tell me about your Thanksgiving experiences and what you are grateful for. 

And like a wise pig and meerkat once said Hakuna Matata! 

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Elder Murray

Enjoying Canada

The Cepeda Family is sure treating Cole right! They feed him and his companion at least 3 times a week. Sister Cepeda sent these pictures to us with a nice message saying that Cole is doing great and is a very happy person. She said that he is just like one of their family now! We are so blessed that there are those who are so willing to look out for and to care for the missionaries that are out serving the Lord.

More Christmas Parade Pictures!

IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

What is crack a lackin everyone!!???

Everything up here just keeps on getting better and better! Yesterday it snowed here and we are expecting more and I cannot wait for it! The members here are fantastic it is like I am already part of this big family and it is amazing. Yesterday I had to give a talk about preparation in the priesthood and I did my usual thing, ya know get up there tell some jokes and some stories but when I actually gave the talk I could definitely feel the spirit. Everyone's eyes were just right on me and they listened to everything I had to say. It was so amazing I can't wait to give another talk!

On a funnier note the guy after me got up to give his talk and after he introduced himself a little bit he reached into his pocket to grab his talk but it wasn't there. So he frantically started looking around for his talk and then said, “I think I left it in my coat, I am going to go grab it." AND HE DID!!! He left the chapel to go grab his talk so we all just sat there awkwardly waiting for him to get back. I have never seen something like that before it was so funny. But when he got back he gave an amazing talk about prayer so I am glad that he went and got it.

On Saturday the town had a huge Christmas parade and I was in it! The ward built a nativity scene on a trailer and my companion and I were asked to be the shepherds. So we grabbed some bed sheets and hopped on that float and I will tell you what, I have never waved so much in my entire life. It was an hour of just waving and yelling Merry Christmas to everyone that was watching. It was super fun though and since I was the shepherd I was in charge of the sheep. WE HAD A LIVE SHEEP ON THAT TRAILER WITH US! It was kinda wild. 

On Friday we were at Bro Dunning's place making sandwiches and other stuff for the social the church has after the parade. Let me tell you something, Roger is the funniest guy I have ever met. He was in the marines for a while and then became a truck driver so he has all of these hilarious stories to tell. One of my favorite things he does is when someone is lying to him or something he sticks his arm straight up in the air and says, “Buddy you are so deep in crap right now you might as well try to save your watch." He is so funny and I can't wait to be able to talk to him more.

Also, do you remember Jim Baker from last weeks email? Well we have been meeting with him and we gave him a Book of Mormon and a Restoration pamphlet and when we came back the next time he said he believes the Book of Mormon is true and everything he read in the pamphlet he believes to be true. I was just so shocked because we didn't even do anything! It is so amazing to see how much progress he is making, it honestly warms my heart.

Other than that everything is pretty much the same just wake up and start spreading the good word until I go to sleep. I also can't believe a month has already gone by it is so crazy!

But yeah, I wanna hear from all of my favorite people and let me know how thanksgiving goes because Canada celebrates theirs in October so it will pretty much be another normal day for me.

I love you guys, I'll write again next week, hallah at your boi, YEEEEEEAAAAHHH!!!

Elder Murray

1st Pictures from Canada

When Cole left he refused to take any sweaters, his comment was "I'm just not a sweater kind of guy." Look at him now - first pictures home and he is wearing a sweater ☺

I'MMMMMMM BAAAAAAAACCCKKK!!!

Sorry it has been a while but my Pday got switched to Monday when I got out here to Canada. Let me tell you something about Canada...it is amazing!! I am serving in the Owen Sound area which is like 2 hours north of Toronto and this place just reminds me of home. We have the most area to cover out here so we get to drive a sweet ride. (I will try to send pictures later) The crazy thing is that we have the biggest area but there is only one ward in it. The ward is full of great people and we always have members feeding us. They want us to come over and chat with them and eat some food it is so awesome. My companion is Elder Bagley and he is super awesome, he is so laid back but we still get a lot of things done. I am glad that I got paired with him. We stay in an apartment right next to the church so that is great that we don't have to travel super far to get to church. 

My first day here was super great we got to the apartment and dropped my stuff off and headed out to visit some returning members. The first one we tried to visit wasn't home but instead of going to the next place we decided to do a little bit of tracting in the area. So Elder Bagley did the first two houses and they both said they weren't interested and then I said I would do the next house. I gave the doorbell a ring and a guy came to the door and after I introduced us and shared the message we had he said that is something he would be interested in and invited us back! My first house tracting and I got us a return appointment. YOUR BOY IS OUT HERE!!!  His name is Jim Baker and he is 65 and retired but he is also an artist and he does some really amazing paintings. We have met with Jim a few times and mostly talked about the Plan of Salvation because he has got a lot of questions about after life and where everyone goes. 

I also want to talk about the Cepeda family and how they are a gift from God himself! They literally have fed us 4 times since I have been here. They will either take us out to eat or just invite us over. I love talking with them they are so hilarious and are just genuine people. Both of the parents are from Chile but the kids were born here in Canada. They live on a big farm so we have gone out there to do service like put siding on their house or herd the sheep or cut some trees down for firewood. They really do a good job of making me feel welcome out here. 

All in all I have been having a wonderful time and I am so grateful for the ward members out here and everything they do for us. 

Now I want to hear from all of you and read all the amazing things you are doing!!!!

--

Elder Murray

coleton.murray@myldsmail.net

Elder Murray has arrived in Canada

Cole left the MTC yesterday morning to head to Toronto, Canada. We were lucky enough to get a phone call from him as he was waiting for his flight. He was excited, nervous, and very tired. (He had been up since 4am) He had a great time in the MTC and said that he had learned a lot. He said he was looking forward to getting to Toronto and actually "being a real missionary". We haven't received an email from him yet but did receive an email from the Mission Secretary and a few pictures letting us know that he had arrived in Toronto safely and was being assigned his new companion and area today.

Last Week at the MTC!!!

Heeeeeeeeyyyyyyy yoooooooooouuuuuuuu guuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyssssss

I have been having such a wonderful time here at the MTC, I can see myself maturing as a person every day. As for what I have been doing here it is just the same, get up in the morning at 6:30 and then go to bed at 10:30. However, on Tuesday we got a chance to hear from President Nelson from the Quorum of the Twelve and one of the things that stuck out the most to me was that exact obedience brings miracles, and I think we all know how much of a rebel I am and how I like to push the limits when it comes to the rules but it is something I want to get better at. 

It is crazy to think that I only have til Monday then I am out of here and on my way to Canada!! I have still been trying to learn the Canadian National Anthem, it goes something like " O Canada, something about a Maple Leaf " that is about as much as I remember. I have had so many good memories here, like the district that I am in is full of great people. Our district is the only one that is just elders there are no sisters. I think that not having any sisters in our district has made us be able to come closer together. I have also been able to go do initiatories and endowments at the temple and those are amazing experiences being able to go there and experience that time and time again. But yeah the next time I will be emailing all of you I will be maxing and chillaxing  in Canada!!!  

Make sure you email me back I wanna hear from my favorite people from back home!! I miss you all so much!!!!

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Elder Murray

First Week Done!!!

Hello Everyone!

So it has been a little over a week here at the MTC and I have already been learning so much about how to plan, study and teach. It seems like the time is just flying by here because of how busy we are, we get up at 6:30 every morning and then we are in class til 9:30 at night. My companions name is Elder Payne and he is from Alberta, Canada. The district that I am in is super cool, there are 8 of us and we all bonded so well. It already seems like we have known each other for ages even know we met like a week ago.

The MTC is really awesome it is just like a college campus, there are 19 buildings in total ranging from dorm rooms to classrooms to a cafeteria, and the cafeteria food here isn't bad at all! Yesterday was western burger Wednesday, the burger had bacon, bbq sauce and fried onions on it so it is pretty much safe to say that the church is true. It is crazy to think that I only have two more Sundays here then I will be in Toronto, Canada. Overall everything has been going super well here and I am loving every second of it. I still miss you guys back home sometimes but I know what I am doing here is the right thing to do.Thank you for all the support over the years I really appreciate it. 

Now I want to hear from all of you and what you have been up to!!! Please send me some emails so I can talk to you and find out about all the great things you are doing!! 

Elder Murray

Arriving at the MTC

Cole reported to the MTC on Wednesday, October 19th. We look forward to hearing about all of the amazing experiences he will be having over the next 2 years.

July 16, 2016 Mission Call Arrives !!