Hey Family and Friends,
This week was FANTASTIC as you can
see from the photos after we finished writing we went to a beach it is called
El Faro, OH MY GOSH it was amazing I love the Lighthouse because really we are
the Light of the World!!!!!!
Mathew 5:14-16
14: Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15: Neither do men light a candle,
and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all
that are in the house.
16: Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in
heaven.
I love this scripture so much
because it talks a lot about what we have to do not only as missionaries but as
members of this church and this Gospel.
This week Elder Noble and myself had
this opportunity to share the Light of Christ with 3 kids and they want to be
baptized so we asked them to be baptized on August 2nd and they all accepted
the invitation and right after two do the three asked me to be the one to
baptize them!!!!!! My first person that has asked me to baptize them are a 13
and 10 year old kids it is so awesome!!!!!!!
I love sharing this light with
people. I love being an instrument in the Lords hands and it really helps that
my Spanish is improving because without it I wouldn't be able to share what I
want to or whats in my heart!!!!
I know that the Lord has blessed me
with the ability to learn the language and be able to help his lost children
come closer to him.
I love this Gospel and the blessing
it has given me in my life.
I love you all and miss you so much
words can't describe how much I miss you.
Con Amor
Elder Musgo
PS ALWAYS REMEMBER SHARE YOUR LIGHT -- Be like a Lighthouse
Hello! Mom here...I just wanted to share a little of the correspondence between Elder Moss and his dad this week. It is very touching. It makes our hearts fill with happiness to see how his mission is changing him. He is growing up so beautifully!
In his letter, Dad described the events of the week and finished with this story:
"Then I went home for 2 days and went back up to girls
camp for Bishop’s Time – which was on Sat morning this time. We did the
parable of the push-ups. If you have not heard of it it is below. I
was the one doing the push-ups and there was not a dry eye to be had. As
I was doing the push-up for those that were asked if they wanted an ice cream
(I did ice cream instead of donuts), I could not believe how many said
"no" even when they saw that no matter what I was going to have to do
push-ups. It made me realize a little how our Savior felt when he
suffered and died for us and we do not accept his gift. I did about 200
push-ups and I am very sore today.
Son, I miss you and wish we could be serving together again
as we have in the past, but I know we are both where the Lord needs us, and
even with all our faults the Lord has asked us to do our best and he will make
up the difference. I am so proud of you and I am so glad to be seeing
your smile again in your pictures.
I love you with all my heart."
To which, Elder Moss replied:
"Wow I really love that lesson I know I wouldn't be
able to do that many but I know if I were asked to do it, I would. Dad I miss
you so much and I am so grateful for all that you do and the example you set
for me. I wanted to wish you a happy Birthday because it is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!
I love you so much and I really am grateful for the example you have set for me
especially with saying yes to everything, I am starting to get a feeling that I
could be training here shortly because we are getting almost 40 new
missionaries this next transfer and I have your example just say yes and the
Lord will bless you. I am loving the mission it is nothing like people say it
isn't easy by an means some days it isn't fun but the rest I have so much fun and
some days are easier than others but I love this mission and what it is doing
to help me grow and prepare for my future.
I love you and miss you so much and just know that we are
serving together because we are serving the Lord in the same time just in two
completely different areas."
The Parable of the Donuts and the Push-ups
A boy named
Steve was struggling in school. He been kicked out of several classes, but a
kind seminary teacher finally allowed him into his sixth-period class. One day,
the teacher planned a special lesson. He asked Steve to stay after class so he
could talk with him. The teacher asked, “How many push-ups can you do?”
Steve replied,
“I do about two hundred every night.”
“Two hundred?”
the teacher said. “That’s pretty good. Do you think you could do three
hundred?”
Steve answered,
“I don’t know—I’ve never done three hundred at a time.”
The teacher
said, “Can you do three hundred in sets of ten?”
“Well, I think
I can,” Steve answered. “Yeah, I can do it.”
“Good! I need
you to do this on Friday.”
Well, Friday
came, and Steve went to class early and sat in front. When class started, the
teacher pulled out a big box of donuts. Now these weren’t the normal kinds of
donuts. They were the big, extra-fancy kind, with cream centers and frosting
swirls. Everyone was excited. It was Friday, the last class of the day, and
they were going to get an early start on the weekend.
The teacher
went to the first girl in the first row and asked, “Cynthia, do you want a
donut?” Cynthia said yes.
He then turned
to Steve and asked, “Would you do ten push-ups so that Cynthia can have a
donut?”
Steve said,
“Sure,” and jumped down from his desk to do a quick ten. Then Steve sat again
at his desk. The teacher put a donut on Cynthia’s desk, then went to the next
student and asked, “Joe, do you want a donut?” Joe said yes.
The teacher
asked, “Steve, would you do ten push-ups so Joe can have a donut?”
And so it went,
down the first aisle, and down the second aisle, until they came to Scott, the
captain of the football team and center of the basketball team. When the
teacher asked, “Scott, do you want a donut?” his reply was, “Well, can I do my
own push-ups?”
The teacher
said, “No, Steve has to do them.”
Scott replied,
“Well, I don’t want one then.”
The teacher
then turned to Steve and asked, “Would you do ten push-ups so Scott can have a
donut he doesn’t want?”
Steve started
to do ten push-ups. Scott said, “Hey! I said I didn’t want one!”
The teacher
said, “Just leave it on the desk if you don’t want it,” and he put a donut on
Scott’s desk.
Now, by this
time, Steve had begun to slow down a little. He just stayed on the floor
between sets because it took too much effort to be getting up and down. You
could see beads of perspiration on his brow. The teacher started down the third
row. Now the students were beginning to get a little angry.
The teacher
asked Jenny, “Do you want a donut?” Jenny said no.
Then the
teacher asked, “Steve, would you do ten push-ups so Jenny can have a donut that
she doesn’t want?” Steve did ten, and Jenny got a donut.
By now the
students were beginning to say no regularly, and there were many uneaten donuts
on the desks. Steve was also really putting forth a lot of effort to get these
push-ups done for each donut. Sweat was dripping onto the floor beneath his
face. His arms and face were red from the effort.
The teacher
said he couldn’t bear to watch all of Steve’s work for those uneaten donut, so
he asked Robert to make sure Steve did the push-ups. The teacher started down
the fourth row.
During his
class, some students had wandered in and sat along the heaters on the sides of
the room. When the teacher realized this, he did a quick count and saw thirty-four
students in the room. He started to worry if Steve would be able to make it.
The teacher
went on to the next person and the next and the next. Near the end of that row,
Steve was really having a rough time. He was taking a lot more time to complete
each set.
A student named
Jason came to the door and was about to come in when all the students yelled,
“No! Don’t come in! Stay out!”
Jason didn’t
know what was going on. Steve looked up and said, “No, let him come in.”
The teacher
said, “You realize that if Jason comes in you will have to do ten push-ups for
him.”
Steve said,
“Yes, let him come in.”
The teacher
said, “Okay, I’ll let you get Jason’s out of the way right now. Jason, do you
want a donut?”
“Yes.”
“Steve, will
you do ten push-ups so that Jason can have a donut?” Steve did ten push-ups
very slowly and with great effort. Jason, bewildered, was handed a donut and
sat down.
The teacher
finished the fourth row, then started among those seated on the heaters. Steve’s
arms were now shaking with each push-up in a struggle to lift himself against
the force of gravity. Sweat was dropping off of his face, and by this time
there was not a dry eye in the room.
The last two
girls in the room were cheerleaders. The teacher went to Linda, the second to
last, and asked, “Linda, do you want a donut?
Linda said,
very sadly, “No, thank you.”
The teacher
said, “Steve, would you do ten push-ups so that Linda can have a donut she
doesn’t want?”
Grunting from
the effort, Steve did ten very slow push-ups for Linda.
Then the teacher turned to the last
girl. “Susan, do you want a donut?” Susan, with tears flowing down her face,
asked, “Can I help him?”
The teacher,
with tears of his own, said, “No, he has to do it alone. Steve, would you do
ten push-ups so Susan can have a donut?”
As Steve very
slowly finished his last push-up, with the understanding that he had
accomplished all that was required of him, having done 350 push-ups, his arms
buckled beneath him and he fell to the floor.
The teacher turned to his class and said, “And so it was
that our Savior, Jesus Christ, prayed, ‘Father, into thy hands I commend my
spirit.’ With the understanding that Jesus had done everything that was
required of Him, He collapsed on the cross and died—even for those that didn’t
want His gift. And just like some of us, many choose not to accept the gift
that was provided for them.”
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