Week 15 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was a very interesting week for us. 

For this week in why it was so interesting we were out working all week and for some reason no one really wanted to talk to us, but we didn't let that get to us so the best part of our week was the weekend all week no one listened to us and then on Saturday is when almost everything happened!!!! That is when we saw all the milagros from this week. 

But the best Miracle that we saw this weekend was Yesterday!!!! We have been working with this less active family a lot to help them return when I was with Elder Johnson only the dad talked with us but once Elder Morales came for some reason the whole family started to listen to us. So we have been asking them for a while if they will come to church but that is only if we can find them a ride and for the first two weeks we tried and we couldn't find them a ride, when we went to visit them this week they said they were waiting for their ride on Sunday but no one showed up. We felt really bad, so yesterday we had called the mom in the morning but she didn't answer us and we got a little scared, but we had faith and sent the member to pick up this family and to our delight the mom and the 3 kids came to church and enjoyed it a lot, we passed by last night to see how the dad was doing and share a little message with them. While we were there the Parents were talking about how they wanted to watch conference this weekend and also the mom was saying how she wanted to go to an activity for the Relief Society!!!! Also that she wants her Patriarchal Blessing!!!! 

Family thank you for the package I did get it really fast this time, just because we had some special visits from President Boucher this week!!! Yes they were very special the first one was this past Tuesday we started our District meeting and as I was conducting the music I saw someone else walk into the building, when they entered into the Room we were in it was President Boucher, he came to give interviews to the Sisters so of course he came to our district meeting. But after the District meeting we got home and I got a call from President Boucher and he thanked me and then asked me if he could come to Salinas this weekend (Yesterday) he needed to give one more interview to Elder Dubon and he asked me to set up a our normal Correlation meeting that we have with our Branch President because he wanted to meet him so Yesterday we had the wonderful opportunity to have President Boucher with us in this meeting as well. It was a great meeting!!!! 

This week was very different for me to be here in Puerto Rico for Easter its always very interesting to see the traditions here for this time of year!!! Here they have like a reenactment of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and walk up and down the streets!!! It is very different.  

This was our week. We saw the love that our Heavenly Father has for each and every single one of us! 

I am so grateful for the love that our Older Brother Jesus Christ showed to us by suffering for us and dying for us. I know it wasn't easy and I know that he asked for another way but he knew that it had to be done and that he would do the Father's will. I testify to all of you that the Atonement isn't just for those who have sinned but it is also for all of those that want to be like Jesus Christ and our Father in Heaven. I am truly grateful for the Atonement in my life and I know that without it I wouldn't be here today and I wouldn't be the person that I am today!!! 

I love you all and miss you tons!!! I can't wait to see you on Skype here shortly. I am so grateful for all the love and Support that you give me!!!!

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

 

 

Week 14 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was a great week for us. We are seeing different little miracles each and everyday. Sadly we aren't doing so good with the members right now but this week that will change. We have lessons that we already have members set up with so we will see how well these go. 

For this week our finding was not as it was last week but it was still a great week for us. The only investigator that we found was an older lady I was with Elder McGary when we found her. She is an older lady and she had her husband pass away just about 2 months. We started to teach her the Plan of Salvation and she loved it so much. She is a great lady we have a return appointment with her for Wednesday and when we were leaving she said she will be waiting for us on Wednesday!!! That is really cool.

We are also working with a Less active family and this family is a family of 5 and they are awesome. They show a desire to come back but they are struggling with no car. 

Family I love you all and miss you tons!!!! I hope you all have a great week!!!!

I am so grateful for all the amazing things I have seen in my mission and all the wonderful things I have learned. 

I wanted to say I am sorry that this is really short and late. We had a full day of service today and I didn't get much time to write I literaly got on late. I can't wait to see you soo soon I miss you tons and I hope you have a great week!!!!!!

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

 

Excerpt from a letter to Mom...

 

I am really sorry to keep you guys waiting all day. it was not on purpose. we got asked to do a couple of service projects today and then we were last to write and I am the very last one. 

 

Week 13 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was a good week for us. We are really seeing a change in the area. I am so grateful to be able to work with Elder Morales he is a great Elder and has really helped me to change my attitude.  I was sad to see Elder Johnson go but I know that he will do great things in Juana Diaz. He was a great companion and will do many amazing things in his mission and in his life.

This week for Elder Morales and myself we got off to a great start and we are finding a lot now. He is really showing me the way to work hard but still have a good time and not be so stressed. We have seen a lot of miracles this week and have found some really cool people to teach. 

First off we found a mother and son. the thing about this was it was a little different. we started to contact this lady and she said she wasn't really interested but then her son walked out to talk to us and said oh please come in. So we asked the mom and she said yes, we entered the house and they offered us food, but then after this we started teaching them and the son asked us what we believe and so we started to explain to him exactly what we believe.everything that we said, the mom had something to say every time. then Mom and son started to argue. but the miracle of all of this is that I shared a scripture from the Book of Mormon and he asked where he could find it in the Bible. we explained that it is a different Book and its not in the Bible and he was even more interested and then we shared how he can get his answer that what we are teaching him is true and he accepted to read the Book of Mormon.  

Another miracle this week was that we were contacting and we found this mother and she started to talk to us and while she was talking to us she started to talk about her daughter who is going through a lot of depression and she asked if there was anything that we could do to help her out so we asked if we could come by on Friday and so we went back on Friday and we taught them the Plan of Salvation and they really liked it. We found out that we have to be a little more direct with the daughter but it was a great lesson.

This last week we had an district activity and it wasn't that big we just decided to go to a beach and we played Soccer and Volleyball I thought it was going to be super boring and no one would have fun but after the activity I was talking with everyone and they said that was the most fun in a while and that this activity was exactly what we all needed to relax and enjoy each others company. It was a successful activity.

This week I learned a lot about who I am as well. I love learning new things out here. 

This new transfer I have to wonderful opportunity to really work on my Spanish. In the house there is Elder Dubon from Honduras, Elder Plasencia from Mexico, Elder Morales from Guatemala, and me from Arizona. So as you can see I will be learning a lot more Spanish this transfer!!!!! 

I love you guys so much, and I miss you so much I really can't wait to see you guys here shortly. I am so grateful for everything that you guys do for me.

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

 

An excerpt from a letter to mom... 

I am doing great! I am so grateful for everything that you do for me. I am so happy that you had a great week! My new companion is great he is really funny and smart! I am the youngest Elder in the house (time on mission and in age!) I will be learning Spanish better this transfer!!!! 

 

Name tag with the Salinas flag

 

Week 12 in Salinas

Family and Friends

I have been so grateful for this opportunity I had to be here with Elder Johnson I really learned a lot. He has really helped me to grow. I now know 2 really important things from these past 3 months here with him. The first one is that I need to learn how to handle stress and I got really good at it, also with the first one is that I need to learn how to love my companion no matter what, they are trying their best. The second thing was that I need to be more humble in everything I do. I had a lot of time to admire the way that Elder Johnson worked and it was really awesome to learn from him. I now understand the importance of being a humble missionary, because when we are more humble we are easier to teach and more willing to learn.

For our miracles this week there are a couple of them,

First off is that we had an appointment with someone who talked with the missionaries a lot and so we went to the house and sadly she wasn't there but her husband said but I can talk with you guys, so we sat down and asked about him and his family and he said he has 3 sons and one of them was there so he came out and we were able to share with these two. When we finished the lesson we invited them to be baptized and they both said yes. Then we invited them to Church and before I could even say the time they asked me where and when. They told us that they weren't able to make it yesterday but they will be there next week. SO FINGERS CROSSED!!!!!!!

The other one is that we were contacting last night and we were talking to everyone that we found and really trying to find the right person to teach, but we knocked on one door and and the vecino (neighbor) came out because he thought that we were talking to him so we went over and started to talk to him and then we asked if we could share our message with him and he said ok come on in, we started the lesson by singing "I am a Child of God" and he loved it, he could really feel the spirit. He was sharing with us that he just got divorced two years ago and was still hurting but we explained that its ok that we were going to be here to help him through this and then we invited him to be baptized and he said that yes he will be baptized.

I am so grateful for this amazing gospel that we have in our lives.

Family and friends as you can read, I will staying here in Salinas. my new companion will be Elder Morales from Guatemala. He has just a little bit more time than I do here in the mission. To answer your question mom yes I will still be district leader but there has been some changes with that. when I first started as District Leader I had 6 missionaries now I will have 10 missionaries we are putting two Districts together and the Lord has asked me to be the District Leader of all of us here now.

I want you to know I love you all and miss you tons, I am so grateful for all that you do for me. I have learned so much as a missionary and am grateful for all the support that I have from you guys.

I know this gospel to be true and that what I am doing here is what the Lord needs from me now.

I love you all!!!!!!!

Con Mucho Amor
Elder Musgo


Excerpt from a letter to Mom...

Hey mom as you have seen now with my weekly letter Elder Johnson is leaving Salinas and I am staying here also Elder Lopez is leaving!!!! This was a hard change for us in the house we all thought that E. Lopez would be staying here but the Lord had other plans for him! I am doing great always working hard! I have a secret for you!!!! I now weigh with all of my church clothes on 207 pounds! I WILL BE LESS THAN 200 BEFORE I COME HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!