Week 2 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was better for us we are really getting better at everything. Sadly we don't we have a baptismal date anymore, but its ok she just wasn't ready right now. But we have two great investigators that we are working with, they are progressing and one of them is coming to church. But other than that we are doing good here, we have started to talk to President Diaz about what we can do and he is awesome when it comes to missionary work here we are having our meetings here in with him and then he takes what we talk about and puts it into his meetings on Sunday. He is really trying to help everything approve here and get the members working more with us. 

But for this week we have two great investigators, one of them is named T, she is reading and keeping every commitments but the only thing that she is not doing is praying to know if this is really what she wants in her life, she knows that this is the true church she really likes this church but she doesn't want to get baptized at all. She says because she was baptized once she doesn't have to be baptized again.  She also says that she doesn't like to pray for herself she doesn't think she needs to ask God if she needs to be baptized. 

The other is named E he is really cool and we actually went and visited him with a member and it was a great lesson he says that he will be coming to church next week and hopefully we can get him with a baptismal date, we have invited him but he won't commit to a date until he knows that the Book of Mormon is true. He really likes the church and he wants to be apart of it but he said he will when he finds out if the Book of Mormon is true. 

This week with Elder Johnson was really awesome he is really improving and really trying to get better at Spanish, it isn't the easiest to learn a new language but he is really trying and really wants to improve. He is a great example to me, he is really trying everyday. We are just trying to get him to speak to everyone but other than that he is doing great. It was so awesome to see him talk to his family on Friday we were able to find them on Skype and I haven't seen him so happy before.

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

PS MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone I hope you had a great day!!!!

PSS HAPPY NEW YEAR 

I love you all so much and miss you so much have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Week 18 in Ponce 2 (Special Announcement)

Family and Friends

I don't know where to begin!!!

I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity I had to be here in Ponce 2 I have learned so much about myself and how to be a better Missionary.My new companion is Elder Johnson he is from Jamaica I have been assigned to him as a special assignment from President Boucher, this Elder is having a hard time with Spanish and he can barley understand Gringo English, so I got a call from President Boucher and when he calls it is normally to be called as Zone Leaders but I got lucky he started to talk to me and explain the situation and I told him I would accept the new call and then right before he hung up he told me "Oh Elder Moss we would like to call you as the NEW DISTRICT LEADER over there in Salinas." 

 

 

But for my last week here in Ponce it was really good, Elder Robinson is a great Elder and a hard worker. We were really trying to find  sold investigators so that whoever was still here for the transfer would have people to go and visit. That's just what we did, we went and we found 5 new good looking investigators and they were interested in what we had to say. 

As of right now we only have 1 date here and she is looking good, the sad thing is, is she didn't make it to church. But she has friends in the Church and they are talking to her and trying to help her come to church. But her name is Rosa she is a great person and so willing, she reads what we ask her to and she does everything minus come to church.

Well someone also asked how I am doing so I might share a little about my feelings right about now!!!! I am so scared out of my mind, I was not expecting this call actually none of us were expecting this call. I want you all to know that the Lord calls people in their weaknesses and boy does this prove that statement, I don't feel qualified to be a District Leader but I know that the Lord has something  Special planned for me. I am so grateful for all that you guys do for me!!!!

Oh I also want to let you know how much I have really changed you can tell in the Pictures but I want to put some numbers with those Pictures.

Before my mission sadly I weighed almost 260 pounds 

Right now in my mission I am proud to say I weigh 215 pounds.

 

Moss - down 45 pounds from his beginning weight

I just want you to know that I feel great and I am so happy for this opportunity that I have to be a missionary and to Serve our Father which is in Heaven.

I love you all and miss you so much!!!!!!!!

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo!!!!!!

 

Moss and Robinson - last week as comps

Never too old for Santa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La Tercera Semana - DR CCM

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!!!!!!!!!! 

Christmas in the MTC was amazing!!!!! They treated us so amazingly. To start on Christmas eve they gave us an amazing dinner Turkey and Ham and so much food. That we had a devotional by Hugo E Martínez from the Area Presidency and the second quorum of the seventy it was so amazing to be able to hear him talk it was in English. He wanted to met and talk to all of us. Yesterday was Christmas and here was so special we had two devotionals one was from Tuesday December 23rd 2014 (Joesph Smith's Birthday) That was by Bishop Stevenson Presiding Bishop over the Church. Then we got to participate in a live broadcast from Prove MTC by Russell M. Ballard he is such an amazing speaker. I got to experience Christmas in a different way then you guys I got to be a missionary. I have the opportunity to have Christmas everyday as a missionary. I am so excited to be able to experience that. Being a missionary is one of the best things that has happened to me.

Elders Grimmer and Moss

 Just thinking that I am only two weeks away from entering the field is so weird!!!! I can't believe how fast my time here in the MTC has been. I am so excited to get out of here I feel like I am in a prison sometimes always following the same schedule always in classes and just stuck behind a gate everyday. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve a mission. My district thinks it is so funny how I know a lot of different scriptures by memory. Seminary really does help with a mission. I am so glad I had the opportunity to participate in seminary all four years of High School. Seminary may have been a struggle for me but I am so blessed with the opportunity I had to have it in my life. I have been able to quote scriptures and also be able to tell the elders in my district exactly where to find different scriptures for their lessons. I love the people here in the Dominican.

True story

Last Friday we as the older districts in the MTC had the opportunity to go to the University and be able to talk to people and share a message with them. My companion and I handed out like 5 pamphlets and a Book of Mormon!!!!!!! I HANDED OUT A BOOK OF MORMON AND I AM STILL IN THE MTC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the feeling I get talking to people about the gospel. Today (December 26th) in class my companion and I had the opportunity to teach in front of two districts and two teachers and we are the two with least amount of Spanish and we had to teach about faith in Jesus Christ. We made it so simple but the Spirit was so strong, after our little lesson one of the teachers complimented us by telling us that even though our Spanish isn't perfect that she could still feel the Spirit in her heart.

Love this tree

I love how the Spirit works. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve a mission. I am so grateful to be here on a mission at the time of Christ's birth. I am so grateful for the gospel in my life and the opportunity I had to have it in my life always. This gospel means so much to me. As I sit here thinking why Christ was born I always go to the Atonement and how he was pre-destined to sacrifice for our sins. I am so grateful for him and for his sacrifice for me and his suffering for my sins. I love all of you guys and I love this gospel and I know it is true. I know that the Lord sacrificed his life for us the least I can do is sacrifice two years of my life for him. I love you guys so much.

Elder Moss

P.S. I only have one more Christmas here and then I will be coming home ;) I love you guys!!!!!
 

Hi There...Mom, here. I asked Elder Moss a number of questions in an email and he was able to answer some of them. Here are my questions and his answers:

Did they (the MTC people) make it (Christmas) a special day for you? 

**Yes the MTC people made Christmas so special for me.
 
 

Do you get to hear any good devotionals/speakers/talks? 

**Every single week we get to listen to devotionals. They are so amazing, as we stand to sing Called to serve.

How's your Spanish coming along? Are you able to understand and teach in Spanish yet? 

**My Spanish is coming along very slowly but I am starting to understand the language and being able to have conversations with people.

Tell me about your investigators. Who are they? Do you know their "stories?" 

**We have two investigators right now. Their names are Ramon Trinidad and Juan Victor. Our teachers are acting as our investigators though. Ramon has a kid and a wife and is a lawyer he's favorite sport is baseball and his favorite team is the Boston Red Sox. Juan Victor also has a kid and a wife and he works as a CEO of a pharmacy. He is a good guy.

What kinds of spiritual moments have you had? 

**The most spiritual thing I would have to say was when we handed a Book of Mormon to someone and he promised to read and pray about it.

When you go to the temple, do you participate in English or Spanish?

**We go to the temple every Thursday and we participate in the English session. 

Santo Domingo Temple

You're getting a new MTC President soon. Is everyone getting prepared for the Romney's? Have you met them yet? 

**We will not be getting a new MTC President while I am here President and Sister Freestone leave the week after we do. Yes I have met the new MTC President they were on Skype with the Owner of the MTC and he brought them in here to show them around.
  
Tell me about Elder Grimmer? You mentioned that he is funny and that you get along well. What else do you like about him? Where's he from? 

Moss and Grimmer

**Elder Grimmer is the best, he always jumps around from bed to bed he climbs on everything and has so many jokes. He is awesome he has four older brothers who all served missions his dad served in Japan along with two of his older brothers. His other two brothers served missions in Ogden Utah and in Missouri. He [Elder Grimmer] is so spiritual I love him a lot.


What do you guys do on your "free time?" 
Do you have any free time? 

**We kinda get free time after lunch everyone spends it differently some nap and some study I do both depends on how I feel recently I haven't been feeling good during the day so I just see how I am feeling.