Week 24 - Leaving Salinas

Family and Friends!!!!!

Well as you all know transfers were Yesterday and I have some sad news, some happy news, and some amazing news!!!!

Happy News: Elder Robinson is coming to Salinas!

Sad News: I will not be District Leader and I will not see Elder Robinson!

Amazing News: I will be going to Pontezuela it is basically in Carolina. 

 

 

 

My new companion is Elder Ramirez and I don't know who that is, I guess that happens when you are old in the mission you don't know anyone anymore. 

I am sad to leave Salinas. it has been really good here and it feels a lot like home here. the weather is just right. I look forward to a new adventure in Pontezuela!

This last week I got sick but it passed by like normal and I feel better than ever!

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that graduated this past week or these coming weeks!

Thank you everyone for the Birthday wishes it was a great day!

My birthday started different, first off my own companion forgot that it was my Birthday! Its okay I forgave him! But then we had a meeting with President Boucher, it was a good meeting, it was about the new rules about clothes for the missionaries! The missionaries in about half of the world can now use hats and Sunglasses as they are out working! That is awesome! 

After the meeting we went to Hermana de Jesus and surprisingly it was a surprise birthday party for me, I still have no Idea how you did that mom but thank you so much!!!!! We had Pizza and Cake!!!! It was a great day!!!!! 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















I love you all and miss you tons, Sorry this letter isn't that great I am going to say goodbye to some people here before I leave tomorrow!!!!

Con Mucho Amor 

Elder Musgo  

 

Week 23 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was a hard week for us, we are struggling with the Branch a little bit again. We have had members come out with us a little but everything falls through, but the hard thing is, that the President and Brother Rivera had a meeting with us Yesterday and they were asking us for some ideas with what we could do to find more people and they are really set on us using the car but we have explained that it isn't the best Idea but they are saying that once we find the people to teach they will be able to support us more. We have tried to explain to them that we can't do this alone and that they need to help us with names of friends and family and all of this but they keep telling us that they don't know of anyone more so they want us to be out knocking doors to find then they will help. What can we do as missionaries here to help them understand the importance of working with us. We have tried to explain to them that this is a team effort but I just don't know anymore. 

With that said, this week were out contacting everyday and every hour, but we have been having a hard time finding.  I really want to find those people that want to listen to us and to know more about this Gospel. I was wondering if you had anymore ideas that we could use, we are contacting, talking to everyone we see and we are asking for references and we aren't getting much from this. I really feel like I could do better at this as a missionary but I am having a hard time thinking that we can find the people to teach. I know that we can find them but I just don't know the best way to do so now. 

This week we found one really cool guy and he had a lot of great questions for us. He was really set on how he could find the right church and he could feel peace in his life, his wife left him about 2 years ago and it has been hard on him and he wants to feel that joy in his life again. He is a great man and just wants peace in his life.

I really have learned the importance of the work from the members. This work is not just for the full time missionaries the work for the missionaries is to teach and help people come unto Christ but the members need to help by giving the missionaries people to teach because this is a team effort and I know that if we all work together that we will all see amazing miracles in our lives!!!!!

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

Con Mucho Amor 

Elder Musgo

 

 

Week 22 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was great for us. We are seeing a lot of things changing!!!!! We have been blessed with different miracles. We have seen the Hand of God in our work here in Salinas!!!

For us we found a guy named N last week and were supposed to have a lesson with during the week but he wasn't there, which was sad but we left a card for him and asked him to call us. But it was Friday night and we had just started our exchange, and Elder Morales got a call from him and asked if we could go by and talk to him. So Elder Morales and Elder Anderson went by to teach him and when they got there, they found out that he had read the Pamphlet twice that we gave him and he then asked for a Book of Mormon, for his reading!!!! He is such a great man, we will be setting a baptismal date with him this Thursday!!!!

I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to be District Leader here I have been able to learn so much, one of the things that I have really learned as being District Leader is that as a leader we are needed to focused on not just our investigators but on the investigators of everyone, I have been able to help a lot with the other investigators and it is really neat how as a leader we are able to receive that revelation to help everyone, I haven't really noticed how important it is to be a good leader until 6 months ago. I am so grateful for the Savior and all that he has done for us and given us this opportunity to be missionaries and members of this Church.

I have also learned a lot more about who I am and who I want to become. I love you all and miss you tons!!!!!! I know that the Lord has blessed greatly!!!! I am so lucky to be apart of this amazing work and amazing Family!!!! I hope you all have a great week and CONGRATULATIONS to everyone with the end of school you guys did it!!!!!!

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

Questions and Answers

MOM (WOW) 

That sounds like a very busy Sunday!!!!! I am glad that you made it through!!!!! 

How are you doing?

I am doing great!!!! I love it here!!!!!!!

 

How was your week last week?

Our last week was great learned so much.

 

How did your zone conference go?

Zone Conference was great since it was in May and here we have Zone Conference every three months we celebrate those Birthdays for everyone and so last week we celebrated my birthday with 8 other missionaries.

 

What kind of fun activity did you get to do there?

We didn't really do any activities we really just sit in a seat and listen to people talk for about 4 or 5 hours it is really fun actually.

 

What were the lessons you learned? 

The lessons I learned were how we as missionaries and members are needed to work together and how we can teach better.

 

What size did you buy?

The pants were 34x32 so that is a big difference at first they were 38x32 so I have changed a little.

 

Did you buy anything else?

I also bought some personal supplies that I needed for the house like Shampoo and shaving cream and other stuff like that.

  

Week 21 in Salinas

Family and Friends

What a week it was!!! 

I had a lot of fun this week, I got to use the car 3 times this week!!!! There are reasons on why I used it so many times:

 

1. District meeting on Tuesday

2. First baptismal interview

3. District Leader Meeting

These 3 meeting throughout the week really helped me to grow. 

District meeting:

We talked about the Book of Mormon and the importance of the Book of Mormon in our lives and in the lives of the investigators. We also took turns on sharing our favorite scriptures from the Book of Mormon. It was a super Spiritual meeting!!! 

Baptismal Interview: 

 

It was one of the most Spiritual moments of my mission, to be able to talk to someone and see how much changes they made in their life to follow the path of Jesus Christ. I have been able to feel the Spirit super strong and I know that this is the true Church.

District Leader Meeting: 

I love these meetings, these meetings are with Mission President and wife, and the Assistants, and the District Leaders. But this last meeting was even more Special we had Elder Hugo E Martinez from the Seventy at this meeting. He is super funny, at these meetings we discuss the themes for our District Meetings. It was so cool to be able to have Elder Martinez with us and to be able to share with us, we liked to pick on me a lot, (I don't know if that is a good thing or not) but I really learned a lot.

This week we had an awesome experience with a member. We were out contacting and it was almost time to go home but this member said to us I want to contact that house so we went up to him and started to talk to him, he is a great guy his name is N and when we were talking to him he told us that he was looking for peace in his life and didn't know where to find it. He also said that we are the only church that he can see that are true Christians and he really likes that.

As you can see we had a great week!!! 

I love you all and miss you tons. I hope you all have a great week!!!!! I was so happy to see you yesterday!!!! 

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

Week 20 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was a little better we found 3 new investigators, and we are getting names from the members that are going to work with us now, so everything is changing here little by little. 

The good news for this week is that I will get to do my very first baptismal interview this weekend for the Sisters!!! I am excited and I hope that the Lord will bless me and help me with this interview. 

For us we are focusing on finding and how we can really help people understand the importance of our meetings, I have really learned that How to begin Teaching is super important. Because if we don't explain that very well they won't understand the importance of why we are here. 

We are really working on that with the members, we have talked with our President here and explained that the members aren't super excited to help with mission work when they don't quite understand the message that we have. The members are really changing and trying to understand better. 

Sorry it is a short letter but I want you to know that I love you all so much and miss you tons!!! I can't believe that Mothers day is next week. Dad I will let you know what time next week when we figure out all the times.

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

 

 

Week 19 in Juncos

Wow this week went by slow for me here but it's all great. I love it here in Juncos. it is awesome here. 

This week it was great. transfers are never easy. trying to get to know how others work is hard and it takes a week but I know that we will get through everything.

I am so grateful for all that I have. I am grateful for all the many different people that have helped me become the person that I have become.

I love you all so much and am so grateful for this gospel in my life and all that it has done for me. I know that God has a unique plan for everyone of us and has a purpose for all of us.


This week was hard for me. I really got to like Elder Stinchfield but he was here for one transfer to help me with that baptism and he has moved on to bigger and better things.

I know that God is with me always here with me all I have to do is to pray and ask for his help. 

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

Thank you all for the birthday wishes I am so grateful for this opportunity to spend it out here in Juncos Puerto Rico.

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

Questions and Answers: 

How have things been going for you?

Things are great over here I love Juncos and I am so grateful for this opportunity to be here for 6 more weeks.

What have you been doing? 

We have been doing a lot of contacting and trying to find more people.

Who have you been teaching?

We have been teaching a lot of different people mostly contacts but we have C still and he is progressing.

Have you found anyone new to teach?

We have found a guy named B he is cool. he is from Michigan and he is interested in learning more.

Have you been able to visit with D?

No we have not been able to visit D. She is always busy but we will get in one of these times.

How's your new companion? Where's he from? How long has he been out? How's his Spanish? Do you get along? What do you like about him?

Elder Fox is really cool he is such a great guy he has a really strong testimony and loves to work. He is from Utah. He has been out for almost 9 months. His Spanish is great and he is really helping me with my Spanish. Yes we get along great. we are always joking around as we walk. What I like about him is that he is funny and serious all in one.

 

Elder Moss and Elder Fox

Who are the other missionaries in your house? Did any of them change? Where are they from? How long have they been out?

There is Me, Elder Fox, Elder Beecroft, and Elder Jambati. Elder Valladares went home. Elder Jambati is from the Dominican Republic. We are all under a year in our missions.

Have you been anywhere new lately?

No not really anywhere.

Where did Elder Stinchfield go? [Elder Stinchfield was Elder Moss's previous companion.]

Elder Stinchfield is in San German as a Zone Leader.

Did your birthday packages show up? How'd you like them? What did you like about them? Did you take pictures of the contents? Did you share with the other Elders?

Yes they got here. I don't know. I am opening them tonight [Monday]. I will let you know next week. I will take pictures. Of course I will share with the other Elders.

Beautiful tree in Juncos

 

My new buddy

  

Another transfer - Another 6 weeks in Juncos!

Family and Friends

First off with some great news I am staying in Juncos for another 6 weeks. Not so good news Elder Stinchfield will be leaving me this transfer, I will be getting another companion named Elder Fox.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now onto my weekly letter.

I want to apologize for the short letter last week. But I wanted to start off this letter with thanking my mom for everything she has done for me. 

Mom I love you so much and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be able to call you mom, you mean the world to me and I couldn't have asked for a better mother in the world.

Grandma I also wanted to thank you for everything that you have done for em and all you love you have shown me. I love you so much and I miss you. 

I also want to thank all of my aunts because you ladies have basically been another mother to me and have really helped me become the man I am today. I love you all and I am grateful for all of you.

I don't know where I would be with out these amazing ladies in my life.

Ok now onto my letter about my work:

This past week was great we got a new investigator named C.

C is a referral from a member and he believes in nothing. But its ok. I am ready for this I am so grateful for this opportunity to be able to teach him and work with him.

D: We called her up and she said this past week wasn't good but she said we could come sometime this week. I am excited to meet her.

M is still doing good and he is really interested in the gospel.

This past week we had a conference with Elder Cornish from the Seventy. I got to shake his hand too ;) I love the mission life!

But he talked to us about how to work with members better and how to use them in our teaching. He is a great speaker and he gives great analogies!

This conference was also our Zone Conference and we always celebrate birthdays with a specific time frame and guess what mine was one of them. 

 

This is what President and Sister Boucher gave me for my birthday!!!!!

 

 

 

 I love you all so much and miss you all.

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

 

My District

 

Elders in my district