Week 23 in Carolina (Pontezeula) Two Years in Puerto Rico

Family and Friends!!!!!

Well this is it. I am going to be writing my last letter today to everyone just because next week I won't have much time and I want it to be special. 

But from these past two years I have been able to see the Lord's hand in all that I do. I honestly don't know where to begin I am not very good at expressing my feelings. But I will do my best. I have learned that life is not easy and that we have to do everything that we can to be the best we can be. I know that the Lord is going to bless each and everyone of us. 

The mission was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life up to now. I know that it was important to come here. We all have heard that we leave the mission with just one true convert and that is ourselves, well I can testify to that. I have been changed more than I could ever imagine. The Lord has taken a very shy and lazy boy and changed him into someone that I never thought I could be. I have a stronger testimony of this Gospel and I know it happened because that is what the Lord needed and wanted for me. 

I want everyone to know that even if you don't have the opportunity to be a full time missionary and be able to wear the name tag its okay because the Lord has called each and everyone of us to share this Gospel. I have seen a huge example of that here in this last week. We have a couple that we have been working with for a while now and we also found one of their neighbors and have been talking to her as well. But yesterday I have seen something that I never thought that would happen this couple went to the house of this neighbor and invited her to come to church with them. It was something very awesome to see. After each class this Sister tried to leave but the couple keep helping her to stay and enjoy the other class. This just shows that it doesn't matter who you are you can always share this Gospel. 

I want to share more about the mission. I honestly was a very shy person before the mission and I have been able to see the Lord change that about me. I have been able to be someone who just can go up to someone random and just start talking to them. I also have been able to learn a whole new language. Honestly the Spanish Language was not easy to learn but it is one of my favorite languages now. I have been able to learn more about the Scriptures and the Gospel just by studying in Spanish. 

 

 

 I want everyone who is reading this to know that I am grateful for this Gospel and for all that it has brought me in my life. I can't express it enough the importance of this Gospel in our lives. I have been able to see many people come unto Christ and be apart of something very loving that we all can have. 

The mission is something that changed my life for the better and have seen it change other lives. A lot of my companions have been the best examples to me. A lot of them were converts to the Church and saw the amazing changes it had on their lives and they wanted to help others make those same changes. 

I know that this is the true church it has blessed my life and each and everyone of our lives. The Lord will always guide us and Protect us. As it says in the Hymn I am a Child of God. Its true we are all his children and he wants the best for everyone. I know that God called a 14 year old boy Joseph Smith to restore the true Gospel to the Earth again, I know that the Book of Mormon is the true word of God and is here to guide in our everyday lives. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a Prophet called of God and has the keys and power to lead us today. I know without a doubt that God loves us and knows us. 

I want to thank each and everyone of you who has supported me throughout these 2 years. I have been able to feel of your love and prayers. I want you all to know I love you with every part of my heart and can't believe that this day has come. I want you to know that whenever you need something always pray to Heavenly Father, because he truly is OUR Father in Heaven and knows best for each and everyone of us. I love you all and see you in a week and half!!!!!!

CON MUCHO AMOR
Elder Musgo 

Week 16 in Ponce

Family and Friends

This week was great, we are really trying to get those people that really want to listen to use. 

But for this week we found a new brother whose name is 'A', he is really cool and we found him as we were contacting we saw his house and said lets go for it. As we walked up to his house he was outside on his balcony and we stopped to talk to him and he said we could come in and share a message with him!!! He was really nice and he was so open to listening. We were able to share the Restoration. He really likes talking to us!!!!

We also have 'O' she is the mother of S!!!! It is so awesome we asked her if she would like to hear a message of Jesus Christ and she said yes!!! So we were over there on Saturday and that was the most uplifting moment in my mission. she is about 80 or so but she has the mind of a 12 year old, so we really have to explain with to her everything!!!! SO with that we started off who is God and she didn't know so we had the wonderful opportunity to explain that God is our Father in Heaven and that he loves us especially her and that he has been here with you all the time. M and S were able to help us a lot they really were able to share with her their testimonies on who God is and how he helped them in their lives. Then we started talking about her family and how they all love her and she just started to cry so we all stopped talking and just let the Spirit talk to her for a little bit!!!! It was so amazing and I am so grateful for the Holy Ghost in my life!!!!

Also Elder Waidmann and I had an intercambio (Exchange) this week and we went and visited this less active and he has had a really hard time with coming to church he is a little sick but he is getting better!!! 

But we shared with him an amazing Mormon Message, it was about how God knows each one of us and our situations and how we can always rely on God to help us, it was such a powerful lesson that we both started to cry, and after this I had the opportunity to share a little with him and the Spirit was just so strong I have never felt so much in my mission until these last couple of weeks!!!!

For Thanksgiving this week was so much different than being home with the family but I was taken care of, we all were! We had a lunch appointment and a snack appointment ;) and we had a dinner appointment and boy was the food amazing! I was so full and I still am!!!!!!

But mom this is for you!!!!! 

Here is my 1 year letter because this Thursday will be 1 full year as a MISSIONARY for the  CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Hump Day package from Brandon and Coleen

New Keychain from Brandon and Coleen

I can't believe how fast the time has gone! I have learned so much and I have a lot more to learn!

I am so grateful for all that you do for me!!!!

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

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

Christmas Decoration from Sonia

It's sweater day

My view

  

Week 15 in Ponce

Family and Friends

This week was great!!!! It was not an ordinary week, there was so much planning going into this week for us here in Ponce 2!!!! As you know we had a wonderful wedding on Friday and it was such a great experience and then Saturday we had a great Baptism, and I had the opportunity to baptize them both!!!!!! Then on Sunday we had the wonderful opportunity to confirm M and S members of the church and what made it better was that it was Ward Conference.

So I will go day by day really fast, So on Thursday we had Zone Conference and after that we had the opportunity to have two great Interviews with Elder Fox and he said they [M and S] were so ready to be baptized. So after that we had to set up the whole wedding, it was so nice to be able to help prepare for that. The decorations turned out really good!!!! 

 

After decorating we rushed to an appointment with [a different] M and she is doing good but we are realizing that she can't really improve if she won't come to church, so we explained to her that we won't be visiting as often but we let her know that we will be here to help if she asks and to continue to read the Book of Mormon. 

Friday today was the day right after we finished weekly planning we had to run to the Chapel so that we can get the cake inside and so the person could go get ready so we were in the Chapel waiting and M showed up looking super happy and was ready to get married!!!!! S didn't show up until 4ish and when she got there M was trying not to look at her right away because everyone told him he can't see her untill it was time to start!!!! But anyway it was a great ceremony and I have never been apart of such an amazing experience, I could feel that the Savior was there just smiling over these two as they were holding hands and said I do!!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday was even more of a special day!!!! There will always be challenges but that's ok that's what helps us to learn and grow. The day of the baptism almost everyone canceled on us and couldn't make it to the baptism but that's ok we got it planned out the best we could right at the end. lets just say I am so grateful for missionaries that can be ready for anything right on the spot!!! But other than that it was such a spiritual experience, I could really feel the Spirit. It was so cool M's mom showed up to the baptism and she was crying for a lot of it and now we have to send Elders of Ponce 1 to her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday another special day, we really got to feel the spirit, it was so cool to watch them [M and S] walk up to the front to get confirmed [members of the church] they walked up hand in hand and they just looked they were glowing!!!! It was even better because Elder Robinson had the wonderful opportunity to confirm them and boy did he do a great job.

So that is about it for our very busy week!!!! 

I love you guys so much and am so grateful for the amazing opportunity I have to be apart of this great family and group of friends I am so lucky to be apart of a living and working piece of our Heavenly Fathers Plan. 

Con Amor

Elder Musgo

 

Ponce: Week 14

Family and Friends

This week was a good week for Elder Robinson and I we are really trying to find those people that want this message in their lives. 

But this week we have also been really trying to prepare M and S for this weekend. This is such a great week for us over here. 

SO with them:

M is doing great he is really coming along and really wants this in his life!!! He has done everything he can and is ready to be apart of this church, he knows this is true and wants to bless his families lives!!!! He is doing great he is gaining a lot of friends through the church and really trying to understand the Gospel in his life.

S is also doing good but we have a question about her as well that she has been to church about 5 or 6 times through all of this and just these past couple of weeks she hasn't been able to make it, she has been working because M lost his job and now she is the only one working in the family. But thing with this is that she asked her boss if she could come in, in the morning and do some of her duties (she is a nurse on house calls) and then after church go back and finish the rest, but her boss told her no she has to do it all at once and said that she can't come in late, so I don't know what we should do about that. Other than that she is doing great.

They both are planning their wedding right now and it will be this Friday and then their Baptism this Saturday. Oh, with this they asked that I baptize them both and Elder Robinson to do the confirmation!!! I am so excited for this whole weekend.

Also this week we started to work in a new Area called El Paraiso and we have like 5 return appointments and a new investigator. This new investigator now has a baptismal date for the 19th of December!!!! It was really cool because Elder Robinson invited him and he answered yes really fast and so I re-invited him just to make sure he understood the question and he said yes I understand and I am sticking with my answer!!!!! I have never been so happy in my life he is such a great guy his name is E and he is about 71 years old but I know that the Lord prepares the way for everyone.

I love you guys and miss you so much and I am so happy to hear all are ok, minus Kenzie!!!! I love you all and Kenzie I am super sorry with what happened you are in my prayers and I love you so dearly!!!!! 

Con Amor

Elder Musgo

 

 

Week 13 in Ponce 2

Family and Friends

So for this week it wasn't a great week but it wasn't a bad week this transfer we have set new goals and we are really trying to get better at really trying to find those people that want to hear the gospel. 

So this week was really just about finding and really focusing on those that will hear us. I have realized that it is super hard to find those people that WANT to listen to our message but I know that nothing is IMPOSSIBLE with God. I have really come to learn the true meaning of having faith that God will help us with everything - all we have to do is our part. Its really exactly what we teach our investigators, we have to do the same thing as they do, we can't really invite people and expect them to do it or change if we aren't willing to do it also.

But with that our two baptismal dates are:

M and S - they are looking really good, it is a little hard with S as she is the only one bringing in money for the family and so she has been working a lot lately and with her job she works for a family and she does house calls to this Elderly sister and she takes care of her, and she has been called into work early so she can take care of her. But they are doing great, this past weekend we had a lesson with them and it just so happened that we were able to use the Stake President with them it was so cool to see him working with them and trying to help them all that he could. 

This is really all we have right now, but we are finding more people that are really ready to hear us. 

Oh M [different from the M above!] she is difficult - she is reading and praying but the problem is that she really doesn't leave the house she just always has excuses and I really don't know how we can help her with this. We have members calling her and visiting her but she just really doesn't want to do anything outside of the house.

This past weekend we had a Stake Conference it was so good, we had The Temple President here from Santo Domingo and we also had Elder Julio Acosta from the Seventy and the Area Presidency it was so good they talked a lot about Eternal Marriage and the Blessings in the temple!!!!!

After the Conference on Sunday we had M [first M from above] at the Conference and he had the wonderful opportunity to talk to President Flake (Temple President) President Boucher and Elder Acosta!!!!!!! It was so cool I just felt so blessed to be there present for those conversations!!!!!

I love this Gospel so much and grateful for all of you guys!!!!!!

I miss you so much and can't wait to hear from you next week!!!!

Con Amor

Elder Musgo

Moss y Lopez

Moss y Lopez

Walking down the street

Walking down the street

Street Iguana - look at the claws/nails/talons?

Dog

Week 12 in Ponce 2

Family and Friends

This week was a little harder for us but we are doing great we are really working now on trying to find those people that are ready for us. We have come to realize that we have to find the people that have truly been prepared to hear the Gospel. Sadly we had to let a family go or give them their space right now but that's just because it wasn't their time. 

But for our week with the investigators that we have...

M and S!!!!! They are doing great there is only one thing that we are working on with them is coming to church we have talked to them about the importance of church and the importance of the Sacrament but they are still having trouble with not working on Sunday. But other than that they are doing great!!! They are reading they are praying and they are working on their papers to get married so we will be having a marriage and two baptisms for sure this month. I am so excited to be able to help these amazing people to come closer to Christ. 

Next we have M (not the same M as above) she is doing okay she is reading and praying but she doesn't really want to leave the house. We have been thinking about it and we don't think it is her son because she doesn't leave her house to go shopping she has her family do it for her. So we are going to really focus on her and see how we can help her be comfortable to leave the house. This past weekend the other Elders had a baptism and we had the member invite M to it and she said yes and that she would pick her up to go the baptism so we were so ready for her to come and then on Friday around 4 we received a call saying that M can't go because her son left the House and was far away from the home? So we are thinking there is a little bigger problem that we don't know about. 

I was talking to Elder Fox on how we can find those people that are ready to hear our message and he gave us so great advice more like a talk, the talk about becoming a Challenging and Testifying Missionary and I began to read that and I really noticed that all we really have to do is rely on the Spirit and just testify of the things that we know. Just like how Elder Christensen was talking to us about the Holy Ghost it is really here to guide us and it will testify to the people we are taking to.

Con Amor

Elder Musgo

P.S this past Saturday we had Elder Cornish and Elder Christensen come and speak to the mission and man was it awesome!!!!!

P.S.S transfers just happened and I will be staying here in Ponce for at least 6 more weeks with Elder Robinson and Elder Fox and he will be training AGAIN!!!!!

P.S.S.S Remember Elder Boggess yeah he is a Zone Leader!!!!!!! 

 

 

Elder Moss

Elders Moss, Fox, y Hermana Keuhl

Moss y Hermana Keuhl

Ponce Firehouse - miniature

Ponce Firehouse - Normal size