Salinas: Week 10

Family and Friends

This week was good for us, I have really seen a great change in ourselves and in the area. I am doing so much better. I feel great I don't feel to over stressed now. I am so grateful for all the support that I have been given from other missionaries, you, and my family. This week we did a lot of contacting looking for that Baptism and we found 3 good people that have some good potential. We still have one on date [baptism date] and she is good.

I felt God watching over me and taking care of me

Our investigator on date - her name is Z and she has a lot of potential. we didn't have the opportunity to visit with her this week but we have an appointment tonight with her and her husband. So we don't know very much right now about her progress.

But this week through contacting we found this sister named I, she is Catholic and loves to listen to the word of God so we shared with her the first lesson and everything was great. we invited her to be baptized but she said she had to pray about it, but she said let me read and find out for myself. She is a great person and we have a return appointment for this week.

Also, this weekend we were contacting and as we were praying I had the feeling to pray to find a couple so we finished our prayer and were contacting for about an hour. as it was getting close to end our day we said we will contact one more house and as we contacted it we were waiting and the Sister said that we can come up to her door because she was to tired to walk all the way down the stairs so we went up and she told us to come in and sit down. we began talking to her and then her husband walked out and he started to talk to us also and then they said come on in the Mosquitoes are coming out, so we went in and we were able to share the first message with this couple and we invited them to be baptized they said they had to think about it but it was so awesome to be able to feel the spirit tell us go one more house!

Yesterday we had an awesome experience so as we were going to our visit, T, the investigator that is going to get baptized this weekend from Elder Lopez and Elder Dubon, she was in the park that we have to pass by and it had been awhile since we had seen her and so we went and told her hi and asked her how she is doing. but as we were leaving she asked us if we knew about her baptism for this Saturday we said yes of course and then my favorite part, she said "usted puede hacer mi bautismo para mi!!!!" (Can you baptize me!!!!) I really wasn't expecting that. I told her of course I would love to!!!!

I am so grateful for the gospel in our lives and the opportunity that we have to be missionaries! I have been able to witness a lot of milagros in my mission! I am so grateful for prayer and the opportunity that we have to pray everyday and be able to feel of our Heavenly Fathers presence everyday! I love you all! We are all truly missionaries here in this world!

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo

Week 9 in Salinas

Family and Friends

This week was a little better for us. We went and changed our attitudes and we went to find and to find to baptize!!!! This week I also found out that I am stressed a little and I am working hard on it. I sat down during my personal study today and read through the Adjusting to Missionary Life and I found that it really helps. I have felt so much more peace throughout my day today.  I am so grateful for the gospel that we have in our lives to help us with everything!!!!

 

 

But for this week we had an awesome experience, Elder Lopez and I were on an exchange and we were contacting and we went and knocked on this door and this older lady came out and we started to talk to her, she had told us that she used to go to a church but she stopped. then we started to share the 1st lesson with her and we got to the Book of Mormon and she paused us and asked us if we had one and we pulled out one and she started to explain that her husband passed away about 6 years ago and he wasn't going to a church but he told her before he passed away that there was a church that had another book that she had to find that, that was the right church. So we said that she could have this one and then she said she would read it. It  was such a spiritual moment and we then invited her to come to church with us and she said she would love to but she didn't remember if she had a commitment so we told her we would call her to confirm on Saturday but during the day we received a call from her and she told us that she didn't want us to pass by right now that she didn't want to be confused but I explained to her that, that's what we are here for - to help her not to be confused and to understand everything. So we are going to respect here decision. She is reading and she is understanding up to now. 

We also have a baptismal date for someone named Z. she and her husband have listened a little but nothing really came from it. But yesterday we went and shared the first lesson with them and invited them to be baptized and she said yes and he said give him a little time to think about it. Her date is for March 26th!!!!!!

We have really seen a difference when we have an good attitude about the work and a bad attitude about the work and we are really working on changing. 

I have noticed that with me being stressed has brought out my bad attitude and I am doing everything in my power to change it now because I can't be a good leader if I am stressed and am getting mad at myself which I am getting mad at others, that is not why I am here. 

A quote that I really like that I am working on is "God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been, as he does about where you are and with his help where you are willing to go." Jeffrey R Holland

I love you all so much and miss you tons!!!! Please keep me in your prayers at this time. I am so grateful for all that you are doing and all the support you have shown me throughout this time as a missionary. Thank you again for everything!!!!!!

Con Mucho Amor

Elder Musgo