My Friend Went Home

Transfers again!!!!

i am staying in Matão with Sister Diniz <3 Sad news about transfers is that Sister Poulsen is gone :( She is returning home, mission completed for her. it's sad but i am excited for her! it was sad when we dropped her of at the bus station Saturday, we said goodbye and she got on the bus but the bus didn't leave, she called us to the window and said it's awkward with us there still. i know she didn't want to cry in front of us!!!

 

 

i am so happy for you guys and i love the picture with the kids, i can't wait to meet them at Christmas!!! its so exciting and i couldn't be more happy for our family!!

 

this week was a slow but good week we gave 2 dates for baptism and they both are progressing very well, and excited for conference!! a miracle - we had 2 PEOPLE IN CHURCH with us.. in 6 weeks here in Matão these are the first to come to church!! it's finally starting to get better the work here, slow but it's coming!! 

 

Conference was great. i like listening in portugues in this moment in my mission because i know everything. i actually understood was what i needed to hear! it was great i was able to watch 5 session (including womens) i can't wait to receive the Liahona for conference to be able to read the talks!!!

 

this week its has been raining for 4 days straight i love it!! but it is becoming summer here and they say it gets way hot here i am not ready for that!

 

i love you all tons have a great week

Sister Moss

 

Sooooccccccerrrr Fieeeeldsssss. Wahhhhhhh! Boooo Hoooooo :-(

 

My List of Postives...

my love for my family grows more and more each day!!!

 

this weeks email will be a little different than normal. my mom wanted me to write 3-5 good things in everyday so i will just list what i have written down.

 

Monday:

1. P-day we went shopping ate açai

2. i watched movies (thanks mom)

3. we had a family home evening and as we walked into the house the member asked why we were so happy and smiling and then she said she can see our love for one another, us sisters are a family!

 

Tuesday:

1. i fasted for my português today

2. the sisters were ask to sing in the choir for our ward conference

3. district meeting, today we changed it up and we meet with all the district leaders not just mine

4. i said a whole sentence in português without a mistake

 

Wednesday:

1. today started rough so i knelt down and asked for peace and comfort, and i had this wonderful overwhelming peace, it was wonderful

2. i taught the English class this week

3. we ate açai to celebrate Sister Poulsen - she hit her 1 year and 5 months, shes about done!!

 

Thursday:

1. 6 months for me today, we ate pizza to celebrate for me

2. a great day with my companion

3. i wrote a letter to kenzie in português and there weren't a lot of mistakes!!

4. in our only lesson for the day i started to speak and the investigators just kept saying i don't understand (i hate this phrase) i took a giant breath said a little prayer and continued to teach the rest of the lesson they didn't question what i had said!

 

Friday:

1. ate açai with Sister Diniz after lunch

2. we ate hamburgers to celebrate Sister Diniz and Sister Dias 1 year and 3 months

3. i have pictures of a cat with a bird in its mouth (Mom note: I did not post these pictures! If you really want to see them, just ask!)

4. a very nice lady helped the other sister pay for their hamburgers because their cards didn't work

 

Saturday:

1. splits with Sister Poulsen <3

2. we had a difficult decision to make, she (Poulsen) has a RC about 30 minutes away and this would be her last week seeing him before she leaves, but we couldn't get a hold of him, so we didn't want to go and him not be there, but we said a prayer and asked what to do, we received an answer then prayed and read scriptures to confirm right as i finished the prayer the bus showed up, and the scripture we read was Alma 37:10 its perfect

3. the investigator said my português is better than Poulsen's when she arrived here in Matão - that's strange to hear

 

Sunday:

1. we had ward conference i sang in the choir

2. i have never prayed so much in my life, there is no more good to say about Sunday a VERY hard day for me and my companion

 

but this was my week i loved doing this, mom thank you for this challenge! i challenge everyone at home to do the same in everyday - find at least 3-5 good things that happened for you. i love my family and the milagres that are happening for us, i love my mission and the chance i have to learn and grow. thank you for all the support i have from home.

 

eu te amo<3 

Sister Moss

Weaknesses Changing to Strengths

this week... i am working everyday to listen to the spirit guide me and my companion in where we need to go, who we need to talk to, and what i need to say to help these people understand and accept the gospel.. this week was a good one. we had splits 2 times this week, one with the STL

the first splits i was with Sister Dos Santos. she is awesome and we got along great and we had great lessons, we had a great experience too. we got to the investigators house and she told us of all her problems have been having a lot of problems in her home, but we showed up and she welcomed us in, we were there and started to teach, i felt the spirit so strong, i am finally saying the 1st vision in portugues without reading!!! it helps a lot to feel the spirit more, but anyway, we finished and i had asked her how she felt, she instantly said happy and peaceful, i was more than happy for her, because i know we showed up in her life at just the right moment!! then i had a prompting to say "i know we are just young adults, but i want you to know we truly love you and are here for you in all things" she just started to cry, i know that its what she needed to hear - and me as well.. its great to know how much our Savior loves us...
 

 

and then one splits just with our house to help in my area. the first splits i was with Sister Dos Santos. she is awesome and we got along great and had great lessons, the second i was with Sister Poulsen, we walked about 2 hours to the other side of the earth for one lesson that we didn't even get to teach, but that's okay. we talked with the investigator and he is super excited to hear our lessons. we met him in our English class!! its so cool.. other than that we are having a hard time contacting new investigators we talk to everyone but no one cares for us to return, so its sad!!! but we will keep trying!

 

i know this is exactly where i need to be, and what i need to be doing. i know i have my weaknesses but i do see them changing to strengths everyday, and i am grateful for the love our Savior has for me and everyone there. i can see a glimpse of how much he loves me by the way i love the people of Brazil. i know that this will continue to be hard but i know that its worth every moment. i love my mission and i am so happy to be serving our Lord!!

i love you with all my heart and i am grateful for everyone that has played a role in my life..

com todo meu coração 

Eu te Amo<3

Sister Moss

It's Official!!!

Where to start for this week - it's been Crazy....

1st thing - It's official, I'm Brazilian, we were shopping the other day and the lady asked me where I was from in Brazil because my accent was different

 

2nd I don't like transfers

 

3rd I am so grateful for power and energy

Poulsen and I were asked to teach an English class at the chapel so that's exciting, we did a deep clean last Monday (Poulsen and I) we had Uva Leite (grape milk) which is a drink I had...Our energy has been out for a week and it stinks. we lost all of our food and we have freezing water for showers.

 

For the language, some days it just comes out like normal I don't need to think about what the words are in English first so that's progress. All week we were all excited for TRANSFERS right; we thought we knew what was going to happen, but nope we didn't, sister Hernandez and I stayed in Rio Preto, and Poulsen and Nascimento left and that makes me super sad, like a lot. For selfish reasons I didn't want them to leave. 

Right now we have 3 really strong investigators that are ready for baptism but can't be baptized because they are not legally married, and won't go get married. Besides that, we are doing a lot. we the less actives we spent all day yesterday walking around looking for them to confirm they still live there and to help them come back to church. oh yesterday we were also at the church for most of the day because we were having lunch with a family that was preparing for a ward activity so there were about 30 people at our lunch. it was fun. 

mommy can you please send me conference talks in English and some work outs like 10 min ones? I would love The Fourth Missionary talk! 

I love and miss you all and I love this opportunity that I have to serve! 

Love, 

Sister Moss

I gave my first talk in Portuguese (in Sacrament)

This week was good and rough at the same time. We have had lots of rain and that makes it easier to get into the homes of people! haha! We have 3 investigators really progressing and have 3 baptism dates for this upcoming week.

We had meetings with Presidente Scholz this week and though it went well, we talked about the first 12 weeks how I'm feeling, if I see progress and the progress he sees. It was good. I got a blessing this past week as well because I am becoming more and more impatient with myself, in the language. it seems to be getting hard to understand. We did a quick splits again this week and I was with Sister Poulsen again, haha it was fun, and it gave me a heart attack at the same time. This time we stayed in my area and I was in charge of planning the day and who we would see and what we would teach and I about died!! It ended up being a good day but still scary. We got lost quite a bit... these roads are all the same and in circles. 

Oh I did the most terrifying thing in my whole life yesterday...Can you guess what it was?

That's right I gave a talk in sacrament meeting in Portuguese!!!! Definitely a good experience though. I think it went well and it was a easy topic - How can missionary work change your life?

Well that's simple and I'm so grateful for missionary work, I told this story about the most amazing woman and how missionary work changed her life. I love you mommy and I'm glad missionary work can change our lives.

I love you all and I'm am so grateful for my call to serve the Lord.

Sister Moss

Baptism!

Hello!

 

This week was difficult for me in the language but I got through it and was able to see my family this week, which gave me more motivation to be better. the family looks great, and I was able to Skype Kenzie too!!

For work this week we had our first baptism which was exciting, weird thing we (4 missionaries) sang at the baptism, it was different, but so cool. the baptism was different than at home., everyone was in street clothes and it was more of a party setting, balloons, and cake - different but cool. haha 

as for other investigators we are teaching 4 brothers and they are French and don't speak a lot of Portuguese which is funny because we kind of do a half French lesson and half Portuguese lesson. We had a couple with so much potential and we might have lost them due to a disagreement on something, we will have to see they left town for a little while. 

 

This week we had splits which was nerve wracking because I can barely understand my companion so how am I supposed to go with a sister I don't know and be able to talk, and help her in any way? well the answer is simple, I was put with sister Poulsen who is American!! She is the STL (Sister Training Leader) and she felt like she needed to be with me this week to talk to me about how I am truly doing, IN ENGLISH... it was much needed, and she gave me some great advice, and really helped me, I am so grateful for her. She also was able to explain more of the language that I was struggling with in English which helped a lot too. 

I am so grateful the Lord knows me and what I need exactly when I need it, he definitely is a huge part of my life. so happy to be serving our Savior 

I love you all so much, and Happy Mothers Day <3  

Love,

Sister Moss