Love Those who Struggle

This week was a great week i love my companion her name is Sister Prieto and shes from logan utah, she has 6 siblings and she is so funny and we are always laughing! her favorite thing to do in the house is sing and dance... we get along great and i am so excited for this transfer with her..

as for the work we have seen a lot of little miracles ever day, like we have a new investigator or someone accepted a baptism date.. one day we talked to a man who said he doesn't like his pastor anymore and that he and his WHOLE family is looking for something new that brings peace and unity.. we will start teaching them this week!!! Also we met another young man that is very interested in knowing more we did a short summary of lesson one and he accepted a date for baptism too!!! i love working with Sister Prieto she has such a strong testimony and she is a wonderful teacher!!!

Also some very sad news, our investigator who was almost done with smoking and has a baptism date for this next week relapsed, he didn't just smoke this week but he was drinking too:( he was half drunk when we had our marked appt. during this meeting i just expressed how much i was sad and how much love i have for him and that i truly care that he changes... my heart did break, he continually says he wants to change but cant express why, so this week and next week we wont be seeing him, we will start to visit him again in 2 weeks to see how he feels and see if he really cares, and has a desire to come to church without someone calling of knocking on his door every week!!! i am a little scared to be doing this i am afraid that he will just feel abandoned and continue to drink and smoke but i pray that he truly cares to change...

we had stake conference this week and it was great we have Pres. Scholz and Sister Scholz there also a area 70 Elder Joaquin Costa, their talks were wonderful and about how we need to have love for everyone and we need to forgive everyone too... i loved being able to be there and just feel the spirit!! i am loving my mission and it just keeps getting better and better<3 i hope everyone has a great week and i love you all!!!

Love,

Sister Moss

I have an American Companion!

TRANSFERS !!!!!!! i am staying in Matão and my new companion is AMERICAN!!! her name is Sister Preito she lives in Logan and has 6 siblings and i love her.. she was in my zone this transfer before so i already know her... we get along great and i am sexcited to see how this new transfer goes!!!

this week was a great week, we didnt have any stress in the dupla and we hit our goals for finding more of our brothers and sisters... i had a great experience with sister sage, we were devoting 4 hours of our day to looking for new investigators in both my area and hers, we had worked in my area for 2 hours and found 3 really promising investigators, then to her area we just kept getting shot down and it was taking its toll... so we decided to stop and pull out the map, we prayed tfor a revelation of where we needed to go we both chose the same road and we weent looking we found 2 people who dont live on that road but were they just for the day... they are new investigators nwe probably wouldnt have found them... it just shows that our Savior will guide us to the people we need to help, the people he needs at this moment...

i am loving my mission, difficulties and all... there is not a day that goes by that i dont thank my Heavenly Father for all that he has given me... and for everything that i have learned!!!

mom answers to questions...

1.i havent gone to the doctor, my feet are so much better one day when i had a lot of pain i just prayed and asked that the pain would go away i needed to be able to walk withour the pain, the next day the pain was gone and so far hasnt come back so i will hold off on going to the doctor!!!

2. i will write an email for keyton in the next week i wont forget

Love,

Sister Moss

Sisters Moss and Sage

Sisters Moss, Prieto, and Mevs

I thought church was supposed to be reverent!!

This week has been one of the longest weeks of my life... we have our interviews with president this week which we had in our companionship, i don't like it that way. it went alright...

then i had splits with S. Chapple she is from Arizona too, she is awesome and we had a great time together, sang and talked and ate!!! hahah

We have been working with 2 people most of the time, "A" - he is progressing really well. he loves to learn and grow, the other day he said he wanted to look nice like the bishop, with the white shirt and tie!!! he is trying to stop smoking and he is almost there, we had to push back his baptism for another 2 weeks...

the other is "E" - she is awesome and she loves us and we love her, she also has a date for baptism but she moved yesterday to the other Sisters' area so it's very sad, and she keeps saying she doesn't want other missionaries... but yesterday she was asked to give a small testimony at her church and so she invited us to go and watch, so we did!!! hahah it was so different and SO LOUD... i don't understand how people think screaming and jumping and dancing at church is the right way to respect our Father in Heaven!! but she gave a good thought that wasn't so little.. (took 45 mintues) haha but over all a good week i am glad its over and that we are starting the final week in this transfer... this upcoming Saturday we will be getting transfers... i think i will be staying and my companion will be leaving, but who knows

i love this church and the chance i have to share my testimony with the people of Brazil... i cant wait to see who the Lord makes of me.. i love you all so much and i cant wait to talk to you again!!! <3

Love Sister Moss

 

I gave the spiritual thought...

This week i have been studying about the atonement and the leading up (the book Jesus the Christ is AMAZING) i am amazed at the love our Savior has for all people, even the people that hated him, and rejected him. i am striving everyday to grow this love in my life... its not easy but i know when i have this love i can and will do everything for my Savior!!!

This week we had zone conference and it was great we got there and one of the assistants came up to me and said "Sister Moss you are giving a thought for today" then he left. hahah. i gave my thought on Alma 36:3 it's about how we need to always have faith and trust in our Savior he will help in all things!! i received a blessing from president this week as well. i asked an elder but he insisted i ask president to help and then after 20 minutes talking to them both president sent the elder back to work and he gave me the blessing, it was really great and i love the comfort it gave me!!

We had a great English class this week, one of my investigators we met during this class and it's been very hard to teach him in his home, so we decided to start teaching him the lessons in English... this week we talked about Book of Mormon stories and we all bore testimony in English about the Book of Mormon, so great!!

Overall there were more good things than bad, and i am loving serving my savior, i look forward to continuing to help and serve others i love you all so much thanks for the love and support you all give to me!!!

Love,
Sister Moss

I Jumped up and Screamed!

this week!!! i am at 7 months now i don't know what happened i blinked once and i was 4 months blinked again and now i am 7!!! it's so crazy how fast time is going!! 

 

this week i had a funny experience we were in a lesson and a cockroach landed on me and it was giant!!! needless to say i jumped up out of my seat and screamed!! my companion and our investigator just laughed at me, my companion couldn't believe i screamed... then i ate American food like fruit by the foot, and chips and candy... a greenie received a package this week!! 

 

we had 6 sisters in the house this week because they were doing splits, it was crazy loud!! we had a lot of miracles this week. we finally met our goal of new investigators. i think this is the first time in 8 week my companion and i have been together! oh we were knocking on doors and i asked a lady how long shes lived here in Matão and her response was " why do you want to know" hahhah super funny!!!! we have been singing a lot of music in English because the Brazilians use it as a way to study English, i have sent 2 rounds of letters they should be there around 20th and the 25th!!

 

these next weeks include zone conference this week. the following week we have our interviews with president and this time it will be in our companionship, i am nervous for it because this will be the first time i will speak to president in Português, he always speaks to the Americans in English... and the same week i will have splits, and then in 2 weeks transfers again this transfer is only 5 weeks. its much faster!! my companion has 10 weeks left in her mission which means i have 10 week until skype... i only know a number because she is more than excited to be finishing her mission...

 

but i love you all so much and i miss you more than you know!! have a great week

 

Com todo Meu Coração

Eu Amo Vocês

Sister Moss

Heavenly Father Will Never Leave Us

i am so happy the kids are at home and love it there... I bet you are so tired!!

this week was a good one for work we have 3 new investigators that show real promise, they are looking for a church to join one that brings peace and comfort into there lives... another thing we had a investigator in church with us!! the second week in a row. they are all progressing well and are excited for the baptism date we gave them. its exciting to be teaching, i really enjoy it!!!

This week for me was a bit hard to speak my português, i could understand and everything but i just couldn't speak, everyone we talked with laughed at my português or called it cute (i don't know if thats a good thing) but i am working and studying everyday to get better... i know its all in the Lords timing.

This week i have been reading in Alma 5-26 and i love it because its all about missionary work and showing forth the power that the Lord has to help his sons and daughters whether they are righteous or the most wicked people there... as a missionary its good to know that even the most wicked (or most difficult) investigators that in our Saviors timing they will accept the gospel. i know that its hard for a lot of people to accept that everything happened in the Lords time and how he wants, it difficult for me but i know that if we just trust him we will never go astray... i pray everyday for my português to be better than the day before, i pray to know exactly what to say and do to help my investigators and my companion.. there is one thing i learned is to ALWAYS turn to our Father in Heaven because he will never leave us.

i am grateful for this opportunity to serve my mission here in Brazil, i am grateful for the chance to learn português no matter how hard it is for me.. i know this is exactly where i need to be!!!

Com todo meu coração

eu te amo <3

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 :-(