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Monday, August 30, 2010

Staying Slim in Liberia



How are you guys? So I first need to ask a favor from mom and Riss. So I would ask that you could send me your testimonies about eternal families! We are having some problems with this lady and I think it would be good coming from you mom who is married and riss who will be married to me ha. Thanks that would be great.

So I am losing weight like crazy. Its nice. I think its cause I work out so hard and never eat. So we are having a baptism this weekend. I found out that we have to cancel one lady's. Come to find out she killed someone so that is something that needs to be resolved with the first pres. (This mom says YIKES!)

I got the package and I am in the same area so you can send another one to Liberia if you want ha. Oh, please I need cd's. That would be nice. Oh happy late b-day to b. So I am not the youngest any more. WAHOO!! A new kid is coming. So nothing really new has happened to me, kinda lame I know just working and chillin. So I was bored at church and I decided to see what I could read. Turns out I am a fast reader I read 2 Nephi and Jacob before I left church. I like 2 Nephi. It talks a lot about faith and prayer.

So I created a book called the book of divine inspiration ha. It is all the letters I have received. It's one of my favorite books.

I hope everyone is doing well. I am stoked you took riss to the lake. Sounds like you had fun.

We have lots of baptisms coming up. It is crazy I hope you get my pics and how is Caden? And everyone? Man I miss you guys but it wont be long till I am home. So I recorded me singing but I cant get it to send. Sorry this email is so lame I know I am boring. So I have a pic Christ on our door along with Riss and family so that when I am working out and about to leave the apartment, I can remember to work hard for the biggest loves in my life. Ha, I cant believe I say all this. I am making Elder Lowe walk slower, he is destroying my shoes with the power walking. Well I love you guys. Well that's it for the week. I love you all so much thanks for the support. Riss, thanks for the cd player.

Love your Elder Moss

Monday, August 23, 2010

Visit from a General Authority


My mind is all messed up today so I am sorry. My day has not been so good. The first guy I taught to baptism died this morning L Stupid malaria!! I was so sad I didn't even know what to do. My mind was a wreck. I was the last person to give him a blessing and I feel like I wasn't good enough or something. I know that through his faith and love that he has for the Lord that he will have the faith to continue the work he started in the next life!


President Cardon from the 70 came. Wow! How amazing. Except I was freaking out when I was going to have to teach a general authority in the gospel doctrine class. Worst nightmare. He gave an awesome lesson in Elders Quorum. It was so exciting to be able to learn in church again instead of always teach. That man is a very powerful teacher. But I will talk about that in a little bit.


So favorite song in the world or hymnbook is a Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief. Sorry I didn't tell you last time but I read the letters at home not on the computer because I normally just don't have time. But thank you so much for all of the letters that you send to me. I love it! I can't even tell you. So I got the letters via dear elder today. Unfortunately, I was missing part of Shawn's. I was so disappointed but I got 30 of them from pres. It took me very long to sort through them. It was kinda weird to read letters from so long ago. But it is ok because they made me happy. You will be happy to know my package is waiting for me in Sierra Leone. According to pres. I will get it next week during transfers. I don't know about the Liberia one yet. So I am so glad that you are having a good time with school everyone. Riss I am stoked that you have such a testimony and are able to stay strong with work and be able to stick with your beliefs. Keep it up and keep going to the temple.


So family, I am doing just fine, actually I punched another hole in my belt this week but I don't think I will again for a while. I eat an egg sandwich a day, that's good for me. So it is shocking that it is going to get hotter than this because it is so hot here already. Mom you asked what I do in the morning. I do push ups, sit ups, jump rope, curls, sometimes ladders.


Town is so crazy with people always just yelling white man and I just ask where. I don't see one. So I would assume my baby girl b is walking? Lake sounds fun you have been going a lot? Have you got letters from me? I have no stamps now soooo. . . . .


We have been working on the simplified way of teaching. It is all about not over preparing. It is just learning the lesson and teaching off the cuff. It is really different. Also we have to extend a invitation to be baptized with every lesson. The first lesson that is hard. But I do it cause we are told to. J


Caden I know I talk about Riss a lot but oh well. How ya doing? I can't email you directly. Rules!! I can read yours though. So I do what I am told I miss you tons keep up the great work. So president Cardon had a fireside. I loved it. It was amazing nothing like a general authority speaking to you in Africa!!!


So you received my journals. I know they were bad. I was a wreck then. The next ones are much better I promise. I am doing well. I am getting into the work. I am stressing a lot lately because of it. I think Elder Lowe is going to be transferred. So pres Cardon in the instruction today was inspirational. He talked all about how we are entitled to inspiration. Everyone receives it in different ways. The way I receive it I think is through my heart and he said some people even receive it in a way that just makes sense to them. That is me. I have to have things in order. Then he said if you feel good about something, roll with it and don't deny it. So I was thinking that I am lacking confidence but I know what I want. So Enos tells us about revelation and also in D & C 84. We need to know that all we have to do is have faith. It brings me back to Mark 4:40, why is it that we fear. How is it we have no faith. I love missionary work and I wouldn't trade it for anything right now. I am going to keep truckin and still talk like an American even though its going away.


Oh yeah, we taught sister Cardon for practice and she started to cry when I bore my testimony. She said it was so powerful about how my dad baptized me and how I love family and about how I want an eternal family. She was dumb stuck. She didn't think missionaries knew what they wanted so much. I love all of you so much, you all know that. Talk to you next week!!!.


Much love from Africa


Love Elder Moss

Monday, August 16, 2010

Rain, Rain, Rain


Hello Family,



Ok I am so sick of hearing my emails suck. Ha I know I am in Africa with a crapola computer so get off of my back palease. Ha-ha. Last week I typed my email 5 times, elders lowes mom did not even get one so feel lucky. HOPE THIS IS GOOD!



So this week was great but oh so so crazy. Today is the first day it stopped raining. Finally cause the rain Is so depressing. I love the sunshine. We were out teaching and my umbrella broke so I was totally soaking wet. We got caught in like a tsunami, I swear to you that's how it rains here. Sorry that I complain so much, but I am in Africa! ha ha. It is getting better. It is nice that I am actually starting to see nice things cause I see so many crappy things every where.



It seems that a lot of people here in Africa have chastity problems. It is so sad that people do these kind of things. Sorry Caden but we actually don't have to find people being white and (extremely good looking), people come to us. People just show up at church and say we want to meet with you. We are like uh man we we'll try too fit you in. We have had to not go to everyone this week because every hour of all our days were full. People now have to wait more than one week to see us. I don't know what it is but the people just have absolutely nothing here so they want to change their lives I guess. Don't be worried but I am down to 265 in clothes J. I know looking good right. I am trying to send pics but no promises.



We left for church Sunday and we forgot our umbrella and, of course, it was pouring rain but oh well just get wet. We met up with a fam and this little black girl, cute little girl but anyway she is so little but she runs up to me and she grabs on to my pinky with all five fingers and walks with me for at least two miles to church while it is pouring. So Sunday was the first week I have gone to church soaking wet.



We had zone conference this week. It was good I got to meet up with elder Stott and reminisce on times of old. You may know Elder Lowe is the dl so I have the wonderful opportunity to go on splits every week. It is fun but hard because I have to pack my stuff across town all the time but its ok I guess. It just makes it hard to learn my own area. No one here has addresses. It's just this general shack area and you ask someone where people live. President Roggia is coming this week. He should bring letters, probably not packages though L . It will be weird to get letters that were directed to me in the mtc but I am so stoked. We have another couple of baptisms this weekend. It is going to be crazy. This guy is so ready. And this lady, Anne, we are teaching it is so frustrating cause she can hardly speak English and she can't read. So we have a little situation with a investigator we found out that she is having a little problems with chastity with a ward member!!! Uh these things drive me nuts. I cant even tell you . I got those pics ya. Well I am running out of things to say I am excited to read the letters. I read them when I get home. I have some things I am going to send home so you will get a package sometime things for you guys, it is cool. I am doing good. I am doing my best I promise. here Mom, dad and fam I love you guys. Thanks for your prayers and all the love you have for me. Thank you for looking out for Riss, she is awesome so it should be easy-o. Everything here is ended with o by the way. is Oh and our apartment is nice but not home :) Love you everyone, including Caden and Riss!!!



LOVE YOUR ELDER MOSS


MUCH LOVE FROM LIBERIA AFRICA





Monday, August 9, 2010

ONLY 23 MONTHS TO GO . . .



Dear Fam

So this is my fifth time typing this my computer keeps shutting down and doing crazy things so hold on tight, it will be very short. I got the letters, didn't read them yet. Thank you and thanks Riss, I read a little of yours and yes it helped. Keep them coming - I love ya tons. Oh and dear elder letters I get only once a month.

So these girls were trying to hook it up with me when I was on splits. I was disturbed. I told them thanks but I was taken and whipped out a pic of Riss!

So you asked if we are busy, yes. We don't even have enough room on our schedule for everyone. We are booked with lessons all day everyday. We have, hopefully, 25 baptisms before the end of Sept. We had a baptism Saturday. It was good. Sorry no pictures. I will try to send them some day. So picture this a guy with one arm trying to baptize a little girl in shallow water. Ya it took like 15 plus times, I kid you not. I was a witness and I kept having to say sorry, again. Otherwise, it was good.

I got a talk laid on me for Sunday on Sunday. I talked on patience. It was good. It's something that I really need to work on. I am used to things my way and now. But it is the Lords way now and his timing. I use that quote in Riss' house. Faith is trusting in the Lord's timing. Man, I have so many examples from home but I can't use them because they don't understand. This might be bad to say but its hard to teach here because its like teaching a three year old. I have to talk so slow all the time.

Our investigator class was packed, we used every seat. It seems we just get busier and busier every week but thats good. Hopefully, we can have wards soon ;).

I have punched another hole in my belt, man I am lookin' good! That six pack is close - haha jk. It rains a lot here but not always just when you forget your unbrella or when you put it away. So Elder Lowe walks so fast I am burning up my shoes. And you know how I didn't like to ride in the back of cars - that had to change. Try 4 people in a civic! its nice!!!!! All the seat belts get my shirt dirty so I don't like the front so much. I feel rich all the time because I always have like 600 leone dollars. Missionary work is hard, not the work but the rules. You have no idea how hard it is when a little girl comes up to you crying, with no shoes on and asks for food and me knowing I have plenty of money and I can't give it to her. It makes me want to cry sometimes.

We sing a lot. Africans, not so good. I would call it more like sceaming. They like to hear me sing solos though. I dont know why, I am terrible at singing!

I got to pump some iron and that felt good. Every morning we do push ups and lifts with this big propane tank.

I really like Luke 20: 32-33, it reminds me of how I feel about the fam so you should read it. And keep the scriptures coming. I use them often, they always seem right.

I love you guys so much!!!! Tell Caden I love him and to keep it up. Never give up and count his blessings, oh what I would give for a double wide.
I love you guys loads.

Love Elder Moss

ps hopefully you get letters soon

Monday, August 2, 2010

One Month Down

Well I am having big trouble trying to get my web page opened so I have wasted a good amount of time. My week has been alright. I have travelled all over the planet to find US stamps and can't really find them. I decided that it would be fun if i just send my journal home at the end of the month so I am going to send that to Riss if I can ever find stamps. We found a lds member that works at the post office so please send a package to Liberia. It will be so much faster! That would be so awesome - I love you.

I am losing wieght like crazy. I hate the food here so I just don't really even eat ha. Oh well. So I made it over one month, holy smokes that was so long. Last Saturday we had two baptisms and this Saturday we have two more and the one after that we have two more haha. So between now and Sept 11 we should have 21 but I have that written in my journal that I am going to send.

When you walk around the streets here it is just like the dump but it stinks worse. We have to climb all these crazy mountains and jazz to get places. My shoes are wearing out very very fast.

Things are going well. Church is kinda weird though cause nobody really knows what is going on. We are the ones that have to bring the spirit we don't get to ever hear a powerful message.

I hope all is well with you guys there and please keep me updated. I miss everyone so much and not a day goes by that I don't look at all your pics. Oh yeah, I met a black drunk Jesus that was cool too. Elder Lowe is awesome but really strict though. Which is probably a good thing right? I want everyone to know is stay close as a family and never ever sacrifice that. I talk about how great my family is every single day.

I played basketball today and we won all our games. I threw it down once. Yes, I dunked it! I must be getting lighter on the feet.

So whoever said the people are nicer in Africa lied! They are pretty rude. I get cussed at all the time. They are mad because they think we are rich. Everywhere I go I hear fat white man. All the little kids want to come and touch us like we have power. I am sick of women whipping out a breast during a lesson too. That really bugs. Icant wait till you get my journal entries in a couple of weeks.

Sorry, I am out of time.

Love Elder Moss

ps maybe next week a better letter