Flat tires and torn vocal chords

September 16, 2019

Muli Bwanji! Sawubona! Muri Sei! Dumela! Hoe Gaan Dit! Did I get them all? We greet people in a lot of different ways.

Riding bikes, like I said, is fun and all, but I'm getting sick of the whole "Flat tires everyday" thing. Whenever we are far from home, and I mean FAR, my companions tire goes flat and we have to walk like 2 hours to get home. It's pretty fun, but that's because it hasn't been super late in the dangerous hours.

Our baptism didn't go through this week. There are some complications that came up with her past church, so hopefully we can work with her so she can get through it. It is really sad for us to see because she has had so many witnesses of the truth, but if she really wants to know, she won't fight it. Just gotta have faith.  Nelly, the girl, didn't come to church last week because she needed to tell the members/ pastor/ friends from her old congregation that she was going to be joining another church. She belongs to the CRC which is a HUGE happy- clappy chursh in Bloemfontein, and you can probably guess what happened. They tried convincing her to stay. WE met with her on Tuesday to talk with her and bore our testimonies, but she isn't so sure anymore, even though she has already had many witnesses. It kinda seems like she is fighting against it which is a shame. She said she was going to pray about it fervently and see us at church, but she didn't show yesterday and I just have this really bad feeling. I have had the feeling all week.

We had an AMAZING lesson with a guy named Pappi. We were invited to brother Spencer's home, from Zimbabwe, to teach a 12 apostolic guy who is currently studying at CUT right now. We taught him the Restoration and it was SO cool to see how much he understood. He perfectly understood the priesthood, and I felt the spirit so strong in that lesson. The only complication will be his commitment he has to his current Apostle, as he was explaining to us. But we are excited to meet with him again this week. What was really cool was how the member reacted as we were leaving. He was super happy and impressed. It is so important to earn the trust of the members so they will be more willing to help. And side note, I absolutely love People from Zimbabwe.

 We have been making American food! We made funnel cakes this past Monday, which was cool. While eating them we played a Brazilian game called Truco. I lost the game to some dumb odds and so I did a funny scream and now my vocal chords are a bit torn. I can't sing anymore, so hopefully it isn't a permanent thing, or I won't be able to get the band together in the future.

Love you all! Have joy this week!:)

-Elder Muesli

Oh! and I got pooped on by a bird for the first time in my life. YUCK!

p.s. Sounds cool that you guys are going to be famous mermaid mothers now. I just saw a picture on facebook of it and my comp said "Crikey what is that" haha. Now I gotta explain the story to him.

We made ginger beer!!!!! YO ITS GOOD.
 I want to bottle it when I get home.

We made this goulash thingy. it was really good.

 My comp gave me this cool tie from Japan and it has a buterfly painted on it.

Nathan, look at this funnel cake I made!

Pretty sure this is copyrighted.

I am a CHEETAH CHEETAH CHEETAHH

September 9, 2019

We got to go to the Currie Cup final at the Toyota stadium in our area! We were the only missionaries in the whole mission who got permission to go from our ZL's, and it was a total slap of a game! Cheetahs vs. Lions, and the Cheetahs ( home Team) won! It was so cool! This is the Super Rugby league, so like, the biggest rugby association in SA. And what was cooler is that a big airliner flew over the stadium a few times SUPER close! It was really fun, and I don't think the Afrikaans guy who was talking to me the whole time knew that I only speak English haha.

This week has been a tough one. We did some contacting on the Campus and found some really cool people. We handed out a lot of copies of the Book of Mormon. I have already seen in the past 3 weeks how it changes lives and answers questions to the soul. The mission is kinda trying to pound the universities since varsity students are hungry for truth. I would say the only problem we have been running into is the students finding every reason to not come to university to meet with us, or just skip classes in general. There have been a lot of protests to the many things that are happening in South Africa right now from.... various things...

I got to go on exchanges with the ZL's in Rocklands. I was with a Brazilian elder, Elder Silva. We had a pretty good time and also ate some Makwenyas that looked and tasted like grandma Moser's scones! The only thing that was missing was the honey and butter to go with it.

We are going to have a baptism this next sunday, of a girl named Nelly. She is so powerful and has had so many witnesses of the truth. She is really excited. I'm excited. I'm happy. There is a specific Christlike love that you develop for the people we have stewardship over. It is a love that only comes from worthiness, and the worthier I get, the more love I get and it's so great:)

Love youz guys! Have JOY

and sorry, no pictures. I mean, I have them, but the computer wont recognize my card. Oh well.

-Elder Moser:)

BLOEMFONTEIN ZONE CONFERANCE

Bloemfontein Zone September 2019

UFS Lyfe

September 2, 2019

HEYYY all you slenderman fan's!

I have been having a pretty darn good time here in Bloemfontein. There is so much diversity. So much family stability. SO many people who are smarter than me. I have been getting a whole lot of new names. Mosiah and Mozart are the most common. I just kinda run with it now.

Things have been so amazing here though. We have already seen so many miracles. We had an experience on friday where we rode our bikes out to kingdom come to give a man a blessing. His name was retselisitsoe, and I can promise you if you try to say his name, you will pronounce it wrong. He had place himself in a rehab center and asked for a blessing from the Elders Quorum, but nobody could go, so we got asked. It was quite the suprise to him, and it took a while to get there because our bike tires went flat, but we had the most spiritual experience that I have had on mission. We read with him from Alma 36, verses 17-20, how The thing that made Alma want to change was the thought of the Saviors atonement, and how the joy that we can feel through repentance will always exceed the pain and guilt we feel. As we testified this, We all felt that burning sensation in the bosom that comes from the spirit. Then we Gave him a blessing, and the spirit was even stronger. we felt so much peace and reverence. Through all the hard days on mission, these days make it worth it. 

We had zone conference this week as well, I got to see some of my mission heroes who are leaving this transfer. We have such a powerful zone, this place is on fire! The good kind, not the kind that can put holes in carpets;) The zone conference was the most spirichal one I have had, and the whole focus was on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. We all got miracle journals to write our daily miracles in.

My companion hit his year mark, Crikey! We had a HUGE braii, and burnt a shirt. I have some pictures from it.

We Went to a rugby match too. It was super cool. We were in an Alcohol free zone, but there was still a lot of Alcohol unfortunately. It's funny because everyone was Afrikaans and thought we were too so it was awkward. Where did all of them even come from? They hide in their houses.

I'm impressing a lot of people with my languages. I don't know a lot in each language, but I at least know how to greet, and that's about all I need XD

Love you all! HAVE JOY!

-Elder Mosiah

We made Corndogs. They were amazing.

Last days in Durban..... :(

August 19, 2019

That's right, you heard it folks. My days in Durban are numbered. After being in the Durban zone for a year, I'm heading out to Bloemfontein! I'm going to be going to UFS which is a university in the Freestate. I feel like I am going to have a culture shock within a culture shock. I'm also only going to be contacting YSA aged people so woot!

I was kinda bummed yesterday because we were supposed to have a baptism of Siphokazi, but she got sick Sunday morning and wasn't able to come. I was hoping to see that as my last Sunday in Durban, but it's okay. The fruits will continue.

Our investigator Prince has been progressing well. One thing that I LOVE about that guy is that he keeps commitments. The only problem is getting him to church because he has a bed ridden father that he has to keep track of. The lord has been blessing him already with work and other things as he has sought repentance and continues to let us come back and share with him.

Sorry its a short one! But have joy this week:)

-Elder Moser

Look at all this foody! We ate at Rockomamas today and they
gave us free loaded fries! Blessings.
Elder Fife is the brownn haired one and the long boi is Elder Hiatt.