It's been a while...

September 30, 2019

Sorry I haven't said anything for 200 years, I have been struggling with computers. My companions computer always works fine, but mine continues to struggle with crippling disease or something...

This week was fun. One of the Highlights was Thursday, we went on splits with the Moshoeshoe Brothers, who were out of school for the week. I went with the younger brother, Koena, to the University and just walked around and talked with people all day. We found a lot of success from that and a lot of students confused with religion. We hand out these surveys  titled "Joy in Purpose" with lots of questions to the soul that they can have us give them answers too. It is a really good way to introduce the book of Mormon.

We had Heritage day this week, so on Saturday, we were able to go to the ward party. Only problem was some of the food. We were served Tripe and chicken feet. And there was a LOT of it. some of the members fed it too us during the week as well, so I haven't been feeling the best... I'll put some pictures down below.

We also met with Mahlapane, who, by the way, didn't want to be baptized last time we met with her. She was a little skeptical about things, and she was scared she would drown if she tried. We left with her last week a Gospel of Jesus Christ pamphlet and met with her this last thursday. She Read all of it, understood everything and now wants to be baptized really bad. We set a date with her and she wanted it to be even sooner! Now we are going to baptize her in 3 weeks from now:) Super exciting for everyone! And to top it off, her nephew will baptize her:)

Well, thats just about all I can fit in before my computer melts down again. Have a blessed week!

-Elder Moser

1. My AREA

2. Peekaboo hehehe

3. My KINGDOM

4. The food, as mentioned above :l

Quick Note

September 23, 2019

Aye mum, I'm planning on calling you later today, so maybe I will just answer your questions for now. eh?

We cook a lot because my companion likes to. He makes some good food. We have dinner just about every night, even though for most of my mission I have had a small dinner like some yogurt or fruit. We also just experiment with things, and I have made some of our american fried food. We never really go home to make lunch. Kinda stinks, but at least we have dinner

About my slacks.... I have torn 2 pairs pretty bad and am down to 3 pairs. They fit pretty tightly, and the wash made them shrink even MORE so now I'm pretty scared. But I mean, I can't wear my jeans, right? The terrain is... pretty flat, but there are hills. I'm loving the biking though. I want to get more into it when I get home, maybe bike accross the US with Nathan. I found I have really good balance on them and can pedal in a straight line pretty easily lol.

Winter is GONE

Permanent lifestyle change? MAybe making my bed and cleaning. We put a big sign in our living room that says cleanliness is close to Godliness. I really like that. I'm getting better, the trick is just to keep my momentum with it.

Talk to you soon! :)

-Bread

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.

Gabbagoo

August 12, 2019

We have been quoting Mobsters and Mormons all week. My companion (because he is Brazilian) says everything super funny. He always says "Gabagoo Ham" haha. He is a funny guy. I hope after this week we are together a third transfer. Transfer news are this Saturday and for some reason I am really nervous for these ones.

We had a hectic week with two different transfers. I got to actually leave my area for the first time on mission, and spend some time with an elder from my group, elder Nichols, in Illovu. We had an appointment for every hour of the day, but I didn't really get to say much, because he talked to everybody in Zulu. Thats hard for me, because I don't know much. It's not the mission language either. But all is well, we had a powerful day. Other than a lady not opening the door for us even though we could see each other through the window. We had an appointment but I guess she changed her mind and wouldn't even open the door for us. kinda put a damper on the day, but what can we do? Gotta press forward.

Next day, I went on an exchange with Elder Ostler from Umlazi. We came to Kwamashu and had a strong day. We had 4 appointments towards the end of the day  but they were all 30 minutes from each other and very far away from each other. We only were able to make it to two of them, but it was people who are preparing for baptism. We ended our last appointment WAY past dark because at the last minute the family brought us out some Khumnandi food. And I swear, I was given and entire chicken to eat holy cow I had so much meat. my body is not going to be recognizable by the time I get home. but anyways, because of how late it was and where we were, a member bought us a taxi to get home.

Our investigator prince is still struggling. We have been reading the book of Mormon with him to help him understand the doctrine of Jesus Christ. He is doing better and should be coming with us to church on Sunday.

Last Monday we got small copies of the Book of Mormon. The point of them is to read whenever we have time. If somebody asks us about it, it is a good opportunity to tell them about it and give it away. Just like president Nelson said, if we read the book of Mormon, we will make better choices everyday, and I am a witness of that. The book of Mormon changes lives. It has changed my life. Everybody please do all you can to share this book with people:)

I AM enjoying leadership more. After the whole Emergency exchange thang, I have been much better. We did a lot of exchanges with the zone this week and it honestly felt a lot more productive. We met a lot of cool people and had zero time to waste. I'm learning how to be a good leader, but be fun at the same time. It IS really hard to balance sometimes.

To answer your questions (lol) My socks are fine, but disappearing suddenly. My shoes are getting rekt. I don't remember what driving on the right side of the road even feels like anymore. Sometimes though I switch into American mode and then things get crazy for a bit haha. The hardest thing about it is people always asking us for rides, especially missionaries. We aren't really allowed to use the car for that much. I didn't have breakfast today, because we didn't have anything to eat. Our appartment is too far away to get something to eat. 

I love you all!!!
Elder Moser

Anotha One Down.

August 5, 2019

This week has been super busy, which is actually super fullfilling. I had kinda a rough week before this last one and that is why I wasn't able to email, but I decided to put my worrying aside and just do the work. 

I did SO MUCH work this past week, and I did most of that work with not my companion. Two elders in the zone were having some issues and so me and Elder Bezerra decided to do some exchanges with them. We ended up having the exchange go 3 days, and then an emergency transfer happened which made us need to drive from Amanzimtoti to Imbali, then back to Amanzimtoti, then back to Kwamashu. It ended up being over 3 hours of driving and we didn't get back home until 11pm, but that's besides the point:)

Something cool that happened this week: A member has been trying to have us visit a friend, but every time we try to go, something happens and it ends up getting cancelled. One day this week, This person cancelled again but the member asked us to still visit. When we did, She had somebody else for us to teach named Ziporah. we were able to teach the restoration then and there. God is good.

We also have been teaching a 12 year old girl named Sphokazi. Her entire family is baptized, but less active, so by our teaching Siphokazi, they are all starting to come to church again:) Siphokazi is a little shy, but is slowly getting warmed up to us.

Love you guys! Remember to read the book of mormon, and share your findings with others!:)

-Elder Moser

 Dat Krispy Kreme.

Teaching Siphokazi.

I colored this!

Kwamashu!

NgiGrand

July 23, 2019

As far as teaching goes, not much of that happened this week. We had MLC last Tuesday and Wednesday. All my meetings with president Lines impresses me so much. I love that go so much! He is so cool with all of us. One thing I especially love is he knows how to do things professional but knows how to have fun. He will have moments of teaching and humbling us all, but it is always in a loving constructive manner. It was a pretty good MLC. 

Speaking of meetings, We had Zone conference yesterday, which is the reason that I am emailing today. We were told about 3 days before and we combined with Hillcrest. I got to Conduct and the whole zone conference actually went smoother than any other I have ever been to before. 

We got to see prince again this last sunday and he is doing much better. He was a lot happier and he was sharing with us the things that he read from the Book of Mormon. He happend to read in 3 Nephi 15 where it talks about "The other Sheep" and I know that him reading that was no coincidence. There is no Coincidences in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He told us he was trying to smoke while reading the book, but he would cough a lot every time he tried, so Now he is trying to stop that! haha, So cool!

I am doing well, I am happy. I just really hope that I will get to do more teaching this week. Love you all:)

-Elder Moser

We Got a GREENIE!

                                The Bluff Elders :)

July 15, 2019

YAYYYY We got a greenie in our district now! Elder Hiatt is training a youngin', Elder Fife. He is from Boise and can draw anything you ask him to. It's a nice thing to have, because he can make our meme ideas come to life!

Elder Bezerra and I have been putting in the work this last week. We knocked a pretty good chunk of Kwamashu this last week and I think it is started to pay off. There is something about coming home after a day of sweating and getting turned away that makes you feel more optimistic about the days to come. Our district has set the goal to Find the "One" Every day. It HAS been a struggle, but we have found that person. 

One of these is named Prince. We met him yesterday after church. We went to a home that we scheduled an appointment at, but we met him instead(if that makes sense). He explained some problems that he has been facing in his life recently and we got to share with him the book of Mormon. It was really cool to see how it answered the questions that troubled his soul. We read about the spirit world and the resurrection and about how families can be together forever. I don't think I have felt the spirit in a lesson like that before. It was really cool!

We got to pick up all the new missionaries from the airport, which means we also got to drive by the Durban Temple! I was so excited to see it! It has changed a lot since the last time I was at it a year ago!

Love you all!

-Elder Moser

We got to visit the Bluff when picking up elders for transfers.
We stopped to see the Allen family, who is my favorite.

Memes lol. A pie-in-ear, Get it?

On my study grind.
That poster in the back is from the daily sun.
 They make ridiculous headlines. haha

Da Boiz.
(Elders Atkinson and Da silva, who are leaving at the end of the month:( 

A late night snack while my comp eats naks with a fork haha