Hey family and friends, this is Elder Moss. Today is Wednesday. Today is our preparation day and I'll get to it in the end, don't worry. So this last week was a lot of fun, it was super, just a great time. As you know there was New Year's Eve and what we did for that - we had Mission Leadership Council, that's for all the zone leaders. That was a blast, we went over our goals, like what happened in 2013, what were going to change for 2014 - just like different things, did a lot of brain storming, and sought out Heavenly Father's guidance. For New Year's Eve, President got us all together and we like, it was pretty much just like a party night. We went and got in our normal clothes, we played games, we watched the movie Ephraim's Rescue - it's like the sequel to 17 Miracles - it was pretty good, I like 17 Miracles better. It was just like a blast, we stayed up till like 1am or 2am just like talking and just having a good time and taking pictures; it was a blast, I didn't get any pictures cause I forgot my camera, hopefully some people will email them to me. That's what we did Tuesday for New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day we had another meeting, it's called Leadership Training. It's for the District Leaders, the First Transfer Trainers, and the Zone Leaders; that lasted all day, so that was really long. Last week it was pretty hard. We went and tried to see some of our investigators. One of our investigators that was suppose to get baptized on the 11th, she didn't come to church, she's been having family problems so that's been a bummer, she's not going to be able to get baptized then. But, we are going to be meeting with her soon and resetting her date. Also, like this week - why I'm emailing today - Is because we went to the temple this morning so we had our temple day, that was just a blast. I love going to the temple so much, it is just like one of the greatest things we get to do as missionaries and just so spirit filled. Today we are going to go play some volleyball and basketball with some people so that should be a lot of fun. Just like the rest of the week, we just had a bunch of appointments. We are getting a lot of new investigators so we're just getting set up for February. We have one date for the 18th right now. We have gone on splits twice this week with some members in our ward and we've had...like yesterday we were suppose to have nine appointments, we had nine set appointments, and then the day before that we had seven set appointments and so like we were suppose to be teaching all day but they kinda fell through, a lot of them. We did find four new investigators that are looking pretty sweet. One of them has already read the whole Book of Mormon and the other one, he was going to get baptized into the Mormon Church but he like lost contact with the missionaries and he got baptized into a Christian church instead of... so he's going to be coming to church and FHE. And like I said, we have a date for the 18th of this month, her name is Zenya. She's still deciding which ward she wants to go to. Her sister goes to Heritage, we've been working with her for a while trying to get her sister to come to her home ward, which is the home ward of the YSA - kinda confusing but... I don't know, it's just been a really good week, we've just seen a lot of miracles and just worked really hard. In district meeting the other day, one of our district leaders, Elder Tongsinga - he tore his ACL and MCL and miniscus playing basketball last week - and we gave him a blessing of healing yesterday. And he goes in soon to find his results. He was walking today without any help or support, he was doing it all on his own, so it's pretty cool. We believe that he is going to be totally healed and totally fine and so we'll find out tomorrow and I'll let you know on that. But, other than that it's just been a really great week. Nothing up and coming I don't believe. But, that is it for now. I love you all so much and I'm so grateful for being able to be out here on a mission my Lord and my Savior, it's been really fun. But yea, I love you all, have a great week, I wish you the best and that everything goes great. Keep standing up for the truth and what's right. Love you all, bye.
Davey also had a baptism this last week. The Hermosillo family got baptized on Saturday.
STARTING THE NEW YEAR. Here are a few inspirational/motivational quotes to start the New Year off with:
• "Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, He is with us. He has promised
that this will never change." - President Thomas S. Monson
• "Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself -- and be lenient to everybody else." - Henry Ward Beecher
• "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby
• "Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit." - Vince Lombardi
• "A half Truth is a whole lie." - Yiddish Proverb
• "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment." - John Wooden
• "[The Lord] has invited His children to consecrate their time, their means, and themselves to join with Him in serving others." - President Henry B. Eyring
• "When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free." - Katherine Ponder
"Above all, have faith in the Savior! Fear not! As we diligently live the gospel, we become strong in the Lord." - Elder Robert D. Hales
Love you all have a great year!
-Elder Moss
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