Reunião de Zona e Gincana Musical!

Beleza, então esta semana eu vou escrever muito mais! Primeiramente, nos tivemos reunião de zona! Eu acho que foi quase um ano sem reunião de zona então essa foi muito legal pra mim! Somente treinamentos e coisas assim, mas foi da hora! Aprendi muito lá! Eu acho que meu favorito treinamento foi de Sister Hansen e Sister Udagawa. Gente foi inspirado!! Elas ensinarem sobre á importância de nossa padrão e as coisas que nos evita de nossa trabalho. Nos focarmos nas coisas que nos podemos fazer para nos ajuda foca mais no trabalho e não tem sentimentos ruins ou fica conçado. É me ajudou muito! Tudo no reunião foi muito bom, mas essa foi meu favorito!

secundo a gente tive gincana musical por noite de integração  com nossa aula. cara foi engraçada de mais!! Eles tiverem uma palavra por uma musica e nos precisarmos achar á musica. Sister Soares ganhou, cara foi da hora!! Eu amo de mais esta aula e área!! 

esta semana eu tó aprendendo como aceitar o arbítrio das pessoas. essa é muito difícil para mim! Eu não entendo por que ou como pessoas podem escolher errado quando eles sabem o que é certa. ugggh!! meu coração!!!

nos sommos trabalhando com força, e basicamente correndo para todos de nossos compromissos! se eu não perdi pelo menos 3 kilos esta semana algo é errado!!! kkk mas ainda temos muitos pessoas não disposto para aceitar nossa mensagem. é muito difícil! eu sei que Deus é preparando pessoas para nos, mas eu não sento que nos acharmos eles ainda. ou eles não estão preparado por todo do evangelho ainda. sei lá. faz parte nei? 

Eu sei que essa trabalho é não facíl, nunca vai! Mas vale pena! Eu sou muito grata por minha oportunidade para servir aqui agora, com esses missionários! Eu estou aprendendo muito aqui, coisas que não são possível para aprender em casa. Coisas únicas pra uma missão!! Eu amo minha missão e todos de meus dificuldades, menos que eles são chato de mais!! 

Eu amo vocês com todo meu coração!!! 

Happy Halloween!!!!

com amor, 

Sister Moss

ENGLISH

Okay, then this week I'll write more! Firstly, we had zone meeting! I think it was almost a year without zone meeting so that was really cool for me! Just trainings and things like that, but it was time! I learned a lot there! I think my favorite training was for Sister Hansen and Sister Udagawa. Folks were inspired !! They teach us about the importance of our standard and the things that keep us from our work. Focusing on the things we can do to help us focus more on work and do not have bad feelings or get caught up. It helped me a lot! Everything at the meeting was very good, but this was my favorite!

secondly, we had musical jeopardy per night of integration with our class. Dude it was too funny !! They have a word for a song and we need to find the music. Sister Soares won, man was on time !! I really love this class and area !!

this week I'm learning how to accept people's will. This is very difficult for me! I do not understand why or how people can choose wrong when they know what is right. ugggh !! my heart!!!

we are working hard, and basically running to all of our commitments! if I did not lose at least 3 kilos this week something is wrong !!! kkk but we still have many people not willing to accept our message. is very difficult! I know God is preparing people for us, but I do not feel that we find them yet. or they are not prepared for all of the gospel yet. I do not know. is it part?

I know this work is not easy, it never will! But worth it! I am very grateful for my opportunity to serve here now, with these missionaries! I'm learning a lot here, things that are not possible to learn at home. Unique things for a mission !! I love my mission and all of my difficulties, unless they are too annoying !!

I love you with all my heart !!!

Happy Halloween !!!!

with love,

Sister Moss

 

 

Me desculpa!

Me desculpa gente, novamente eu não tenho muito tempo para falar todas as coisas que aconteceu esta semana! Mas eu tó vivo!! E eu tó aprendendo cada vez mais! 

Eu tenho um pequeno mensagem pra vocês, e eu prometo que próxima semana eu vou ser melhor!

Para ser honesto, esta mensagem não é minha, mas eu a roubei de outro missionário mas eu gosto muito e sentir que eu preciso compartilhar ou aprender! 

MOTIVOS MUDANÇA A MANEIRA ... então, por exemplo, se você está lutando por diversão, você provavelmente vai sair após o primeiro golpe. Mas se você está lutando por sua vida, você continuará tentando mesmo se você estiver perdendo partes do seu corpo. Então, se sempre mantivermos um motivo claro em mente, nossa maneira refletirá esse motivo. E um dos melhores motivos que podemos ter é o motivo da caridade. 1 Coríntios 13: 4 explica que a caridade "sofreu por muito tempo e é gentil". A caridade é o puro amor de Cristo ... então, se nosso motivo for de caridade, nossa maneira refletirá a maneira de Cristo.

Isso realmente me fez pensar sobre o jeito que eu estou lutando e as coisas pelas quais eu estou lutando. Estou lutando para ajudar pessoas, aprender ou crescer com tudo o que sou ou estou desistindo depois dos primeiros golpes?

O bispo de ontem disse algo que realmente chamou minha atenção. Ele estava explicando às pessoas que precisamos fazer mais trabalho missionário. E que todas as oportunidades que tomamos para compartilhar o evangelho nos dão a oportunidade de receber a resposta "não". Mas se continuarmos tentando, alguém quer dizer "sim". E que precisamos continuar tentando, independentemente do fato de que já recebemos um "não".

Ambas coisas me fizeram pensar sobre o jeito que eu estou lutando para compartilhar o evangelho com as pessoas aqui. Eu sei que, depois de ter recebido tantos "não" em um dia, eu só quero parar e ir para casa. Mas, sério, esse é o tempo que eu preciso para continuar lutando, continuo tentando e, eventualmente, alguém vai dizer "sim".

Então eu tenho uma pergunta pra vocês para pensar!

Como você tá lutando?

So sorry everyone, again I don't have a whole lot of time to tell you everything that has happened this week. But I am alive, and learning so much here!!

I have a small message for you all, and I promise that next week I'll do my best to write more!

To be honest this message isn't mine, but I stole it from another missionary. But I liked it a lot and it really got me thinking! I thought I should share with all of you!

MOTIVE CHANGES THE MANNER...so for example if you're fighting for fun, you´ll probably quit after the first bruise. But if you´re fighting for your life, you´ll keep trying even if you´re losing limbs. So if we always keep a clear motive in mind, our manner will reflect that motive. And one of the best motives we can have is the motive of charity. 1 Corinthians 13:4 explains that charity "suffereth long, and is kind". Charity is the pure love of Christ...so if our motive is charity, our manner will reflect Christ´s manner. 

This really got me thinking about the way I am fighting and the things I am fighting for. Am I fighting to help people, to learn, or to grow with everything that I am or am I giving up after the first few hits? 

yesterday bishop said something that really caught my attention. He was explaining to people that we need to do more missionary work. And that every opportunity we take to share the gospel gives us an opportunity to receive the answer "no". but if we keep trying someone is bound to say yes. And that we need to keep trying regardless of the fact that we already received a "no". 

Both of these things got me thinking about the way I am fighting to share the gospel with people here. I know for a fact that after I have received so many "no's" in one day I just want to stop and go home. But seriously that is the time that I need to keep fighting, keep trying and eventually someone will say "yes". 

Now I have a question for you guys to ponder for yourself. 

How are you fighting?

 

Amo vocês com todo meu coração!! 

Sister Moss

 

 

We all Fall Down!!

So unfortunately I don't have a whole lot of time today, so I'll write in only English.

Não tenho muito tempo hoje, esta email é só inglês! Me-desculpe Brasileiras! Amo vocês!

But this week has been fantastic!! Lately we've had a really hard time meeting people but this week we met an eleita!!!! I don't remember the English word for this but she's perfect!! We were looking for her house, I think 2 days after we made first contact with her and my goodness guys, she lives basically at the end of the world!! It was nearly impossible to find her house! We were searching and searching and getting really discouraged that we couldn't find her, so we stopped and said a prayer. When we finished praying, the first person we asked for information asked if we had a place of reference or a name of the person. We told them the name of our eleita, J, and she replied "there's literally only one person that i know in this neighborhood with this name", she pointed out the house to us and left us to discover on our own if it was the right person. huge miracle because it was her house!!! 

 

It was pretty late so just noted where she lived and returned the following day. It was probably the best lesson ever!! I felt most comfortable and felt like the Spirit was really working through me! We taught about the gospel of Jesus Christ and asked her to be baptized! She accepted!!! Then we tried to mark her for a date too, usually we just ask people to pray about it and then go back and mark a date, but this time we did both!! We asked her if she wanted to be baptized on the 22 or the 28 and told her that on these 2 dates we would have a reunião batismal. She asked what exactly a reunião batismal is, and when we told her that on which ever date she chose she would literally be baptized, I was really scared that at that point she would say no, but she didn't!! She accepted so quickly and chose a date!!! So we have a baptism coming up on the 28th!!! I'm super excited for her!!! we almost couldn't contain our joy for her!

Also this week was Friday the 13th and by the title you could probably guess what happened! Well I'll tell you the story! So sister Soares and I were walking home, and I don't know how it happened, i think my foot got caught in a crack on the sidewalk and i twisted my foot but I tripped and fell! Guys it was probably the funniest thing ever!!! We both couldn't stop laughing!! Haha seriously was too funny!! Luckily there weren't tons of people on the street at the time but the people that did see were laughing too! and one kid yelled as we were leaving "it's better to laugh at it than to cry!" haha so funny!!! Luckily I didn't hit my bad knee too bad, but now I have two bad knees haha! 

 

 

Speaking of knees, I'll be starting physical therapy this week with one of the other sisters! Should be good for me! Not super excited but I'd much rather go through therapy than return home to you guys early! Not that I don't love and miss you all with all my heart, but I don't want to leave here!! Oh that reminds me, I cant believe that I've already been out 7 months!!!! guys 7 months!!! That's almost half way done!!! Where is the time going???? 

 

 

Other than all this not much else happened, we had interviews with Presidente but for most of my interview we talked about my knee. He also thought that i had only 5 months here. To be honest I feel like that's all the time i have but no, i have 7 months!!!! 

Guys I want you all to know how much I love and miss all of you guys!!! I know that God is always looking out for us and helping and assisting in literally everything we do!! We watched a video yesterday in church and I want to leave a quote from the video with you guys.

Not word for word, but it was a video about Fathers. And in part of it, it compared our Fathers and parents in general on earth with our Heavenly Father. It said something along the lines that when we're kids we trust 100% in our parents. 100%! And it made the comparison that even though we're grown, we still need to trust in our Heavenly Father with 100% of everything we have. Because He is in charge of everything, and just like our parents on earth, He will take care of us and protect us with every fiber of His being!!

I love you guys so much!!!! Hope you all have a fantastic week!!

Sister Moss

Nova Transferência, Nova Companheira, Mesmo Areá!

Caraca boy! Então agora é uma nova transferência! #5! Eu ainda tó em Nova Parnamirim! Mas agora eu tenho uma nova companheira! Nome dela é Sister Soares!! E ela é MARAVILHOSA!!! Cara eu amo tanto ela! Ela tem 7 quases 8 meses na missão! Já aprendi muito com ela! Ela é de Rio Grande do Sul e ela é louco e além engraçada!! Rimos tanto cada dia! Esta transferência vai ser bom com força! Até agora já fizemos muito trabalho. Estou tão animado por essa transferência com ela. Em minha casa temos eu e Sister Soares e Sister Sutto e Sister Barney!! Cara gente, casa celestial!!! Tó muito feliz aqui!

Com transferências eu não tenho muito para falar pra vocês, mas eu vou prestar meu testemunho pra vocês.

Eu sei com todas as fibras do meu ser que esta igreja é a igreja de Cristo restaurou aqui na terra! Que Presidente Thomas S. Monson é um homem chamado por Deus, para nos guia nessas últimas dias! Eu opio ele, com todo o meu coração! Me sinto além do privilégio de ser uma representante do meu Salvador! Ele é todo para mim! Eu tó muito grata que ele sofreu para mim pessoalmente, e por todos nos pessoalmente! Eu sei que por causa de todo misericórdia de Deus que nossa fraquezas pode ser fortes, a gente só precisa perguntar! Eu sei que nossa arbítrio é um grande dom para nos, que Deus nos deu! Mesmo que às vezes pareça mais uma maldição do que um presente. Que quando nos usamos nossa arbítrio por nossa bem, realmente ele é um grande dom, e vai nos ajuda voltar na presença do Senhor! Eu tó muito feliz para ser uma missionária e assistir no obra do Senhor e ajudar com a coligação do Israel aqui na terra! Essa é obra dele, eu tó só um instrumento em mãos dele! Eu amo essa trabalho e eu amo muito meu Pai Celestial e meu Salvador! Essa igreja é única igreja verdadeira.

Eu amo muito vocês!!

Com amor,

Sister Moss

English...

My goodness guys! so now its a new transfer! #5! I am still in Nova Parnamirim! But now I have a new companion! her name is Sister Soares !! And she is WONDERFUL !!! Dude, I love her so much! She has 7, almost 8 months on the mission! I've learned a lot from her! She's from Rio Grande do Sul and she's crazy and beyond funny !! We laugh so much every day! This transfer will be sooo good! So far we've done a lot of work. I'm so excited about this transfer with her. In my house we have myself and Sister Soares and Sister Sutto and Sister Barney !! Guys, this is the heavenly home !!! i am very happy here.

With transfers, I do not have much to tell you, but I'm going to bear you my testimony.

I know with all the fiber of my being that this church is the church of Christ restored here on earth! What President Thomas S. Monson is a man called by God to guide us in these last days! I oppress him, with all my heart! I feel beyond the privilege of being a representative of my Savior! He's all for me! I'm so grateful that he suffered for me personally, and for all of us personally! I know because of all of God's mercy that our weaknesses can be strong, we just need to ask! I know that our agency is a great gift to us, that God has given us! Even though it sometimes looks more like a curse than a present. That when we use our agency for our sake, truly it is a great gift, and it will help us to return in the presence of the Lord! I am very happy to be a missionary and to attend the work of the Lord and to help with the gathering of Israel here on earth! This is his work, I'm just an instrument in his hands! I love this work and I love my Heavenly Father and my Savior! This church is the only true church. 

I love you very much!! 

With love, Sister Moss

Questions and Answers...

How's the work? the work is good, we're working really hard with a couple of people that are so close to baptism! hopefully they take our challenges to pray seriously to know these things for themselves. 

How are your investigators? the biggest problem with our investigators is that they wont pray to know these things for themselves and they refuse to go to church.. but other than that they are so good!!  

How was church? church was super good! I feel really guilty that I didn't bear my testimony yesterday... all the sisters bore their testimonies except me.. I felt like i should have and just ignored it.. I don't know why. Ive never liked getting up to bear my testimony.. ughhh!! 

Your companion? she is AMAZING!!!! 

How's the area? the area is great! we're working with some great people and trying more to work within the apartment complexes now.  

The members? the members are amazing! it was actually kind of cool! I showed up to church yesterday and one of the members gave me hug and said she was so sad because she thought that I got transferred and didn't say goodbye. Haha she really likes me I guess!  

Where are you reading in the scriptures now? Right now I am reading in Alma, about Alma and Amulek preaching to the Lamanites! Its so cool to see the willingness Amulek had to accept Alma into his house and to go out and preach with him!  

What's your most favorite thing you read this last week? exactly what I just said about Amulek haha! 

Which songs are your favorites and help you get through the days? I don't listen to a whole lot of music like Kade does, but I really just love the hymns! and of course I'll find you my friend! 

Conferência Geral!!!

For English keep reading! 

Pronto! Então antes que eu falo sobre conferência, eu quero compartilhar sobre esta semana! Primeiramente, esta semana foi última semana desta transferência. Eu achei que vai ser bom, vai ser tranquilo. Algo interessante, Presidente ligou e mandou um divisão! Última semana e a gente tem um divisão, foi muito estranha. Mas, divisão foi bom. Sister Da Rosa e eu trabalhamos muito! E a gente fez muitos novos e contatos pra a próximo transferência. Foi bom!

Beleza, então conferência foi tão muito boa!! Eu senti que todos os apóstolos foram falando comigo e só eu! Eu aprendi muito de conferência, e uma bênção, eu assisti em inglês com Sister Phipps e Elder Bradford. Algos de meu discursos preferidos foi de pessoas dos setenta. Eu gosto muito que eles focaram no coisas e simples que nos precisamos para crescer perto de Deus, sentir influência Dele em nossa vidas e seja aperfeiçoado em Cristo. Por exemplo, leia O Livro de Mórmon diariamente, e não só leia mas estuda, pondera e ora sobre essas coisas que nós estudamos. Deixa as coisas do mundo e foca mais nas coisas de Deus e nossa progressão espiritual. As vezes nós sentimos sozinho em nossa vida e durante nossa dificuldades mas por meio do Expiação de Cristo nós podemos superar nossa problemas, pecados e dificuldades. A Expiação de Cristo é infinita! E e ultrapassa todos os limites. 

Eu amo conferência geral e eu tó muito feliz para ouvir as palavras de nossa profeta e apóstolos vivos! Eu sei que eles são chamou por Deus, para nos guia em esses últimas dias! Eu tó muito feliz que eles são inspirados por Deus com essas coisas para nos ajuda preparar para encontrar Deus e ajudar nossa irmãos e irmãs fazem a mesmo coisa. Eu sei que esta é a igreja de Cristo e que Joseph Smith restaurou esta igreja aqui na terra. Jesus Cristo é nossa Salvador e ele tá sempre conosco em todos as situações. Ele sofreu por cada um de nos e ele nos conhece melhor que qualquer outra pessoa. Ele nos ama para sempre! 

Amo vocês com todo meu coração!!

Sister Moss

English

Alrighty! So before I talk about conference, I want to share about this week! Firstly, this week was the last week of this transfer. I thought it would be good, it'll be quiet. Something interesting, President called and sent a division! Last week and we have a division, it was very strange. But, division was good. Sister Da Rosa and I work hard! And we made a lot of new ones and contacts for the next transfer. Was good!

Conference time!!! Conference was so very good !! I felt that all the apostles were talking to me and just me! I learned a lot from conference, and a blessing, I watched in English with Sister Phipps and Elder Bradford. Some of my favorite speeches were from the Seventies. John C. Pingree Jr, W. Craig Zwick and Stephen W. Owen just to name a few! I really like that they have focused on the simple things we need to grow close to God, to feel His influence in our lives and to be perfected in Christ. For example, read The Book of Mormon daily, and not only read but study, ponder, and pray about these things that we have studied. Leave the things of the world and focus more on the things of God and our spiritual progression. Sometimes we feel alone in our life and during our difficulties but through the Atonement of Christ we can overcome our problems, sins and difficulties. The Atonement of Christ is infinite! And it goes beyond all limits.

I love general conference and I'm so happy to hear the words of our living prophet and apostles! I know they are called by God, to guide us in these last days! I'm very happy that they are inspired by God with these things to help us prepare to meet God and help our brothers and sisters do the same thing. I know this is the church of Christ and that Joseph Smith restored this church here on earth. Jesus Christ is our Savior and he is always with us in all situations. He suffered for each of us and he knows us better than anyone else. He loves us forever!

I love you with all my heart !!

Sister Moss

Questions and Answers 

How's the work? Work is a little slow, it's been really hard this transfer. 

The language? The language is much much easier, more normal and casual. Sometimes I still have a hard time understanding but its still getting better! 

What are your thoughts and feelings about your mission and the things you've learned so far? I am beyond thankful for my mission and know with every fiber of my being that this is the work of the Lord. That without Him and His help, I would literally just be a tourist here. 

Any special music help get you through this week? I really like listening to hymns! 

Sister Moss's letter home to Dad

Aww daddy so cool!! Please keep my updated on your missionary work too! Work here has been really hard, no one wants to hear from us and when we find someone who does, my companion is not in the mood to work. It's been a really hard transfer, I'm hoping my next companion can help me find those people that maybe I missed this transfer.. Aww yay, I knew everything would go well with the new kiddos! Did you guys take pictures? I want to see my family! Sounds like so much fun!! I want to go to the aquarium with them all when I get home, ok? thanks! Haha everyone I tell that I have 4 new siblings thinks I'm joking and asks how that's even possible. Haha! It's crazy to think that there are 10 of us, but it seems so natural to tell people that there are 10 kids in the family. I know for a fact that this was always the plan, and I'm so happy that you and mom followed the spirit at just the right times to still have the opportunity recieve the rest of our family!