Ben's Mission to Nicaragua: Patience

Well this week just flew by, and as I meditated on that thought with my companions, we realized that we are already basically 4 weeks done with this transfer and it has gone by like a few days. That scares me, and it has brought me to two feelings, that are polar opposites.

The first, I am really excited, because I am only 2 weeks away from knowing who will be my replacement. And when he gets here, I will begin the training. It has been a long awaited moment to find out this information. Just to have it written to the public, I have had one guess since October 26th of who it was going to be. Elder Hobbs. I know the date, because that is the day that I met him, as he stepped foot out of the airport here in Nicaragua for the first time. From the moment I saw him, and ate dinner at Rosti Pollos with him his first day in the mission, I decided that he was going to be the next financier. But anyway I will know in 2 weeks. :D And that is why I am excited!

Now the other feeling is that I am a little scared. I am scared that 4 weeks of my mission passed by so quickly like it has felt! I don't want it to go by so quickly! I almost feel that I have been robbed of some time. But at the same time, in these 4 weeks we have been working harder than any other time I can think of yet. We have taken advantage of almost every minute, and with that being said, we have many new investigators!! But that is why I feel a little scared from the 4 weeks passing so fast!

So as some results of our hard work this week, we ended with many new investigators! The first is Carlos! He is an older man, and very enthusiastic. We met him on Saturday, and after talking with him for a short time, accepted to be baptized on the 11th of April. When he showed up to church on Sunday, he entered the chapel (a little late) and said in a powerful voice "Good Morning, God Bless us!" I won't lie, it was pretty funny! haha So we went and accompanied him to a seat. He is really accepting to all of the things we are teaching him!

We are following up a lot with a young man named Cristofer. He is a good friend, and lives two houses away from Jose Antonio and Everth, the two young recent converts that we baptized in October. So he came to church with them and all is going well with him, he accepted to be baptized when he knows that the church is true. He told us that he really enjoys learning about all different religions to see what their doctrine is like.

Willian and Mayella are a couple that we found just chilling in the street one day. I told my companions that I wanted to go contact for a bit in a part of the area that I have only been to like once before, and they thought it was a good idea. They were the first family that we talked to. And they totally were super receptive to the message of the Restoration. They couldn't come last Sunday to church because they already had a commitment, but they are coming this Sunday. She told us that she is really looking for an answer to her prayers too. So we left them with an assignment to read in the Book of Mormon and the desire to know if it is true.

One other person that we have started to visit is the girlfriend of a 19 year old in the ward, Freddi Garcia. He and his family were inactive starting about 1 month before I got here to Ducuali. And then after the many visits that we have payed them, and that the members have payed them, the switch in their heads just turned back on and they remembered the importance of the church in their lives. So the whole family re activated about 1 month ago now! And Freddi has been bringing his girlfriend to church. She said that she was not opposed to the idea of getting baptized if she learned more about the church. She likes it and all.

So something I have learned this week, is that miracles come through working harder than we think we are capable of working, and that we need to be patient and take advantage of the time we have in the moment. Even though I have been working hard, I think that I have had a focus a bit heavy on things to come, like who will be the person that will replace me and things of that sort. But as I reflect back, many things have happened in this week that were awesome, and this I have enjoyed. If we get too caught up in the future, we lose the blessings and joy of the present.

I hope you all had an awesome week this week, and I hope all is well! Love You!

Elder Moser

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