To Try is Weak, To Do your Best is Not Strong

This was quite the week that I had, full of awesome surprises and all that good stuff! First things first, it was so awesome to call you guys this week and see how you all are doing. At the rate Blake is growing, I am pretty sure he will be bigger and taller than me when I am done and home! That is pretty crazy! But it was awesome to be able to call home for mothers day. I love you mom so much and I am sooo grateful for all you ever did for me! I am pretty sure I did a ton of stuff for you, except one thing...make your life easier ;) haha just kidding. Seriously, it was so great to talk with you and the family.

On Saturday, we had a very successful baptismal service for Sarai, Helen´s daughter! She is such a happy little girl and her smile is so contagious! For the longest time she would tell us that she could not get baptized, or that she wanted to but at the same time that she was catholic so she couldn't. But finally she came around and accepted that she liked the true church better ;) haha! It was super awesome to see how happy Helen was when she accepted to be baptized last week. Helen was so surprised because she had also been talking with Sarai about getting baptized, but she never would commit. So it was such a happy moment for Helen to be able to see her daughter follow in her footsteps.

At Sarai´s baptism :D

Just like always on Mondays, we are here in the office allllllllll day, from 8 in the morning until 9 or 9:30 at night!! And we used to have a tradition of getting pizza, but we have changed the tradition because of new revelation. People in the area have been telling us about these burgers that are huuuuuuuuuuge and pretty cheap, so we finally found the number for the place and found out that they do delivery! So that was awesome!! And they were literally huge! These pics will speak better for me!

The mighty Burger from Mozza's!!!

It is just as big as my face :)

On Tuesday, we did an activity between 4 zones in the mission where President organized divisions between all of the missionaries in the 4 zones! And in the process, the leadership of the mission was also changed for the 24 hour period. Instead of just changing minor things, he said "we are also going to choose someone to be the Mission President for the day...Elder Moser!" soooo I was mission president for a day ;) hahah it was pretty cool I guess. I didn't do much because I still had to make sure that the Financier (like this blair?) responsibilities were being fulfilled. So we did not take part in the divisions. For that I was made President. So yeah, I directed the meeting and told everyone their "changes" for the day. All was well as Presidente Moser haha!

As you may or may not know, I completed one year on my mission YESTERDAY :) hahah so yeah that was quite special! And what did I get?!!?!?! ... a ton of blessings! So realistically a ton! Dayana is going to get baptized this Saturday, but also married. Due to the busy week that we have had, I have not been paying much attention to the preparation process as I should have been.... So yesterday in talking about it, I remembered that there are some papers that have to be given to the lawyer before it can happen...... So, I called Dayana to see if they had the papers ready and she said they already had them. BLESSING! Then we talked with some members and they all of a sudden really wanted to help with all of the setup and stuff! BLESSING!! And then we found a really cheap lawyer on the same night in talking to one of the members BLESSING :) Everything is going to be awesome!!

My "one year" mark and the Shirt Burning!

Something I really thought about this week, is from a story I heard. Trying is weak, and doing the best we can is not strong. This story is about a solider that is commanded to deliver a message. He says to his commander that he will try and his commander says that he doesn't want him to try, but that he wants him to do it. So the solider, a little embarrassed says, I will do the best that I can!!! The Commander says, I don't want you to do the best that you can, I want you to do it. So very ashamed, but sure this time, the solider says, I will do it or I will die trying!! The commander, very firm says, I don't want you to try, I don't want you to do the best you can, I don't want you to die; this is very important, and not that difficult. I want you to DO IT!! Our Heavenly Father wants the same from us! He doesn't want us to try or do the best we can. We can do better, because we are promised that Jesus walks every step with us. Therefore we really are capable of doing better than we can! Just trying gives room to accept failure, and that is exactly what Satan wants! So stop trying and start doing! :)

I love you guys so much!

Elder Moser