Soooo one of the things that I really want to share was a pretty interesting experience we had on Saturday! I saw a really intense gang fight! And it was mid day! That was the weird part that kind of caught us off guard. We had literally just gotten to a members house when there was a ton of yelling and a huge group of dudes like between 21-27. They were all super drunk like 85% of the men here in Puerto. Soooo as you can imagine they were just like drunk people and got into a huge fight. The member was explaining that they were from two different barrios and something happened so now they were fighting. And the fight was happening like 30 feet away from us the whole time. Then they all started to run but one guy fell down and that was the end for him. Three other guys came up and started kicking him and jumping in the air and giving him some nice kangaroo kicks to the gut and head and all. It was pretty sad because they all thought they were so cool. But they were all just wasted. One of the other interesting parts is that about three of the people in the entire gang fight are ex-investigators that we were teaching about 2 weeks ago :) hahahah now you can probably guess why we left them.
But on a super cool note... when I was on divisions with an Elder on Tuesday this week, we contacted this man named Adan, and he was really pretty cool. He told us about how he was a drug addict but really wanted to change and had already left it for like 1 week or so. And how he really wanted to look for God. And anyway, we sadly kind of put him in second plan for the rest of the week until on Saturday we were close by and we decided to pay him a visit. When we had arrived he was so happy. He machetied us for not coming on Wednesday or Thursday. But he told us that he has been waiting each day for us to come. And that he had read the pamphlet of the restoration three times while waiting! That was freaking awesome! haha it is rare that they read one page in a pamphlet! But he read the whooole thing three times! So he is really awesome and he has a goal for the 22nd and if he keeps going strong and learning with the enthusiasm he has now, he will do it for sure!!
Lastly I want to share something that I have been thinking about a lot lately! It is basically the sincerity of our words! I thought of two major examples. One example is in prayer. Think to yourself, How often do I start my prayers exactly with "Dear Heavenly Father, we thank thee for this day". I do it too. But do we mean it, or is it just a filler of space that is really just a vain repetition? Another example I thought of is when we share our testimonies. Many many many people say "I would like to bear my testimony that I know this church is true........" Do I actually know that this church is true or do I just say that because it is a memorized way to begin my testimony. This is something that lately I have been working on. I try to make sure that everything I am saying is from the heart, especially in my prayers or in my testimony. Heavenly Father loves to hear from us, but when we are doing it out of love and from the heart. If we just say words in a testimony, we won't have the Spirit to back us up and testify. So I wanted to invite all to make an effort as I have.
Love You ALL!!!
Elder Moser
Sorry for the lack of pics. But this is at Jierson´s barber shop! We got our hair cut there this morning!
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