Seis Meses

Tomorrow will be 6 months for me on the mission. It has been a quick 6 months since the start of my mission. I've seen so many miracles and how God puts certain people in our way for a reason. There have been some trials and let downs, but so much joy knowing that I'm doing the most important work I can be doing for my Savior.

An update on the investigators:

Cesar is our investigator closest to baptism. He came to church for the 6th or 7th time and had an awesome experience in Sunday School. He wasn't afraid to speak up and pretty much bore his testimony to everyone He received some good fellowship from the Elder's quorum and a lot of the hermanos know who he is and want to help him, which brings a good spark to the ward. Its crazy how fast you can start to have that connection with your investigators. We are really pumped up for Cesar.

We started teaching a new family, the Ruiz Family. Their hearts have been open to us the last 2 times we have stopped by. We are planning to have the kids come to mutual on Wednesday night because there are 2 teenage boys. Their dad works on cars during the weekend, so we will try to get a church tour in before Sunday, and then work to get all 3 of them there on Sunday.

I have heard some good things coming back from Hemet about Carlos, an investigator who should be getting baptized at the end of the month. I was able to talk to him a little bit through Facebook messenger and give him some encouragement.  I have the hope that both these individuals will be able to be strong Priesthood holders in the near future.

We had a good service opportunities popped up on Saturday night where someone let us serve and help them fill up a truck of weeds that we were pulling and digging out. It felt good to be able to serve out in the neighborhoods. We have a lot of Spanish people in these neighborhoods, so all of our Spanish is improving with all the practice. It is a little funny to see some of the English missionaries here get frustrated with the amount of people who only speak Spanish.  We are all on the same team, so was good that we found them a few English investigators this week!

We have had a few fun p day activities the last few weeks playing Ultimate frisbee, soccer, and bball.

My comps also bought some lacrosse sticks, so we have been practicing in the mornings. I'm still trying to convince Elder Lawlor (Canadian comp) that lacrosse is the national sport of Canada (he thinks it is hockey), but I'm trying to get him ready to go back and impress all his Canadian friends with his lacrosse skills. Anyways, we are having a good time, it is heating up in our bike area, but definitely seeing the blessings of working hard.

Just read in the Book of Alma when Helaman talks about the Stripling Warriors and their love and respect for their mom's and their counsel. With mothers day coming up, we will be able to call back home for a little bit of time on Sunday.  I'm really happy to be able to talk to my Mom and It's going to be exciting to see how all the fam is doing!

I also hear that BYU lacrosse is playing in the Tournament, so I will be wearing my BYU team lax tie this week to support them while away!  

(Editor Note:  BYU beat Grand Canyon yesterday and then knocked out Utah today!!!!!!  so the tie must be helping)

Que tengan la mejor semana!!!!!!!

Elder Mason Moon

Floral Friday but with a new twist (uglier floral ties)

Our new team