Don't Give Up

Well another week in paradise. Been here smelling pretty bad because we didn’t have water for awhile and we didn’t know when the pickup trucks with the water were going to pass. So we never filled up our water supply. But hey that’s life right? Sometimes you can shower and sometimes you can’t. What you gonna do? Been a pretty killer week though. 

Let’s start at the beginning. Last Saturday Rosa was baptized. That experience is probably one of the most spiritual, emotional and just overall cool things that I have been able to experience in the mission. She lost her husband to cancer a few weeks ago and has overcome a lot to take this step. After her baptism, she shared with us her thoughts and it really hit us hard. 

Apart from that, it was a pretty cool week because we got to go visit the eastern part of the country. Which means aside from bus rides, crazy drunk people attacking us, and a little kid who stole my toothbrush and used it to scratch his belly, we had some really neat experiences. We got to visit some really cool people and I really felt the spirit affirming that what we are doing here is true. 

I don’t know exactly who is reading this email right now, but I just want to close out with one thought. . . . Usually in life when we try and do something good, or we are trying to reach a goal, the first time around we get a "No." Sometimes we don’t even try because we figure its not even going to work out. The best times in my mission, the coolest experiences and the most powerful moments have always come after a "No." Satisfaction comes when we accomplish something difficult and as I have come to see here in the mission, difficult things are always worth the fight.  As my  companion Elder Foster always says, “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe that is when you will be successful.” When we don’t want something bad enough, that is when we accept "no."  So as cheesy as I can be, I just leave you with this message. . . don’t give up. 

Stay on the grind. 

SALUUUUU

Elder Moulton