Cody's News 12/13/2010

Hey, so things this week are good I'm still missing Bulnes but it is what the Lord wants plus when you guys come pick me up we can go and visit yay!!! I miss waffles and I told Daniela in Bulnes that when she goes to the states to visit me that we will eat waffles because I alway talked about how delicious they are. hmm I should see a christmas package soon I got the package with all of the gifts for my converts and the shirts. At first the shirts were a little tight around the neck but I am still losing weight so it is starting to get more comfortable. I should be seeing a Christmas package soon because we are so close to Concepcion that everything is a lot faster. Also today we went to Chiguayante to play soccer and when we were inside the church eating a drunk gangster and his girlfriend came in and he said that one of the elders with us called his girlfriend a bad name and he wanted to fight with all of us, but then we calmed him down and he left. So that was interesting. We had mission conference on Friday and that was good a missionary choir sang O Holy Night, and it was very good I enjoyed it. I have no idea on how to help you with your lesson, something like "you want to know God? Pray." or something like that. for Christmas we have permission to use skype but not video calls, but it is free to use skype to skype and we could do a conference call free. So we are working on finding investigators and thats about it, really lots and lots of contacting.

love you

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Elder Cody Moss

Cody's News 12/6/2010

Hello Everyone,

Well last Monday was pretty much the saddest day of my life.. I had to leave Bulnes, it was really sad I cryed like 4 or 5 times that night and the next morning and you know how I am I don't cry that much. It was really really hard to do. When I was saying good bye to Daniela, Ximena and Felipe, they wanted me to resign from being a missionary on the spot so I could stay with them forever. It was pretty temping..... well now I am in Hualqui and all I can do is think about Bulnes and how I want to be there and see Daniela, Ximena and Felipe. I heard that Daniela bore her testimony on Sunday and that it was really good. I also heard that when the missionaries went to visit them after I left that Daniela started to cry because I wasn't there. I got the package and so now I am going to have to send some of the stuff back to Bulnes so that, it can get put to good use. My new companion is Elder Castillo and he is from Peru. He is a good hearted kid and I think that we will have some success together, like yesterday we had a baptism of a guy named Pablo. It was a nice service and he should do well in the church. Hualqui is alright, it has about 170 active members and 4 missionaries, but I'm not the biggest fan, because in Bulnes it is nice and small and everyone wants to get to know you and be your friend but here in Hualqui it is not really like that. Less personal and a lot more formal. So when you guys come to pick me up I would be absolutely fine to spend the entire time in Bulnes with my people.

love,

Elder Cody Moss

Amber's News 12/6/2010

Hola,

I'm doing well just getting over a sore throat. I was pretty much out of it for the last two days but we worked just the same. We had two baptisms yesterday and on Whitney's birthday we married two old people. lol it was pretty sweet my first wedding in the mission. So now that Carlos is married he can be baptized. Now we are just working on preparing him. He is 79 so it's kinda...slow. But I know that he will be ready soon we just need to work work work. It was great to see Ricardo baptized he has made some of the biggest changes that I have seen. He's the DJ that drank and smoked a lot. Actually we were talking to him yesterday after his baptism and he told us that he is so happy now and that it is a huge difference from before because when we started teaching him he didn't want to live anymore. He said he had given himself two weeks to live. But now he is one of the happiest people that I know and he loves life. The gospel is truly amazing. The power that is in it and the miracles that we get to see is marvelous. I really don't know much about the christmas call but I will ask to find out what we are doing. Cuz I'm pretty excited to talk to you all. My Dad and Mom distilled in me a love for the gospel when I was little. I remember many of our family nights when I was younger. Yearning to learn more when they were teaching the gospel.

Have a great week,

Hrmn Moss

Cody's News 11/29/2010

Hey there things are good and news came in today that I am now moving to Hualqui and I should arrive tomorrow it is about 40 mins. south of Conception if you want to look for it on the map. I really enjoyed my time here in Bulnes and I am going to miss it a lot. I'm going to say goodbye to all my friends today and tomorrow in the morning I'm off to Hualqui. It should be a little cooler there because it is by the ocean so that will be nice. But I believe it will still be really hot

This week we found a kid named Hector and he has blue eyes and blondish hair like the Hector we know. He is a really cool kid and I believe that he is going to get baptized. On Friday we did a family night in the church and we wanted to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies but when we went to the store here in Bulnes I just about had a heart attack because it doesn't have brown sugar and so we were going crazy trying to figure out what to make for the family night, but we were able to decide on smores and they were really good and every one liked them. Hector went to the family night and he loved it. He said that he thought that we were a lot more serious and Elder Dowse was like no we are just normal people who worship God and yes we also do fun things.

Well that is really crazy that Whitney is turning 19 on Saturday!!! wow my lil sis is all grown up. So is it still kinda snowy up there because down here it is hot and I am frying up I need to bust out the sunscreen so I don't get some skin cancer or something like that. So Hualqui is going to be fun it is a town a little bigger than Bulnes but it has alot more active members like a hundred and forty more active members, so that will be fun to work at. My last companion Elder Denis came from Hualqui to Bulnes and I'm going from Bulnes to Hualqui. So that Carla girl that we are teaching dosen't really want anything to do with us now, so that is really sad I was sure she was going to get baptized. But I think that Elder Dowse and his new companion should be able to get things done here. have a great week.

Love you all,

Elder Moss

Amber's News 11/29/2010

Hey everyone,

Thanksgiving was pretty awesome. Lol it was really weird because it was hot and we bought a chicken not turkey. But it was fun. We had intercambios with the hnas so they came over and ate with us. After we worked and Hna Mera and I found a new person to teach his name is Felipe. This week we also have two people that are prepared to be baptized this next Sunday. They are Ricardo and Emelin. We are really excited for them.

Hey Carlos and Silivia have a date to be married this Saturday. Ah my first wedding. Bueno Silvia is a member but Carlso no. So with them they couldn't find a date to be married until march or april (I know everyone in the country is getting married right). But we prayed and kept looking and finally they found one that someone had not confirmed and so they are going to be married the 4th at 9 in the night. They are both really old so it's not going to be to crazy or anything. Then Carlos is going to be baptized the 12th of Dec. All is going well. The Church is true.

Love, Hna Moss

Cody's News 11/22/2010

Hola,

For Thanks Giving Elder Douse and I are going to eat chicken quesadillas at Danielas and Ximenas house yum!! Well it is snowing up there huh? That is crazy, the weather down here is crazy because it was raining and really cold and then the rain stopped and then it got really hot and humid. Well, Bulnes has pretty much died we have like no investigators but we are looking for some so don't worry. Daniela is still awesome, it is like, she has been a member of the church for a long time, and this Sunday she gave her first talk ever! It was about the Holy Ghost and it was good. It is great to hear your converts get up and talk and then bear testimony that they know those things are true because they have felt them in their life. Ximena has not been to church in a while so we have to kick her into gear again and get her to church. Well the Chileans don't really have a Thanksgiving holiday but Elder Dowse and I are going to have a family night in the house of Daniela and Ximena and we are going to eat chicken quesadillas. Then we are going to have a branch night the day after and we are going to talk about gratitude and then we are going to watch a mormon message and then have every one say something they are grateful for. That activity should be really great, we are hoping for a great turn out. Other than that things are going well, and I think that I might be changing sectors soon but I would love to stay here in Bulnes for Christmas and New years that would be really really fun and great. That is crazy to think that it is snowing up there and I am getting my farmer tan set in for the season. I am so grateful for carpet and that I can walk around my house with out shoes, down here the culture and the inability to buy carpet, you wear your shoes all day. Hopefully I am still here in Bulnes for Christmas so I can enjoy Christmas, New years and Ximenas Birthday all together. Enjoy your days off and every one The Elder Moss says Hi and I love you all.

Elder Cody Moss

Amber's News 11/22/2010

Hey Bueno, I'm doing well. I just finished up at the Dentist and I had....0 cavities. Can you believe it. But I do have a little bit of a problem. Remember that tooth that I have that is backwards? The one that did the 180. Anywho the bone on the outside has been deteriorating so my gum is lower thus exposing the root and causing pain. So today the dentist put a thing of fluoride on the side that is exposed and I have to go back next week for him to put something else over it. So he said that it is going to be 50mil which is about a $100. The other day I took out money to buy scripture covers and I have about that left over because I acidently took out to much lol. So next time go I will give him the money. The thing is, that this was bugging me a little when I was in the MTC and remember when I went in the MTC and they found that cavity under one of my sealants. Why didn't they see this before. I don't know maybe it was in its early stages and has progressed.

Bueno I'm excited for my Christmas package. Last tuesday they announced that they have a new address for yall to send packages so it will get to us sooner but I will have to tell you next time cuz I don't have it with me. But remind me next week.

Things are going good were are going to have a baptism for Ricardo the 5th of dec. We are really excited for him. He has changed a lot. He is the one that is a Dj and was a drug addict, smoked and drinked. But has completly changed its been awesome working with him.

I'm sad that I'm going to miss Thanksgiving but I will make sure to eat something scrumptious here. The other night I had a dream that I was passing a store and I saw that they had pies for sale so I asked how much they were and they said 8$ so I said I wanted to buy one and I asked for apple pie but they said they didn't have any so I left the store all mad but then I decided to call you mom because it was a sale and see if you wanted a pie for thanksgiving. :) That was my dream the other night. HA Ha ha ha! Hna Martinez told me that the other night I was talking in my sleep but it was in english so she didn't understand but then I said ah creepy. It was pretty funny cuz I taught her that word.

Oh I'm so excited for my shoes. When I wake up in the morning I never want to take the first step because it hurts. So I'm pretty excited for new shoes.

Bueno I'm doing good. I don't know anything right now for Christmas calls but I will start asking to find out which people have phones.

I love you muchisimo hna moss