January 25, 2016 Great Week!

Another great week here in Matola, Mozambique! 

everything is going super nice and we are teaching a lot of people! 

but still seeing that people always have their choice whether or not to accept anything you say hahahhahahahahahahahahahaha it sucks.

but anyway, we will be having 3 baptisms this week!

this young kid Esdor, 

man named Manuel, 

and another Kid hoops

they are suuuuper sweet and strong! absolutely love em all and i think next by the end of the transfer we should have at least one of these 18 fams we visited this week baptised!! soooo pray for them:) 

super great super successful week here and cant wait to start the next!

Been reading in alma and absolutely loving it! alma is a good guy.

so tonight read Alma 41: 10, 15.. and email elder fuchs, and you will be blessed.

funny story. 

we were going through the interview questions with manuel just to make sure everthin is 100 and we asked about the word of wisedom.. and he was like "well the first of the 5 things is coffee, and then there is smoking, and then ummmm.. sex... "  

this might be super immature of me, but i could not contain myself... i just let elder payne take over, because i was overcome with the spirit of immaturity.. so that was pretty much thee most funny thing of my life. it was great hahahahhaha but ive matured since yesterday so dont worry.. 

have a great week family and friends! i love you all and dont forget to Repent!

Elder fuchs

January 18, 2016 5 MONTHS!

5Months as of tomorrow!

time has Flown by here in africa and things this week were amazing!!

i dont know if i am making the biggest difference in the peoples lives here, but i know for a fact what im doing here has been making a difference in me!

(that was super cheesy)

but anyway, being here is a blessing. being able to even know these people and talk with them is amazing on its own, but help them receive the restored gospel.. thats pretty sick.

me and my comp are doing work! and i can definitely feel how hard we work when i get home at night! a super nice part of our area is we literally live inside of it.. hahah

but lots of cool things happened this week but i dont have too much time.. soooo yeah. but i just want to say that everything here is amazing.

i am trying to understand the Atonement more fully and trying to study it as much as i can.. that is a hard thing to understand for me and i really want to know more.

but i know that this church is true. and this work is amazing and it changes everyone, even those who share it!

you never know the difference you can make until you try it out!

challenge for you guys back home this week, is try it out. you dont have to be on a mission in africa to share the Gospel you know to be true..

(even though serving in africa is a lot cooler)  ;)

Matt 6:21 READ IT

church is trooo

elder fuchs

January 11, 2016 Transferred

So i am now transferred to Mozambique, Matola area!

i still dont know the area well or anything but i feel like this next transfer is gonna be great!

i also got a new companion and he actually lives super close to where i live in highland! he went to lone peak and graduated a year earlier than i did. and we have a lot of the same friends!! we also share the same name!!! ELDER!! super weird.. jk

but his name is elder Payne!

he has been here for a transfer already and so this week ill be learning the area... but its awesome and we have only met with some people but the people here are incredibly humble and willing to learn! many things are different from swaziland but im excited to get working here!!

dont have much time to email right now, but i will next week! so feel free to email me:)

have a great week everyone!!

elder Fuchs

January 4, 2016 2016

this week was super nice! Suuuuper hot. and we got some big news!

the zone here is going to split in swaziland!! so now we are going to have 2 zones! 

so this week we have been working a lot with some less active members that i didn't even know existed! i've never seen them at church or anything. but we found them in our area book that was an absolute mess!! and we were able to visit a few of them!

one came back to church this week! his name is Africa and his wife is Cindy. they were baptized about a year and a half ago, and shortly after being baptized they stopped going to church.. but hey, he came, so thats progress!

other than that our other investigators didnt come to church:) so thats just great! hahaha 

everything is going by pretty smooth here, we are doing our best, trying to find those people that are ready and willing! they are a lot harder to find than i thought!!  it makes me think if im doing something wrong, or if i could be doing something better:)

Next week is transfers! I think i am going to mozambique because the office elders called me and told me to try and not take out any of my money because it cant be changed! so... that was a big hint... hahah 

but im happy the lord has allowed me to be able to serve him for the time that he has. 

i know this work i am doing is much greater than i am.

i know that no matter what happens. if we do what we are supposed to. even if we havent always done the best things in our life. we can and will be happy.

i cant remember who, but someone important once said something like this " it doesnt matter where you've been or what you've done. all that matters is that you are trying to be better than you were before, trusting in the lord, and taking a step in the right direction. even when you can't see what lies ahead. "

being on a mission has been an amazing thing for my life, and i wouldnt trade it for any of the soccer trophies or teams or anything i could be doing with my life.

i know this is where God needs me and has asked me to be. :) and im also so grateful for my many friends who are such great examples to me. 

Have a Great week:)!

Alma 33:11

Cry unto the lord in the hard times of your life. in him, lies your JOY 

Alma 36:3

If life is hard right now read this scripture. (replace Helamans' name with yours)

Elder Fuchs