December 20, 2011

So this week I had changes from Managua to an area called San Ramon. It's really tiny and it's up in the mountains and it's really cold here. It's in the Zone Matagalpa. Anyways I am back to hypervenilating when I take showers. I wake up cold and well the water is even colder. So I feel like by when Sunday comes around I'll be feelin just fine. I haven't got back to feeling 100 percent but I am workin on it.

So sounds like you had a very eventful week ha ha. Awesome.

So here's a picture of the new duds you got me.



I did get the packages last week when I had changes. Monday night they called me up and told me I had changes and to pack up and be in the office the next day to leave to Matagalpa. So I left on a bus on Tuesday all alone to Matagalpa. The first time I was alone in 16 months and let me tell you what, it felt kinda weird. But ya I have the packages but still haven't opened them. I want to have gifts on Christmas so I am waiting until then. But it's only like 5 days away so it's cool.

I didnt do this. This is a kid's house and he had permision to graffiti it.



It's a member from the ward in Managua and well he started graffiting my name every where. He said he was going to change his tag name ha ha. But ya that is just the beginning of his work there. He is going to tag it all up.



So ya I am in a little branch now and the branch president is a recent convert and really doesnt know much. Like 19 people went to church this week. And I gave a talk. Supposibly the missionaries give talks every week. We pretty much do everything. This branch kinda fell apart a couple months ago. Well I am in that area now working with Elder Thorum. He is from California. And our area is tiny. But we did find some new families to teach. It's way super poor here. There are a couple of people that we are teaching that don't even have lights just 4 little walls.

So yesterday we did have the Christmas activity. Half the mission went yesterday and the other half went today. And for that reason I didn't write cause I went yesterday.

So yesterday I did something I probably shouldn't have done but I did it. Marlon has been writing me and wanting me to talk to his wife and teach her cause he really wants her to get baptized. I don't know if you remember Marlon but he got baptized on my birthday in Sebaco. So on our way back from the christmas activity we stopped by his house my comp was also in Sebaco. And well we went to his house and visited him and taught his wife and had a good lesson with her. Sebaco is like an hour away from our area. We just got off the bus early. And well President found out somehow. I think he thinks we just got off to mess around but it wasn't like that and well we should be expecting a call from him tonight. Probably not the smartest thing and to be honest don't feel real good about it. But after the lesson last night Marlon told me thanks and that he was happy. I don't think president knows why we were in Sebaco but I am sure I'll be able to tell him all tonight if he calls. But ya just thought I would share that with you.

When you see grandma tell her thanks. And that I love her. I got her package and letter. And both the ties are way awesome. Everyone loved the potato head tie and well the Donald Trump tie too ha ha. I wore the Trump tie to the Activity yesterday. Grandma is awesome. Thank you so much love you a ton Grandma.

But ya mommy I am excited to talk to you this week. Love you a ton.

Love, Elder Moore

December 12, 2011

Mom to be honest I feel like crap. My comp and I aren't doing well together. I just don't feel like we are working that hard and reaching our potencial. I feel horrible. But whatev, it's obvious I have to learn something from this. Some days he is mad at me and won't talk the whole time we are tracting. I know we don't have the spirit with us and the work is so much harder without the spirit. Other times he is fine with me, he can change just like that. Good thing I have an awesome elder that eats with us named Elder Johnson. His family lives out by Bingham High School. There are 4 of us that eat there.

And ya, all the missionaries that are coming are Latins. I think there are only like 3 or 4 missionaries from the states that have come this past year. They are all Latins .

I am way excited to talk to you on Christmas. And yes the computer has to be running like a pro if not someone will pay. Ya just let me know how everything goes.

So today in the morning we played a soccer tournament with the zone. We won it. I was on fire today. Playing soccer here is way fun. We set up a way sick court/field in the church. In the championship game today I scored 9 out of the 11 goals that we scored. It was insane we scored so much. The other team only scored 3 but it was way dope today.

I testify that anyone who actually reads the Book of Mormon to understand it will come to know that it really is another testament of Jesus Christ and that it truly is the word of God. No one can prove it false cause because IT ISN'T. Life isn't so hard. If we live the gospel we are happy, if not we aren't.

I am glad that you are happy with the decision that you made to move. To be honest I think you came out on top mom even tho your life didn't turn out the way you wanted it to. You're a winner. You have learned a ton and really have become not just only a mom but my best friend since the divorce. If your kids are great then you gotta love it. And I tell you what your kids are amazingly awesome ha ha. I testify of that ha ha.

Oh and about my shoes, no those aren't the new ones. They are the old ones. I don't want to scuff up the new ones, so when I play soccer I put on the old ones. You like those new shoe laces I be reppin?

I love you mommy but ya imma bounce now. Love ya and thank you for everything.

December 5, 2011

Mommy mia love ya. That is good that all went well in Brooklyn's play. I am so proud of her. She is growing up to be an awesome little girl.

So today I have on the shirt and shoes that you sent me. And let me tell you I look so fresh and so clean. I look awesome. Thanks for being such an awesome mommy and having a pro taste in clothes ha ha.

So yes last week I was thinking about Dawson. I miss them all a lot. Dawson bore his testimony with me and I almost cried. It was awesome. I am happy to hear about that great experience he had and how happy he was. I know he will be a great example not only for his brother but for many. He will have a great opportunity to use the power of God in his ward. I love that family to death to be honest. I really do. They truly are part of our family. I love them. They really are like brothers and sisters to me. I figured that they would call there baby Charles. Do we know when the baby is due yet or are we still waiting on a day. Is Ginger getting real big now? I would like to see a pic of this child and her tummy. And about Laynie, it's actually pop lock and drop mom not just drop and lock ha ha. Well I am excited to see her do that on skype. It will be awesome.

So what time are you planning on going over there? Cause I am going to call from our house so you can see my humble abode. I will have all the time in the world to call ha ha the difference of being in the city than being in the out skirts. I am always going to have to find someone for my comp to call. He doesn't have anyone. I figure I have friend that speaks Spanish so he can just call one of them. I'll talk to my comp and ask him if he would like to talk to brandon or Uncle Jon and let you know. He is from Guatemala so maybe Uncle Jon would be a good choice. We will see what happens.

So with my comp I am teaching him how to read. We are reading preach my gospel together each morning. To be honest I thought I would have gotten frustrated but I didn't. We have spent in total like 3 hours reading preach my gospel and we are only on page 7. But we are making progress.

I love testimony Sunday. It really is a great opportunity that we have as members to have our testimonies strengthened. Our bishop cut people off yesterday. I was angry and many other members were too. We got in a fight this week and we are going to have a meeting this Thursday.

So it's beginning to look a not like Christmas. There is still a gran solazo every where we go and it is way hot. The snow still hasn't come but maybe if we are lucky we will see it. What ev.

Ha ha are you kidding? Walmart doesn't exist here and yes there is a Mcdonalds. There are only 2 Mcdonalds in this whole country. How sad ha ha. Don't worry, I'll start takin more pictures so you can visualize. i actually haven't taken the camera out in a while

So this week we only had 2 investigatores in church. But I know that one is converted. He has the goal to receive a true baptism the 24th of this month.

My testimony has grown a ton here on the mission. To be honest I am not sure I had a testimony before the mission. But I left my homeland to serve the lord and here iIhave found it. I have come to an understanding of the truth. I have come to know for myself how true the church is. And not just because others are telling me. But I know with all my heart that this is the true church of Christ. And that the Book of Mormon is a true Registro written by prophets called of God. The priesthood is real. It truly is the Power of God given to man to act in His name. I have seen many miracles. Miracles will always exist. God will never stop being a God of Miracles.

So last night right after we walked in our house and shut the door a huge fight broke out in front of our house. A ton of people yellin throwin punches even grandmas with machetes. It was crazy insane. And the worst thing is that everyone that was fightin was family. Nephews, grandmas and brothers. And they were punchin and swingin machetes. It got intense but nothing too bad happened.

So I hope that Brandon gets that job. That will be something great for him and his wonderful wife. So they are starting up a blog?

Well mother know that I love you. Know that I know this this is truly the Lord's work. And that this is the kingdom of God. We are literally part of the kingdom of God on earth. Love you.

Well ima a bounce mommy. Love you a ton and miss you. Take care.

Love, Elder MOore

November 28, 2011

Hello mommy love you.

Well I'll start off with the shoes. The shoes are freakin amazing. I love them,but to be honest I feel so unworthy to put them on. They are so awesome so props on the shoes and the shirt was awesome too. Browns mommy ha ha she is awesome. Did she send you the pictures that we took? Ha ha she made me stand like a little choir boy. I hope you like them. Elders Brown's talk was so funny. At the end of his talk he invited everyone to his house for the get together they were going to have on Sunday ha ha. That guy is a clown. And yes I was there. So no sign on the Christmas packages yet. But I hope to get them before Christmas.



So I do have a new comp. My comps name is Elder Lopez from Guatemala and we are in Las Americashe. He is crazy. Fun fact, in Guatamala they speak 27 languages and well my comp is a little indigenious child and is learning Spanish here. He speaks a language called Kiché. He has a crazy story. He has 9 months in the mission. He is teaching me some kiché today. It was awesome cause we had a conversacion using 4 languages we were trippin so many people out. We were speakin in English Kiché Spanish and Miskitu. It was awesome.



So sounds like you guys had an amazing Thanksgiving. I did too ha ha. I slaved away the whole day. Working in the Lord's work. I love it. But I was thinking of you guys cause I did remember it was Ginger, Bailey and Dawson's birthday. I had ganas to call them secretly and wish them a happy birthday but I did not do it. But give those kids a shout out from me letting them know I love them and happy birthday.



Yes I will skype on Christmas from my house. I live with an elderly couple that are gonna hook me up with a laptop so I can skype on Christmas. We will have as much time as we want. Also if Ginger is able to skype, I would like to skype with her too on christmas. I'll be able to skype at whatever time you want. I have church from 8 to 11. Ya so have you talked to Dawson? I would really like to talk to that kid. And I am pretty sure we are going to have the 3 hours of church cause Christmas here is the 24th of December not the 25th like in the states. Ya the NBA supposibly is going to start on Christmas day.



I love hearing about all the missionaries that are preparing to serve. We need more missionaries. Sometimes we don't understand completely what we possess in our hands. We are a lot stronger than satan. What we have is the complete truth. We need to share it to the whole world. We are here on the earth because we followed our elder brother even Jesus Christ in the pre existence. Let's continue following him now and helping others to follow him as well. Every member of the church is a missionary. We need not stop until we know that all have the truth. It's gonna take some work huh ha ha.



Just throwing this out. Curt Weaver is an amazing person. I love him and respect him a whole ton. He has helped me out a ton. He might not know the impact that he had on my life but he had quite a big one. He helped me through a ton and was all there to be chill and to be awesome.

So we took a new family to church this week it was awesome and they loved it. They said it was excellent. The family that we took to church is going to go to family home evening with us. We are having family home evening in the house of another family that we are teaching. So it's awesome. We have a lot of support from the members here. The members are amazing they are helping a ton and they are doing their part in the wonderful work.



Well mommy I love you a ton. You are an amazing person. You truly are. O and today I am completing 16 months boo ya .



gracias madre tu eres super tuanis ja ja gracias por ser mi mejor amiga y por cuidarme. te amo

Love ya.
Love Elder Moore

November 21, 2011

So Elder Brown's parents have arrived? That is so crazy awesome. I'll make sure to let you know if I get a hug from her or not ha ha. So we have a meeting on Wednesday because we have changes not a thanksgiving dinner ha ha. Are you serious? They, as in the missionaries that are going home, si are going to go out to eat with the president so that will be their thanksgiving dinner.

Alright on to Dano's call. Freak I was thinking about him this whole week. It made me trunky knowing that he got home this week. And of course I recognized that number. I called that number everyday as a child. I'll never forget it. I also called 5724672 numbers that will always be in my head. I miss being a little child. The good ole days man. I can't wait to see all those clowns again. I know it won't be the same but it will be awesome. Only 8 months away. I am completing 16 months this week and time is flying. So I'll be there in no time.

So for thanksgiving I don't know if we will do anything awesome but we'll see. We do eat with rich people that are way awesome. On Christmas I'll make sure you get to know them cause I am going to call you from their house. Hopefully thanksgiving this year is a little bit better than lasts year scrambled egg and beans. But who knows ha ha but i am sure it will be. I think we are going to celebrate it today to be honest. Cause my comp leaves this week. So we are going to have a get together with a bunch of people from the ward. Next week I am going to have a new compita. I am excited to see who it will be but I am going to miss the comp I have. This has been a good change.

Thanks for being such a great example to me mommy. Way to totally shut that guy down and let him know what's up. I love ya.

So to be honest mommy I am kinda scared to return. I am so accustomed to things as they are here and the life that I am living. This place that I now know as home is completely different than the states. It's a lot easier to come than to leave. I don't want to have to worry about work or studying. But whatever happens don't ever let me go back to my old life. I can't wait till the day I can see you again and chill with my friends but it scares me. I don't want to leave. I feel like I have lived the majority of my life here. Seeing my comp getting ready to leave has made me notice a lot of things. He doesn't want to leave. He extended. He was Ap. But now he can't sleep and cries and just wants to extend. But his time has come. I love Nicaragua. I love the people here. I love this place. It's not going to be easy to leave.

I love this gospel. I love knowing that I have a Saviour that knows me and loves me. I love knowing that I know him.

Tomorrow we are planning on baptizing a family. The day before my comp leaves. It's a way awesome family. They are all ready just the husband is scared. The wife and son are ready and are trying to help the dad. But to be honest he is scared. So we are going to go tonight to talk to them. It is the Family Pavon. Leonardo Rosa and Leonardo. So that will be an awesome experience for my comp. To baptize the last day of his mission. Please pray for this family. I love you a ton mom and miss you.

i really wanted to write more but the keyboard is so sketchy and it's driving me nuts. I am in a ghetto cyber.

Love, Elder Moore

November 14, 2011

Wow a lot of informacion this week. I am running way behind today and don't know how long this letter will be but I'll try to make it a nice letter to read.

First of all, that is horrible about the missionaries I didn't hear about that. That is crazy. That must be really rough on the families but it is all part of the plan and us being members of the church understand the Great Plan of Salvation. It's hard now but they will return to see their loved ones.

I always loved going to high school games. I am so jealous of Brooklyn. She will love it. That is awesome for her to pass all that time with her friends on the bus going up to Salt Lake City. Hopefully they win this year. They deserve it.

So this week I was thinking that maybe you shouldn't come pick me up from Nicaragua. I think it would be better if we came back together a little bit after the mission. It would be more enjoyable. We will be able to do more stuff and chill. And don't worry I'll pay for my ticket. So the money that you are saving to come here just save a little longer and then a couple months after the mission we can come back here and chill. But what do you think? And I always have wanted to get off the airplane from my mission to see my family waiting for me. Ha ha! But what do you think? Is that ok?

So the way awesome family we were teaching went to internet and read a bunch of crap about the church and so we had to explain everything. It was such a crazy long appointment but awesome. We cleared all the doubts and then they prayed about it after we left and said that they received an answer and knew everything they read was a lie and what we were saying was the truth. It has been amazing to see this family receive answers to their prayers. It's been awesome to see them progress.

This week they went to church with us. They told us to go to their house at 7:30. Church starts at 8 so we got there at 7:35 to take them to church and they weren't there and we were all bummed. We thought that they had an emergency or something but when we arrived to the chapel the family was there waiting for us. It was amazing. We have plans to baptize them this week. It is a way super awesome family. They already know all the members cause every time we teach them we take members with us.

I know that God answers prayers. I know that with out doubt. And I know that miracles exist. I love you and miss ya ton.

Oh today we had a way sick soccer tournament. My team made it to the championship but we barely lost. It was crazy and way awesome. We played like maybe 7 games and I scored probably like 20 goals. In one game I had 6 goals. It was way dope.

And well Dano gets back this week. That is crazy and I am dying of heat right now. I feel like I am going to pass out.

Love you and miss ya a ton.
Love, Elder Moore

November 8, 2011

Wow that was a very informational letter. So that is sad to hear about Devin's grandpa. I am going to have to write him something. Ya I knew him well kinda. I had seen him a couple times and talked to him. Usually when we went over there I just stayed out side but I know Devin loved him. Hopefully he understands the plan of salvation if not I am going to have to explain it to him when I get back. I love that kid. I gotta help him out. I wish I could be there for him now.

Ha ha that is so funny to hear about Brooklyn and the little baby. How did it do in church ha ha? how many days does she have to take care of it for? Does it have a name? I am glad that it is the woman that takes care of all the baby stuff I won't have to worry about that so much just about becoming legendary famous and rich. Good to know she is a good mommy tho.

So do you know how Alta is doing this year in football? Are they winning or do they just suck now?

Ha ha I told people that Justin Bieber was my cousin. That is a photoshopped picture of me and Elder Denton kickin it with him to prove it to the people ha ha. It looks so real huh.



JD is a stud. I miss that guy. When you see him or talk to him send him my respect. I love that guy he was the best neighbor anyone could ask for. Growing up on Forest Ridge was just so amazing.

That is awesome to hear about the Nica girls maybe I'll kick it with them when I get back.

That is so crazy that Katie is getting married. It's crazy how much changes in 2 years. And freakin Dano gets home like right now. Time is just flyin. I'll be home before you know it. Don't even worry your little heart just a little over 8 months mommy.

So ya Brynlee has written me a couple times about her man. Who is this guy? Is he a returned missionary? Good for her she needs a good man. I would like to know more about that. After all she was like a sister to me. I haven't heard from her in a couple of weeks now. So if you could get me an update on that, that would be awesome.

And well today I talked to Hermana Arredondo. I went to the office with my comp to kick it there. He was taking an English test and I ended up helping the office plan the Christmas activity that we are going to have this year. And Hermana Arredondo told me that you wrote her telling her about the package.

So some awesome news a friend of mine that I was teaching in my last area wrote me and told me that he got baptized this week. It made me so happy. He told me it was all thanks to me that he got baptized. I know that isn't true but it made me happy to hear that. Now he is going to start preparing for a mission. He is 19 and his name is Ismael. He is a stud. I miss that kid. I was so happy to read the email he sent me. I miss my old area to be honest. I had a lot of family that lived there.

So I am writing today cause we had ellecions this week and we had to stay inside for Sunday and Monday. Cause it was supposible going to be dangerous but nothing happened but we still couldn't do anything so that is why I am writing today.

Mother I love you and miss you a ton. The mission is great I love it here. I love seeing lives change for the better. And love seeing the people come to feel the love that their Savior has for them. The mission is an amazing place. I love it here. The mission Rocks ha ha love you mommy.

Love, Elder Moore