well I made it into lima at around 11:30 then had to deal with all the red tape there is here with immigration. We finally left the airport at around 1:30 and then arrived at the MTC here at around 2 am. Over all it was an alright trip...didn´t get sick this time which was a good thing :P well anyways I gotta get going now so I guess I'll talk to you all later.

Love Elder Moore

E-mail from James to Michael

well hello there...I leave for the MTC tomorrow! woo hoo!!! Just writing a little bit on P-day here. Thanks for the cookies by the way they were really good. My companion said they tasted like chipsahoy cookies. They were that good. Tell Ryan Hello for me and that I love him! Write again soon! Love you guys lots!

Elder Moore

hello there dad...so I leave for the Peru MTC tomorrow. Apparently when I am in the airport I'll be able to make a phone call to you so I guess once I get intoAtlanta where I have a long layover I'll give you a call. So I guess you can expect one from me. Anyways talk to you later.

Going into the MTC

Here's a picture of James going into the MTC. Susan had it on her Blackberry, and I transferred it off with Bluetooth when she was out in Minneapolis to visit last weekend.

Letter from James to Michael, Caroline, Ryan and Calvin

Hey there Michael Caroline Ryan + calvin!

Thanks for the cookies & letters & drawings they were AWESOME! So I've only got 9 more days here in the MTC. Pretty exciting if you ask me. So I've been Able to go to the temple here and its been pretty cool. I enjoy it a lot. I pick up on a lot more than I did the first time I went.

Classes have been coming along alright I guess. I'm in the intermediate group (ie. not native speaker) but I've got a lot to learn. Mostly because I don't know the vocab dealing with the gospel & I also really don't know formal grammar which I need to use as a missionary.

I've yet to master the pen spinning that everyone here does. Just can't do it. Oh well maybe one day. So anyways I was thinking that when I get back I'm going to get a Ham Radio & license. I think that would be fun to do. Then I could join the Ham Radio club at BYU with one of my friends.

Well anyways Thanks again for the letters. I'll be sending some pictures home before I leave for Peru for someone to put up on the blog Talk to you later

Elder Moore

PS. Send me a genealogy chart with 4 generations & some storeis about the people please! Thanks a bunch!

Today in History

Today is the day Machu Picchu was discovered! Happy Machu Picchu Day! (In 1911 by Hiram Bingham.)

From Dad

In his letter this week, when I asked him about not having a computer and ipod:

"Nope, haven't really had withdrawls and life moves on."

Also:

"Although I really have come to like the classical music that I brought with me."

Who knew?

Cookies!

So, the boys and I decided to send our very first care package to Elder Moore on Wednesday. I've never had a missionary in the family, so I think this is fun! So, we made him some cookies and wrote some letters and sent them off. Ryan had so much fun making the cookies and eating the dough. Check out our cookies:

Ryan very excited about cracking an egg all by himself:




Cracking the egg...




Doing a little quality assurance:




Calvin getting in on the action:




Finished Product!




It says "We heart you, Elder Moore"

And in honor of Elder Moore, Ryan also wrote real letters and words for the very first time, which was pretty cute. Now every time I refer to him as "James", Ryan corrects me and says, "No, Mom, we call him Elder Moore now."

Here's Ryan, hard at work on the letter. As you can see, I wrote it out for him on a separate paper and he did his best to copy the letters:




Here is his 2 page letter! It says "Elder Moore, I Love You, Ryan."

We are so excited for James and Ryan is even getting excited to be a missionary, just like Elder Moore. We miss him already!

First Email from James

hello everyone so I've been in the MTC for a week now and it has been pretty good. The food is not all that great I guess...its just the food that I had all year last year at BYU. So my spanish is pretty good I guess too...I need to learn the vocab that deals with the gospel and also formal grammar..neither of which I know very well. They put me in the intermediate group...which is prolly where I should be. The advanced class is for those who usually have spanish as their first language...so they just learn the discussions and then they leave. I will hopefully be leaving Provo on the 29th. That would be dependent on how well the Peruvian buracracy works....which may mean I'll be here a tad bit longer. Oh my new email address I guess is (contact AnnaMarie or Michael for this address). So you could send stuff here...although I only have a 5 mb limit on my box so don't send me anything big. From what I hear in my mission I'll be able to use my Gmail account so you can probably send me pictures and stuff like that there once I get there.
I have 2 pretty cool companions (Elder Hulet from Texas and Elder Shiffler from Oregon) we get along pretty well. So anyways I gotta get going now I'll write again soon.

Love
Elder Moore

Hasta Luego, Elder Moore!