Hey there dad and everyone! Well life`s been alright everything has its ups and downs. I`ve been working hard and now the fruits of the labor are starting to show :P ie we`re working with a family who should be baptized on the 6th of feb and a few others who are slowly progressing. It really is quite different here. My friend Bradley Hansen from BYU is in the Moscow Russia mission and so far (7 months) he`s only close to having 1 baptism. Really is quite different here. We can usually have about 4-6 lessons daily 2 or 3 of which are just from knocking doors. (a tad different from there too I believe)

So I`m pretty excited to see all of the kiddos again...in 1.5 more years ha! They all sound pretty cute...all of them should be saying ridiculous things when I get back too.

So about the packages....when I`m away from lima they only bring the packages for the transfers and the interviews. So if the packages have arrived here in peru I won`t be getting them for another 2 or 3 weeks as thats when we have the next interviews. So hopefully I`ll be getting them then.

So as for me I`ve been doing alright. So far I`ve written in my journal everyday even if its just 3 or 4 lines (never really have anything to write) but I guess thats alright. I`m going to send some more pictures home pretty soon...I`ve gotta burn them to a disk first though. They are better than the last batch too!!

Well gotta run now Talk to you later!

Elder Moore

Hey there...don`t have much time but here`s a little bit for you guys....on P-days we usually go and go sight seeing in the morning...for example today we`re going to go hike to some water falls which should be pretty cool. Other days we`ve had free so we could do what ever we want. I`m thinking that today I may possibly buy a hamock :D and we email in the morning and at 6 we have to go out and work. But yeah...clothing is skimped a bit here IE short shorts, skirts shirts etc....and when mothers have to feed they just kinda do it in front of you kinda awkward if you ask me.

Anywho I`ll talk to you soon!

Elder Moore

Life`s alright...although for the past couple days my companion has not wanted to do much of anything...soo...that means lots of scripture reading for me. Oh well...we`ve got changes on the 2nd of december. 1 more week. (should be able to finish the BOM by then for the second time in my mission)

Oh in the package can you ask dad to send you my patriarcle blessing and send that too...I don`t have a copy of mine and I don`t think dad is every going to send mine through email...sooo..yeah...if you could ask him that would be great.
anywho...my companion is from Guatamala city Guatamala. Pretty good at teaching when he puts forth the effort. My spanish has improved a ton. Although teaching for me is difficult. For some reason or another the people cant understand me...Im pretty sure Im saying the right things but yeah...

Well anywho gotta run
Write you again next week.

Elder Moore

PS...I cant see the blog as were not supposed to visit other sites other than the mail site that we use

How is everyone doing these days? As for me I`m doing pretty well. We had a baptism this past week and now we are going to see if we can teach her sisters as they have noticed the change that she has experienced in her life.
We had a meeting with President Perez last week/ interviews. But in these interviews I found out that I will probably be transferred to the jungle the next change in 2 weeks. Hopefully I`ll be able to stay there for the majority of my mission because the people there are a lot more open and receptive to the gospel. Which should help me as I have trouble talking to people here in Huacho.(majority of people really don`t want anything to do with the church) Also I am led to believe that I have a cough like I had when I was in Arequipa. I`ve been thinking that it might be caused by air pollution or dust that is constantly in the air here. We`ll have to wait and see when I get to the jungle areas (trees exist there so the air is cleaner) But anyways I`ve gotta get going. Oh can you please send me my patriarchal blessing to me in an email? I have not received any packages or letters so I`m thinking the package you sent before might have been lost. Thanks a lot! Elder Moore

EEKK...!!! Swine flu! Peruvians are quite paranoid about that kind of stuff...Hopefully everyone gets well soon.
But yeah I`ve had 7 baptisms since being here. 2 of which where on saturday. One in particular was a 20 year old girl who bascially had a testimony before we even started teaching her. A text message that was accidently sent to her from someone else sparked her interest in the church along with a few of her friends asking her if she wanted to come to church. But her baptism went very well.
I`m currently in my 2nd cambio or change ( cant quite remember what they call it in english. ) but I`m still in Huacho. Although I think I might be going to somewhere in the Jungle for the next change. Pretty exciting...specially since I think the air here makes me sick. I`ve been sneezing a bajillion times every day, constantly running nose, and a cough.(kinda like the one I had when I was in Arequipa. So I think I might say something to the MIssion president when he comes for interviews. That way I wont have to be in Lima or Norte Chico (the area where I`m in right now) for most or all of my mission as theres a lot of air polution here.

Well anyways Chirsty I`ve gotta go now But thanks for writing me!

PS...send this to dad and michael and annamarie and Marianne..

PPS....Tell dad to scan my patriarcle blessing and send it to me before this coming monday.

THANKS A BUNCH!!!

Fwd: Hola from Minnesota!

Here's an e-mail from James, in response to one I sent to him yesterday.

It`s always fun to read stuff ryan says. but no I didn`t get the email from Ryan. (sometimes stuff doesn`t get here) So I did my first 3 baptisms on Saturday! The water was kinda cold. But it went pretty well.

Oh about those apples...they`ll be ready about the time I get back...Great!!! Boy does your shelf look sharp...might just have to spend a few weeks with you and build something when I get back.

 So apparently I talk when I sleep. The other night my comp said that I said "Y tu?, Por donde te vas?" rolled over and said "ah  ya, ok" well....I even talk in spanish when I`m not conscious. That`s about it from the world of Elder Moore these days. Love you all ttyl!

Elder Moore

A letter form Ryan (and James' response)

Dear Elder Moore,

I love you and I really like you a lot and I love you and I love you
very lots. And did you know that my grandma has lots and lots of
garage doors? 2 garage doors! Lately I have been doing garage doors
and playing with my magna doodle. I like using the shape magnets to
draw pictures. It is turning into fall outside, because it's getting
windy and cold and leaves are falling off the trees. So what do you
eat in Peru? What is your favorite food? Mine is pancakes and eggs.
Do you like being a missionary? So, James, my testimony is about I
know that the scriptures are true. I know that Jesus wants us to come
to church and that he loves us. I love you, James, and I miss you!

Love,
Ryan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Moore <jamesmoore@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: A letter form Ryan!
To: stuporglue@gmail.com

Hello there Ryan! I really miss you!  I really do like being a
missionary I hope you become one when you are big like me. So how do
you like Jane? Is she pretty cute? Did you know that here in Peru it
is spring time right now? its getting a little bit warmer. I`m  glad
you have a testimony of Jesus and the scriptures. Well Ryan I`ve got
to get going now though. I love you lots! Draw me a picture!

So Michael what`s been going on? Hows Annamarie and Tyler doing with
their new addition? Well I`ve only got a few minutes left as windows
decided to give me a BSOD which made me loose my letters that I had
written.  I`ll write more next week.

Love you guys lots . James