12.19.11

Confirmação!

So, this week was way short, and waaayyy long. We went to Recife for Wednesday and Thursday so that was cool...i mean HOT... But Wednesday we went to... THE TEMPLE! Woo hoo! I love the Temple. SO much. I actually stayed in the Celestial Room for about an hour and i got about 10 mintues to myself after everyone else left the room to think and pray and sort out some things that are going through my mind right now! It was so good.

The Thursday we had our meeting of Christmas! It was very good, but we didnt get home until about 9:30 or so at night.

Friday - I went and did my first interview for a baptism! It was...interesting. The baptism was a woman named Iolanda (Yolanda) and she is one of a kind. I was actually one of the missionaries who found her! It was about 3 months ago on a division with Elder Locatelli.  So she remembered me and of course i remembered her, and it was a joyace occasion and it filled my heart with happiness to know that I had been a part in her conversion. I just didnt know how big of a part. So...the interview lasted for about 2 hours... in the while we talked about everything that had happened after the night i had met her. She told me how much she remembered that first night when she met the misisonaries (Elder Locatelli and I) and how big of a difference she had in her life because of us. Then she asked if I would baptise her... so of course i did! Friday night we had her wedding and then her baptism. It was such a wonderful night and just such a fufilling feeling. I felt so wonderful to know that she was making the right decisions in her life!

Saturday - Saturday was pretty normal except for the night. We went to a members house to be led to a reference that she had for us. We arrived and the member left... we werent expecting that. But then we met Evoni. She is a wonderful woman who had 4 kids living and no husband. But she has a heart of gold. Her oldest son and her parents were killed about a year ago in the same week and ever since then, she has been scarred. She is questioning why God left her on the earth and took so many people that she loved out of her life. She said she doesnt want to suffer anymore, but she just wants to find the peace she once had in her life. Lucky for her, we have the only cure for this sickness. The Gospel of Jesus Christ. We taught her and told her that if we live good lives and follow the example of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we can not only live with our families again after this life, but we can live with them in the presence of our Heavenly Father too. She said at the end of the lesson that she felt a little better and she wants to learn more, and wants our help in finding a way to be happy in life again. I love her.

Sunday - Suday was alright, Evoni went to church along with another very special girl that we are teaching, Danielle. She is so smart and knows a lot more than she  thinks about the Gospel. She is the friend of Davi and I hope that when she really knows that this church is true she will follow his wonderful example and be baptised by someone holding the authority of God.


Love you all so very much and have a Merry Merry Christmas! Remember why we have Christmas and always remember the Saviors birth and death. He did so many things for us in His life. Lets give a little back this Christmas Season.

Com amor,
Elder Moore

12.12.11

This week was way good. We had the baptism of Davi and he chose me to baptize him! Woo hoo! My filhão is doing very well and im very proud of him! He is growing up so fast... :) Im just trying to teach him as much as I can.

Well, its hot here during the day...really hot...but during the night its way nice so we sleep with the windows open and its wonderful. I love being in the mountains! :)


Com amor,
Elder Moore

Dec. 5th, 2011

Im so lucky to be a trainer, but its a little intimidading at times. I only have 6 months and this guys looks up to me and expects me to know everything! He is way cool though and I love him.

I was pretty sick but that was a while ago! I was coughing up a storm and had a fever of 39.6! It was pretty cool :) but thats all over now so dont worry! Be happy! :)

This past week was a little slow becuase i had to stay in Recife to wait for my kid, but when we got home we started things off with a bang. We found a lot of new people this week to teach, and we marked the baptism of one of my best friends. David! I dont remember how much ive told you about him, but he is a miraculous young man. He has 16 years and is a friend of a member. We have been teaching him for about a month and He is doing so well. He bore his testimony yesterday in church and said that he hopes everyone on this earth can have the change of heart that he had and come to know of the Church of Jesus Christ that we have here on the earth again. It was powerful... and I got to be a part of that conversion! Im so happy for him. He will be baptised this Saturday and Im so excited for him!

Well, not too much happened this week, but we will just continue to work more and more and help more and more people come to the knowledge of this wonderful Gospel.

I love you all and Im so happy that we have this chance during our lives to be members of this church. I know that this church is true, that we can be together forever, and that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can help anyone with any problem about anything at any time in their life. For this, I am a missionary.

Com amor,
Elder Moore.

Another Week In Brazil.

Woah. This week was so fast and we actually got a good amount of things done, but with not that many results. We taught a bunch and got 12 new investegators, but only had one show up to church! He is the father of one of the recent convernts in our ward and he is just such a wonderful man! Yesterday...was rainy. It POURED rain and now a lot of my stuff is soaking wet because we had to walk to an appointment! We couldnt stop just because of some rain! But now i have a semi dry day to try and dry out all of my things! That kind of sticks but i better get used to it because it is a lot worse in Recife! 

I get P-Day today :) we arent going to Áugas Belas because we have to save our money this week for ZONE CONFERENCE!!! Woo hoo! I love zone conference. It will be this friday, so we will lose a day of work, but we will get some much needed council from our beloved Presidente Lanius. Im so excited! Also this week we made some packets that we are giving to members for our messages after lunches. The packets about Member missionary work and how we really need our ward to start helping us if they want to grow. Some other GREAT news that i think i forgot to tell you.. WE GOT LAND!!!! WOOO HOOOO! Representatives from the church came to our area and surveyed where they can build a chapel because we have the numbers for a chapel now! IM SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO!!!! We should have a chapel built and completed before I have to go home. Im so excited for the members of the ward and they are all so excited too! Its a big deal to have a 3rd chapel here because when we have this chapel we will be able to see the other 2 because they are all going to be on their respective hills (but the hills are more like mountains...) 

Also this week, i got 6 letters... and a package! Woo hoo! The post office isnt on stike anymore so im getting everything in abundance. I think that i will get the other package you guys sent at zone conference, but i dont know for sure. I got a bunch of missionties though! It was great to read. 

My American still hasnt prayed yet, but he is reading the Book of Mormon in English now beacuse we found one in the house and he wasnt understanding the one in Português that well. He  has so many questions and is so excited about it! Im excited for him and it gives me a chance to practice my english. Yup. Thats right. Practice my english. Its acually really horribel now and I have trouble talking to people in english for a long amount of time. Its really frustrating because i always think of the words in português before i think of them in english. Also, we cant spend the night in Áugas Belas, but its only like an hour or hour and a half away so we can go spend the day there and return at night no problem. 

I dont need toothpaste or anything, and i actually dont use my sunscreen... :) im getting pretty dark and one of the members said that I am going to be black when i get home and my famile isnt going to recognize me cause ill be black and skinny. Thats another thing. Ive lost about 20 pounds since leaving home now! But im healthy still so its all good! 

Love you all so much and I cant wait to wright about the experences to you next week!

Com amor,

Elder Moore

Happy Halloween!

This is Elder Moore reporting from Pernambuco Brasil from the city of Garanhuns! This week was a long one and very productive. Lets start with last P-Day.

Last P-Day we went to Augas Belas. We arrived at about 3:15 to find out that the last car back to Garanhuns left at 3 o clock :) So...we were stranded. With nothing. In a city that doesnt have members or a church. WOO HOOOOOO! It was pretty awesome. Augas Belas has a reservations for the Indians there and we taught some indians. You know what you call indians in Brasil? Lamanites.... yup. We taught the Lamanites. We will be going back there next P-Day because soooo many people are interested and have never heard the Gospel before. We found a ton of people there and we are excited for this new town about an hour and a half away. But that night we slept (not really) in the street and waiting for the first car back to Garanhuns which left at 4:20 am. :) It was definitly an experence and a wonderful experence at that!

The rest of the week we were pretty tired, but we managed to find 17 new investegators this week so that was good.

Also, we had a milagre! The area of the LZs had a baptism this past Saturday and one of the people who attended was a girl who had been investegating the church for 5 years. She has been taught by countless missionaries and has been invited to be baptised who knows how many times, but she told the missionaries after the baptism of this man that she wanted to be baptised, so what did we do? We got that girl an interview and then lead her to the water! She was baptised that same night and then confirmed in our ward yesterday. She is truley one of the elect people of God. 

I am still living my story of The Best Two Years and teaching the American. He is reading the Book of Mormon and enjoying it a ton, but he has never prayed before in his life and he is scared to. That is going to be one heck of a day when he decides to pray! I know that he will find out very quickly what he has been missing out on with prayer. 

I love you all and hope you are all doing well! I love and miss you and Happy Halloween!

- Elder Moore

Mais uma semana de servindo O Senhor!

This week was good, but the weeks are always so fast!

I dont have any cool stories to share with you guys this week, but I do have a stonger testimony of the love of my Savior Jesus Christ. Ive felt His love for all of us this week as He has guided to His chosen people. We arent teaching as many people right now, but we are teaching people that are SO READY for this Gospel!

Also, today, I am offically not being trained anymore! My 12 weeks are up and I am a regular missionary now! Whoop! That means we can start leaving at 10:30 instead of 12:30! That means we can teach more people and have more time! Finally!

Also, this week we will be switching houses for sure! And we are being reallllyyy spoiled. I love our President so much. He is awesome. He and Sister came here to see our house right now and the houses we are going to be moving into. Elder Pires and I thought we had found a good house for a cheap price. Then we talked to Pres. He was a Sealer in the Temple for a long time so he wants he says that he wants our houses to be places we can recieve revelation, he thinks about the temple. ill take some pictures from our new apartment this week when we move in. its incredible. possibly the best house in the mission. :D thank you president!

Anyway, this is my email telling you that everything is good here in Brasil. We are about to go to Aguas Belas to some people who want us to teach them, but its about an hour away so we are going to use our pday to go there :)

Love you all so much. Stay firm in the faith and if there is anything I can do you just tell me!

- Elder Moore

10-18-11

Be nice to the missionaries. I heard something this week that is absolutley true about when missionaries are over for dinner or lunch or any meal. You can make the missionary encredibly happy by doing 4 things.
1. Feed them
2. Ask for them to share a message
3. Give them references
4. Tell them to go work!

Its so true and i wish the people did that here. I got asked a question yesterday that made me...mad. The question was at lunch yesterday at a members house and she asked, why dont missionaries stay in the members houses and make appointments with members throughout the day? She got kind of upset with us because we are the only companionship who hasnt done this. I wanted to say BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER MISSIONARIES YOUVE MEET ARE FUBECAS AND NEVER WORKED! But i didnt and poiletly explaned that we are called to teach people about the Gospel and to help people prepare for baptism. She still didnt really understand but she understood a little bit more. That is my angry story for the week! So talk to the missionaries and be nice to them :) ask them about home and just be their friends, but most importantly, GIVE REFERENCES! Also, make it known that you are willing to go on splits! Lessons with members are so much better than without members.

Thats my advice for the week! I love you! Have a wonderful week!

- Elder Moore