Family of Elder Alexander Robert Moon,It is with appreciation that I inform you that Elder Moon has been called to serve in the office of the Guatemala Guatemala City Central Mission. Like all of the Lord’s work there is a requirement for administration and organization.
As a secretary, he will have a tremendous impact on my ability to serve the great people of Guatemala and know that all functions are being performed as the Lord would have them done in the office. This is a tremendous responsibility.
I appreciate Elder Moon for being a missionary that I can trust. He will be blessed for the sacrifice of working hard in this new calling.
Yours Faithfully,M. Joseph BroughMission President
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
July 10th, 2012: Family
Dearest Family,
Buen Dia.... How is everyone doing?... Well great!! Im doing just great! Changes came.. Im out.. Again. One change in my last are and one change in this area! QUE Chafa!!! I was a little bummed I wanted to stay here for some time. But nope im out. Also i have an interview with president. Saber por que. Not even sure why! Oh Wells.. Its been a great week! That old man is a great guy. Too bad I wont be around for his baptism! Sure do love him though! This has been a good week but a long week waiting for changes. I really didnt want to leave and my comp was just saying how much he hates the area and welp hes staying im leaving HA! oh well! Anywho.. Happy 4th!! I sure do miss the fourth of July. Its truly the best. But dont worry I celebrated it. It was the 6th month mark of my comp and so i bought him a pizza the fourth and we celebrated it. Alot of things went good that day. MY companion finished the BOM for the first time and has 6 months in the mission and it was the best day in a america so I was happy! i bought the Pizza on my credit card. I just found out that works! Sorry needed some money.. I bought things in antigua on it and today on it.. Just food n stuff but I hope it wasnt alot haha it Quetzales is was.. haha But i just need to celebrate n stuff so I used it!! Well this has been a crazy 14 months. I feel so far a way from all of you! haha I dont know why but these last couple of days and week ive been kind of home sick.... I dont like it!! I never have been.. It doesnt keep me from working. But its just a weird feeling!! I think its just because i have someone that is going home in my district and he is ALWAYS talking about home haha But I dont know. This change will be great because i and get back and lost in the work again!! But Ill let you know what happens in changes that next week! looks like yall had fun for the FOURTH.. I LOVE THE FOURTH!! Haha I LOVE AMERICA!! WELL I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!! Congrats Molly Bear.. Keep on being Fabulous!! Sure do love you... Wait on the Lord be strong and of good courage!..... WELP Love you all!!! I will be here in GUATE workin my BUtt off Dont you worry!! Love and miss you all!!!
Love
Elder Moon
;) winky face
Gosh I'm good looking!
Happy 4th!!!
Me and Jankow!!!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
July 3rd, 2012: hello
Family!
Well this past week was alright but the new Chapel opened!! YAY!! That was super great! The open house was super great as well! I was very happy with the people that came and we got a lot of references! So you know what that means! BAPTISms!! hah not just kidding but freal people loved it! I actually have a cool experience that happend It may not be that cool for yall but i really loved it! Welp anywho.. So Thursday came and we really didnt have that much to do just contact really so we were contacting and contacting... What a long day it was. But it was good. Knocking doors and all.. We were walking and we passed an old man shoveling dirt. I had the impression to turn back and ask him if we could help him. I asked him if he could use an extra 4 hands.. He politely declined but I got down and started helping him with handfulls of dirt. Didnt help him that much but he laughed and so I started talking to him and decided to invite him to the open house. Not thinking anything of it just a usual thing that we do as missionaries. haha.. Anywho saturday came and so did he. He came to the open house it was great! I didnt get to talk to him but i saw him leaving and so i thought to myself well I guess we will have to go back to his house some day! Sunday came and we were in Sacrament meeting and our Secretary entered and ask us to come to the hall with him as we entered in the hall there he was!! I was so pumped! i was like WHAT UP.. he was like thats the guy that I talked to! it was funny! He actually attended the Ward that started at 8 and went to all 3 meetings! wrong ward but he attended! We put a visit with him that same day and had a great lesson his first question was how can i become a part of your great church and so it was great.. Hes not going to be super easy because his family is super evangelica but thats okay!! It was a great experience. Hes super old and can barely walk but hes great! Really made me realize the inportance of opening my mouth and talking to everyone! made it a good week well i love you all and hope you all are doing well.. MUCH LOVE
Love Elder Moon
Sorry I got no time
June 26th, 2012: FAM
Family!!
Well this past week was a good week I guess.. I Finally got my package yesterday!!! It was great.. with it came all your letters with Aunt Roxys as well It made my month!! I was so happy to get those!! Thanks so much! Also two other letters that were just super great from two great friends... But ive been sick so thats why its been a mas o menos week.. It was great thought just workin with a little somthing extra in your pants!! HAHA gotta love it!! but the package was great! i love that hot chocolate so much! Great package! Thanks so much! But I am super excited for this weekend because the stakecenter is finaly finished. The past 3 weeks weve had to go to a different church but finally the stake center is openig and this weekend is the open house so its going to be great! I cannot wait! It will help with the work so much we are trying to invite EVERYONE it will be awesome! We kind of need some help thought because our two families that we had now are gone one of them got into a fight and now are seperated and the other is ignoring us.. but thats okay. We just got to find find find and then baptize baptize baptize. But we actually were able to have another baptism on sunday. His name was Elmer. Hes great young man. I was very happy for him. He already goes to Seminary and is super great! This week will be a good week though we are going to work really really hard and I cant wait for the open house! Anywho.. thanks for the letters and the package! I was very happy and it was just the extra boost that I needed to work even harder! Well I hope all of you are doing well! I love you all and am very thankful for all of you! Thank you for the support you give me! I have grown so much and I continue to grow! I know with out a shadow of a doubt that this is the only true church! There are so many churches here in Guatemala it makes me sick! But thats why I am here! To Preach Teach and Baptize! Bring everyone unto the truth!! I love it!!! Its the greatest work ever!!! The savior Lives and Loves each one of us and if we rely on him everything is possible. We just have to rely on him more and more! I love the Book of Mormon and am so thankful I get to read it everyday because it truly does help with everything! I know that if you all can read it everyday you will all see the difference it brings! WEll I love you all and the church is true!!! Welp I will be sending finally the letters for Mothers day and molllys birthday and jakes birthday!! Im such a chambone Im sorry!!
Love Elder Moon
June 19th, 2012: Hey
Family.. Well how are all of you? Super great? Sure hope so! Today in district meeting we talked about Faith and Hope. We are really lucky as disrict leaders these next couple of weeks we just get to talk about Christlike attributes. Its great! But Faith and Hope are two of the favorite topics of Pres. Brough and its just super great when we get to talk about those two topics! But today it was great! I love a scripture in DandC 18:18-19 I think. but in spanish it translate to If you dont have faith hope or charity you cant do anything! I found it forever ago while studying and it is soo true! I love it. Anywho this past week was a good week. Yes dad we as well did have a baptism But Good for you dad! that is awesome!! Send him my love n stuff! But All is well here. I sat my companion down and told him he has to learn how to start talking! so thats what we have been working on. him talking more and it seems to be going well! he hates it but I love it . I talk ALOT lets be honest. So its helping me as well! Sometimes I talk too much! COOL BEANS! Well I dont really know what else to say. I would love to answer questions! I just dont really know what to say anymore. I wish you could all see how great and crazy guatemala really is. You cant really explain it with words! Riding in buses! Talking to everyone! Its too great! I love Missionary work! Its going by way too fast! I couldnt be happier! I hope you all know how much I love you all and hope you are all doing really well! What a great experience for the family dad! Keep on looking for ways to share the gospel with everyone even thought everyone is members. You never know whose life you can change!! Well i love you all so much! THIS WORK MUST GO ON!!
God Speed..
Love
Elder Moon
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
June 12th, 2012: FAMM
Hello Family
Well this past week was AWESOME. We had a great week. Working really hard! I was very happy. We were able to find 20 new investigators and 5 new families!! WHOOOOO.. One of them came to church soo you know what that meanss 3 weeks and they are in the water!!! YOU BETCHA! I had a nice surprise in my district meeting today! President Brough and his Wife!! YAY hah it was great! I was at first way nervous when he called me and told me that they were coming but then after I felt confident because what I had prepared was great! I talked about the charity and Diligence.. My favorite topics... haha Yeah It was great! I loved it! He gave me a good compliment at the end and he added his thoughts it was great! I was very happy. I would love to have him in every district meeting now! haha But anywho.. Things are great though. My companion still is having a hard time getting used to the area and he still doesnt talk but thats alright. I love him to death!! Funny story I would like to tell.... sooo the other night while I was talking on the phone. I heard my companion say OUCH really loud I wasnt sure what happend but i just kept talking on the phone next thing I know he comes out of the bathroom with blood gushing out of his finger and I was Like what in the world did you do.. He says I was playing with your pen thing! I was like what pen thing I go into our room and he had been playing with my Epi pen. He didnt know what it was. And managed to shoot it through his finger nail!! Lets just say he isnt the sharpest tool in the shed and I just told him welp gotta learn somehow not to play with my things.. He didnt sleep that night.. Not sure because of the pain or because of the adrenaline got into his blood a bit!! haha It was crazy. Poor guy hes got a big hole in his nail now haha. Anywho I gotta go...
Love
Elder Moon
This letter came today from Elder Moon's Mission President's wife Sister Brough!
Well this past week was AWESOME. We had a great week. Working really hard! I was very happy. We were able to find 20 new investigators and 5 new families!! WHOOOOO.. One of them came to church soo you know what that meanss 3 weeks and they are in the water!!! YOU BETCHA! I had a nice surprise in my district meeting today! President Brough and his Wife!! YAY hah it was great! I was at first way nervous when he called me and told me that they were coming but then after I felt confident because what I had prepared was great! I talked about the charity and Diligence.. My favorite topics... haha Yeah It was great! I loved it! He gave me a good compliment at the end and he added his thoughts it was great! I was very happy. I would love to have him in every district meeting now! haha But anywho.. Things are great though. My companion still is having a hard time getting used to the area and he still doesnt talk but thats alright. I love him to death!! Funny story I would like to tell.... sooo the other night while I was talking on the phone. I heard my companion say OUCH really loud I wasnt sure what happend but i just kept talking on the phone next thing I know he comes out of the bathroom with blood gushing out of his finger and I was Like what in the world did you do.. He says I was playing with your pen thing! I was like what pen thing I go into our room and he had been playing with my Epi pen. He didnt know what it was. And managed to shoot it through his finger nail!! Lets just say he isnt the sharpest tool in the shed and I just told him welp gotta learn somehow not to play with my things.. He didnt sleep that night.. Not sure because of the pain or because of the adrenaline got into his blood a bit!! haha It was crazy. Poor guy hes got a big hole in his nail now haha. Anywho I gotta go...
Love
Elder Moon
This letter came today from Elder Moon's Mission President's wife Sister Brough!
This is just a quick note. President Brough and I had the opportunity this morning to attend a district meeting that your son is the leader of. Can I just say what an amazing young man you have raised. He taught and conducted the meeting so well. The spirit was strong and the district is very united. Elder Moon is a wonderful servant of the Lord. He is doing fantastic!!!!
Thank you for sending such a great young man. He truly is a great addition to our mission. We love him with all our heart.
Love,
Sister Brough
Guatemala Central Mission
Thursday, June 7, 2012
June 5th, 2012: Fam
Family
Well I am in my new area! Its super difficult. I dont know ANYONE! I contacted a bishop on the bus. I was like have you ever talked to missionaries before and he was like a few.. I am a bishop of one of the wards here in chimaltenango! Haha It was funny but oh well! I am super stressed! But we had another baptism on saturday!! His name is Luis Jimenez he is super awesome! Although we only taught him one thing but we were able to help him be baptized! Well I dont have much to say this week thank you for all the emails! I hope you all are doing sooo great! I feel like I need to share more things with all of you but I just dont know what! I love life as a missionary and I am so thankful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ the chance that we get to change through repentance and baptism! this Gospel is perfect! I love the Lord and Savior. Our Master! I rely on him for all that I do. Without Him I would be so lost! I am so very thankful for such a great family like you all! I am so blessed to be able to call you all my family! ITs the best because we are all best friends as well!! Thank you all so much and Dad keep on helping your friend as much as you can!! What a great experience for you! I wish I had some experiences with the missionaries before the mission! Missionary work is the best! And we are all Missionaries forever and ever!!! Well love you all!!!!!!
Love
Elder Moon
camera broken but ill try to send photos
Well I am in my new area! Its super difficult. I dont know ANYONE! I contacted a bishop on the bus. I was like have you ever talked to missionaries before and he was like a few.. I am a bishop of one of the wards here in chimaltenango! Haha It was funny but oh well! I am super stressed! But we had another baptism on saturday!! His name is Luis Jimenez he is super awesome! Although we only taught him one thing but we were able to help him be baptized! Well I dont have much to say this week thank you for all the emails! I hope you all are doing sooo great! I feel like I need to share more things with all of you but I just dont know what! I love life as a missionary and I am so thankful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ the chance that we get to change through repentance and baptism! this Gospel is perfect! I love the Lord and Savior. Our Master! I rely on him for all that I do. Without Him I would be so lost! I am so very thankful for such a great family like you all! I am so blessed to be able to call you all my family! ITs the best because we are all best friends as well!! Thank you all so much and Dad keep on helping your friend as much as you can!! What a great experience for you! I wish I had some experiences with the missionaries before the mission! Missionary work is the best! And we are all Missionaries forever and ever!!! Well love you all!!!!!!
Love
Elder Moon
camera broken but ill try to send photos
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