Letter Two

Happy Late Birthday Dad!!!

Hey guys! How's it going? What did you do for Dad's birthday? How's Rocko and Nupah? Cardinals and ASU? Stats for the whole D-backs team? I wanna see what they all ended at.

I miss you guys, but not enough to come home. Ha! Well I'm leaving the MTC on Oct 6th. I have to be at the travel office at 3 a.m.! My flight leaves at 6 a.m., then I'm in Denver from like 7 to 9, so I can call you guys! So please send me a calling card ASAP. I'm going to send you guys pics next week. I love you guys. Keep writing!

Love,
Elder Moore

P.S. Send a memory card for the camera.

First Letter

Hey everyone,

I've survived my first week at the Missionary Training Center (MTC). I'm having a fun and spiritual time; and got lucky enough to get stuck with a great district and a fun companion. We click really well, which makes things a lot easier here. My teachers are great too. They are all return missionaries fresh off of their own missions, so they all tell us tips on how to teach more effectively. The food here is great one day and not so great others. You can never go wrong with the chocolate milk and cereal. Can't wait to get out in the field to teach real investigators.

Love you all and miss you lots,
Elder Hayden Moore

Kindness of Strangers

Brother Junichi Maeda emailed these photos he took of Hayden along with Elders Wilson, Bohman (Hayden's companion), and Luke. Brother Maeda is a PT employee of the MTC and a complete stranger to us. The kindness of strangers never ceases to amaze me. Below is what he wrote in his email. He mentions a video which I am working on posting, but haven't figured out yet. Thank you Brother Maeda!

Dear Family of Elder Wilson, Elder Bohman, Elder Luke and Elder Moore,

I am sure you are surprised to receive this e-mail from stranger. My name is Brother Junichi Maeda and I am a part-time BYU employee working at MTC Development Department.

I happened to meet with wonderful elders at MTC this afternoon. My son, Robert who is now serving his mission at Japan Hiroshima Mission and Elder Wilson are friends at U.

I was able to take some of pictures of those wonderful elders today and short video that I would like to send. I will attach a group picture with this e-mail and will send some more by separate e-mails without cover letter.

Thank you again for sending such wonderful elders!!

Best regards,

Junichi

Video Message from Elder Moore at the MTC

A big thanks to Elder Moore's Uncle Ron for sending this video from the MTC. It was wonderful to see our boy!

Hayden's First Day in the MTC

We haven't heard from Hayden yet and don't expect to for about a week. The new missionaries can only email on their weekly Preparation Day (P-Day) and we don't know when that will be. A contact in the MTC did tell us that Hayden had a good first day (it's nice to have family that works for the missionary department). We are eager to hear from Hayden and will share as soon as possible.