Elder Moore

MUNRO, WEEK 36: TRANSFERS TRASLADOS

TRAAAAANSFERS! 

Alright family, ready for the news? 

I got a new companion! Elder C* from Honduras. 5 COMPANIONS. 5 COUNTRIES. Honduras. Colombia. Argentina. Spain. USA. What a great blessing! The Lord wants me to learn something! I hope I am figuring it out. 

Me and my new companion, Elder C*.

Elder B*, went to a different place to finish his mission. Elder C* came in his place. He and I actually already know each other. He was in my first zone in a neighboring area. He is awesome and we get along great! He also has the same time as Elder B* so he will be leaving in October. So Munro will probably be his last area. 

Anyways, this past week was good; some really cool things that I got to do this week. Something that happened for the which I am eternally grateful is that our shower head broke, so we called the missionary couple that is in charge of the pensions. They said that if I could fix it, do it, so that they don't have to send someone and pay them to do it. I looked at the shower head and realized that "yes, I can do that!" I felt like Sam from the movie, Holes. "I can fix that". So we went to an Argentina Home Depot. Bought the new shower head and tube, some teflon tape and got to work. Ended up being a success! I am very happy with the end result. No problems, a quick fix. Nothing major but I am happy that I had gained the knowledge from experience! Thanks, Dad. Attached are photos. :) 

Elder Moore, the handy man!

Then the other day the lights went out! So we went down to where the breaker box was. In Argentina (well, in this building) they don't use massive breakers with the switches. They use little fuses with metal. They are called Termicos in Spanish. I don't know what they are in English. My companion didn't know much and I only knew a little bit from what I saw our neighbor do with their Termicos one time. Turns out there is a filament inside. Much like a light bulb, that over time it burns out, so the electricity can't pass through. So what I did is shut off the electricity, removed the two termicos, found which one was the problem, retied the filament (turns out it just slid out of its place) replaced the caps that hold it there and put them back in and voila! Let there be light! It worked! It made me feel very grateful for the places that I have been and the experiences that I have had that are helping me already in the future. Although the candles in the dark reminded me of home alongside the wood burning stove, I still like the heat of the electric heater that we have. 

I am very happy to hear everything is going well! Sounds like a great summer is taking place! It's a great winter here! 

Today is a short p-day because we went to pick up and drop off old companions and then we have a zone meeting in the afternoon. But I added a ton of pictures! :) 

Enjoy. Love, 

Elder Moore

PICTURES!

Empanadas de Jamon y Queso! (ham and cheese) 

They are like hot pockets but better.

This is a picture of an Asado! Which is basically a BBQ that a family put on for us. 

The big long brown weird looking thing is called Marcion. Which is the Blood Sausage. I didn't mind the blood sausage that much. It was...interesting. Tasted a lot like liquid cinnamon...if that makes sense.

The other picture isn't some chocolate cake or pastry but actually coagulated blood warmed to perfection. :)

This is the tie of my companion. I was burning off the fuzzies and it just erupted in flames and I threw it outside (it was raining). It was a really old tie, apparently made with all the flammable materials known to man. 

This is my birthday present to me. I bought a pillow! Because the one that the mission gave me was stuffed with that foam that fake plants have at the bottom. It was super thin. The new one is great. :) 

 [Happy Birthday to Elder Moore, who turned 19 years old on July 20th!]