August 4, 2013 Splitting the mission and Samu

Hey Beautiful,

This week was great.

We have another baptism, his name is Samu. He is my favorite investigator on the mission. He studies the lesson before we teach them. Ahah!  We ended the lesson the other day, and before we bore testimony of it he said "wait.. I would like to bear my testimony.. Pause.. is that  alright?... He  then bore his testimony.  It was such a wonderful experience! Then Kamenielli, the guy we baptized last week, blessed the sacrament and I was so proud. He is such and awesome guy.

Jesus the Chris is the best book I have ever read.  I'm so fascinated with it.  As soon as I finished it I went to the first page and started reading again. I'm also reading an old teaching manual from the old prophet George Albert Smith and it is incredible. I shared a story from it last night at a lesson and I started bawling. The story is about this little orphan boy who had to get surgery and all he wanted was for the Lord to help him. He stopped the doctors and asked them to pray for him, they all said no.. so he knelt on the surgery table and prayed and all the doctors started crying. It is such a great story.

Lots of changes.. I got word that we are splitting my area because it is so big. There are 25 more missionaries coming from America next month.. I think that I am training... we will see.

I'm sorry that life isn't always peaches Momma,  Work will get better.Just think, you could be a Fijian lady, who can't take naps because she is to busy working, then comes home and slaves for her family and isn't even aloud to eat with them. She eats alone in the kitchen. It's horrible but we cant correct their culture. I would love to but I can't.

Eating on the floor really murders my knees, but houses here don't have couches or chairs. its because we are on the other side of the world, the bottom side, so we would be sitting on the ceiling.

This work is so hard, but so rewarding.  I love being a missionary but I think I am gonna die of old age before I get home. haha

Love 

Elder Moulton

July 28.2013 Back in Suva and walking 5 hours a day

Dear Mamma,

This week was good. I officially got permission from my mission president to learn Hindi, to study full on.. which will be good. We had a baptism this week and that was cool. His name is Kamenielli, Its crazy how important a ward is to missionary work. I could never be a great missionary if I didn't have great members behind me. I wish that every missionary could realize that... we are not just all that matters. The ward is the main cause for conversion.

The little boy is that is holding up a one finger in the picture is the funniest kid ever. His name is Peniasi, which is Benjamin. The girl right next to me is Dilo, and she is so adorable.She loves to dance, and it is so cute.

So I just got into this area (nasinu) and it was my first day. I am just clueless to whats going on and we go to this guys house and I'm thinking that the elders have previously taught him all of the lessons and given him a baptismal date but he hadn't even been taught the first lesson yet. He and I got along really well and I asked if he was excited to be baptized and he said that the elders haven't talked about it. So i asked him if he wanted to be baptized and he said yes.  He was baptized last weekend.He is such and awesome man and is going to serve a mission in a year.

Its really hard in this area to learn Hindi. I have no help here at all because I am in a straight fijian ward, but that just makes me want to try harder. We have three solid baptisms this next month.

The ward is so great here, this is the most christian country in the world, people aren't afraid to show their religion., The ward loves to help and there is a reason I am here... to get the ward to help out way more. This is the first ward I've been in on my mission. It is way nice. 

 This is by far my slowest area...So much walking... about five hours a day..

I love you momma, I will talk to you more some other day..

I love you so much. God bless you..

Til next week..

Elder Moulton

Suva July 2013

July 14,2013

Hello my Beautiful.

It has been another week gone by.

I hit a year in like 100 days.

Time is flying,

I'm in my new area right by Suva. I'ts the outskirts like the Herriman of Suva,

It's pretty dang ghetto. Its good because there are like eight people in the ward with cars, so that is nice.

I've realized how important a healthy strong ward is. I've been working really hard here.  I have done lots of walking and I haven't really had any problems with my feet. So thats good! Lots of Fijian here. I am the senior companion so that is pretty cool as well and I love it.

 My companion thinks he knows as much Fijian as me but he is constantly asking me meanings of words and how to say stuff. but he is a good guy we get along really well. He is funny too. You would like him. My new area is smothered in mud and it literally rains here everyday. 

I have never really cared about a ward before, but I have noticed how important the relief society is now. They are the key to conversion. Someone said that missionaries are the most important but I know the women in the wards are.

My companion's name Elder Grotepas. He is from Syracuse Utah. He is 19 and a good guy..

Here is a picture of us.

That's me on the right in case you forgot what i look like..

We have a way sweet flat..

We live in the sister's old flat.. They moved out because there were some problems and they got sent home.
 It's a way nice place and I am happy to be here.  There are tons of members and I am in a fijian ward.. WARD,WARD,, its so nice!!

I haven't met too many people yet.  I threw out the baptism question to a young man and he excepted before we even taught the first lesson, I didn't know where he was at but we clicked way fast, and he said yes.. so there will be a baptism on the 27th of this month.  He he is from a member family,, he is so strong fifth time going to church,, its great, he wants to serve a mission

 I spent 20 bucks today on mexican food, I just had to because it was incredible.. I miss good food so much..

There apparently is a lot of delicious food here, but it is definately not as good as yours, or the Terrys..

Love,

Elder Moulton

My dearest mother..

This week has been another great week. We are really trying to get the members involved in teaching.

Half of our lessons this week were with members which is really hard here.

I have been super busy trying to speak Hindi, you would be so proud of my progress in just a week.

I'm also learning how to read Sanskrit. We have an investigator that is teaching me.

The work is going really well and I am so happy.. I love this place. So fun.

I'm taking care of two branches. One has over 500 members but 80% of them are inactive because they are so dang racist.

I love it because I can't Iaugh about it..

My companion is named Elder Hancock.  We get along great.

 Love you Dalberticus

I have a name sake

Dear Family and Friends,

I found out last night that I have a name sake and I started crying.. Their are the greatest people back in Sigatoka and the wife is Vanessa and the husband is Amritt.

Amritt is a recent convert to the church and I would go visit about 3 times a week and they would feed us.  When I left Vanessa told me that I'm the only missionary that Amrit has ever wanted to be friends with and they just had a baby and his middle name is Dallin.. They told the elders there they named him after me..!

This has been such an amazing week. Me and elder Rokodakunivosa went to Lakeba. That doesn't mean anything to you guys but we are the first two elders to ever have gone to Lakeba. It was such an awesome experience. I almost died like ten times... its the best ha ha.. 

I get a new companion.  His name is Elder Hancock, and he is a way cool guy I already know him. It should be fun..

I feel so much love here.. 

this place is wild..

Love your ever adoring..

Elder Ronald Reagan 

I can't tell you how stoked I'm am about missionary work.. sometimes it's so slow and you have to do some stuff you just never want to do but you must be willing to do it and just go the extra little mile.

A typical day.

 woken up by the sun

 cup of cocoa

 make a lesson, i started a lesson book of sunday 
lessons 
district and zone meeting lessons,

12:00 go into town for lunch, there is a way good chinese place,
after that lessons scattered all over the rest of the day

sometimes eat dinner at the Terry's and/or go back to that chinese place or be fed after a lesson with an investigator..

9;30 usually go to bed..

The elders from Seaqaqa are sometimes up in Labasa an they are really good company,

almost all Fijian lessons. 

LAKEBA, FIJI

SIX YEAR DRIVERS LICENCE

The poorest most loving family in the world.. Arian birthday(not staged..)