Moore on a Mission in Medellin, Colombia: The Mission Begins

On July 16 we had Justin's farewell talk and open house. It was a good talk about the "Courage to Serve a Mission". That afternoon at his open house his family, friends, members from church and wrestling coaches came by to say their good byes.

On July 25th we headed to the airport to drop Elder Moore off and say our good byes. There were 7 other missionaries and their families there saying their good byes and waiting to get on the Delta flight to Atlanta. Three were headed to Ghana, three to Colombia, and one to Peru. Elder Moore's mission started with a bit of excitement, they only had 50 minutes layover in Atlanta so the transfer to their flight to Colombia was going to be tight. As they arrived in Atlanta there was bad weather so the plane went into a holding pattern after 20 + minutes in the holding pattern they ended up getting diverted to Tennessee. After spending a few hours in Tennessee they ended up boarding again and flying back to Atlanta. Since their flight to Bogota had already left they spent the night in a Hotel and then the next day they went and caught their flight to Bogota. They arrived a day late at night, and we received a quick email from Elder Moore on Thursday morning letting us know he made it to the CCM.