Can I change multiple instances of the same thing without a for loop?

So I'm working on a message command for my custom commands and I'm having trouble with it.

I have an invisible GUI in the StarterGui that is basically a template for the message, but I need to edit all the instances of it in all the PlayerGui folders, and right now I'm stuck using a bunch of for loops inside of each other but that doesn't work because I need the variable from the first function and it just became a whole mess.

cmds.m = function(sender, args)
	local who = sender.Name
	

	if who then
		local ScreenGui = game.StarterGui.messageGui
		local Frame = ScreenGui.theFrame
		local message = Frame.lemessage
		local sendername = Frame.sender

		for i,v in pairs(args) do
			if v == args[1] then
				for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetDescendants()) do
					if v.Name == "lemessage" then
						v.Text = args -- I need this to get the information from the first for loop (same with all the other lines that say "args")
						print("args = ".. args)
					end
				end
			else
				for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetDescendants()) do
					if v.Name == "lemessage" then
						v.Text = v.Text .." ".. args
					end
				end
			end
			print("The message is: "..message.Text)
		end
		
		sendername.Text = who
		
		for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetDescendants()) do
			if v.Name == "messageGui" then
				for i = 1, 5 do
					v.theFrame.BackgroundTransparency = v.theFrame.BackgroundTransparency-0.05
				end
			elseif v.Name == "theFrame" and v.BackgroundTransparency <= 0.75 then
				for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetDescendants()) do
					if v.Name == "lemessage" or v.Name == "sender" then
						v.Visible = true
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

the prints are just there because I was doing some debugging. if anyone has any idea how to fix this or has a better way of doing then PLEASE let me know.