Time to answer all those questions that were sent to me earlier.
I have a new companion here named Elder McBride. He had the swine flu for the first few days we were here. Kindof nostalgic of Provo. We all got here safely and our flights were good. We were split into 2 flight groups and as a total there are 47 of us here; most of us came from Provo. This place is mice. It's like a hotel. Nothing like I'll be in once I'm in my actuall mission. We are litterally right on the tample grounds. My window frames the Temle perfectly. I just went earlier today and it was really nice. I guess once I'm in my mission I'll be able to come back and go to the Temple about once every 3 months or so. Having all long sleeve shirts is killing me. I can't get them tailored until I leave the ccm (centre de capacitacion misional). The humidity is about 98%-99% and nothing ever dries out here. I've got a great new district and we all get along really well. The food is better than all of the proccessed stuff in Provo. I can usually get a nice little siesta after luch to get my energy back up. It's good to hear from everybody. Obviously this is the right e-mail to use, but I've been told that it can be unreliable and that once i'm in my mission I can use my gmail account. There are a few ways to reach me. This works, or you can go through the church's pouch system. As a last resort or for paceges, my physical address is the Santo Domingo Temple. I forget the whole address but you can probably find it online. My letters don't get sent out until Friday morning. I'll sed a few tomorrow in response to Michael and John's letters. Sorry it's taken me so long. Also, I'll send one to Mom and Dad along with the thing they asked for for the ward. DearEolder.com should still work. I think I'll get those once a week when they come, but I'm not sure when. Thank you to everyone for your great advice and support. It's good to know that everone is getting along (for the most part). Rebecca; can you make sur my contact info gets onto facebook? Thanks. Someone needs to bug Jeremy to write me as well. I miss the Provo MTC and my district there a little bit, but I like it here a lot. I miss being able to be in that HUGE chior. It's kindof funny; all of my district here actually sounds really good when we sing! One of the two sister missionaries here siad when we got off of the bus here "Nice! We get to be next-dood neighbors with the Lord!" I thought that sounded cool and couldn't help but to agree with the sentiment. I can't help but feel that getting sent here is the Lord's way of making it up to me for how enjoyable high school was. We get to go to the University her (120,000 students) to practice our contacting in spanish. The people are sooo nice here. One of the guys that another companionship in our district contact has had a couple discusions already. =) I can't think of much else to write. I'm doing alright for spanish. Most of my district has had 2-6 years of school either in school or living in a spanish speaking country, so I'm having to try a little harder to keep up in class here. Not to mention that our main teacher dosn't speak any eanglish and speaks as fast as everyone outside of the CCM. For the most part, my initial panic about learning spanish when I got here has subsided. I'm starting to teach in spanish now, but it's still a bit rocky. Oh yeah, if yuo send anything in Pouch you have to send just one page, trifold, and taped shut with the address on the outside. You can send multiple pages, but they have to be sepparate. Pouch:
Elder Rich,
(MTC Name, or Mission Name) Santo Domingo MTC
P.O. Box 30150
Salt Lake City, UT, 84130-0150
Physical address:
Templo De Los Mormones
Ave Bolivan #825
Esq. Genesis Los Robles
Santo Domingo, R.D. (Republica Dominicana)
Alright, i love you all very much, but I'm out of time, dinner is waiting, and I can't think of anything else to say right now. Hasta Luego!
P.S. for Robyn and Dave and Michael - Hey, you named the first one after Liz, not to cruch michael's hopes or anything, but your on nuber how many now? Eight? I think it's about time you named one after me. I'm the cooler one that they all like the most anyway. =P
P.P.S. --- I FORGOT THAT MOM AND DAD AREN'T ON HERE! Please forward it to them! I just hit the reply all button for the Christmas list.
and don't be offended if you don't get a letter; I try to respond to whomever writes me, but I just don't have any spare time while I'm here! =( But I still love you.
See Ya!
Elder Adam Russell Rich
