I´m still doing well. Sorry i didn´t write last week, but I decided to spend all of my time writing to people personaly and to everyone as a whole. These past couple of weeks have just flown by.
Before I get started, I should let you all know that there has been a change in the mail/ package system. My mission president, president Antivilo, has decided that packages and letters (i.e. had-written letters, cards, rihnoceros drawings) will no longer be given to us on a weekly basis, but will sit in the office until we come there for interviews once every six weeks. This will make it take much longer for anything to get to me.
If anyone should like to discuss the matter, please call President Antivilo at:
(829)-527-2222
Or write your concerns to:
2010895-prs@ldschurch.org
The new chapel that has been under construction in front of our house has now been finished and the keys have been given to the stake president. On thursday, in our district meeting with the other missionaries in the zone, the stake president came to talk to us as a group and to thank us for our work and ask certain areas to work a littler harder. Thankfully we weren´t one of those areas. However, he had a nice surprise for us as well. For about a month, the stake has been "planning" to have an open house for the new chapel. We had asked everyone if there was anything that we could do to help with the process, but everyone assured us that it was all being handled and all of the references would be directed towards us afterwards. The open house is planned for Friday the seventh for VIPs (politicians) and Saturday the eighth for everybody else. We were told on thursday however, by the stake president, that after this month-long planning process all that has been done is to put the dates and now everything for the open house has been turned over to us. We are glad to help, although wish we might have had a little more notice, given our already packed schedule. We´re looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.
This Saturday the stake had a service project to clean up the streets around the chapel in preparation for the open house. Itwent pretty well and the church sent over one of their public relations missionary couples to take some pictures. I´m not sure when, but I think they are planning on writing an article for it on one of the upcoming issues or the Church News.
As always, I thank you all for your love and support and for your prayers in my behalf. I hope and pray that you´re all doing well.
Cuidense!
Elder Adam Russell Rich
PS- Mom and Dad--- Don´t forget to get a calling card for the Mothers´ Day call. The best time will probably be at night sometime, but i´ll call just before to let you guys know when I´m ready.
Pix:
1) Elder Elsworth, Elder Duran, Elder Valdez, and Me
2) People say I seem to have a glow about me...
3) Here this is called a boche
