16 De Mayo 2011

Hola Todos,

     This week has passed by well.  We´ve been getting a little more wet this week, but thankfully we never seem to get sick from all of the water.  We´re working with a few families now that are really great.  First, we have Wilman and Virginia.  They´re a family that Elder Da La Rosa and Elder Valdez talked to before I got here, but never taught before.  We´ve been teaching them for a while now,  and they´ve shown a pretty good interest.  They read everything that we leave them and do a great job of understanding everything.  They´re both pretty young, only 25 and 23 years old, but they´ve got three little kids who are always full of energy.  We´ve been teaching them about marriage and how it blesses lives and families and we´ve lesft them to talk and pray about the decicion together.  I´ve always though that it´s interesting when we teach pepole about marriage and they say "I´ve always thought that I was too young to get married."  The first thought that always jumps into my mind is something along the lines of, "Then aren´t you a little young to have three kids?  It´s a little late to be thinking about turning back now, don´t you think?"  It always pains me to see that poeple are too caught up in their own fears or self interest to think about the best weelbeing for their children.  That´s just how it is though.  Poeple often continue perpetuating what they´ve been taught throught their childhood, espacially when the entire socciety is teaching them false traditions.  Wilman and Virginia are great people though, and I´m sure they´ll make the right decicion.

Well, anyhow, not much else to say for this week.  I love you guys. Thanks for all of you´re prayers.

Cuidense!
Elder Adam Russell Rich,
Ozama, Republica Dominicana