Dear Family,
First of all I really miss you guys a lot, but so far it is really cool & fun here. My two companions (one didn't show up) are Elder Anderson & Elder Dettenmaier. My missionary mailing address is:
Elder Kristopher James Evans
MTC Mailbox #225
MEX-VLH 0307
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793
My "estimated" departure date is March 7, 2011 and it says I will come back January 8, 2013. I got a letter from Jenni on Thursday and a package from ____________.
A couple of things different about the MTC than we thought. No music, NO gum. no tie-tacks, can't write letters other than on p-day, and a lot more Spanish (at least more than I thought).
I feel dumb because everyone in my class took Spanish in High School and is already putting stuff together in sentences and knows lots of words. But on Thursday I learned the alphabet and kinda how to pray...Our teacher is really good, his name is Brother Avilla.
I am going to figure out how to send packages & stuff so I can send my stuff back. Dad I also forgot to give you something so that will be included in the package. You should also send me a family picture or one of each. :) Umm Dad the things that you need to let me know about are the Eagles, Manchester United, whoever wins the Super Bowl, and the Premier League stuff.
Mom will you send me friends & families birthdays, a little 2011 calendar, some food/candy like chocolate chip granola bars, Pringles. Reese's Pieces and stuff like that. Also, we were given a water purifier here so you do not need to send one. Oh, I also need addresses for friends and family (Tally, Riley, Coach, Bepp, JD, Brenda, Brent, Julie, Jenni, Ali).
It is definitely hard not to walk by my companions and stick my finger in their ears to annoy them but it's o.k. Jessica, let me know about basketball, soccer, & school. Kenna let me know about soccer, violin, recitals, and school.
Love You Guys :)
YOUR BUDDY
I typed this word for word from his letter. It makes me laugh when he says there is more Spanish than he thought. I think he figured they would ease into it a little bit but I have a friend that used to teach there and they have some groups they do total immersion of Spanish from the very first day! He sounds happy! I am happy to just hear from him. I still have so many questions, but that is a mom's job! He would LOVE to hear from all of you, so WRITE!
P.S. The package was from Grama Joan. Not sure why he left a blank!
Elder Kristopher Evans: Adventures while serving the Lord in Villahermosa Mexico!
3 comments:
hmmm….I sent him a letter too. I wonder if I did it wrong! I better practice on him. Do you write or do dearelder.com?
Fun to hear from him!
Mom I think you wrote that comment signed in a Kristi--I don't know why she would need to practice on him so I'm assuming it is you! haha
I did dearelder.com, I wrote it Wednesday afternoon at work and he said he got it Thursday so I think they literally print it out and get it right to them. Pretty fast! We were laughing last night that the internet was barely even a widespread thing when Greg was on his mission--handwritten letters ONLY! Now look what we can do!
Yep, I must have been logged in as them! Ooops! I remember when Jeff was out IM was new and we could IM him a lot. Then they had a rule for that too. LOL
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