First Letter

We received our first long letter from Ross. His P-day is Wednesday so he had written a quick letter on his first day there. Then we had to wait a week until he wrote. Below is much of the letter he wrote.

Dear Family (personal, huh?)
Wow, so much has happened it feels like i havebeen in the MTC for months, Ha,ha. It's not so bad, thoug. The biggest challenge for me with the language is still rolling my R's. Its frustrating but I'm sure I'll get it. As far as the Gospel goes, I wish I knew everything better if I could have done one thing better, it would been to read Preach My Gospel way more. Everything they teach and most of what we teach is from that book. It is scripture and its the best way to prepare, so Jake, I hope you start studying it!

This is my first P-Day and it is very nice. We went to the temple this morning. It was amazing. Now I am writing you while I wait for my laundry. I am literally wearing the only clean clothes I have left (besides my suits, white shirts). I'm in my Disney shirt. [Part of his Christmas pjs.]

DeeAnn sent me a box of food today. Which is rough because I'm fasting. The box she sent things in had been sent to Peter and back to DeeAnn so this box has been to Germany and back!

It was so cool at devotional yesterday Elder Ballard was the speaker. Elder Scott was also there and he bore his testimony. Elder Ballard talked about goals and how you cannot be a good missionary without them. It must have been after the devotional but I truly felt deeply how special of a message we have. This gospel really is God the Father's way of helping us get back to Him. It is of eternal purpose. The spirit of missionary work is beginning to burn within me. I really wish I had shared with so many more people Christ's love for us. I hope all of you will feel the same wya too and share the gospel, the great message that brings and joy and happines to everyone , not just some. I know that there are people only you can reach. I think it might be time to get some goals and become member mssionaries.

I spend 12 hours of my day, every day in the same classroom. It's nuts but it works well, I guess. Gym is very much looked forward to. We get it 5 times a week. I usually play basketball and own everyone.

On Monday, our district went to the TRC where we, in our companionships, teach the first lessosn. There's a hallway with lots of doors and we go and knock on one, then go into a room made someone's house and teach the gospel. I felt that my compaion and I did really well, the Spirit guided us and it really pumped me up to teach realy investigators.

Well, you need to write me and tell me what each one of you is doing so I can write something to each of you. Take care everybody, ask me lots of questions. I knowyou have them. I love you all.

Elder L