Hey everyone, rise and shine. it is 6:12 am here too :) we have been getting up
a bit early to do laundry because it gets so packed later in the day and the
computers in the laundry room are all filled with lines so here i am.
I think i forgot to tell you but i was a host last week for
the new missionaries, and i get to host again tomorrow! i'm pretty
excited. it is unlikely that i will be
able to host austin, but possible. there is a chance that i will be
conducting traffic so look for me in one of the orange yellow vests or on the
side of the road. if not, i will be on the sidewalk with everyone
else. i will try to get to a place where i can see him easier. i am
psyched for him to come in so i can see him.
no worries about the watch, it is not a problem.
thanks for getting on mormon.org and updating my profile. I forgot that i
asked you to do that and i was going to do it again today, so thanks for
following up with me, haha. [Check out Elder Rybin's profile at http://mormon.org/me/B94Q/MattRybin]
we are getting 38 or so new missionaries, of which 13 are
sisters i think. pretty crazy. a couple of weeks after we leave
then they get like 68 missionaries in one day. that will be
insane. yeah the busy-ness keeps tiredness away. it is not bad when
i have something engaging to do, but if i slow down for one second, i am dozing
off. we have to go early to the devotionals and firesides on sunday and
tuesday night so we can get good seats, and sometimes have to wait for awhile
and it is so hard to stay awake, but if it is a good speaker i am up and ready
to go when they are speaking.
my favorite thing about the mtc is probably the devotionals and
firesides. they are really awesome most of the time, and get me pumped
for missionary work. last tuesday we saw L. Whitney Clayton, and on sunday
some guy named Benson Porter, he was pretty great.
malaria medicine is pills and we take them once a day
starting like 2 days before and until a month after we get home. TRC is when
real people from the outside world come in that speak french and we can speak
with them and it is kinda like a family home evening or home teaching
lesson. this last weeks was really great, because we taught a really
awesome lesson. but a few weeks ago i saw alissa murdock, she is the one
going to canada, that served on seminary council with me, i think she is already here at
the mtc now, but she is in the english class because she is good enough at
french. so that would be my guess of who lauren knows.
We have just one MTC president, but he has two counselors that
are in the presidency, and all their wives. they just got swichted and
now it is president nally. you don't see them that often outside of the
firesides and that, but it is not super uncommon.
I will try to ask about bringing razor blades
into the country and get back to you. I don't think there is anything else that i need right now.
tell crystal thanks for the letters. i love to hear the
quotes from trina and curtis of what they say about. curtis said that i
should come over to his house after i'm done here. which i totally
will! trina said "what is it like there?" and to answer
that it is kind of a mix between going to church all day, going to school all
day, and being with your friends all day.
good luck in school everyone. nathan good luck in
wrestling, and look forward to getting more sleep, i'm a little jealous.
emma i will try to send you something today, but if i don't get to it
sorry. benjamin you still haven't anwsered my questions..... so yeah
haha. but thanks for the letter. tell everyone back home hi for me
when you see them. tell austin to look for me tomorrow, i will look for
him. good luck with the anniversary. dad good luck in school,
thanks for the experience you shared. mom i love you, thanks for the
letter. Love you all! have a good week, do good in school.
love love love Elder Rybin.