sorry
about the bad spelling and all but we only have so much time and that is also
why it is better to send by dear elder so I can read them during the
week. elder hales is my companion he is also going to benin and both
davis and karras are going to lyon. then we have 3 sisters in our
district sister busteed from ut going to the st george visitors center speaking
french, then sister eschbach from germany going to lyon, then sister sims from
ut going to lyon.
Christmas
was good. elder nelson came and spoke in the morning, then we had greg olson
come during the afternoon. that was really cool. he got to talk about
what his paintings mean and subtle symbolism in them and also he knows the
savior really well because basically his full time job is to think of what is
the best way to portray His characteristics to others. pretty cool
guy. also we had a talent show with some pretty amazing stuff and we
watched its a wonderful life at night.
yes i
have been getting dear elder stuff. none from benjamin yet but i've got
some from emma and nathan. nathan you better win and don't give up 'til
you do and emma you're great. i know who you're talking about, his first name
is skyler. i know who he is and have seen him a few times.
has it
snowed a lot in af, cuz down here we have like 8 inches to a foot. it's pretty
crazy. also yesterday was elder marson's birthday - he turned 19.
he is from england if i didn't say that before. we celebrated with
martinellis in the classroom.
i
don't need that orange book. we have it here as well as enough books to fill a
suitcase full. french is coming along good. I am remembering a lot
and doing well. I can talk with the elders that have been here 9 weeks
and am getting close to their level. I still hope i can leave in 2 more
weeks but I haven't heard for sure. there is a picture of the elders in
my room all in one of the closets that i'll send and also i'm going to try and
send the rice man we made at lunch.
emma
some of the food is good ish and some is not really good. nothing as good
as moms. we listened to elder bednar's talk, the character of christ,
last night after our devotional. that is a really great talk. I
wrote some letters to my buddies but i don't have any of their addresses
besides reggie so i'll send them home and then you can give them to them.
also i said i was going to send home a package with some small christmas stuff,
but the mail room wasn't open last week and it isn't open today and they only
want us to mail on our pday so i'll send it tommorow.
oh i
don't know if you got a letter or not but i was made district leader a couple
of days after i got here. doesn't really mean too much here i just do
some extra stuff and go to some meetings, but if they didn't tell you now you
know. I'll be switched out about half way through they said. the
schedule is getting better, we are more used to the long days. we spend
around 10 hours in our classroom every day then like an hour and a half in the
cafeteria and a little time in our room right after we get up and before we go
to bed, but mostly we are in the tiny classroom. probably the same ones
benjamin was in because i was deleting some of his pictures and they looked
exactly the same as ours and we have the creole elders down the hall, but i
don't know. I'm working hard and already want to leave for africa, but i
have to be patient. the Lord knows what's best for me and everyone, so if he
needs me to stay i'll stay. love you all. well my computer is being
dumb so i'll send pictures when i can. good luck in school this
semester.
love
Elder Rybin