hey family
thanks for the letters and telling me what is happening
back home. i love the stories of trina curtis and heather and glad to see
that everything is going well with the move of crystal and ryan. thanks
for telling me about john cannon. can you find a way to get me his email
so i can send him a quick note? thanks.
i am devastated to hear about the garlicks and i will
pray for them. pass all my love, support and encouragement on to them and
their family. tell brandon to write me back. i will write him today
again. there is a talk that i absolutely love by elder eyring called
"mountains to climb" that has taught me many things. one
quote: "if the foundation of faith is not embedded in our hearts, the
power to endure will crumble". he talks of laying a foundation of faith
based on consistent effort to make right choices. and when this
foundation is laid, no mountain, no trial, no burden is too heavy to bear.
he also says that he cannot promise that our trials will be taken or even
will seem but a moment or pass with ease but with a foundation of faith all is
possible. its such a great talk, so powerful.
i think i have mentioned charles already but he is one of
our investigators and if all goes well he should be getting baptized this
saturday. he is super great and loves the message. he has gotten
some of his siblings and neighbors to come and listen and he wants all of them
to have a book of mormon. he accepts and understands so well. he is really awesome. he told us the
other day that he had been doing a bit of missionary work and talked with his
neighbor and we should be going to see them both tonight. he's great.
also we finally had another lesson with tango, he went on
a trip to his village or somewhere to visit his family and was there for a bit,
but he is back now and still loves to learn. he told us that his family
had already seen some kind of change in him and he said that its because of the
book of mormon and so his sister wanted to get one to read, so he called us up
and said can i get another one my sister wants to keep this one, and we were
like booh yeah! it was great. i am excited to keep teaching him.
elder hales and i are on a quest to find the perfect fruit
salad drink here. you get one of the big huge mangos, which by the way
are straight from heaven and no joke are really huge, but you get one of those
and then a pineapple and some bananas a can of spite. its really good, we
are going to try it with some youki, a fruity kind of soda that they have here.
we will perfect it one day. so i just heard a huge burst of thunder
and so i fully expect to get some rain while we go out in a little bit.
just from the bit of sky i can see it doesn't look too bad, but any rain
here is a lot, and a lot is really a lot. it'll be great.
it rained last night, but i pretty much slept through it
all. that's happened a couple of other times. i wake up and it
feels a little cooler than usual and ill say to elder hales, did it rain, and
he can't believe i slept through it because it gets pretty loud. at least
our roof is not metal like most people, i don't know how they sleep with
the rain on the metal roof, it gets really loud. speaking of food though.
i asked last week but can you send me the recipe and
directions for how to make simple syrup with vanilla flavor and sugar and
water, and also your pancake recipe with directions and also an emphasis on
what is absolutely necessary in your next letter? thanks so much, i am
starting to get a little creative, and aspiring to recreate some things.
it will be an adventure, and definitely will not be like home, but you
just make do here. its great.
dad we have water in a giant tank already saved up,
sister weed is great at keeping everyone healthy, knowledgeable, and safe here.
i think that is all i have for now and wish you all good luck with finals
and all that end of school fun. thanks again for everything.
love you all so much! Elder Rybin