hola madre
just got back from the temple. we did sealings for the first time. that was realy cool. the old guy that was the sealer was realy funny. i think that it's a blessing for older people to be able to work in the temple and stay busy. keep them active and serve. i'll chasen sam for being a bum.
i havn't had a chance to work in the chat rooms yet but i work in the call center every week. it's realy cool. once in a while i talk to some crazy man for a long time about everything that he has questions on. i havn't had anyone accept a missionary visit yet but i'm trying. i'm trying to stay motivated and work out. i'll remember jenni's dedication. i've been riding the excursise bike a few times a week and thats realy good. there not very good bikes but i can get a little bit of a work out. so i asked for a seet shirt last week. i meant to ask for a sweat shirt. i was just typing fast. anyway i'd realy apreciate it if you sent me one. the come thow fountain song, i have in spanish but if you could just get a version that would be similar to the one that was in the hym book in inglish that would be great. oh and if you hapen to be sending me a pacage soon, could you send me that paley tie in my room? some missions alow ties like that and it would be a good tie to trade. tie trading is my hoby now.
i'm still realy happy here at the mtc. we have great speakers come every week and my teachers are byu students that are way cool. i'm friends with both of them. my companion and i get along most of the time and we work well together. once in a while i'll get overwealmed with spanish every few days or so but i feel some progress. there are tons of different tences and it's hard to keep them strait. theres the comand form wich makes no sence at all especialy in the tu and vosotros forms.
i've been keeping a study journal like it talkes about in preach my gospel and it's realy great. i have a small 3 ring binder and i have a section for personal study a section for comp study a section for goals and a section for notes. it realy is great for helping me remember insights and i've been having lots of those here. mom and dad if you don't have study journals, you should get some. it will help you under stand the scriptures even better than you already do.
how sam? love you. lifes good. i'm just realy tired all the time and for some reason i've go insomnia all the time. hope to hear from you soon. elder lariviere
Sunday, December 2, 2007
hola. could you send me a sweet shirt soon? it's starting to get cold. how was thanks giving at home? i'm bummed i didn't get to play ping pong. it was a good day though. elder holand spoke. i talked about that in a letter you probibly still don't have. lifes good. my companion won't stop talking about home and it's preparation day so we wen to the temple, he kept asking me in the celestial room if i was ready to go. i couldn't beleive he wanted to. besides that we're doing well. i wrote alot in my letter so i don't have much news. the guy thats in charge of the church humanitarian programs spoke to us last night. that was realy cool. and we made first aid kits. that was really fun too. we al sat a big long tables and put stuff in plastic bags as we sang himnos. it wasn't quite like being at home but it was great. we had some down time to talk and relax witch is pretty cool. i love it here. i'm learing to be more obedient and less of a punk. tell me bout things at home ayer nuestros bien dia. my grammer is awful and i still can't realy put sentences together and i only know a few words but the lord is helping me and it'll get better. love you. ben -----
i'm not even sure if this is your adress so i hope you get this. any way, it's preparation day and we just got back from the temple, it was grea. i sat in the celestrial for a long time and it was powerful. life here is good. i'm realy happy.
the spirit is way strong here. maybee it's because i'm a set apart missionary but i have tons of insights that i've never seen before as i read the scripturres. spanish is coming. i don't know if i told you the story in my last letter, but one day i was about ready to look into beeing switched to an english speaking mission and i was realy bumed out. my friend, elder porter told me a story of two people that were waiting to get their calls. one received his and he read it and he was to be raised of goodly parents in a family in the church. the other was going to be born into a family if hatred and confusion. the first was to bring the gospel to his friend from before this world adn save him the graps of the adversary. i've heard that story before buti needed to hear it then. the story made me cry. i know the lord has comanded me to learn spanish nad i can so i will.
i've gained a few pounds already. eating 3 huge meals and sitting in class for 12 hours a day will do that but we get 50 minutes of gym 5 times a week. i've been playing volly ball for about half of it and running on the realy short carpeted track that is on the uppermost flor and it's hat up there. and they have exercise bikes that don't give enough resistance to give much of a work out. but i shouldn't complain about gym because i look forward to it as much i i have anything.
i love you. tell me all about things at home. i only get half an hour to email nad the computershuts off so i'm typing fast and not going back to correct spelling mistakes. i hope this gets to you. love, your son elder lariviere
oh i just remembered, could you send me a sweatshirt as soon as you can?it's cold walking to gym in the morings. and a camera. send them in different packages because my compaion has received 4 packeges and i'd had to be showed up to much. just kiding but i can't wait to hear from you.
the spirit is way strong here. maybee it's because i'm a set apart missionary but i have tons of insights that i've never seen before as i read the scripturres. spanish is coming. i don't know if i told you the story in my last letter, but one day i was about ready to look into beeing switched to an english speaking mission and i was realy bumed out. my friend, elder porter told me a story of two people that were waiting to get their calls. one received his and he read it and he was to be raised of goodly parents in a family in the church. the other was going to be born into a family if hatred and confusion. the first was to bring the gospel to his friend from before this world adn save him the graps of the adversary. i've heard that story before buti needed to hear it then. the story made me cry. i know the lord has comanded me to learn spanish nad i can so i will.
i've gained a few pounds already. eating 3 huge meals and sitting in class for 12 hours a day will do that but we get 50 minutes of gym 5 times a week. i've been playing volly ball for about half of it and running on the realy short carpeted track that is on the uppermost flor and it's hat up there. and they have exercise bikes that don't give enough resistance to give much of a work out. but i shouldn't complain about gym because i look forward to it as much i i have anything.
i love you. tell me all about things at home. i only get half an hour to email nad the computershuts off so i'm typing fast and not going back to correct spelling mistakes. i hope this gets to you. love, your son elder lariviere
oh i just remembered, could you send me a sweatshirt as soon as you can?it's cold walking to gym in the morings. and a camera. send them in different packages because my compaion has received 4 packeges and i'd had to be showed up to much. just kiding but i can't wait to hear from you.
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