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.