Dear Mom,
and maybe I should say dear anyone else that reads this too :)
I was worried I wouldn't have enough to say in 40mins, but that time
did fly. I did hear you guys all say you love me, I'm just sorry i
wasn't able to say goodbye to everyone there, like my sisters and
grandma Russell and grandma & grandpa Ray. Make sure they all know I
wanted too, and I'll write them all soon too.
Well Christmas here was...hmm interesting. We worked as much as we
could during the day, but lots of our appointments feel through because
of people taking a holiday. We came home a little early so we could call
home, then went to our first FM or free meal. it was fufu and bonku(
yeah I thought diarhha tonight) then a little later we had another FM at
a recent converts outdoor bar. It was really nice and while the radio
was playing Don Henley's "Boys of Summer" came on - oh how nice it was to
hear some 80s music, it was what I considered my gift(beside calling you
guys) then even though we were full, the others were bound and determined to get to KFC, We caught a cho-cho or crappy little van bus
thing and rode into town. The KFC was not like the ones in America. It
was more like a 5 star restaurant and you paid like it was too. I got a
zinger burger with a sundae- ate on the 3rd floor and enjoyed the AC,
well I did the others were freezing.
And that was Christmas, with all the joys and everything. The next
day we did go it at an area 70s house far far away so it took up the
whole day. they fed us very well and I got to see my buddies Ujafusha,
Bay, and Ikoro from the MTC at the party. Hutch was not able to make it
on account he was in the bush area and they don't get to come to the Christmas party for its 7 hrs away.
Sounds like you guys have had a very wonderful Christmas, not only by
the gifts you received but by the service you guys gave. I do want to see
a picture of the clock mom got and the snow, oh and did you guys paint
the kitchen too? I want to see haha. Thanks for feeding the
missionaries. I realize how nice it is when members help them out now
that I'm one of them. I wish I would have been more open to helping them
when I was there and understand why, but it's ok now. What missionary
knew me? Elder herria? or pederson? Tell them I said Hi and thanks for
what they taught me.
I love you guys and I'm so grateful that I have a loving family back
home, who support me so well. I hope to get you all letters really soon,
but for now you have my emails. Keep my action figure well fed and let
him listen to the Who. I wish all the kids well as they get ready to go
back to school and I wish mom and dad well as they take care of the
family.
Love you guys all very much
~Elder Ray~
PS I starting to take my vitamins :), but I still suck at typing fast and spelling things correct.
Ok now on a different note...things I need. I really want pancake mix
that stuff would be a life saver. Then is there packs of jelly you can
send? It is hard to find here and extremely expensive. I really could use
some here. the bread is amazingly good here and very cheap so some nice
jelly would be awesome. Chocolate, like milky way or snickers anytime
you can send me that I would love it to, not as big of a priority though
as pancakes and jelly, but still needed. Soon I might need some more
crystal light packs, I making the ones I have last, but they sure help
with the nasty water taste. Some talks or stories about Porter
Rockwell( not even other missioaries know about him) and a man named Dan
Jones he sounds pretty cool and I don't know a lot about him.
Now the big thing that I really want....a MP3 player with some speakers.
We have plenty of time to listen to music and this is what most kids
are asking their parents for as well. nothing really fancy just as long
as it works and it will have to have some small speakers. as long as it
has a little usb cable I can charge it. As for the music....Mormon
tabernacle of course with the good stuff like "come thy fount", "Down to
the river to pray", "Amazing grace", "How firm a foundation", Hie to
Kolob", Come come ye saints. those songs and others. also any Disney
song is acceptable by mission rules. I would like Tarzan soundtrack, Hercules soundtrack, and the Lion King, and others as well I think you
would know what to put on there. Movie soundtracks like the Legends of
the Fall theme or the Last of the Mohicans theme, instrumentals like
that are fine too so maybe if you have some favorite music as well add
them on as well, I'd like the True Grit soundtracks especially the
"leaning on the everlasting arms" its fine too because its a hymn. then
don't freak out when I request this but 80s music, no before you get the
wrong mind set the APs and office Elders as well as the other
missionaries have plenty of country music or stuff like coldplay and
Hannah Montana( no I don't want any that stuff) but light stuff like Bon
Jovi's Lost highway or maybe something by Don Henley would be fine.
they are calm and good meaning songs. Also If you can find songs that
someone has just made a instrumental or violin cover they work too. Now
I'm not saying stuff like AcDc or Judas priest, but maybe someone has
done it to the Who or living on a prayer or light rock like that, you
understand? I'm sure Bree can find stuff for this. I would really like
the actual song Words of wisdom by the Beatles, I listened to that the
other day at a members house. Oh and maybe some good talks too you can
put on there. Ever heard the Mobster to Mormon guy? he has a really good
story. Anyways that is my little thing for this week. as soon as you
can send that mp3 player it would really help. you don't have to put all
that music on there just want you feel would work and can, but try
please!!!!! one more thing, were you still going to send me a tape
recorder? just wondering.
Thanks for everything and for being willing to send me stuff still
love Elder Ray
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