June 29, 2009

Hello all,

No we don’t go the the slc temple we can only go to the Provo temple which is still way cool. We get to go maybe our last Monday here. So how’s life going back home?

I saw Pres. Monson yesterday which was flippin awesome. I got some pics. Well my district is pretty sweet and we’ve been hangin out with another zone and they’re hilarious I’ll tell u about them later. Thanx for setting the blog thing up for me. I heard that sending pics on myldsmail isn’t good and I still need to take like over 400 pics until my memory cards get full so I’ll send you some when I get out on my mission. Ya I’ve heard stories about the rule thing I’m gonna try to follow them as close as possible I just need to get used to them. Well tty next week.

Love Elder Goodrich

First Snail Mail (written 6-18-09)

Dear Mom, Dad, and family

Today was great and I had a lot of fun. Well, orientation is a little boring, lol, but it was still fun. Well, my companions right now are Elder Fronk from Utah and Elder Buchanon from Portland, Oregon. They’re really cool guys. Well, we started off doing all the medical stuff and then we just chilled in our apartment for a bit and then we went to some training orientation and then lunch. Then we had a little class and we just talked about ourselves and stuff like that. Well, I saw Dewitt like right away and then at lunch I saw him again and then me and Tyrel talked for 5-10 minutes and as we were waiting for our class, I saw Ryan and we talked for a bit. So it was really cool to see all of them today. Oh, me, Dewitt and Tyrel are all in the same building which is really cool and Ryan is right by us so it’s pretty sweet and it’s gonna be fun here.

Well, b-ball still isn’t around so I’ll have to play bump of volleyball or something like that which is alright I guess, but not really. jk. Well Friday or next Friday The 12 apostles and the 1^st presidency are gonna be here which is pretty sweet. They’re training all the new mission presidents so it’s pretty neat. Well, the Salt Lake temple is closed or we can’t go for 2 weeks which kind’ a sucks but I’ll get to go right before I fly out to North Carolina which is way cool. On Sundays we get to walk to the temple and take pictures and stuff so I will take plenty of pics for you guys. The food is pretty good here and filling so that’s good :)

So how’s everybody doing at home? How’s all your summers going? How’s Shayanna and Steven doing? Haha. Mom and dad, how was the rest of your vacation in Utah?

Well, it’s awesome here at the MTC and I really like it so far.

Well I love you all and miss you all soooo much.

Love Elder Goodrich

June 22, 2009

hey family

the mtc is is going great. i love it here. the food is good most days and others the food is bad, doesnt make u feel so good lol. well my companion is elder fronk from utah and we got rid of our trio cuz another elder is moving in with us. i am not getting used to the time changes im always falling asleep during the day which kinda suxs and going to bed at around 11 is really wierd for me and waking up suxs cuz its at 6:30 so ive been pretty tired the whole time ive been here i am enjoying the missionary work alot ive learned so much about the gospel more than ive ever learned and its really cool. well ive seen elder dewitt alot and elder bruneel (kinda wierd calling them by that) since they live in my building and i always go visit dewitt cuz hes right next to me which is cool and ive only seen ryan a couple times wat was cool though is we took pictures yesterday at the temple and i talked to them for a bit and tyrel leaves tomorrow for guatamala there r 9 going to be 10 in our district and the 3 of us r going to nc and the rest r going to georgia and they r really cool we played some hacky sack today which was alright and today is really easy my teachers r bros. melton losee and williams and they r cool. well yesterday was neat we had a fireside and then we watched the testaments and i cried a little at the end of it. probably the 1st time ive cried ever haha it was a neat experience for me though and i felt the spirit so much during the movie. well im having a great time at the mtc so far and love serving the lord and cant wait to go out to nc

well i love u guys so much

Elder Goodrich