Elder Robbie Marsh

Crazy to think I've only been here for a  week  and 2 days! Its been really good so far.  First , yes, I have been reading your emails, and will continue to, we've just had a  full   week  and I don't always have time every day, but I will always read them before P-day. Second, yes, I saw the eclipse, it was very cool. Lots of people brought eclipse glasses, and they let us use them. You should have seen the crowd of people outside on the grass looking at it, cause it happened right after all of the classes ended. Third, I haven't seen Jonas yet, I've been looking, but I have seen Jake Pingree, Zach Ipsen, Cspill, Peter O'Brien, Jake Ference, and lots of other elders. Miss all of you, but I've been having a good time. Next, Mom's been asking for my schedule, but it's not that interesting. I wake up  6:30 , take a shower, get ready, and go get breakfast (except P-day). Then, depending on the day, we either have study time, class, or service. Then we...

First few days are down, and it's going good! When I got here I went straight to a lesson in French, and six hours of lessons later I'm supposed to teach a lesson in complete French to an investigator, write a talk in French, and memorize the missionary purpose statement.  Our zone has about 60 missionaries, most speaking French, going to Lyon, France, but some to Paris as well. There are a lot of Haitian Creole speaking missionaries, and some Malagasy speaking missionaries as well. Two are going to New Caledonia (discussed below). I'm the only one going to Canada, let alone going to Halifax.         My companion is Elder Hable (like table but with an H) and he's really good. He's going to New Caledonia, which is by Australia. He took French for 6 years, and he's by far the best of our district so far. He likes baseball, favorite team is the Red Sox, so that's a plus, (Raelene) and is really kind to everyone. He got made the District leader last night, s...