The FIRST letter has arrived!

Today we received Brock's first letter in the mail. We WERE very excited!

He wrote it the first night in the MTC right before he went to bed. I am not going to post the entire thing, but parts of it....

I love you all and miss you so much. It slowly hit me throughout the day that I am now a missionary and will not see you for two years. I hope that I can remain faithful and work hard to prepare to serve. Thank you for loving me so much, for raising me, and for preparing me to serve a mission. I'm humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve, and I pray that I can honor the Lord and you all through my efforts. Pray for me.

Tell Dad that I hope I can develop a working spirit like his, and that I can find his tenderness. Tell Mom that I hope to be strong and faithful like her. Tell Kari that I wish she were here to make me smile. :) and tell Lanie that I wish I could hug her one last time. Tell Robert Hoi! We start learning tomorrow, I think we will be learning French and Creole, because the 500 pound sack of books we were given have things in French and Creole. I have to sleep now, hopefully I can wake up. Please pray for me, I love you all so much.

Love,

Elder Brock M. Mason

Brock also wrote little notes on and around the letter:

" Look for more letters soon"

" I love you"

" I forgot that I took notes on the back, so now you have them" - this one made me laugh....

Here are some of the notes he took:

Byenveni!

Fe Konesans (Get to know each other)

Koman ou rele? (What is your name?)

Mwen rele ___ (My name is)

Kikote ou soti? (Where are you from?)

Mwen soti___ (I am from__)

Kikote ou prale? (Where are you going?)

Mwen Prale__ (I am going to __)

Of course there were some tender sweet moments when we read this letter together. Lanie got upset that we didn't wait for her to open it (she lives in a different state) I asked her what she wanted me to do... let her hear the envelope opener ripping open on the paper? She is so funny.

So it looks like things are well. We went to Walmart tonight and made a little picture album for him of our family to have. We are also sending some goodies.

Thanks everyone for supporting him. He is our precious boy and we love him to pieces!

Love,

Kari