Hey Everyone, Im having so much fun here. I love the DR and its people. I really enjoy the humidity and the awesome weather. It is usually very nice but can get hot real fast when walking. My companion is Brother Cayton, hes Awesome hes 5'6" a little shorter than Elder Merrill's 6'5" ahhah. We work hard to gether and I like him a WHOLE lot better then Elder Merrill. We never watse time and do well keeping on track. Hes from Portland, Oregon. The Food is great, Their are always fruits for meals. The Main ones are bananas, pinnaple (my favorite), then papaya. We eat oatmeal, cereal, fruit, and either pankakes or french toast. FOr lunch its the huge meal and I mean huge. ITs RICE RICE AND BEANS. hahaha. Everyday with no change. good thing i like rice. They pour a little bean sause mix on top and serve with either chicken or beef. We also always have those conney breads and we put butter on those. they are very soft. The Juices here are world class. I dont know what kind they are but their awesome. He have awesome teachers here. They are all Dominican. They teach 80% in spanish and then a little english. Mostly when we arent in class or just goofing around talking to them. They are the funniest guys. A couple of days ago us missionaries went to a big super market. I bought a huge DR flag and some shirts. I bought one for Drew when he gets home. That was the most we had fun in a while.hahahah. We also had the opportunity to go to the University of Santo Domingo to talk to people. It was also the first week we were there. It was awesome to teach some principles in broken spanish. Its so cool that I wasnt scared at all but really wanting to talk to people. I cant wait till i get out in the field. We walked around and taught for about an hour and a half. The spanish is coming together very well. I can understand almost everything someone says but its saying something back that is hard. Im also learning the gospel way better and love learing more and more. It really is a wonderful thing. It is very dirty in the city though, but thats what u can suspect. It stinks sometimes and therir is litter everywhere. But i dont mind really. I just love being here. Its beautiful.

The CCM or MTC is a very nice and clean place. Id say more so in every aspect then the one in Provo. There are 29 missionaries here. We have 3 jamacians here (their awesome and I love to hear them talk). All are going in the DR but 3 others who are going to puerto rico. For P-Day, We have some weights here with 2 foosball tables and a ping pong table. Out side are some basketball hoops. I love to play basketball and ping pong. The temple is super beautiful and ill get some sweet pictures. We did a temple session and it is so cool in here.

Well I love ya all and hope all is well,

Elder Anderson