Well to start off, I really enjoyed conference! It was so good. I was able to stay awake the whole time which was definitely worth it!. I love hearing from the General Authorities like Elder Holland and President Eyring. Elder Hollands testimony of the BOM was great and Pres. Eyrings talk during the priesthood session was great. Still no announcment for the Nica temple but thats ok.

So how is it going in Seattle ? hope you are having a fun "break" from the family. How is the dog? warming up to you all yet or not so much? Rachel made it seem like the dog is obeying her already!

Well hopefully you can get Jordan and Drake to room together at the Y! that would be pretty sweet for them. They used to be pretty good friends I remember that for sure. The RC is going great. We go as a district once a week and EF and I try to go once more during the week. It is a really nice break from studying and we get to see how some real people ask real questions and then answer them. We feel like we are actually doing missionary work lol.

well you can send this to my friends if you want to:

Hey ya'll! sorry I dont have time to write personally! here is how its going. The spanish is coming along very well. We are going a little slower than I would like but a lot of it is personal. If you wanna leave here speaking fluently it is your job not the teachers lol. So it is going well and I am able to help my compainon alot. My two other roomates left for the Madrid MTC this morning so it is only Elder Francis and I in our room now. It is kinda nice but at they same time its kinda lonely lol. It is a lot of fun here. Everyone has a great attitude and has so much fun. Gym time is awesome cause we play bball vball and 4square! hahah. The worst part though is the food. It gets repetitive lol but the Chocolate Milk is amazing!!! Im really enyjoying my time here but I am so excited to go into the field. Nicaragua is going to be awesome as long as the volcanoes dont blow up haha. Well g2g. Love you all so much. Thanks for your support.

Love Elder Jonathan Thorpe

P.S. I'll write you personally if you write me a letter through the mail!