Here's the latest from Jon:

Hey hey all is great here in Nicaragua!!! I love it so far! WEll first things after the flight we went through some security and stuff and it was hard cause no one speaks english lol. We met the Mission President Fraatz and his wife. Then we hoped in the car and the took us to a hotel to stay the night. They bought us dinner but we didnt have cubiertos so we ate with our hands lol. The food here is way way super good! Rice and beans nearly every meal lol. Usually chicken too but if not then its scrambled eggs and ham. the drinks are way great too. I dont really know any of the names of plates or anything yet cuase the language is hard! ¨this aint the language they taught me at the mtc¨ !! lol its coming though. For the most part i am able to understand people but replying to them is difficult. They dont pronounce their s here so it makes it hard to hear. (try talking in eng without an s) well the country is way beautiful! everythings is suepr green and awesome mountains and hills. Anyways so the country is super pretty. Its just like the movies too. All the house are super smashed together and so small! im a tall person here lol. all the house are built into the sides of the hills all piled on top of eachother like on the hulk haha. Lets see. Our casa. It is way way small in the bathroom there is no room the toilet is like 7 inches away from the opposite wall which makes it hard to use lol. The shower is way dirty and the water is so so sosoosososo cold!!! lol but it wakes ya up in la mañana. The floors are so dirty you have to have at least socks on. there are always little bugs in our house as with every house. We have these tiny lil bugs kinda look like ants but i dunno. At first i would sweep em off my bed but now i dont really care haha. i sleep on my towel and sweatshirt as my pillow. Its pretty much always hot so no need for much covers. Its way humid and i sweat all day long but its worth it for sure. Im in a smaller town in the mountains called Jinotega. Its way cool up here temperature wise. im gettin a pretty good tan alredy. Well its only a branch up here but we are hoping to become a ward pronto. the members are way way way nice and very humble. A lto of them will be traveling to the temple this week to do endowments that is way awesome for sure. The branch presidents wife coooks our lunch and dinner most days and then on Sunday and one other day of the week we walk up the highway a bit for the meal with a member. and we eat like one or two meals a week at another members house. its grand. I love the food here. we only eat luch and dinner everyday lol so usually im way hungry but my body and stomach are learning it.
So i gues your package is already here. Ill get it tommorw at our district meeting. Im pretty excited to open it!
Ya Jonny Roberts still works at the Kopper kettle? hmm ok ok and ya i heard about zack and amanda lol. The apartment sent me a letter at the mtc and chris told me that they are practically engaged lol but i dunno. so you got rid of the dog in two months huh? lol well ok ok.
Well Ryan and Rachel great job on your drawings Love ya!