Adam can not afford to write everyone back so he sends one huge letter home. Because they are out all day a lot of his money goes to eating out. He asks that everyone please keep writing and I can either let you read his letters or I do post most of the letters on the blog....Here are answers to questions he has been asked:

     I have a bed, and after a minimum of 6 miles of walking everyday it's comfortable. 

     My Apartment is bigger than Jessica's house, it's ridiculous. We don't need tons of space, and I'm in the smallest house in the Mission. I share my house with  my companion and 2 others. I think our apartment is 1400 sq. ft. Other houses have 3 stories and are bigger than our house. My room is bigger than the Malagasies houses. It's hard to live like this when some live in the size of 6x6 ft. and no electricity.

     I love being in Madagascar!

     I eat so much rice, literally a pound or more of prepared rice, then we have loaka on top, which is just some sauce.

Now on to the stories..

     The rain here is intensly hard and it floods fast...it just efa tonga dia orana (runs out of nowhere.) It's cool though. Out of nowhere you can't hear the person next to you. Fun! It always happens in the middle of lessons or right before the end. One night I was going to go out and it started pouring. Worse than anyting in California. You have no idea. The streets filled up with water and itw was like roads turned to rivers. We were soaked after going out. More that being in a swimming pool! My shoes were filled with water too! I was soooo soaked! It was crazy.

    During the closing prayer of a lesson a girl called us Vazaha tsara indrindra, or best white people ever!

     The cool thing is when I read the scriptures I understand so much more. You should see how marked up they are some don't have white. Crazy huh? I love reading them now that I do all this. I love it so much more. 

     I can tell you days here are tough. We walk a minimum of 6 miles each day. Some days we struggle to stay awake during the lessons. Sleeping is easy when you are so tired. Some days I fall asleep as soon as I get home right after writing in my journal! The good thing is I can stay focused with the Spirit. I always see if we can find anyone to teach, less actives or ask members for refferals. We're always working..that's all we do, and it makes the days pass by really fast. The only way to have time fly by is to think of others more than yourself. The only slow days are when I decide to think about my comfort instead. It's really awesome. I just love being here!

      I was at a house for a soiree and we were given crepes. They weren't any old crepes but, there were  bugs crawling inside. I slowly swallowed each one and felt them slowly slide down my throat. SO GROSS!