New Letter from RJ-05/31/2011

Hey everyone!
You probably haven't heard from me in a while but I've been crazy busy!!! I leave for France in 5 days!! I'm so excited, my french is ok I'll survive but it will get better I know it will for God gave man weakness that he will make them strengths unto them so I'm not too worried! How's everyone doing?? Now that I'm gone letters will take a long time for me to get them so yeah use dear elder as much as you can!fill me in on everything and everyone I would love to know! there isn't much new here considering it's the same thing everyday but yeah love you all write me!
I miss home so much I'm so pumped for france you have no idea it's so crazy, I love my mission so much and I'm not even out there yet and I just figured out that my mission president has been a president for 10 years!! How crazy is that! I miss you mom so much, email me fast!! Loveyou!
my new address is in france!!

4 Rue Alaric II
Compans Caffarelli
31000 toulouse France

New small note from Elder Russo 05/24/2011

Mom,
I wrote a huge letter on here and this computer is all messed up and deleted everything I wrote, I'm so mad right now cause now all I have is 5 min left to write you, I love you so much I wanted to talk about you blessing in this email but i don't have time so I will write a letter for you, I love you and dad so much and miss you so much tell everyone to write me on dear elder!!!i leave in 12 days!! I will send home a video of me bearing my testimony and stuff in french for you guys! love you write me back as fast as you can love you!
ohh well it seems like i haven't been getting any letters from anyone so it gets lonely over here especially when I really did get kicked out of the email cause it deleted my email for you, I'll print it out and send it to you in a email!ok thanks for the package!Oh... yeah I understand but I'm at the MTC we do the same thing every week there isn't any change really till I leave which is in 12 days!
Things here are going good I love it here ...my french is getting really good surprisingly I am sorry if my letters are short, I'm still in the MTC so there's not much new stuff to share cause it's the same day every day here lol but I still love you ! I love you so much mom i cant wait for your package AGAIN.

Elder Russo

New Letter....feeling better this week....05/03/11

Hey Everyone!
I've been hearing that my mom and family have been doing a great job with the blog and I hope everyone stays in touch with me, everyone who is reading this pass it along and tell them to write me or send letter thru DearElder.com until June 06/11!
I just started my fifth week at the MTC, it's going great, French is coming more fluently to me as the days goes by.And I can't testify enough the power of fasting and how it works amazingly, I'm fasting again today and I can't wait for the outcome of it, one of the most touched on topics here is prayer, and the importance of it! If any one has answers problems needs or anything let him ask of god! One of my favorite scriptures right now is Mosiah 10:3-5, I hope that's right ... it's hard to remember them sometimes here lol . Je sais que L'évangile et veritè, and i hope everyone else does as well! I love you all so much keep in touch with me,cause once I go to France the letters will be more expensive to mail it.
Love you all
Elder Russo