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

New Letter 04/26- Hard Times

HI MOM!!miss you so much! i wish you were here these last few days it's been pretty rough here, I m not getting along with the other elders too well, I m so used to having a best friend like, Mark, Travis, Jackson, Tre and more that these guys are so different and very judgmental :( but today has been good I went and did endowments this morning which was awesome!!Always invites the spirit!We had an apostle come and teach us!Richard G Scott, God sent him for me I know it, his whole topic was about treating your companion with love and not judging and stuff like that which I think was a blessing cause they have been giving me a rough time so them hearing that talk changed the atmosphere. We got some new zone leaders who act like Conor's age, it's seriously a joke that they were called to be leaders of the servants of God, but oh well., my favorite scripture is
MORONI 10:3-5
3"Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.

4And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things....
Probably one of the most powerful scriptures I have read that applies to all!I love you and miss you so much you guys have no idea .I m sending a ton of letters today.
Love you!

New Letter From Elder Russo...this is my favorite picture of RJ........taken by Gabi..his little sis.

Hello everyone!
This week has been great, we got our "pass-a-longs" this week and I got the ugly tie box for having the coolest tie(the rainbow looking one) I got two nerf guns for being most united with my companion which was suppose to go to the ones who fight the most lol. We also got this ugly watch cause Elder Cheel and I are always late, and some other ones I'll share only if you write me oh and I'm in a one piece pajama right now cause I was the most loving too...I'll be sure to send pictures also!
The older missionaries are leaving, which is sad cause I really grew to love them and looked up to them since they are so spiritually grown! Now four square will be no fun anymore cause no one in my district will play, so now it's me vs the Mexicans and Chineese Teams! Oh and one of my pass a longs was that Im chief judge in foursquare also!Keep sending dear elders and letters lover you guys!!
Elder Russo

New Photos of Elder Russo Arrived.

Photo Elder Russo and Elder Mattei Provo Temple
Photo of Elder Russo and other Missionaries at MTC
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New Email from Elder Russo 04/15

Bonjour toute le monde! I finally have a little bit of time to write on my blog and tell everyone how im doing! The MTC is Wonderful i love it here, the spirit is here always and with everyone 24/7 its amazing. French is going good we are on a pilot program so the second day we were all here we started teaching lessons in french for 30 min a day!One of the hardest things here but as the days go on it gets better, i got to talk to my "investigator" who is now our teacher and he said Elder Cheel and I taught great lessons that improved his testimony so much, even though he is a member and knows the Gospel. I re injured my foot again from shin hockey at marks he said that the bones are bruised and the mussels are all strained so no gym for me for a few weeks but i can still walk just fine so nop worries there!Send me lots of letters i love reading them at night and keep up to date with my friends and family! i have the coolest companion , he does the most craziest things and tells funny jokes all the time! he kisses our zone leaders on the cheek when the don't expect it and they freak out and stuff its hilarious. so i only had 10 min left and somehow it gave me 27 min again so i have tmore time to type! but my hands are getting sore because this keyboard sucks. Anyways i got to go to San Francisco the other day and it was pretty cool!i handed out two book of mormons out and it was the spiritual experiences i have had here but i also got shut down by a baptist that was pretty funny but he was pretty cool we talked about how the new mustang gt350 is the fastest mustang ever!!even faster than the supersnake baby!!and if you didn't know the supersnake has 750 hp and the gt350 has 525....crazy right! but anyways everyone write me,love you all!