I guess It's easier for Elder Rosander to just type and not use any capitals! I thought I might fix it for him but you all can figure it out! :) It's great to here from him...enjoy :)











wow looks cool! costa rica...... hahah so the first day i got here i was soo confused! i couldn´t even speak or understand the most simple spanish but not because i didn´t know it but because i was just shocked how weird it is here! i really like it here though everybody is so friendly.. the first day we didn´t get our companions yet so we went with a trio in down town san jose! it was pretty fun! idk how i can describe it here. its undescribable but its just pure poverty... we tought people the first day and their house was smaller than my room. but i love it becasue they arent even ashamed they invite you in and try to give you all the food they have. all the houses have nice tv´s and the parents usually just work and watch t.vs and the kids just play in the street with no shoes on.. idk how their feet arent torn up... the first question everybody asks you is if you are a luegista or saprissa they are the two most famous soccer teams here. everybody loves soccer and if they dont they watch it and play it anyway... but after the first day i got my companion elder pratt from california. and we are in san carlos quesada its in the northern region between guanacoste and limón i think. im not really sure im still a little confused because after like 4 days with that companion we went on splits with the zone leaders and i am somewhere else now and my companion doesn´t speak english. but we are only on spits untill thursdaywhen we go to the temple im not sure why we are on splits we just are. there are allot of burrachos or drunks here and they always want my money... so i always have to pretend i don´t speak spanish and they finally leave. the members here are weird... the most active you get is like 2 times a month... usually some are more active but thats the usual. its really hard for some areas to get to the church.. they don´t have adresses here for example if you want to get to the church i would say its 50 meter arriba por colono... it 50 meters up from the popular store colono... the people in general are really nice here they are always hugging you or have thier arm around you. my trainer said he has the only baptism here for a couple months.. idk why but he says its really hard to get baptisms here because people feel like they don´t need religion. the food here is okay everyone says they get sick but its fine for me. the food is pretty expensive if you want anything good. we take busses everywhere. and they are made for latinos so i have to put my legs in the isle... because im a giant here everyone likes to talk to us so thats good also they like to practice their english with me. i tought an english class the other day. we were at this catholics familys house and i started saying a prayer and they all stood up and started repeating what i was saying... it was hard for me not to laugh. i really like it here its just really really different.. the people just leave their door open and invite anybody walking by to stop in and have a drink or some pan. the girls here love gringos so they always want to talk to me... reminds me of home..... jk haha but its hard to explain costa rica ive seen some of the most poverty stricken people in the world but i like it and everything is so beautiful when i was in san carlos it rained for four days strait. also we ahve alot of commitmets for baptisms but they cant because they are from niciragua and so they arent legal here. its really hot here and they say this is the coolest place... i hope thier wrong or im going to die.. we have a cook named sonia she is really nice. the costa rican money is really beautiful. i havn´t taken any pictures yet.. and i cant remember what ive told you and havn´t told you... because i write you and a bunch of other people but i also write in my journal so i might leave som suff out its easier if you ask me questions i can just answer them. theres two volcanos right next to our house and also the soccer stadium is less than a mile away. i need to buy a backpack. if things go right we should have 3 baptisms in january.

Sunday: we met a guy from Costa Rica and we talked for a while. It made me really excited to get there plus i've seen Meet the Mormons about 5 times here in the MTC. next week can't come fast enough!

Monday: there was one kid in our zone that was from Argentina he is leaving today. He is kinda awkward with people and I think he has some mental problems IDK he is really smart but i had the opportunity to teach him how to tie his tie and it was weird for me to meet someone that is 21 years old and doesn't know how to tie a tie.

Tuesday: me and my companion got called to the front desk and we had to speak with the president of the MTC he said we were chosen through the spirit to be two of the 15 to have a meet and eat with David A Bednar on  Thursday. Also Dallin H Oaks spoke with us today in a devotional.

Wednesday: we played volleyball today.

Thursday: we had the best lunch ever. IDK why the MTC doesn't feed us like this all the time. we got really nice food because we ate with Elder Bednar. we sat at a table with his son and sons wife and he is an accountant. and an accounting teacher at BYU.

Friday: we watched meet the Mormons again today

Saturday: massive tie trade went on today

Sunday: we had a devotional with vocal point.. they are really good. they talked about some things that we should study before our missions and they sang a lot of songs for us.

when Brother and Sister Oaks spoke on Tuesday they said, the savior wants us to deny ourselves and pick up the cross. see that we serve God with all our might mind and strength and heart so we can stand blameless. It is up to us to become usable for the Lord and it is up to Him to use us in the best way possible. As far as the Thanksgiving devotional brother and sister Bednar said we are agents to act not be acted upon. i believe i have been sent to Costa Rica or more importantly Spanish speaking because I truly believe if i would have gone English i would have no patience and tried to persuade people by the words of my own mouth rather than relying on the spirit. Spanish has been a great opportunity for me to rely on the spirit and learn patience. He also talked about a paradox that when we finally decide we cannot, there is no way, that we can do this. that is when we do it. we have to humble ourselves enough to let the spirit guide us and not get in the way. Also in Mosiah it talks about the commandments and it says we should not take the Lord thy Gods name in vain. I thought that was pertaining to people that used oh my God. But I finally realized that when we make covenants with the Savior we take upon us His name. we no longer have free agency because we are now making choices not only for ourselves but for the Lord.

I'm flying from salt lake to Atlanta to Costa Rica. I leave the MTC at 6 am salt lake flight to Atlanta leaves at 1118 and arrives 450. December 8th then Atlanta 615 to San Jose 915 but they also have flights scheduled for me in February because I will be living there with a visitors visa at first and I might have to get reassigned in February if my visa doesn't come, until my visa gets here.