Hola me familia,

¿Como estais? Thank you all very much for you letters, they have been a big help! So the last week was crazy, with the Mission Pres. stuff going on. Last martes Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the 12 spoke and 4 other Apostles were on the stand as well as general authorities. when he spoke to us he gave us an Apostolic promise. My friend in my district Elder Solomon got to break the sacrament for the Prophet and 10 of the 12 last sunday. Pretty neat.

The spanish is coming quickly. I can’t believe if my visa comes in I’ll be in mexico in two weeks. I hope you are all working to learn spanish too.  Oh yea, so my teacher Hno. Sanchez served half of his mission in Long beach CA. Kerry do you know him? Also right now he lives in Salem, UT, a few blocks from our house, pretty crazy! yea he has a ¡NO Escarbes! shirt, too.  [¡NO Escarbes! means "Don't scratch in the dirt like a chicken"]

Life is busy, all else is well. I love being here and can feel the spirit soo much. tell everyone hello. I love you all much and pray for you often. I’m out of time I’ll try to write more in a letter.

Love,

Elder Packer

Hello mi familia,

Sorry if words are misspelled or it I just doesn’t make sense. It is hard to do stuff in English now… most of everything I do is in Espanol : ) It coming soo much better! I’m loving my time here. I can’t believe if the visas are on time I have less that 3 weeks left. wowsers! Guess what, this week is Mission pres. training week, so the Prophet and the Quorum of the 12 are here and a bunch of other really exciting things have been going on. I hope an Apostle speaks tonight at the devotional. Me and my companion are getting pretty good at teaching the first lesson in spanish, its crazy how fast things happen. Speaking of which I’m out of time. I love you all very much, thanks for you prayers and you letters. Please write soon!

Love,

Elder Packer

Hola mi familia,

What’s new back home? The training center is great. The idioma is coming along, it gets easier each day. This Sunday the new Mission Presidents come in for training so a bunch of the Apostles will be here and some will speak during the devotional, I’m very excited for that. Elder Covington and I have started to teach the Message of the Restoration in Spanish… I can’t believe I’ve been here for a month! Wow my testimony is growing so much. Elder Arnold of the Quorum of the 70 spoke last week (remember he is the one who spoke at our stake conference 8 months ago…and asked me if I was going on a mission). He is amazing.

Today I’m working on memorizing the fist vision in spanish I already have the first half memorized. After almuerzo we get to go to the temple, which is always something to look forward to. My district is awesome, and my companion just became the new district leader. The other elders names are Elder Weston King (whom we share a room with) Elders Solomon, Hoyt, Elders Kodra, Ropelato, Elders Roylance (who used to be district leader) and Sperry. Well its time I wish I could write more. Thanks for all of you letters, please write again soon!

Love,
Bryce

Hey Family,

I only have 20 min. to email so it might be short… if so I’ll try to write later. The MTC is crazy, the first few days were pretty rough to get used to, but things better. The district I am in has 9 other Elders 2 of which are going to my Mission the other 7 to the Mexico City West Mission. My companion Elder Covington is from Cedar City, UT and he is the nicest/happiest Elder. The food is differently not your cooking mom, but we don’t go hungry, so don’t worry. I feel like it has been one long day… and that I haven’t slept yet! Its pretty neat to be around so many missionaries. Spanish is coming along, I’m kind of learning slower than everyone in my district though :/ I can’t believe how much don’t know about the Gospel. Oh, I can only email parents in the MTC and Family in the Mission field. It is actually better if you guys use DearElder.com because I have to pay to print and read my emails, plus I get the DearElder letters faster : ) How are things back home? Can Isabella say my name yet? Soccer is fun. El perro corre. I love you all a lot! Write soon PLEASE!

Love,
Elder Packer

Hola mi familia,  [the day after Bryce arrived at the MTC]

Things are going well at the MTC. They already have us speaking and writing in “Spanglish”. My companion Elder Covington is great, he too is the youngest of five children and we are getting along great. I can’t believe how much I still have to learn! Its a good thing I’ll be hear for a while…We’ve been hearing that a lot of the visas to Mexico are delayed and some Elders have been here twelve plus weeks. I’m sure that will clear up by the time I’m ready to go though. Tell everyone I say hello.

Love, Elder Packer