Letters From Andrew

I know that this is Mom and Dads site but It thought I would post a letter here from Andrew. It is to Corinne and I but I thought this would be a way to share his mission with all of you. If someone objects please let me know. At this point we have received 4 letters from Andrew. One from the first night. Two the following week and now this one.

Hi Mom and Dad 12-06-07
I got your first letter on Tuesday. It was sent on the 29th. So its taking five days for letters to go back and forth. I've sent 3 letters not including this one. I haven't received any letters since.
Today is P-Day so I think I get to email today. Were only allowed to e-mail on P-days so you'll probably get my email before this letter.
But the MTC is awesome. Before I entered here on the 28th I was terrified. I wasnt sure if I wanted to be here on not.
12-08-07 Elder Schoff and I had to do something on Thursday that interrupted this letter so now I'm finishing it.
So anyway, as I was saying before, when you dropped me off here I was scared. You kept asking me if I was excited and the truth be told, I wasn't excited at all. I was on the verge of saying I didn't want to go on a mission the whole trip here.
But luckily I didn't say that. Being here at the MTC has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I really do love it. Ive never learned so much in all my life. One thing Ive learned is I don't know the scriptures as well as I should. I'm reading and learning like crazy trying to play catch up. I'm not the only one. Theres a lot of us trying to really learn the Book of Mormon & Bible History cause our teachers teach us like we have a doctorate in religion sometimes. But our teachers are great.
We have two. Bro Allen and Sis Smurthwaite. Bro AAllen seems to me to be the smartest buy I know when it comes to the doctrine. He teaches super logically. It makes it seem impossible to deny the truthfulness of our message when he teaches. He makes us feel we can teach like him. Sis Smurthwaite is very cute. To the point of being distracting, and she knows it. Lots of times she leaves the room when were studying cause we cant focus. Were trying to lock our hearts but its hard with such a cute teacher. I'm afraid without a point of reference as to what is attractive that my mission goggles might fall in place by the time I leave the MTC making all sisters seem beautiful. Ha Ha Ha.
Well, we work hard all day long. We sit in class about 8 hours a day. Then the rest of the time were at the call center or the LRC (Learning Resource Center) where we practice our lessons. The food is really still. I get much more that I can eat. Good stuff to like chicken Cordon blue. Cant spell. Probably cant spell in the rest of the letter, oh well.
The schedule is getting easier. Waking up is annoying. Not cause its hard but because I wake up about 1 minute before my alarm goes off. Getting to sleep has gotten easier. We have really comfortable beds, blankets and sheets. Their small but comfortable. The only thing now that wakes me at night is my companions gas, and I though Gladys was bad.
We got our travel plans. I show up at the Salt Lake airport at six a.m. on the 17th.
So all's well here. I still need my priesthood line of authority. And I'm not sure if my new inhaler got packed. Don't worry I've got two others with me. I just wanted you to kind of look around if you could.
So hows the family? What up with the Jeep accident? Hows your work out diet going Dad? We work out everyday here. I might be hard to keep up with when I get back.
Well I love you all very much. Andrew Rich