"Bonjour ma famille et mes amis"

Our first letter from Elder Sanborn:
"My district is a blast and some really great guys. Elder Horne is my companion and is a cool guy. Also in my room are Elders Ellis and Collette. We have a great time together and get along very well. All four of us are headed to the Paris mission. The rest of my district are going to the West Indies. Elder Figaro is our district leaeder with his companion Elder Lunt. Then we have Elders Scwhab and Stratford. Everyone gets along very well with each other and its a really great group of guys.

Our teachers are Frère Emery and Le Fevre and they are probably the best teachers here. My old teachers are all gone, but Frère Emery said that Frère Larson was his roommate before he (Larson) got married. The class periods with either of them are a lot of fun and very insightful. They both served in Paris, which is great since they know the slang and accent better so we can speak better towards them.

The Zone was really small from what we were told, about 10 or 12 elders and sisters. When our group came we brought in 28 elders and 1 sister. We are now very large and it's hard to tell who the new elders are and who are the veterens.

Since I have been here before I have earned several nicknames from my companion an Elders in my room. Some of these include Elder Sneebly (since Elder Collette didn't fully know my name at first), Sacageweah (probably spelt wrong but it is because I know my way around) The Den Mother (since it's what I felt like when walking around leading my district around), The Key Master and Gate Keeper (since I always have my blue card to get into the building and key to get into the room), and our personal favorite, Waldo. Waldo came from a very interesting story. On the second day we went and took care of our immunizations. Since I had already been here once, they didn't have a paper for me so they can make sure I had all the required shots. So I had to go to a special line and get a new paper and get it filled out. Well I was done pretty quick and went into a waiting room they made for Elders whose companion wasn't done yet. So as I'm waiting, I guess my buddies were told to leave me, for some reason...so they did. After a half an hour of waiting, all the staff left for lunch, so I decided to go to lunch to find my companion. I got there and sat with some other Elders in the district and when we got back to class found my companion. So since I'm always getting seperated from my companion and roommates, they have dubbed me Waldo.
I love you all and miss you a lot. I would love to get some more mail, either from Dear Elder or from acutal letters. Some from friends would be very nice. It was great hearing from you on the second day though. My address is :
Provo MTC Mission
MTC Box #293
FRA-PAR 0413
2005 N 900 E
Provo Ut 84604-1793

Until next time,
Elder Sanborn"