Well i'm glad to hear things are going good for everyone. That's awseome. I'm doing good. We leave here in 5 days. Crazy stuff. Ya if you send the package it'll just get sgipped to my mission home. Tell sister Clark thanks and i appreciate it. Haha the mailing system here is so bad that Whitney sent me a letter on Nov 29 and it just barely got here. A month later. Oh yes dad i did run into Randy Evens in the MTC. Ya i saw a lot of guys from both lehi and orem high. It was kinda cool. I also ran into Ian Schmutz. Dad you remember him from basketball as i was a young lad. Ya it's pretty cool. I have tons of friends here now. A lot of these guys i got a long with so well and i'm going to miss them. There are guys from Pleasant Grove and Orem and two guys from Lehi so we totally know the same people haha it's a small world after all ;) But are you guys still thinking of coming here when you pick me up? If so bring your temple clothes. The temple here is so Beautiful and it would be awesome if we could all go thru it together. But it's hard cause we have so much freedom here while typing but we can't email anyone but parents. So it's tempting but i'm keeping strong lol. I love you guys nd send me a picture a the new family pictures through email. I want memory and to see what they look like. But i'm writing trevar. Well i did once but i've gotta wait five days til i can again. But i love you guys and stay safe. Love Your Son, and Studly Brother lol jk....but serious

Hey so i'm still alive haha. Ya we were kinda bummed that we couldn't call on Christmas. But esta bien. Spanish is coming more and more. We got Latino neighbors and they are always fun to talk to. So can you relay a message for me to Amber and Chad and Kyra, Tay, and Larissa. So i can't email anyone but you mom and dad. For now. But when i get out in the field i'm pretty sure i can. So two weeks :) I hope it's not too cold there. It rains here a lot. Well recently it has. But it stays at 75 which is pretty nice. So if it's not too big of a hassle can you send me my Red Vans maybe a sweatshirt and Candy (Something Chocolate). I'm going a couple weeks with out candy and i'm starting to tweek out lol jk. But when you send it make sure to put a picture of Jesus on the outside. I here people don't mess with it then. But here the big day for Christmas is Christmas Eve. Not day. So Hoy es Mi Dia. But dad i dan't know what questions you want from me. So i'll just make them up. My shoe size is an 11 and my waist size is 32 Haha. Wow it sounds like people just have money to give over there in America. Tell the ward thanks for the support and Grandma. We're excited to get outta here and go serve. We may not know a lot of spanish but we know the lord is on our side. But the scriptures are awesome. We've been reading in em non stop. I've never gotten so much outta them then now. If only i could tranfer them to spanish i'd be peachy keen. I love you all so so much. And i miss you guys. And i just wanna say i'm sorry for not treating all of you guys like i should've. Haha i realize now how much you care about someone is when you don't have them. So everyone please stay safe and sane over the holidays ok. And i promise i will. I keep you guys in my prayers.

This is the address for mailing packages.
DR MTC
Av. Bolivar #825
Los Robles
Dominican Republic. (Remember picture of jesus and candy)

I Love You SO much.

Here are the pictures he sent this time. He didn't explain any of them but some are obvious.

Hey there. I'm doing great here. Yes another week goes by. It's going fast here. I'm glad to hear from all of you. I'm doing great. Mom we bought tons of multivitamin before i left. I'm fine :) and as for becca and kenna. I wear my rasta bracelet everyday and my captain morini tie pin thingy too. I have so many new friends here. The guys are great. We had to teach about Baptism yesterday and we NAILED IT! it was so sick. Or we say "Esta Enfermo!" haha english slang converted to spanish. Gotta love it. Well i'm doing great. Love you guys. Oh i found out we can't call home on Christmas. I know I know you wanted to hear my comforting voice but all it well. I'll still keep you guys posted. Love you all :) SSSOOOO much. Bye

The spanish is coming along pretty good. I haven't dreamed in spanish yet. But the elder did and he didn't know what they were saying and it made him have to think which woke him up haha. We went the the store similar to walmart. It was cool. All the elders totally loaded up on snacks. You should've seen our baskets. Total americans. But how are things at the plymale house? How is getting ready for christmas? Bet it's nice having one less person to buy stuff for. Oh and don't bother sending me stuff or anything. It'll just get stolen. The mail system is so unreliable (don't think that's spelled right) here. I haven't gotten any mail yet. Down in provo i got mail like three or four times a week. So maybe i'll just have to convert to emailing. We eat rice and beans and meat all day. Then study. Can't wait to get out in the field. We went to the University and contact and teach. This last week was frustrating cause i can't really express what i want to say in spanish yet. But it's coming. But i hope the holiday season is going good and not stressful. I love you guys. Stay sfe and don't worry about me. I'm doing great and will always be doing great. I've got the lord on me side. Say hi to all my firends. Oh and i saw Kurt Jensen at the provo MTC. He was working on vending machines there and stopped by. Pas!

The Santo Domingo Temple next to the MTC (or CCM) as they call it in the Domican Republic.

The other missionaries he goofs around with.

The recent letter from Jake: Hey everyone. I'm alive haha. I've been ballin it up in the Caribbean. You know how we do. So it reminds me of southern cali here. But more ghetto lol. We got to leave the MTC (CCM as we call it) and we got to go to the university close buy and teach random people. Totally legit. Everyone speaks spanish so it was kinda hard to express ourselves but we did it. We talked to a guy from queens new york. I'm all....YOU SPEAK ENGLISH! haha we placed a book of mormon. There are guys from the U.S. Haiti and Guyana. The Hatians and Guyanese are SO funny. Every night we all teach each other new words in our native tongue. Haha these hatians know how to party. Our classes are right next to each other and they are SOOOO loud. But i'm sending you pics of everything. Don't anyone be sad that i'm gone. It's a good thing i'm here. It's teaching me a lot of stuff. I love you guys and i'm doing awesome. Beans and rice is SO freaking good here! favorite part of the day.
Pics of my Haitian friends and messin around with more missionaries. We have way too much fun. I don't have pics of my D.R. district yet.

Where Jakes headed. Far, far from home! Ok, far enough away from home.

The zone at the MTC in Provo. Fun bunch of Elders.

This is the picture of Jake and his first companion, the one from Lehi, Elder Herrmann. Check out their cool, new missionary badges! Hope they spelled our last name right! :)

Hey Hey Hey. I made it! I'm in the caribbean lol. Hope everyone is doing good. After twenty hours of traveling i'm finally here. The humidity is awesome here. I love you guys. Love Elder Plymale :)

He called us from the airport in Miami last night and said he had been up since 5am. His first flight was at 8am from Salt Lake to Dallas. Next was Dallsa to Miami then on to the DR. There were 2 groups of 15 going to the DR so he had plenty of missionaries to travel with. He said there are alot of great guys in his zone and that they all get along great. It's like they've known each other for years! He is so excited to be there. We miss his tons here but are excited for him in his new adventure!

Hola Familia! So chad lied! They do have stalls here for the showers. Thank goodness i was about to shower with some basketball shorts on. But yes everything is going good here. I leave in two days. I hear the MTC down there is really rough the first week. But then you learn the language super fast after that. I guess it's all about how diligent i am. So sorry if any spelling is wrong. Spanish really messes with your mind. But Sam was on the phone with a Dominican women who was like 200 years old haha and she was speaking SUPER fast and that he heard like monkeys and bugs (jungle sounds lol) haha boy am i in for a treat. But the D.R. MTC i hear is so nice. The rooms are converted hotel rooms and the food is super good. I'm stoked to be here even tho it's a little overwhelming here. I'll probably get to call you guys from a pay phone at the air port on wednesday so BE HOME. I wanna talk to the fam haha. I hope everything is going good there. Nothing bad i presume. But sorry i can't send pictures thru the email here. I'll probably got to down there tho. We have such funny pics. My zone no joke is like my friend group from Orem. We get along so well. Oh and Rachel......Just Kidding. I'm at summer camp and i'm coming home next week. Well i'll keep you guys posted as much as i can. Wish me luck. I love you all and stay safe. Remember i'm leaving my family for two years so families can be together forvever. I LOVE YOU GUYS :)

Hello family. I love you all! And i miss you guys. So not gonna lie, the spanish is a little overwhelming right now. Haha there's so much to learn and so little time. We got our travel plans!!! We leave november 25. That's like in nine days. It's so crazy. So this guy talked to us in Dominican Spanish. Bet you didn't think there was a difference did ya? WELL THERE IS! haha they drop all there S's and speak it super fast. Talk about running away like a frightened little girl. Which made us all realize how much spanish we DON'T know haha. We'll get it eventually. I just have to keep reminding my self who's on my side. Every sunday we have a fireside and you can feel the spirit SOO strong. Then we get to watch a movie. Last week we got to watch The Testiment and yeterday we watched the Joseph Smith Movie. Lol i pretty much cried thru the whole movie. It was awesome. So yes becca i can write to you. Everyone email me from their own email adresses then it will be personal. But i only have 30 mins to write. So not too long. Oh and you can write me letters too. Hey can you send me my blue satchel. I think i could use it. I love you guys. And i'll send pictures really soon. Oh and i'm doing great :)

Oops!! Mistake on Jakes address: Good until he leaves on Nov.25
Elder Jacob Plymale
MTC Mailbox #185
DOM-SDOE 1125
2005N. 900E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793

Another letter from Jake- received Thursday November 13:
HaHaHaHaHa so I need to ask a favor of you. So I left my camera charger. Can you send it to me :) oh and if you wanna send candy I'ts totally cool with me. I forgot what I was saying
Well I love you guys SO MUCH

Love Elder Plamale'

New address at the MTC- Elder Jacob Plymale
MTC Mailbox #185
DOM-SDOE 112
2005N. 900E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793

Hola Familia!
How are you guys doing? I'm doing so good. I love the MTC. Everyone here is so nice. As soon as i got here we went straight to work. We can already pray and give our testimonies in español. I run into Elder Poulsen from time to time. Which is so awesome. I didn't think i would see him til after the mission. I found out that i leave to the D.R. MTC before he leaves. My companion is named Elder Herrmann from Lehi haha. He also lives by eaglecrest. What are the odds. We leave to the D.R. on the 25 of noviembre so we're all excited for that. After we leave here it's 100% spanish from here on out. Kind of crazy to think. But i love you all. And i miss you guys.I'll send pictures very soon for the blog.

We got our first email today from Jake-OK, it was a request for his vaccination records, but we were excited anyways. It was short but he did say he was doing great and sends his love to everyone. Love and miss him already !!

For the next 3 weeks this will be Elder Plymale's address:

Elder Jacob Thomas Plymale
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission
Provo MissionaryTraining Center
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604

Elder Plymale enters the MTC

Today, November 4th 2004 Elder Jacob Plymale entered the MTC. After a wonderful "brunch" with his family he was dropped off and handed over to numerous other missionaries waiting for his arrival. There were tears shed, but we all left very proud of his example and his willingness to serve. The people of the Dominican Republic are very lucky! We will miss him here, but we know he is in good hands.