January 31, 2012

Yeah, so, I am out of here.  I just found out today, but I will be leaving tomorrow, so I am kinda nervous but kinda excited for the new unknown.  I am ready, but I will miss the members and a few of our investigators.

 

Been here for six months now, so I am ready.  I hit my 6 month this past Friday.  haha  Kinda seems weird.  We burned a tie at an investigators house.  It was a lot of fun, but I don't have much time today to write, so i can go see people.  But, I love you, Mom, and everyone else.  We have to go...... and Mom your highlights are terrible.  Those are not questions, those are whole paragraphs, haha.  But, I love you still, Mom.  Keep me updated on Uncle John and Aunt Kristy.

January 23, 2012

ha Thanks Mom...

 

Yeah, I got my pity card for the week.....haha.  Thanks, I appreciate the Subway gift card.

 

Haha yeah, I got the Trahan's package.  It was really good. hahah I found out that LSU had lost and then I got home and had that! haha.  It made my day.

I will email my testimony next week, if that is ok.  Good, I knew you would understand.  Tell them if they want it though, that I will need a letter filling me in about their lives, because that is my criteria.  Haha, so if they want my testimony, they better put some good letters in the mail today or tomorrow, haha.

 

Yeah, we have used 17 Miracles in like 2 lessons already.  I don't know if we are really supposed to, but they are really good lessons, so far.  Hahah, so yeah, and we watched it for a Halloween party that we had.

 

Man, no, I have not lost or gained.....just stayed the same, haha.  But that is so good for SB and MC.  Congrats on the good eating and stuff like that, haha.

 

Haha, the crazy lady was so funny.  She could not have done anything to me, haha.  I am like ten times her size, haha.  My comp(anion) is going into the Army, haha.  I know that sounds cocky, but oh well, haha.  I have not been scared once on my mission, haha.  This place is so nice.  There is no reason to be scared.

 

No offense, I hope MC does not get into BYU, haha.  That is just how I feel!  BYU-Idaho is the best.  Haha, sorry MC Hammer.

 

That is so freakin weird that Em's is 12 now.  It just does not seem right, haha.  She should be much younger.

 

SB is so tall she would be really good at VB, if she applied herself, but if that is not what she wants to do then there is no way that she will be able to be good because it takes dedication.

 

So this week was awesome.  We got to go to Las Vegas for my comps recent converts to get sealed.  I had never seen a sealing before.  It was really cool and super spiritual.  We had a lot of fun on our family vaction, haha!

 

The work is still slow, but we are having some potential people pop up out of nowhere.  So that is good.

Yeah, I spent too much, but, yes, I get only $115/month.  All the other missions get like $150 or more and most of them use money from home.  Everyone that I have talked about it on this mission uses about $60 plus from home every month.  I have to get some stuff before I get transferred.......like a tub to carry around all the junk that you get on a mission and a portfolio to put my letters in so they don't get lost.  Sorry about that.  I will try and cut back but Lake Havasu is one of the more expensive towns in the mission because of it being a tourist town.  So I have been taking out $60 a month, but this month I needed to get the stuff to be transferred. If you don't want me to do that anymore I can try and make it work with the $115.  

Yep, going to the temple was great, mom.  It really was.  Thanks so much.

So, I was listening to a talk this week on CD, and it was talking about the 2000 Strippling Warriors and I couldn't help but to cry, because that is me.  I cant deny it because my mother knew it.  Thank you so much for your prayers and everything that you do for me.  Thanks Mom.

January 16, 2012

So this week was probably the toughest of my mission, so far, which pretty much means that I have had a really easy mission so far.  We are trying to figure out ways to get more people to teach.  It is just not happening and right when we thought we where getting some people, the two people that we were most excited about dropped us for no reason at all....besides she has work, haha.  Kinda sucks, but today we are going to play air soft so that should help, haha.  I have had 3 baptisms so far but this is a low baptizing area here.  We have only had a total of 3 baptisms in this ward all year.  2 of those where mine, but I had one down in Parker.  Not a lot, but not a little either, haha if that makes sense.  Transfers are not till the 31st, and yeah, I should be getting transferred this time.  I hope I will. It is getting hard to just go and see the people here.  I love them to death, but I am ready for a new place and new challenges, and all that jazz.

The first one is a picture of me in front of the London Bridge.  It is really cool.  This place is so beautiful, sometimes.  It has some of the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen.

The next picture is of me on the Lake Havasu sign.  It is at the 95 on the way back to Havasu from Parker.

The next one is of a lady that is crazy.  She lives down in Quartzsite, Arizona.  It is really a funny thing.  So, she thinks that she has the priesthood and that she had the sword that she is holding pulled out of her by a witch. Then the witch cut off her hand, but she blessed herself and she was able to restore her hand to the fullness.  I love crazy people!  Oh, and she told me my future because she has the gift of sight or something like that, haha. I will be rich.  Heck yeah, go rich people...haha.  I will have 8 kids.  My wife will be a darling, but really frustrate me sometimes, haha.

A picture of the I-10 sign down in Quartzsite!  Haha, totally worth going down there.

That is a picture of the guys in my district right now, and the zone leaders.  They are really cool especially Elder Poitress.

Me and my comp went for a little swim...........you know no big deal..

So, there is the life of Elder Zachary.

January 9, 2012

Hey, so Mom let's be real here.   Two things-----the Saints and LSU are the bomb and WILL win the championships! haha  Because they are the best.  Second, there is no way that I am going to able to find all your questions unless they are put out some how so you need to highlight them.  Just the questions, not statements that you find interesting and would like to hear my feedback on.  Make the questions stand out and then I will be able to know what the difference is in a question and just statements.

 

So, this week is going to be fun.  We are cooking gumbo for a bunch of the people in the ward tonight.  We are going to be going to the Melendeze's house and he is having a bunch of less actives and investigators and just people that could use some fellowshiping.   Y'all should do that same thing in our ward--invite a bunch of people over for a barbecue or something like that.

 

I love this ward so much, but man after six months, I am ready to get out of here.  And now haha it is getting hard to go and visit the same people over and over and over again.  It is just getting really kinda boring, but I only have 3 weeks left before I am done in this area.  I think--I hope at least.  I am just ready for something new.  I love both my companions but it is just about that time to leave. haha.

 

I will always remember how great this ward is though and all the great things that I have learned while serving here. Can you believe I have almost been here for 5 months and with the MTC I have almost been out 6 months?  It is really weird to me. haha  It does not seem like it at all haha :)

 

 We don't really have any new goals.  We have a goal for a baptism every month for every companionship.  So that works out to about 1200 baptisms.  We did get over 1000 baptisms this past year.

 

 

January 2, 2012

So I am extremely jealous that y'all got to go to Branson, Missionary.

That sounds like it must have been a lot of fun.  That is beautiful country up there.

So, since I got in trouble when we Skyped for not ever talking about football here.............. haha............... Isn't it awesome that Drew Brees is an absolute beast?!  He is my hero!  He is such a great guy and is such a great football player!  It just goes to show you you don't have to be a druggy loser to be good at football. He is such a great example to everyone that wants to be a pro football player!

Louisiana is going to have both of the titles---BCS and the Super Bowl!!! LSU is freakin going to KILL Alabama again!  People want to see a rematch!  LSU will destroy them.

haha So, y'all are four-wheeling today.  That sounds like a lot of fun.  I wish we could go do that.  That would be a blast.

So, the work is still going pretty good.  We still have 3 set for baptism.  I hope they still go forth.  They should be....at least we are really hoping so.  We will probably set someone else this week i hope so at least.

Ask Ashley if she ever got my letter I sent to her or did I send it to the wrong place?

Mom, if you want more to be written I need questions. sorry.