March 11, 2014

Zach adjusts well to Beach Weather!

Hey Momma! 

sorry about not writing! monday was crazy and our email time got cut way short, and then we spent all tuesday driving, because we had to take some things to every area in our zone (we were in the car from 9:30am to about 8:30pm) haha, i could've driven from Mesa to flippin San Diego and back!! and so finally today i am writing, dont worry i didnt forget haha(; 

and yes, i am a LEGAL driver haha, i have a portugues drivers lisence, but they took my American one:/ so that means we have a super rad trip to the DMV when i get home haha. they said something about you could email them or something, and they will send it in the mail back to AZ... ill try to look more into that. and portugal is just like America, they drive on the right side of the road with the steering wheel on the left side of the car haha. its just weirdo Brits who drive all backwards. 

haha, and no im not on my toes in that picture!!! im flippin growing!! haha, us four went over to Pres Fluckigers house for dinner and so that an elder could have a special interveiw, and after we all had dinner together. it was kinda cool to get to hang out with them. 

yea last week was a TON of waiting in lines and stuff haha, but it was all totally worth it, cuz now we have a car, and its like the greatest thing ever haha, i forgot how awesome it is to be able to drive!! 

and thank you for the package!! i got it yesterday because we had to go by the mission office (in our spiffy CAR haha) and i ate 1 of the bags of Hot Cheetos right there haha, i couldnt wait(; 

and my new ward is awesome! we have a frequency of about 110 members every week which totally rocks. its also the chapel where the mission always has huge councils and meetings because its ginormous and its modeled very closely to an American chapel. i never thought i would actually serve in it haha, its pretty sick. the area is awesome, its like paradise here. i seriously feel like im in cali sometimes. when we come back to visit, there is a drive along the coast right in our area that has got to be one of the prettiest drives in the world. im gonna video it while we drive it and put it on a thumb drive to send home to you guys(: by the way i will be sending a thumb drive home relatively soon(: and on sunday i didnt bare my testimony because there were a lot of members who were, and its always better to let them do it haha. but this coming up sunday i have a talk to give, so that'll be cool. 

dang lucky dogs! the beaches here are super cool, but they're not as good as San Diego haha. and that day there weren't too many people on the beach, but when we went on monday for pday there were a ton of people just laying around! haha, like nobody was in the water it was super lame! 

well sorry for the late letter, but i still love you a ton! haha, and this coming up weekend is transfers, so im almost posotive that i will stay here, but i think that since i can drive and im close to the mission office i will be helping with transfers on monday, so i will do my best to write on monday!! i love you so much, have a good week!!(:

we went to the beach on Pday!! 

this is my comp elder Phillips















thats elder Perreira in the middle, one of my best buds here in portugal. he ends his mission this next week, so we had a killer last pday for him on the beach haha

we found some sick quicksand haha, we played in it for about an hour and a half haha

so down along the coast there was this random jetti thing stickin out and the tide was coming in so the waves were huge, so i ran down to get a majestic mermaid shot haha...