Catching UP!!

Zach Got Transferred on May 26th!!

hey Momma!! im sorry, i have like no time cuz i got transfered! right now im in a city called Montijo, but my area is called Vasco de Gama B, and im serving in a 4 elder house!!! im already really looking forward to this transfer!! i love you guys and hope that you guys had a killer time in mexico!! i gotta go but i will have more time next week!!(:

We got a little more info out of Zach on June 2nd!!

HI MOMMA!!!

i know you're really gonna hate me for this one, but i dont have much time today): we have a bus to catch soon cuz we're going to this big shopping center called Free Port so that i can buy the boys birthday presents!! hahahahahahaha WAY TO GO BRIGGY!!!!!!!!! you have my permission to marry Brittany, cuz shes super pretty AND cuz then ill be brother-in-laws with Bronson(; haha(: im sorry but i dont have my address right now, but my new comps name is Elder Harris and yea he's way sick(: and we're in a 4 elder house which is awesome!! yes i got the package, thank you so much!! and the city Montijo is a lot bigger than Tomar, but our area is only a little bit bigger but its still sweet! and in the branch here there's about 70 people or so in church every Sunday which is a huge change and its awesome!! haha(:

Briggy -- holy crap i cant believe you're 16 and driving haha!! dude have fun in that jeep, that thing is so killer!! and now that you're at the "dating"age.... DON'T GET ONE STEADY GIRLFRIEND!!! IT'S NOT NEARLY AS FUN!!! haha, trust me on that one, this is the only chance you have to kiss a bunch of girls, cuz once you're married that's it!! haha, be smart, but go out there and have fun!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUNK!!

Mason -- well i dont think i like you anymore, seeing as how you will be taller than me when i get home.... jerk... haha(; holy crud you are getting too old and too big haha, make sure you and Briggy stay best friends cuz you guys will be one stud duo in the jeep tearing up Red Mountain haha(; and you cant date yet... but that doesnt mean you cant kiss girls... im pretty sure haha(; have fun with that one!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE!!

ill be sending a package home soon, and it'll have birthday presents for the two birthday boys (if ammon is sad tell him that he will definitely get his own on his birthday;) haha) it will also have letters and a pin drive with the pictures and videos i have since the MTC(: ill try my hardest to send it this week!!

well now i really gotta run, but i love you guys so much and ill talk to you again soon!!(:

a good scripture ive read a lot this week and shared a lot with investigators is Alma 37:37, but ill let you guys get to that on you're own(;

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Finally a Detailed Letter! June 9th

I asked Zach some numbered questions and here is his reply:

Hi Momma!!

holy crud those lucky turds!! those guitars are so sick!! they better be getting good, cuz ive been working in my free time with my little piece of crap guitar, and i can actually play a few pretty sweet songs!! and ive decided that when i get home im buying a gnarly drum set and i wanna get really good at the drums, cuz i think that just sounds way fun haha(:

and now answer time!(; haha

1) yes im definitely happy! i totally miss Tomar, which is funny cuz i never thought i would, but i love this city too. Having so many people in church, and just a big branch that is so closely knit together like a family, its such an awesome change. Also being in a 4 elder house is pretty freakin rad too,we're always messing with each other or playing games with each other and its just a blast cuz its like living with a bunch of buds!

2)yea i get along great with all of them, my comp Elder Harris is from Ogden, Utah, and we're super similar, we both love the military and physical stuff. he's way into rock climbing and snowboarding. His dad was a Navy SEAL, and he definitely wants to be in the military too. we talk a lot about it, and ive actually been putting a lot of thought into being a Marine again... but we can talk about that later!!(; haha. the other two elders are Elder Thayne from somewhere in Utah, and Elder André from Angola, Africa who doesn't speak hardly any English haha. but we all get along super great and its just a party all the time haha.

3)already answered (please see above) haha(;

4) Rua José Ladislau de Sousa

    Nº29  2ºESQ

    2870 - 413 Montijo, Portugal

5)i live in an apartment, but its a lot bigger and nicer than the one in Tomar, the other elders say its one of the nicest ones in the mission, which is pretty sweet haha

6) yea so far i like the people here a lot, this city just seems a little bit more upbeat and lively than Tomar

7) right now we've got about 4 or 5 people/families that we're teaching or passing by regularly, one lady is ready to be baptized and really wants to be, but she has to get married first to the man she's living with, and i guess they're having a bunch of problems with the paper work, but we're hoping around August she'll be able to be baptized!

8) yea im pretty close to the Ocean. our area doesn't acutally go to the coast, but we're bye this huge bay that fills during high tide, and drains in low tide, so we go back and forth between the smell of the ocean and the smell of swampy tide pools haha, its funny(:

9)yea im doing my best with mission rules! but lately ive slacked on my working out in the morning and im starting to feel it, so im gonna start getting back into the routine, but i think about 2 or 3 weeks ago i weighed myself and im around 160 pounds, but IM NOT FAT!!!! haha, i actually think ive been growing a little bit, which would be so sweet haha(:

10) i never really have much of a topic when i study cuz i always end up jumping around reading all kinds of different thigns, but now im working on ready the Book of Mormon all the way through in Português, and im in 2 Néfi 5 or 6, and i read about a chapter or two a day.... haha i just realized i wrote Nephi in português, which is Néfi haha, but i'll leave it(;

11) when we're working or having lessons or things like that we're definitely spiritually minded, but when all four of us are hanging out in the house, especially since two of them go home pretty soon, our conversations can be all over the place. never anything bad, its just like hanging out with buddies haha. but the other day we had this huge converstion about crazy spiritual stories we've heard or been part of and it was really cool, so usually yes haha(:

man thats so awesome!! im so stoked for those guys, our ward is turning into quite the army!! haha, thats so rad! and if sammy goes to Brazil then we could speak it up together in português after!! i definitely have to know where those two are going as soon as they get the call!

daaaaaannngg you guys are lucky!! make sure you take a crap ton of pictures!! haha and who's watching the boys?! haha, i cant wait to be able to rock out with those kids on guitar!!

well i hope this email helped to answer some questions!(; haha, i love all you guys so much, and there definitely are times when i can feel your prays pushing me along, and i hope you guys can feel mine too!! i dont think ive ever prayed so hard for so long as i have for you guys, its funny how really understanding prayers can open your eyes so much to the powers that they have! 

well you guys should be getting a package probably sometime early next week, and i hope you guys like it!! sorry it took me so long, but im a poor missionary, so cut me some slack!!(; haha i love you guys and ill talk to you again real soon(: tchau tchau(:

What an AWESOME BOY!

Hopefully next week there will be pictures! ;)