The Latest from Elder Pitts is that he's in a new area and doing well so far.

He sent us a few pictures :

This is him kissing the futbol trophy they won in a match against the Granada Mission.

This is his apartment - Typicall Missionary apartment -

This is the town he's in and the Castle above.

This is him and Elder Millerberg

HE's doing Great and would love to hear from anyone. You can write him at Zach.pitts.espana@myldsmail.net Or zapitts@gmail.com .

He'd love to hear from you !

Elder Pitts was transfered to Jaen - He says:


HEY HERES MY NEW ADDRESS!!!

nuestra señora del perpetuo socorro
Nº40 2
23009
Jaen, Spain

The latest Update from Elder Pitts,

Thanks to all the friends who ask about Elder Pitts and give their best wishes and send their love. It strenghtens a missionary to know there are those at home who love him, support him and keep him in their prayers.

A quick update : We did get some pictures of Elder Pitts Standing on Rock of Gibralter. he looked happy and you couldn't tell his nose was broken, so he must be doing ok.

We did send off a package with some a few things from his friends, some SD Cards for pictures for his camera, some candy and some ties and stuff. He was very appreciative of it. We'll be putting together a Christmas Package probably November so if you have anythign to send, let us know and we'll get it in his Christmas Package.

He has a baptism coming up in the next week or so, Angelna - He talks about her in his e-mails. We're very excited for Elder Pitts and his companion understanding Spain is a very difficult mission and the average baptism per elder is about one a mission. So he and his companion are being led by the spirit and working hard.

Thanks to all the friends and family who love and support Elder Pitts.

Dang Spanish Computers 9/14/09

wow
so i just wrote this massive email but then these sweet computers im on decided to suck an almighty peace of crap!

hahaha so i lost the massive email and dont have much time now... basically it just says thanks for all that you do and know how much i love you all so much! i got some pictures on the way that im sending off today and i hope everyone is doing well! jj im glad to hear your liking work... school is fun so enjoy it while you can =) heard about the hunt. thats cool that you guys at least got a sweet rack out of it! woo! and the date for angeles´ baptism is the 26 then conf. on the 27th. im so stoked! woo! and then we have 3 weeks straight of conferences! woo! super stoked! but anyway... i gotta get goin cause these computers... me cageis en la entrenador...

haha josh dont translate that... hahahaha anywho... love you all so much and hope to hear from you soon! p.s. thanks ALL for the emails! i heard from almost all of you this week! thanks yal! siempre en la lucha del señor! su favorito hijo hermano y cariño siempre!elder pitts jack zachp.s.s. jj im sure your gonna tear it up at bestbuy man! thats sweet! your great with that kinda stuff and people love to talk to you about it! and keep tearin up the halo and c.o.d. servers for me broha =)

yet to see a mexican...‏ 9/08/09

yet to see a mexican...‏
From:
zach pitts (zach.pitts.espana@myldsmail.net)
Sent:
Tue 9/08/09 6:39 AM

I KNOW RIGHT!? FREAKIN WIERD! thats ok... i love the mexicans now =) so where do i start... my head is pounding right now... im not sure why but it kinda sucks. o and sorry i didnt write yesterday or tell you about it... but from the looks of it none of you were to worried about it anyway ;) but we got back from gibralter a little later than we thought we were going to and had to get out on the street. but it was good. we had intercambios with the zone leaders yesterday and this morning and it was pretty chill. me and the kid i was with ended up finding a whole new family to teach! I was so excited! they are brasilian cass! ill bet you will love that! ha

but i got other big news...WE GOT OUR FIRST BAPTISM DATE HERE!!! woooo! its with that woman Angeles that i was telling yal about a letter or 2 ago! o man im so stoked for her! o man it was sweet to hear her say she wants to get baptized! the lesson was so good to! we were talking about the saving ordinances and how important they are and she said she wants to go to the temple and everything! im so excited for her! but after she said she wants to get baptised she called her husband in to say she was gonna do it. and he basically said it doesnt matter much to him... "me da igual" ... but he is still gonna come and everything... but she kinda broke down after he left the room. and she told us that she is sad that he doesnt believe in god or anything because she knows what she is doing is right and wants to be with her husband for ever and be sealed in the temple and all that... i didnt know what to tell her... we just told her that everyone has they´re agency and she needs to do what SHE needs to do. and let god worry about the rest... if any of you have a little advice we can give her... please tell! but ya things are goin good! i cant wait to see her go under! =) so keep her in your prayers eh!

but anywho... ill try to tell you the story of william next week (the kid from the brasilian family we found) its great! siempre recordais que dios les ama! y tambien que vos amo!hope to hear from yal soon =)ONE LOVEelder zacharias jack zach p.s. my nose is still broken and still hurts like a beezy when it gets hit...=)has enviado ese caja de cosas ya? y ese targeta do fotos? yo no he recibido sí lo envias ya... lo siento...

VOS AMO! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!

DUN DUN DUUUNNNN...‏

DUN DUN DUUUNNNN...‏
From:
zach pitts (zach.pitts.espana@myldsmail.net)
Sent:
Mon 8/31/09 9:57 AM

im not sure why "dun dun duuunnn..." but i thought it might get a few people interested to read the entire letter below before they get bored and go do something more interesting with your lives! ha! ok...this week was good! we had some really good lessons and i learned a lot even though we didnt really have much progress... well... i shouldnt say that just cause every day is progress in this life... your always 1 more day experienced and 1 more day closer to seeing your heavenly father again. and thats something that no one can ever take away from you =)

so me and my comp were talking last night about the stuff i have been studying and reading and stuff apart from my regular studies of the book of mormon and stuff. i have been reading in ... uh... apocolypsis... revelations? in english? no sé... ya i think so. but anyway it talks about the end of all things basically and how the world is more or less gonna be destroyed to be made whole again. my comp asked me a question something like... "we teach people that the end of the world will be a joyous occasion for us... and yet it plainly states that basically everyone is going to die and suffer and all hell is gonna break loose..." more or less... and he just asked why cant the savior and father save us from this so dark looking end? ... ... ... i thought it was a decent question at first. then i thought about it for a second and realized that if christ tried to come and save us right now... HE WOULD BE REJECTED AGAIN ANYWAY! im sure that the lord and our savior would love nothing more than a bright and happy end... but the problem is it is OUR choices (choices of man) that will bring about this dark and hellish sounding end! its no fault of god! we as missionaries and latter day saints in general see that every day of our lives! theres always someone that will dissagree with us or wants to bible bash with us or just straight up ignore us and not want anything to do with us... people just ignore litterally they´re salvation... im not exactly sure how they do it to be honest...its like this kid lucas that we have here. hes a less active member but has been doin real well lately... he has his doubts like everyone else in the world... but all of a sudden last night he just straight up told us that he doesnt believe in God any more and that he was just confused when he was feeling the spirit before... ... ... ... DUH!?

ok fine... doubting is one thing... but denying your belief is another... he is so caught up in the world that he doesnt realize what he has and could have... same with this woman angeles that we are teaching... she is so awesome! she is like another mother to me now! (the woman that gave me the duck that i carry with me)... =) haha she is so awesome! but she is so stubborn sometimes! i want to be able to see and talk with them in heavan so badly! o man angeles just would bring me to tears if i couldnt see the person that made the first part of my mission! but before i carry on more borryingly... sorry yal. but just know how true the church is! ITS SO TRUE! me and every one of my friends arent out serving the Lord for nothing thousands of miles away from our families for nothing! we are here and I am here because i know it is true and want others to know the love, joy, and happiness that i feel every dayof my life to wake up in the morning and realize... man... I know my Heavenly Father loves me and if i live right... just maybe he will accept me into his arms and kingdom... i love you all so much! 2 nephi 31:20... its a good one... everyone should read it =)perserveráis hasta el fin! siempre sabéis que les amo con todo mi corazon y yo quiero la mejor para vosotros! siempre estáis en mis pensamientos y oraciones! dios y jesucristo vive! tenemos todo que necesitamos para progresar y preparar por las cosas que viene! TENÁIS QUE UTILIZARLO!

love you all so much and hope all is well! thanks for all that you do!


ONE LOVEsu favorito elder, hijo, amigo, hermano, y cariño para siempre=)
elder zach/jack/pittscuidáis mis cariños!

O BABY =)‏ August 17m 2009

O BABY =)‏
Mon 8/17/09 3:44 AM



hola mi familia! como estais!?ok #1... life is great! apparently i made it sound like im way to stuck on thingsback home right now andnot focused on the work......WRONG! im loving life here! and I KNOW thereis nowhere else in the world i would rather be and that yal would rather see me be! ALL IS WELL! Im as focused now as ive ever been and am lovin every minute of it here! so sorry if i made it sound a lot worse than i actually was. but know that life is all good! dad you should definately send that story about the road to hanah to everyone else that you sent to me. i think everyone that would read it would definately benifit from reading it and meditating on it for a while. it definately makes me stop and think about thingswhen we get down to it. its something that we have to remind people and our investigators about frequently... that we have to enjoy the journey and learn and grow from it every step of the way... but still keep our hearts and minds set on what is really important... although our final destination is a little bit more grand and glorious then a little po-dunk town in hawaii =)me and my new comp definately have WAY TO MUCH FUN TOGETHER! holy crap its like we neverstop laughing! we have this little joke about a duck that follows us everywhere (cause "pedo"´s sound like ducks)...ask josh what pedo means... hahaha but anyway so we were teaching this woman named angeles the other day and i looked over and therewas this duck magnet on her fridge. long story short... I LOST IT! it was a good thing she leftthe room for a minute cause i thought i was gonna die of laughter! then my comp joined in and she walked back in the room and thought we were laughing about her. but we assured her it was about the duck and she joined in the laughter with us! then we got up to leave and guess what... SHE GAVE ME THE FREAKIN DUCK! ha! now i walk around with a magnetic duck in my shirt pocket andthe whole mission thinks im nuts! hahaha but its great... we had areally good sunday yesterday. we had an investigator come to church named Aida and she like it a lot. so we were really excited about that! o man im pretty much on top of the world right now to tell youthe truth. if my emails eversound a little down... just remember... IM ZACHARY AUSTIN PITTS! ITS NOT POSSIBLE TO KEEP ME DOWN FOR TO LONG!!! =) and still so incredibly humble ;) but im glad all is goingwell for yal on the home front! im sojealous that you guys got to go to tahoe! thats sweet! me and mullis areheadin up to la rio de la miel so he can check it out and seethe gloriousnessthat me and lundin saw =) ill just haveto make sure he doesnt" accidentally fall in..." trunky punk... hahaha but ya! life is so awesome! so i was studying earlier this week and read some interesting stuff that i really liked...i was reading about how we as humans are some shockedand amazed at the miracles that Christ performedwhile he was on the earth. and how something like turning waterin to whine would just be some minuscule to him... after all... he created worlds without number... i mgith have sharedthis with yal before... so sorry if i did. but i love that point... that with the power of the lord anything and EVERYTHING is possible if it be his will. wooo! power ofthe priesthood! so thats my little thought for the day. but anyway know how much i love you guys all and cant wait to hear from yal again! if you havent sent that package off yet tryand stuffsome good deoderant in with it and some snacks if youcan =) cause the deoderants here suck and im apretty stinky guy... hahaha and snacks arejust ALWAYS nice =D harecordáis que estoy siempre orando para vosotros y tengo todos vosotros en mis pensamientos siempre! viva la vida sin dudas! hay siempre pruebas y la vida nunca es facil! pero con dios todo es posible! yo sé que dios y jesucristo viven y siempre miran acercanos... siempre haz la justo y perserverais hasta el fin!su hermano hijo y elder siempre en la lucha del senor!elder zach (jack) pitts p.s. when you kick pigeons...make sure you ARENOT standing on something your going to slip on... HA!ONE LOVE

Hola August 10, 2009

Hola!‏
From:
zach pitts (zach.pitts.espana@myldsmail.net)
Sent:
Mon 8/10/09 8:11 AM
To:
When:
Monday, August 10, 2009, 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Location:

hola! como estais!? como van las cosas? ojala que todo esta bien! did you guys get that last letter i sent you snail mail? and did yal send back that memory card already? or no? cause if you have i havent got it... but anyway. life is great in good old spain. i got my new companion and hes a pretty chill cat. hes from indiana but his family just moved to utah. ha! i thought that was kinda funny. but anywho... hes only got 4 months or so left until he dies. thats kinda hard on me cause hes a pretty trunky guy... hahaha trunky is like, when they talk a lot about home and just kinda start to get lazy before they go home... stuff like that. but its all good i guess. things are goin decent.

Dad sent me a bunch of sweet einstein quotes the other day and one hit me pretty hard right in the face! its "I never look to the future. It comes soon enough!"man that just kicked me in the butt! i definately needed the reminder. i mean seriously... it does feel like i will never be home when i look into the future... but then i look back and see that i have almost been out for 4 months now and just poo all over the place... wow that was pretty gross sorry. hahha but hey i gotta keep myself entertained somehow or theres no way im gonna survive! so when you get the chance drop me a funny quote or pics or something! and what the crap! yal are goin to tahoe! im so jealous! that place is beautiful! make sure you slay it for me jj eh? but anywho... life is good! but remember its just always what you make it!

my spiritual thought for the day...i was studying earlier and was reading about how Christ created the earth. But this isnt exactly his first attempt expirement kinda thing at it... The Lord has worlds without numbers right? so christ has definately had some practice... then you look at the miracles that christ did on the earth. and we are absolutely amazed by them! but for him... he created worlds and galaxies and EVERYTHING! so what was a little thing like turning water into wine... feeding the thousands... or raising the dead... right? ya... i know! it blew my mind to! hahaha but ya! learn all that you can about the savior and come as close tohim as you can! love you all a ton! cant wait to hear from you all again!

love yal!

su favorito elder, hijo, hermano, amigo, para siempreedler zach, jack, pittsie, pitts wooooooooooooooooooo! wooo! wo!

Ojala Nada !!!! August 3, 2009

Ojala nada!!!‏
From:
zach pitts (zach.pitts.espana@myldsmail.net)
Sent:
Mon 8/03/09 2:41 AM


Woooo! man sorry yal about the email last week... i realized that probably sounded really depressing and stuff... and no doubt it was a hard week for me... but no worries cause im back on top of the world again! Yal know me, i try not to stay down for to long. But like reagan the studd wrote me this week... "JUST LOVE IT!" so thats what im doing! ha! i usually love it anyone! last week was just crappy! sorry yal! hahaha but its all good! so anyway... right now we are sitting in Tarifa and the internet is hella espensive to use... so im gonna try and keep it real short. but just to update yal a little bit... elder lundin is getting transfered on wed. so i will be getting a new comp here. his name is elder Mullis. hes from indiana. but elder lundin is goin to be the ap for the pres. (HA) jkjk but seriously... hahahaha um... still hotter than the devils dirty diaper out here... but hey, im not dead yet... so no wories! im still losing weight but still have my HUGE butt! what the freak is the deal!? ha jk its all good im sure that will work its way off with time =) but anyway... love you all a ton. im definately gonna get a letter off to home soon and try to hit a few personal letters if i can. and for all of you that happen to see allie mo and cato potatoe durring the day... try to convince them that im not an absolute son of satan eh? ;) thanks yal! love you all tons and cant wait to hear from you again! life is so great! dont ever let it get you down! and always remember to pray! its those times in life when we dont want to pray or dont feel like we can, when we really need to pray the most! remember who you are, whos son or daughter you are, and why you are here and that he loves you!!! love you all so much! cant wait to hear from yal! p.s. sorry if i dont respond to snail mail when you send it... cause i dont get it but every 3 weeks... unless you send it to my piso in algeciras... then ill get it sooner and write you sooner =) love yal! elder zachary on top of the world pitts "happiness is a peculiar feeling... it only comes when you are to busy and excited to be miserable" one love!!!

Post from July 20, 2009

RAAAAAWWWWWRRRRR!!!!!
Did i scare anyone!? i hope so =) how the freak is everyone? man payson sounded like a blast! im so jealous! and ya i can definately picture dad catching himself on fire and then trying to dance it out! hahaha o my goodness i think i just peed a little bit! and HECK YA MOM!!! im stoked to hear you jumped off the dock! thats the mom that raised 4 crazy freakin kids! woooo! so im not sure how... but i am in a really good mood right now. im not sure how cause last week sucked and im in all kinds of pain right now but hey... its a good day and life will always go on! I hope no one got hurt at payson. and cass i heard you were lovin the food! good! you have to eat double or triple now cause you have to eat my portion now to! ha! good luck with that! but ya opening doors here IS always exciting! haha you never know what the freakin is gonna POP out at you haha.

We have annoying little dogs just attack us all the time. i swear there are more rats in dog suits here than i have ever seen. and its so sanitary! they´re dogs just drop loads all over the city... even the homeless people do to ha its kinda gross. but now you might have a clue as to how bad it smells all the time here... =) freakin canada...

So we went to fuengirola again last week for lundin´s residency and guess how smart i am? ya... i forgot my passport there... so if i give you guys a call cause im getting deported its cause of that. so you guys definately need to send me some cartas! emails are great but i never have time to really ENJOY them like i want! haha but its all good! im just grateful that you write at all =) and the address that allie has is my flatt-piso-apartment in algeciras. so if you send stuff to that one make sure its not important. like memory cards and stuff still send to the malaga address cause the mail isnt the best in the world here and stuff gets squirly out here. we have a heavenly breeze and clouds goin on today... OOOOOO MY GOODNESS ITS SO NICE! the sun can just go die... we arent exactly sure where we are goin or what we are doin today... just hopin i dont get stopped by the police without my passport... that would just be my luck.

So last week sucked cause we lost like 2 of our best investigators... but its ok cause we picked up 1 or maybe 2 more. they arent bolivian... go figure! peruvians actually! they are way nice people. man its crazy now to hear that all my guy friends are gone except mike dave and herc! and its just a matter of time until they are out to! thats so cool! really though! im so glad i have the cooledst group of friends in the world!they are all the bomb and i dont know what i would have done or if id even be here without them. but SUPRESA! I AM HERE NOW! SO TAKE THAT! to bad the spaniards are freakin wieners and dont want to hear us... ha! its all good we just have to keep finding peruvians i guess hahaha

jj how is summer treatin ya bud? tu debé empezar estudiando español! porque tu probablamente va a servir un mision y hablar español... then all three of the pitts brothers can talk to eachother! that would be freakin sweet man. anywho... im gettin gone so i hope to hear from yal soon and hope to see all kinda of fun pictures! you can send them to my appartment if possible =) and guess what... 3 months baby =) hahahahah yehaww time flys!!! anyway... love yal so much! cant wait to hear from yal! love love love love love!man i cant believe the king of pop is dead! shame! wholy crap everyone listens to him here now... its funny. people paint him and draw him then sell them on the street. its way funny. anyway...

peace yo! su favorito elder, hijo, amigo, y hermano para siempre!elder huge guns zack, jack, muscles... =)

ether 12:27... its one of my weakness´s... and im workin on it... hahahahah WOOO! go beaners!!!

Zack's Letter June 18 2009 - He leaves for Malaga next Tuesday!

hola todos!

como estáis? yo espero que todos esta bien! how ... is everyone? from what i hear its been a good week for yal! thats awesome! im glad you got rid of the van and motorhome... or else jj woulda been drivin around pimpin that van like mad hahaha.

cass your comment about bein able to hear my voice when you read my emails made me laugh and made me have to do this...RAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRR!!! I HOPE WHEN YOU HEAR THIS IN YOUR HEAD YOU FEEL FREAKIN CRAZY!!! JEEEEWWWWW!!! HAHAHAHA ok now that i got that out of my system... but anyway. time really does freakin just fly by huh!? 2 months down already... only what... 93 more sundays and 22 fast sundays to go? but whos counting anyway... I'm really not i just happen to know odd facts like how many months days hours and minutes until i get home... hahahahaa

im in a pretty good mood if yal cant tell! im just kinda restless to finally get out in the freakin field and actually do some good in this world! ha i know we need to get ready and prepare and everything... but dang! you can only teach your companions and fake investigators each lesson a couple hundred times before you start freakin out! hahaha i freakin love little kids i decided... they are the bomb. they are always so open and so freakin cute. here in spain the TRUE spaniards that are really from here, have the most amazing freakin eyes ever. espcially when they are little. they are like a light green mixed with blue kinda... its the coolest thing in the world. and apparently they love our eyes right back just cause they are blue. its funny every missionary here has blue eyes right now and that alone attracts attention when we walk down the street hahaha. it makes me giggle.

so i will be trying to get a phone card today and seein what i can do. and yes i will be calling from the airport on tuesday morning if i find the time... i really hope i do. its totally up to all you guys if you just want it to be family or if you want you can envite some of my close friends or just whatever you guys want to do... its never a bad thing to here my favorite little girls´s voices =) ha so just do what you can. i will probably be calling in the morning here so prolly late night there... most likey around 1 or 2 there... so sorry if thats no bien para ustedes pero... yo no contollar el tiempo aqui... jajaja si entoces... aw crap. ya my bad. just let josh or j tell you what it means... im sure yal are enjoyin the silence with me gone =) so love it up cause in 22 more months its gone!

dad and jj that fire story was hilarious. and im glad yal like the bobcat story haha. mom nice work with the diet! thats impressive! im jealous!

im sorry to hear about scotty b´s dad... es muy triste... pero yo se que su padre es viviend con dios y jesucristo ahora... y esta muy feliz. sometimes we have trials in this life. but now when he goes out to the field he has the oppertunity to servie WITH his father even though he will be on the other side... im prayin for him and hope yal are to. i love you all so much! hope to hear from you soon!

o and here is my address in malaga...

Spain Málaga mission
AVDA. Jesús Santos Rein 4, 3º D-E
29640 Fuengirola, Málaga
Spain


ya so write me and send me some pics =) love yal! dont forget when im gonna be calling and hope to see you all there! bree, josh, and cass it would be sweet to here your voices to! love you all so much! su favorito elder/hermano/hijo...elder zachary (la bomba) pitts =)

como estais?!

so i hear good things from home and everything! hope yal are well! ... i cant believe school is already out... thats freakin nuts! what are you gonna do with jj out of school now mom? ha dad just put him to work... that oughta do the trick =) just kiddin jj... come chill in spain with me =)

so everybody has been askin how much longer im here for. im here in the mtc on the 23rd... so like a week and a halfish... 2 weeks... what ev its all good cause basically the time flies anyway... haha i cant believe i almost been out for 2 months... geez! only 21 more fast sundays 87 more sundays and id tell you the days hours and minutes but it just smashes my enthusiasm... hahaha just messin! ya for reals though i cant wait to get out to the field... we get russian elders comin in here all the time just to renew theyre visas and they always tell us how sweet the field is compared to the ccm(mtc) as hard as that is to believe... NOT! but the CCM is sweet to i guess ha. we went to the temple for the last time thismorning cause the temple closes for some cleaning next week... so thats kinda lame. but its all good. we did some iniciatorios este mañana y que fue fantastico! ah... it was cool! kinda crazy cause we did the session and everything in portuges! cass you outa get a kick outa that =) they´res a whole ward here from portugal that is stayin here and doin temple work... its sweet! the church works out a deal that as long as they do 4 hours of temple work a day, they can stay in a hostal here for 10 bucks a day! freakin sweet huh! no kiddin! plus your in an amazing temple! its way cool... definately somethin to thinik about for the future... but anyway. spiritual experience... uh...

ITS ALWAYS SPIRITUAL HERE! we had an awesome practica sala grande last night. and know... wierd name. but its grate. oh my gosh... gotta tell yal this story. so theres this kid elder gerber here with us goin to bilbao. but last night durring dinner... we were all talkin and havin a good time. i dont know how but we got on the subject of the siberia mission and how they prolly had to use the church bobcat to get to the 1 freakin investigators house... and gerber is over there just freakin laughin to death... he thought we ment like a real bobcat like... the cat bobcat! ha! can you imagine! 2 missionaries ridin a bobcat across freakin siberia! and then helen kelar got brought up... i know we are all goin to hell but it was hilarious... hahaha elder smith was like ya then hellen kellar came along and steered the bobcat into the one freakin tree in siberia!!! hahahahahaha o my goodness im sorry im about to die of laughter! it was the funniest thing ever! i know... we are a little imature... but you gotta survive somehow! ha!

o man anoother story. i got my first reference this week! i was with a french elder at the park this week and it was sweet! we gave out 6 copies of the book of mormon and got 3 references! in 2 hours! we were stoked! we even got 2 people to come to church! so that just basically set my week up for a successful week... o man its great here. i love it so much. i hope yal back home are havin as much fun as im havin. and i hope you are all feeling the blessings as much as im feeling them... i can feel all your prayers every day and i definately know that i have nothing to worry about while im gone becuase yal are in the Lords hands... so i got nothin to fear. Know how much i love you all and miss you all. I hope to hear from you soon! o and if you think your letters wont get here before i leave you can just send them straight to my mission home.

mom and dad you should have that i hope... if not ill send it to you. cause im not sure of it either right now yhahaha sorry... but i gots to go. love yal so much and im prayin for you always. su hermano, hijo, amigo, y amor siempre...elder zachary austin pitts/coolest elder ever!=)

p.s. just to get yours and my hopes up... yes i can in fact call from the airport when i leave for malaga =) so ill give you some more information about that next week =) mom and dad if you got an extra phone card lyin around you could send it if you want... that would be sweet. if not its cool i can get one here. but its al good. love yal!

Hola mi familia! Im finally in Espña! Im am so freakin tired right now though its not even funny... seriously like I went to get up from my chair a second ago and tried to undo my seatbelt from the plain... ya i know... its sad! but hey... im workin on it! they gave us a lil bit to write yal to let you know we got here safe and sound.

So... I got here! Um, its so crazy here! Its SSSooooo different then the U.S. I think I like it better here hahaha but for real its pretty sweet. when i send you some pictures you will definately find out why. every day we wake up to a sweet view of the temple. we are litterally on temple grounds right now. im a big fan. not a huge fan of the food yet. i mean, its all good, but its a TON of fish... and not a huge fan of fish right now. but everyone says we will get used to it. everyone here is really nice and welcoming. but everyone speaks so fast! its freakin redonculous!

But i got a new address for yal to snail mail me at if your goin to do it. its always nice to get actual letters =) its...

Elder Zach Pitts
CCM
Calle del Templo No. 2, 4 planta
Madrid 28030
Spain

thats it... so mail me! i love getting mail haha sorry to sound selfish but it brightens our day so much... its definately nice. but anyway, i got a new comp! his name is elder fredrickson. hes tight. i hate to say it but im kinda relieved but ill miss my old comp. wilson drove me freakin crazy all the way here for a day and a half of travel... ugh! he makes me want to kick small animals!

But its so crazy here in this ccm!(mtc) its so small! compared to about 2800 in slc its down to... 28 of us hahaha its sweet! but its all good. life here is gonna be sweet... i can already tell. im stoked for sure just to be here. the temple here is beautiful. we get to go do a session in the morning already and then i get to write you again cause my new p days are thursday. so you will get another email then. i still cant do any snapfish or anything... so tenga paciencie conmigo porfavor... es muy dificul por mi. per, yo trabahando por esta... but anyway, life is so good! I had a lot of time on the plane to think cause sleeping was impossible. i had some grumpy old people behind me that kept kicking my seat so i basically tried to convert them but failed horribly hahaha but anyway what i was saying is im so glad to have such a strong family and friends! i know its because of yal that im here right now and im so grateful for it.

Thank you all so much. but before i go, do me a favor and Campbell family if your reading this or someone please send me they´re address! cause i need it! or emails or something! i seem to have missplaced them... sorry mom! but anyway... i gots to go. so know how much i love yal and ill write yal again tomorrow.

try and send some news my way if yal get this tonight eh!?
i would love to here from you! so ya... love you all!

Tu hermano,hijo, y amigo...elder Pitts

Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 10:36:12 +0000> >

Hola familia! Ooooooo my goodness... The beds here are soooooo soft compared to the mtc back home! The showers are like heaven, the food is... great but not a fan of fish. The temple is AMAZING basically its like the king of mtc´s! im officially declaring right now that im gonna be losing a lot of weight here. cause i dont eat near as much, and its freakin hot all the time! but just so yals know i gained like 5 lbs in the mtc back home and officially split 1 pair of pants already... dont worry mom its just one of the seems and its little and im gonna get it fixed by one of the hermanas here hopefully...

O so the mtc here is sick! we can go wherever we want in the city for p days and whenever we need anything we can go to the stores or take the metro wherever we need to go. euros make me giggle. the temple this morning was amazing! its real small. like think of the draper temple or the logan one then shrink it... its MAYBE half the size of the logan temple... the session only does like 30 people... we had to bring extra chairs in for whole mtc for everyone to be there. it was crazy. but the celestial room is amazing! so white! o man... its crazy. im stoked about just being here in general... the temple grounds are so peacefull all the time. and we live right on them so its way cool. everything here is so different though. everyone speaks in spanish all the time. but its all good cause it helps us all a lot. and yes i am talking with a lisp now haha its all about the theta baby =) We get to go to the park on saturday and make contacts. we get put with the elders that have been here a while though so hopefully i dont look like a total fool cause i look at them not knowing what the crap they are saying... ha but its all good.

um... the time difference is crazy from here to there (7 hours) so yal prolly are just barely getting on your computers and stuff right nowish to check. so im not to upset that i ddint get any new emails haha (except for mike who was up til 2 anyway) so thanks mikey =) but yal should definately write me back soon to give me some news! o p.s. everything here is amazing, im gonna be sending home another s.d. card soon im sure of it so try and get that other one i sent back home, back to me asap? otherwise ill be sitting here with nothing to take pictures with and be super sad about it ha. I been swaying back and forth still from the freakin airplains and tiredness still... its really annoying. i got in the shower last night and fell against the wall a time or 2... and so far it hasnt got any better but it will soon hopefully. it makes the other elders giggle. holy crap im finally in spain! ugh im so excited! but anywho... uh, not much else to tell yal so i guess ill talk to you again soon!

send letters and stuff pls!
love yal so much!

Hola Familia!COMO ESTA USTEDES!?

Que tal?! Hows the home life?

Thanks everyone for the letters and everything! Its such a day booster to get letters in the mail! so try to use dear elder or even snail mail as often as you can!

But anyway... Just an update, I still got no word on the Visa... But I have faith ha and besides... its really not that bad here! I love it! But still... It would be freakin sweet if it would just come already! haha I heard mike is goin to LIMA!? thats so cool! Im super stoked for him! and ryser to ukraine! tell all my freakin weiner friends to quit bein lazy and freakin update me from time to time eh!??! its killin me to not know when and where everyone is goin! And thanks for the packages! Im a big fan! Keep em comin! everyone in the zone loves when i get them cause they know they're gonna get somethin out of it if they bug me long enough hahha.

Special thanks to the BONNERS! man that package just about killed at least 5 elders of pure excitement haha! But anyway... thanks again everyone for the love and support! We really can feel all your love and prayers here. even on the toughest of days! But some of you asked how my comp is... Hes good! He's a way smart guy! I feel bad for judging him and not really giving him a chance when i first got here... But I've grown to love him and now I wouldnt rather have anyone else in the world! (except for one of my buddies... taylor,reagan,mike,ryser,scottie,jeremy,dave,herc, ya know...) hahaha but anyway life here is good but im running out of time. So ill try and sum up my last week...Basically I been sick... (thanks to the weiner comp...) haha jk but seriously! But its all good. I been sleeping better cause I went and got some sweet drugs from the doc. they pretty much turned me into a fool until i fell asleep. apparently its hilarious but i dont remember much of it... hahaha There is always an amazing devotional every week. This week was awesome. This week was elder Randal. Hes awesome. he talked about not being dissapointed with your mission call wherever you may be going. (I DEFINATELY WAS NOT) but it was way good to hear anyway!

We also listened to some elder Holland. Hes SO INTENSE! its crazy! He basically yells at you! hahha its awesome... But i gotta get goin... ya know... books to read, souls to save! haha but for reals! =) Know how much I love you all and appreciate the support! your all the bomb! I cant beleive its almost been 3 weeks already!

O and happy late mothers day to all of you that didnt hear it from me... sorry! I still love yal! Keep the snail mail and dear elders comin! they are so much better than emails! haha but EVERYTHING is better than NOTHING!

love you all so much! Hasta Luego!Su Hijo, Hermano, y Amigo...

Elder Zachary Austin Pitts

P.S. Dad, thanks so much for the poem a while back. I use it all the time here! please yal keep the poems comin! I love poems! I use them all the time! Love yal!

From Elder Pitts May 5, 2005


Hola Mi Familia! y amigos?Como estan ustedes!? Estoy Bien! S

o I dont got much time right now... but I'll get in as much as i can... Hows the home life!? anything new and exciting!? Thanks for all the letters and packages yal have been sending! Keep it up! because every time I get a letter it picks me up and makes my spirits so much brighter! Even though I still try and be bright ol me all the time... hahaha ya know... So I guess this is kinda a letter to family and friends I just decided cause yal prolly post these letter on my blog? Im not sure... but just to let yal know I got some snail mail on the way to many of you right now... so if theres not a bunch of cool stories or info or anything in this email im sorry...

But I do got one thing to share with yal quick. The other night we had an awesome district fireside and well all talked about why we are on missions and stuff. And I finally realised that if He wanted to The Lord could PROVE that this is the true church and he exists... but he doesnt. And I know that he doesnt because he wants US to learn and grow from going out for two years or how ever long and learning on our own. I know that me on my mission right now is his way of preparing and teaching me for the things to come later in my life. I know that he is preparing me for my future wife and kids... and family, and everyone else that i will come in contact with. I know with out a doubt that he loves us all so much. And that he gave his only begotten son for us. The spirit really is amazing here. It constantly testifies to me that this is where the Lord wants me. And that my future family NEEDS me to be here to learn the lessons I will need for the rest of this life and for time and all eternity. Im so glad that I have always had amazing Family to teach me to do those things which are true. And Im so glad that my friends have always been an amazing influence. I know that yal are doin the right thing by puttin in your papers to serve a mission also. And I want you guys to know that are about to serve that the MTC is what you make it... Im having a blast... Sure everyone gets down and has theyre doubts... But those arent the Lords thoughts in your head, always remember that you arent here for yourself. You are doing it for those people to where you are called. That there are people there waiting for YOU specifically to teach them the gospel that NO ONE else would be able to reach on the same level. I know that with all of my heart.But anyway My little timer in the corner is tellin me that its gonna kick me off the computer soonish... so know that I love all of you so much! Always remember to pray and read the B.O.M. Because it will bring you so much closer to Christ.

I Love all of you so much and hope you keep the letters coming... and to all of you that said you would write me every week and i havent seen a single thing yet... SHAME ON YOU! HAHA Its ok I KNEW you would'nt... bunch of freakin liars... hahahah Ya thats right... the missionary said FREAKIN! hahaha Love you all so much! Keep your spirits up always! ANd if your bored drop me a LIne and send some pictures! i need them badly! Love you all so much!Love,Elder PittsP.S. yal better write me... hahahahahah

LOVE YAL!

We'll try to keep Elder Pitts' Letters posted out here.

He would love to hear from YOU!

You can get on DearElder.com and send him a letter that he'll get TODAY !
or write him at : zach.pitts.espana@myldsmail.net but he can only get that on Pdays.

Or a snail mail letter anytime.

His address in the MTC is:

Elder Zack Pitts
MTC #218 SPA-MAL 0512
2005 North 900 East
Provo, UT 84604-1793

He loves cookies but mostly just to know you're thinking of him

Thanks !

April 24 Letter Hope

Hola Familia!

Como esta ustedes?! Estoy bien! Oh man it is so good to finally have an email and be able to just email you guys... there is a letter in snailmail right now on its way to you so just be aware that it is on its way... HA sorry but this letter might be really short caue it took a minute to set up this stupid email account and i got this little red timer in the corner telling me I dont got much time left and I just wanna punch it in the face! ugh... but o well... so! haha

Hows life at home! You all suck at writting letters! haha geez!Get on the ball eh!? jk jk but seriously! um... so life is good here at the MTC. Long... But good. I love the spirit here so much. Its always so strong! O and hopefully I get my visa on time... but I dont have my hopes up so Im not dissapointed if it doesnt get here on time... but anyway. um... Id write more but my snail mail letters on the way and it explains a lot... You should send me those camera cards for sure so i can just keep switching them out with yal when they get full. Thats what most people here do and it seems to work real well... Everyone here is real nice but there are a lot of odd people that I would normally make fun of but im one of them now so... HA! take that me! But life is good. JJ you need to start preparing now cause I pretty much got slapped in the face with the hole... culture shock thing... it hurt real bad. ha uh... ya so send this to everyone else you want to send it to i guess? I havent really figured out how Im gonna do it yet? do you guys just want to post this on facebook or start a blog or something for me? cause as of right now im only allowed to get on myldsmail.net and nothing else... so i cant really do it. but try and get the word out that im allive and would love for people to write me cuz it sucks to be here and not get letters! ha but I'll survive i guess...

I finally found taylor and got to talk to him for a bit. Apparently my hole district was lookin for me cause we were just sittin outside and we were way late to our residence hahahaha they all thought I flew the coop! I almost crapped my pants from laughing so hard! ha! I had an awesome interview with President Morton (our mish press here) and it was awesome. We get along real well and i love him a lot! I love it here. Its hard sometimes but we feel everyones prayers so much! we are so blessed. we really can tell that we are the most prayed for people besides the prophet. its awesome. the spirit is so strong.

But anyways... I dont got much time... so please just send this to everyone and post it somewhere for me? just try to let all my friends know im still allive and am in desperate need of pictures and letters to keep me allive! ha for real though! Tell everyone that I love them so much. Especially you Mom and Dad. Your the bomb. I am here because of you both and theres no way I could ever thank you enough. And to all my friends as well. I love them all so much. I know this church is true and Christ died for all of us.

Pray and read the scriptures always!

Love you all so much!
Love,
Elder Pitts