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
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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! 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!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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!
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!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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!
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!
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