Elder Pitts in Spain

Elder Pitts in Spain

Monday, September 28, 2009

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
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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!!!