Monday, November 26, 2012

My Thanksgiving was a good day here in Uruguay!  We found many people to teach and taught many lessons. We ended up not eating any chicken (let alone turkey), but it's all good. 

Our baptism for Silvana is this coming Thursday! This last week was crazy in the branch because we officially became a ward yesterday! There were a lot of parties and meetings this last week with the ward, so we didn´t have much time to do a baptism. The bishop told us this Thursday would be best, so that´s when we are going to do it. 

Monday, November 19, 2012

It was awesome to hear from you and know that you are all doing well!  I received an email from Aunt Tammy and she was saying how excited she is to go up to Utah for Thanksgiving.  I have also received a couple of emails from Lindsay Gardanier.  Make sure to tell her hi for me and that I'm doing awesome and that it was great to hear from her!

Well, Thanksgiving is coming up and it will just be another day in the mission here in Uruguay. We're going to work and I think we might buy a chicken for lunch.  Does that count as a turkey dinner?  People here in Uruguay (of course) don't celebrate Thanksgiving and no one sells turkey here in Canelones.

Monday, November 12, 2012

It was awesome to hear from everyone!  I can't believe it's snowing in Utah.  Here in Uruguay it is nice and warm! That's awesome that Jake got his mission call to Sweden.  He's going to be a great missionary.

Mom, the package with chocolate was perfect!  Nothing was melted and it all turned out great.  So, chocolate is fine to send!  In answer to your question, anything you send for Christmas I will be happy with!  Peanut butter would be nice, too!

Anyway, something interesting from this past week was that Nacional and Peñarol played against each other in soccer.  It's basically like the Super Bowl here in Uruguay.  It's a big rivalry game and

Monday, November 5, 2012

It was awesome to get your emails!  I received a ton from family and friends wishing me a happy birthday.  Make sure to tell everyone thanks for me!  I´m super excited that Elder Burnett and Hermana Muir went to your house!  They are awesome and helped me a ton in the mission.  Elder Burnett is one of the nicest kids I know and hopefully you had fun talking with him.  [Zach's dad: Two returned missionaries, Elder Burnett and Sister Muir, unexpectedly stopped by our house last night to introduce themselves and tell us hello from Zach.  Elder Burnett returned home to Springville just three days ago and brought us a package from Zach.  Sr. Muir returned home to Springville about six weeks ago.  It is crazy how many missionaries from little ol' Springville are in Zach's mission (5).  Elder Burnett and Sr. Muir both knew Zach well in the mission field and say he's doing great. They said he always has a big smile on his face and has such a positive attitude about missionary work and life.  It was very comforting to hear directly from someone that has been with Zach that he is healthy and doing well.  Elder Burnett will be speaking in church next Sunday and Tori and the kids plan on attending to hear more about missionary work in Uruguay].