It feels like its spring here. I wont be needing a coat. I did get my coat, and it fits well, but i havent needed to use it at all yet. is there a way i can send it home? or to my mission? it might be too bulky and heavy to carry with me once i leave the mtc.
it rained here insted of snowed so when we walked to the temple this morning it was so nice!!! though i think it cooled down a bit because when we came out there was a little bit of new snow on the ground.
dont worry about a bike, its ok. if i get into the mission field and need one ill get one, but i rather not have one, even for exercise. something is wrong with my legs when i ride a bike. my hips pop out and it hurts alot, its usually only in the first 10 minites of riding, but if i dont need one id rather not get one. but dont worry, im not broken or anything, i think its just from me running all the time, its a different leg movement using different muscles groups that arent as strong. no biggy.
my companion is samoan, he was raised there for most of his life. a few times he would live in california for a month or two when he got in trouble back home. he was a rugby player, but when he moved to utah he started playing football. hes really good. his freshman year he was the only frshman or sophmore starter (same with his sophmore year). and his school, alta, was state champions 3 years in a row with him. they only lost to that rank 3 or 5 school somewhere in utah. but alta was ranked in the top 10 with that other utah school. he got 21 division 1 football scholorships. including florida, and a bunch of other big southern schools. i cant remember what posision he plays, but he squats 620 pounds and benches 410. im not surprised, he is ripped! he decided to go play for byu because he turned his life around after high school and wanted to go on a mission. before his mission he had a very rough life. he was in gangs (ive seen his stab wounds), his little brother and best friend both were killed because of the gang activity in the area in samoa. i could go on about all the hard things in his life, but its personal to him, and hes moved on. now all he wants to do is serve the lord. he has such a strong testimony. he tries so hard all the time! oh back to football. his coach asked him to play a coupl years then go on a mission, but he knew that if he stayed for even 1 season he wouldnt want to go anymore, he asked the first presidency if he could leave on his mission early because if he didnt he would have had to come home a bit early from his mission, which he said no to immediately. they said he could go early. hes still 18, but hes just as mature as the rest of us....i know what your thinking, thats not very much. but in the time my district has been here, it feels like we all have grown up so much more. whenevern there is a problem, we solve it right away. we realize, we are on the lords time, and the lord doesnt need boys, guys,dudes, or whatever, he need men that can be his servants, his missionaries.
so yeah, anyway he's an amazing missionary! i couldnt have asked for a person i get more along with, our points of view are exactly the same on almost everything. and what differences we do have we learn from each other. its great!
i can see how a mission can be difficult lately, sleep deprivation catches up with you, the food get tasteless and the constant studying, classes, and everything else attackes you. but my district has found a way of getting rid of those negetive feeling by think about the astonement and talking about it with each other. if the savior could do something so great, we can at least give 1 more hour of focus, and then 2 after that...and so on until the day is over, and then we do it again. all in his name. and im planning on doing it for the rest of my life...
well id like to write more but my time is up. ask more questions and ill answer them next wednesday.
love you all
-elder zachary clay eddy
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