Email Home March 28th 2011

i got my card finally, the first time i emailed you in the mission was when i got it.

is brayden going to the same mission as chase howell? i think charlotte? and ive known about jons call since december. he put in his papers 4 months early. haha. its like arizona or nevada or something.itll be great for both of them.

we had so much rain! it was the best! so green! and perfect here. i actually didnt wear the coat though. it was too hot. elder mena gave me a super cool sweater to have and it worked perfect.

hey! we had to paint here too! for service one day (before all the rains came) we painted a house... it made me really grateful i had you and dad to teach me how to properly do a job. for all but one of the other missionaries it was thier first time painting an outside wall, so i gave some tips around, just of the little bits ive learned... like the first thing you should do is dig around the house a little so the paint can go to the ground level, and to power wash the dirt off, hahahha! it was really fun.

hopefully the renters dont tear the house down. (fingers crossed)

also its funny, but every time i go to the mission office, the elders there are all like' "elder eddy, "i talked to you grandma the other day!"... is she calling them all the time? haha.

wow, im in a laughy mood today, is laughy a word?

that is sad, hopefully coach hagert puts them in shape. that must be dissappointing for him. just be as supportive as possible, and make sure mady does her best. also, make sure will starts training this summer (at the latest). also too, have caroline buy me pokemon black version. she can get white version. or the other way around if she already got the other... sorry i saw a book about it just a few minutes ago in walmart and it made me think about caroline. good times. if will get ankle or knee problems, have him train in a pool...wait no. im focusing on the mission right now. you know what to do with him. good luck with all that.

things are going great. we got 5 new investigators this past week!

sadly its hard trying to get them to church, but were working on that. the people really become your focus and your life out here. its so nice. when you forget about your problems and help others with theirs. not only do you help them so much, but you also help yourself even more then when you do something for yourself. so far the im really looking forward to this new family we are teaching. they have been interseting in the lds church for 2 years but too afraid to do anything about it until we saw the mom a few days ago. since then we have visited twice. its great! oh and we have our first baptism date! i think its for the 17. but its still up in the air, so cross your fingers. and them we have a couple others who are doing really well too. not to mention we are visiting members alot too so we can get referrals which are much more effective.

spanish is coming great. one step at a time.its getting easier to memorize and add words to my vocabulary as the language becomes more familiar and i recognize when somebody says a certain word in spanish. and then other times we will hear a person from the carribean who have accents and its even hard for my companion to understand, haha. but all is well. yesterday elder mena and i tricked a spanish friend that i was fluent in the language. it was hilarious. the best ways to learn anything is to be humble. realize that without God, or help from your companion, you wont learn anything. and just have fun! and work hard of course.

its hard to find sales on the food we eat, especially when we can only shop on monday and we try to be quick because the day goes fast. but ill look more. where is the closest stater bros from the south end of la sierra? wal mart is the cheapest so far and its only 4 miles away. (we really have to watch our miles, they go away fast).
oh, well i need to go! but take care!

se quiero!

-elder zachary clay eddy

ps can you forward this to whoever wants it. elizabeth asked me to farward my letters to the family to her as well, but i dont know how to do that right now. thanks!