Week 21: Adventures of the grandma who really wants to set Zach up on a date

Alo everybody!

Zach got a big ol' Christmas package from my mom and dad this week, so he was uber excited about that. I sent out his package with all of your wonderful little snippets in it, so hopefully he will get that  pretty soon. Because of all this Christmas cheer he is recieving, he actually got really excited and went out to by a Christmas tree (picture below). It is probably the most beautiful, organic, pine tree I have ever seen in my entire life. Tis the season!

This week Zach contacted ANOTHER undercover cop who was super interested in taking lessons. Uhhhh what the heck? Makes me think that the missionaries really are part of the C.I.A. Is Zach even a real human being, or is he a robot? Goes to show, you really never know who may be looking for the gospel.

Zach had a wonderfully, poor, Chilean, non-traditional, missionary thanksgiving. Since those Chileans don't celebrate our turkey day, he and the missionaries in his house had to come up with something a little different, and so forth shakesgiving was born. At least that is what I am calling it. Happy shakesgiving Zachy! All they had were some darn shakes! No turkey... No stuffing... Not even a fiesta! Oh well, I guess we will just have to stuff him full of turkey when he gets back.

While contacting this week Zach and Elder Pistorius found a young man who was very interested in their message. They ended up spending an hour at this young mans house to help with some problems he has been having. This investigator has been struggling with homosexuality and some of the feelings he had about that. Turns out this young man was doing his best to overcome the overwhelming amount of temptation that had been building up in his life. Zach of course has been changed for the better in this aspect, as he did not judge this young man like he may have before his mission. Zach explained of all that God has in store for him if he truly wants to work on these emotions and that we all have problems and trials that Jesus Christ atoned for. Zach is really excited to have gotten another appointment with this young man and to possibly be an instrument in helping this guy love himself and know of Heavenly Fathers love for him.

They contacted another lady and gave maybe a 5 minute message in her home. I guess the spirit was super strong and she even asked Zach to share his testimony. During this whole visit I guess she kept complimenting Zach's eyes, over and over again. (I forgot to mention this was the weekly grandma story). Zach explained that they as missionaries pick up for two years, leave their families and don't date, to go out and preach the gospel. Supposedly she kept bringing up the whole girlfriend part of the situation and even brought up her very pretty daughter who was 23 and single... So the grandma this week is a match maker. All I gotta say is, Zach please don't get married in Chile! We want you to come back to America and live with us in Utah. Also we want you to finish your mission before you get married. Turns out this grandma called her daughter and told her she was with the Mormon missionaries and they are returning on Thursday to teach the daughter also. How exciting right? What could be more exciting about this visit? They walked away with 8 heads of lettuce from her garden. So I guess it is a week of salad to lose all that extra weight he has gained (a whole 2 lb).