Well I will take this moment to wish everyone a late Merry Christmas. This last week was uber hectic, but it was AWESOME! We were all really worried about getting our skype call to work with Zach. Everyone was super stressed that Christmas would come and go without any call and we would cry forever. Christmas eve, my husband Austin even mentioned that he wouldn't be surprised if Zach decided that he wanted to focus on the work and that he couldn't get distracted by our family call. I think I smacked him for saying such a thing and maybe jinxing us. We were so worried in fact, that we had 3 lap tops set up in the room, with 3 different skype accounts, waiting for some sign of a missionary call. Luckily, it all worked out great! We talked to Zach for the allotted 45 minutes, plus 60 more minutes... But that kind of sinning is okay with Heavenly Father. We got to see his super tan face (more tan than normal) and he got to meet a couple new additions to our family, his new little niece (Zoey), and his new soon to be brother-in-law (Chan). I had never known how amazing these skype calls could be and how truly dedicated Zach was to be giving up so much for 2 years. He will not actually meet my daughter until she is 2 years old, I think he realized that when he saw her and was shedding a tear or two when we held her up to the screen. We even got to meet Zachs new companion, Elder Gibson (the Texan). He was super nice and you can tell that him and Zach have a cool, special bond. They are going to do great things together this combio.
We asked Zach about pretty much everything, from girls that are writing him, to what the people of Chile are like. There wasn't much silence during our long conversation, which was nice! He told us that after his call him and Elder Gibson were going to go to the beach and build sand castles. So pretty much Zach is doing GREAT! We are so happy and so proud of him. If you guys could see him now, I don't know if you would even recognize him. The way he carries himself in confidence is amazing, he knows what he is doing and he knows its the right thing. He has such faith and I LOVE IT. Also he has a total Spanish accent. It seemed hard for him to speak in English. Sometimes he could only describe things in Spanish.
Well Elder Van Pelt and Elder Gibson are really chipping away at all the souls who need saving in Chile. They have even resorted to singing at peoples doorsteps to get them to listen to their message. He said that they knock on the door and give them a choice, they can either sing on their doorstep or they can sing inside their house. Most people invite them in and they will sing a song, give them a lesson and show them a Mormon message. I guess it is a pretty darn good strategy, cause it is totally working. They have contacted a ton of people in this new area, in fact Zach said one day they had contacted 75 people. That is more than most of his weeks in his last area, so it is moving forward and they are having some great success. Their next step is to get all these people to their first Sunday at church.
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