Email from Zach:

Hola familia! It's been an awesome week at the MTC. After the orientation we dove right into everything. I got my room and picked up my luggage. There are 4 Elders in one room, and the other three I room with are awesome people.
I know you're dieing to know who my companion is, so I'll tell you about my other room mates first. Elder Loe is from St. George, UT. He's a big guy with a big heart, and with the worst accent I've ever heard he says "I don't have a southern drawl". He is also serving in the NC Raleigh Spanish speaking mission.
His companion is Elder Parsons. He's from Portland Oregon. He's is the funny half of identical twins. He is serving in NC Raleigh spanish speaking, also. I don't know where his twin is serving (but it's Spanish speaking).
All the Elders and sisters are split up into different Branches (or zones, which i'll be calling them from here on) and then smaller divisions of the zones are called districts. There are 12 Elders in our district, so we call our selves the "Dirty Dozen". My companion was made district leader, but I'll talk abut him later.
I've really connected with the other Elders in our district. They all have strong spirits and amazing testamonies. I'm lucky to have been able to be with all of them.
My companion is a really cool guy, but not talking about him yet.
The first thing we did when we woke up the first day was learn spanish. It was weird having class before eating, but thats the MTC! Dinner is at 4:30, which is so weird for me, but easy for my companion since from where he comes from dinner is lunch and supper is dinner.
After our first day we could already pray and bear our testimonies in Spanish. That's how much I've learned.
Ok, about my companion. His name is Elder Waite and he's from Peru, Indiana and serving in the Long Beach, CA spanish speaking mission. He's really awesome and has a huge impact on every one when he walks into the room. His testimony blows me away every time I hear it. I couldn't have asked for a better companion.
Our zones leaders are also great people. Elder Kunde is a great leader and knows how to comfort people. He's helped me come to terms with my difficulties in learning the language. His companion is Elder Bergland. He's a really smart person with a lot of concern for all of us.

-Elder Huffman