Letter from Zach 5/25/09

Hey Everyone! Second week has proven to be a thousand times better than the first week. Spanish is still coming extremely fast, and Elder Waite and I can hold conversations in it.
I have pictures that once I get printed at the book store I'll send them home.
Last Tuesday (our Devotional night) Elder Neunshwander from the 1st Quorom of the Seventy gave a talk. It was really, really good but the best part was after when our District gathered for a meeting. We all talked about what we learned, and it was a very spiritual experience.
Sundays are very different here than normal. At 7:30 we eat breakfast, then Branch council is for an hour (since Elder Waite is our district leader I just wait in the room next to it with Elder Kapetaua, a big Samoen guy that resembles a huge teddy bear). At 10 we have our priesthood meeting and a member of the Branch Presidency gives the lesson. Then we have 2 hours of Missionary directed Time (basically studying) until District Meeting which is mostly like Sundy School. Elder Waite conducts it and assignes lessons each week. Him and I gave it this week. After that is Lunch and then we have sacrament meeting. We're instructed to have a 5 minute talk ready each week because we don't know who talks until President Dean says at the pulpit. It has to be in Spanish, too.
After Sacrament it's MDT (Missionary Directed Time) until Dinner, so about 3 hours. Most missionaries walk around the Provo Temple grounds and take pictures, but elder Waite and I studied (we went last week).
After Dinner we have our fireside meeting. It's usually held in the Gym but they're resurfacing the floor so we had it in one of the massive gathering halls. There are so many missionaries it over flowed into the two other massive halls and into the cafeteria. After the fireside is "Film time". In those massive halls they show a church video.
Most days are jam packed with learning, so Sunday is a relaxing change of pace. We can study what we want, and not have to worry about getting to our next class.
In one of our District meetings President Dean said "Now is the time to become who you will become."
At the time it struck me really deep but I'm still only beginning to understand exactly what he ment.