Fun pics from the MTC

(Q's bud, Tyler Olsen)

(The district)

(Elder Benson and Q, been buddies for a long time,  and  @ the MTC the same time!)

(Q's fav. Elder Manu)

Week 6: From Lyndonville

(Q sent this today, looks chilly!)

Scripture for the week.... 2 kings 6:16-17(it will make you shiver)

Hello my loved ones,

 

I am going to start todays email off with a song. This song was written by Elder Makini Manu while we were in the MTC, and it truly has shaped the way i look at my mission. So as you read the lyrics, think of Elder A. Zilles in Arizona, Elder Birky in argentina, and me here, or any other missionaries you want to think about. Dont cry too much.

 

I know you as my brother

though ive never seen your face

ive traveled many miles to reach 

this unfamiliar place

my home is in my suitcase

and my life is what i preach

its you my unknown brother

ive come so far to teach.

Chorus: 

 

With love 

i offer all i have

and freely do i give 

the treasures money can not buy

with love i offer all i have and freely do i give 

the gospel here and live....

 

Verse 2:

the simple truths of jesus are what i have to share

repentance faith baptism is

the message that i bare

when i come upon your door step 

please listen to what i say, 

remember him and let me in

and turn me not away

 

Wow powerful isnt it? yeah i just love it so i thought i would share it with all of you.

 

This week was pretty good, and very very cold, but o well.

 

The best days were thurdsday and friday. Thursday we taught a couple named john and marry, they were reffered to us by a friend of theirs who lives in salt lake. They are very neat, in about their mid 50s but have only been married about 7 years. They are both very musical and have a recording studio in their house, we got to play around with that some while we were there so that was neat. We will be teaching them this thursday as well as having dinner with them. The only sad part about them is that in 3 weeks when the sisters get here they wont be in our area anymore. We told john and marry that and they said "well ok then you have 3 weeks to convert us". we were talking about life after our missions and they told me they could see me being a model, and joked that that was the reason they even let us in the door. But they are very awesome neat couple.

 

Friday we found a new investigator named Bob, he reads two pages out of the bible everday, but always feels like parts of it just dont connect, so we taught hm about the book of mormon and he promised us he will read it. But he is on the road for the next few weeks with work so we wont see him for a while.

 

Friday night we had a dinner appointment with a less active older couple, whom we have eaten with every friday since i have been here. We had invited them to start reading in the book of mormon again and they actually did it. So friday we read chapter four of 1 nephi which is of course about nephi killing laban. We only read that because that is where they were at in their reading, and i was really worried how we were going to tie that chapter into the lesson we had planned for them. But i tell you now that the spirit is the most amazing thing ever, we got done reading and the words rolled out of my mouth and they were not my words. as i testified to them the importance of them coming back to church, tears filled my eyes. The spirit was so strong. Both brother and sister Gorham started to cry, and i just cant express the amazing feeling that was in that house that night,, i loved it so much.

 

I am so excited to read all about stake conference, all day yesterday i couldnt stop thinking about the fact that yall were sitting in the same room as my hero and idol elder holland. Maybe i will get lucky and that is who will come to zone conference in a few weeks.

Sounds like the snow is pretty intense back home, we havent gotten any here, its just been cold. Im glad there are good young men like those three to help you guys out. Taylor really is a good one, he is a keeper for sure, give him my love. 

That is too bad about the aggies and also ws, its cause they dont have their super fan im telling ya.

I will have to look for that dairy in st. J. we spend alot of time over ther because it is just ten miles from us. We are out of miles, so we have been walking alot, so i sure am glad i have such nice snow boots.

We finally found keith, we ran into him at the library, he had just got back from the doctor, and he may possibly have serosis of the liver, so we are praying he doesnt. We are supposed to meet with him tonight, but we will see if he actually follows through.

We didnt teach logan this week, becasue i didnt show up to mutual, and didt show up to church either, so that is frustrating.

Alan couldnt have us this week, because he got to have his kids almost everyday, so we were happy for him for that. Have an appointment with him for tuesday. 

It will be super awesome when the sisters get here in three weeks. there is going to be alot of area changes happening in our mission because of the amount of missionaries coming in. by the end of the year every ward in our mission will have two sets of missionaries! The work is hastening and it is o so exciting to get to be a part of it at this time. 

 

I got grandmas letter and wrote her back last monday, so she should be getting that soon. I also wrote lou, and one to you  and dad, so i hope you get those soon. i am gonna try to put a few pics on here today so i hope they work. I better be getting some pictures from you guys soon, i need to see my dogs and cows.

Love you all so very much. Talk soon. 

 

Remember "God does not expect greatness, he only expects faith"

 

Love, Elder Z

(At least we know he's not starving...)

 

(The first pic we have of Elder Chen, looks like a keeper...haha)

Week 5: Lyndonville

Hello all,

I hope this email finds you all healthy and well.

This past week was not as successful as week one. To start things off it was very very cold, and it snowed for at least an hour every day. But as bad as i hate the cold and the snow i have found it doesnt affect me when i am out doing the lords work. there is something about wearing christs name on your chest that makes you somewhat invincible. But the great news is that this week will be even colder, yay. the highest its supposed to get is 13 degrees, and its gonna be in the minus most days, but we shall press on.

I got dads email that sis mailed me, so that was nice to get that it was a nice pick me up for the week. Mom im glad you enjoy my emails so much, but im sorry to say that i dont think they count as scripture. So you best step it up! HAHA.

So Elder Chen is from Vegas. He has one brother, who didnt go on a mission, and his parents got divorced when he was really young, both his parents are now remaried. His mom is white and his dad is from i think korea. They have always been very strong members. His dad is one of the best doctors in vegas, he won some big award about being the top doctor in nevada or something like that so its pretty cool. His mom teaches middle schoo spanish, or maybe its highschool i cant remember and im to lazy to ask him.

I really dont like how slow snail mail is around these parts, it bugs me quite bad, but o well i guess i will just have to learn to live with it.

So Hershal,  He played pro football for a season, he played for the steelers and actually started two games at defensive tackle. I really dont know why he loves us so much, but we sure dont complain. 

This week was super frustrating as far as investigators go. Keith is MIA. he wont answer our calls he wont answer the door, and he didnt ever show up to church or scripture study, so that has been pretty hard on me. But i guess its just one of those things you gotta live with.

People around here dont like to set up appointments they just want us to stop by, but the problem with that is half the time they arent home. So alan was not home when we stopped by, but we have an appointment with him for tonight we plan to invite him to be baptized.

We found two new investigators this week, so that was pretty neat. The first was dean. He is interesting, he says god is a star, and when you die the ground opens up and swollows you. We invited him to read the into to the B.O.M but he said reading scares him, cause when you read you come closer to the ground and that brings you closer to death. So we will have to see what we decide to do with him.

The second one is our miracle for the week. Her name is Cheryl. on thursday night it was very very cold, but we felt that we should get out of the car and start knocking some doors in a town called danville. we knocked about 10 doors with very little luck, but decided to knock one last one. This was her house, she opened the door and was very friendly but expressed she already was strong in the methodist faith. We told her that we just want to help her come closer to christ. she agreed that she would like that, so we taught her a door step lesson and set a return appointment for thursday morning.

We didnt get to teach logan this week, cause it snowed heavy on wednesday and the D's were snowed into their house, they live high on a mountain top. They are a very awesome family. Sister D is very motherly, so that is nice. She is originally from england, but they moved here from australia.

Tonight the Jablonskis are taking us out to dinner and are hopefully bringing their friend jenny who will hopefully be a new investigator after tonight.

Most the people here are very very poor, so it seems like more of a foreign country than i ever thought it would. Our area is very very large, we dont have enough miles to cover it. But we were just given exciting news that we are getting a set of sister missionaries in our area, so we will cover the vermont side of it, and they will live and cover the new hampshire part of it. the only bad part of that is, we might have to give up our car, so then we dont know what we would do cause there is no way this area could be a biking area, its way to spread out.

Our training in Manchester is a one time thing. Well it used to be a two time thing but, with all of the new missionaries coming in it is only going to be a one time thing. What they do is have all the new missionaries that are on first transfer and second transfer come in and they do a special training. But next transfer, we have 25 new missionaries coming in. that is the biggest group ever to come in. the biggest till then has been like 13. Six of those will be sisters, the Joseph smith memorial is getting sister missionaries for the first time ever.

On thursday we had another training, but that was just our Zone, so that took place over in montpelier, which is about an hour away. So it was super fun to get to spend two whole days with president this past week. i really do love that man. he is incredible. In his email he sent me today he said this.... Well, what I said in that first interview were truths! I feel blessed the Lord sent you this way elder. I envision a VERY bright future in this mission for you.....just wish I was here to enjoy the whole ride with you. But, I'll enjoy what I have!

Enjoyed your LTP very much. Insightful, inspiring, honest. Thoughts and distractions of home are real, but they will diminish in their effect on you as you focus on your purpose. You're getting there already, but you have to......we need you to grow up quickly so you can help others. That is something you are destined to do.

Love you elder. A lot!

I thought that was very nice of him, and also very inspiring to my ears. In the first interview he told me he needed me to grow up very fast so i could train as soon as possible with all the new missionaries coming in. So that is something that really keeps me pressing on and working my hardest. At times i get super tired sometimes i get homesick and grumpy, but through prayer i have found that the lord will always make it possible for me to press on.

Dad that is super awesome about elder bodily and elder roberts, you should feel very proud. i have a very hard time comparing the bishop here to you, he just doesnt measure up, and sometimes i just get super frustrated and want to tell him to take a trip to linrose to take bishop lessons. You are such an inspiration to me on what it is like t truly magnify a calling, i hope that someday i can learn to be half as good of servant of the lord as you have become. I love you so much dad and thank you for the example you have always set for me. Thankyou for every little thing you have always done for me.

Mom i am super sorry about the water freezing up and all that nasty stuff. But thank you so much for taking such good care of everything for me back home. sounds like the sharp clan is doing pretty well. i hope they are able to make the transition to a new home and school and life alright, i know the lord will bless them.

Sorry to hear about the tree in the front yard, but just be glad it wasnt my dogs or cynthia that he backed over ha.

So i cant tell you all the towns in our area, because i just dont know half of them. But the Bag Balm plant is on the same block that our house/apartment is on, one of these days ill take a picture by it and send it home. I get pretty claustrophobic here because of all the trees, i really miss the wide openness of my home out west.

I am starting to pick up on some of the weird terms they use out here. The most common one i hear is "we're all set" which is what they usually say to us as they shut the door in our face. Another one they often say is "geezum" which just means like goodness or something. I have found myself saying geezum alot. And Elder Chen always says yall for some reason, so i have started saying that too. The ward always tells me that i have an accent, so thats cool i guess. I just tell them that they have an accent ha. I am teaching the gospel principles class next week so that should be an adventure.

Well i hope i was able to cover everything, but im sure i missed some stuff. o well.

My scripture for the week is D&C 62:3. its very powerful.

I love you all and look forward to hearing the news about anything that happens back home. Thanks for your prayers, i really do feel the blessings from them. Thank you for all of your examples. Stay out of trouble.

Love always, Elder Quinton J. Zilles

Lyndonville Vermont

Here at the Zilles home we had placed bets with each other as to where Elder Zilles would be sent when he arrived in the field. We all 3 guessed Northern Maine...we were wrong:)He is in Lyndonville, Vermont. A little "village" of 1200 people- however it is very close to the town of Lyndon which is about 6000 , so the size of Preston about. He is close to the Canadian border but not right on it. When you look at the map it looks about as far away from us as you can get and still be in the states!

 

His comp is Elder Chen ( with an American name of Mark so we are thinking he is of Chinese ancestry but raised here in the states...we shall find out soon)

 

We received an email from President Wilkey this afternoon telling us his area and his companion and that he is safe and well. I can hardly wait until Monday to hear from Elder Q himself telling us about it! I was too anxious to not do a little research on my own so here are some way neat pictures and a few cool facts about this beautiful little town that is, for the time being, home to my son:)

 

I am sure Grandpa Don is hoping he will buy stock in the Bag Balm company:) When I was growing up that was the cure all to everything! Remember that Con and Aim?

 

 

And Josie and the boys will want to check out the ski resort that looks like it is in the back yard. Isn't Technology awesome- look all this stuff up in just a few minutes:)!

 

Hope you enjoy!

Lori

 

PS Our phone call from the airport was wonderful yesterday (1/7/13) - 5:40 am:)! We talked for 45 minutes and then he had to get off to go to the bathroom:)!

 

 

 

Week 4: First one from Lyndonville!

Hello my wonderful family, friends, loved ones, cows, dogs, horse, and whoever else gets the privilege to read the life and times of Elder Zilles.

At the moment i am actually sitting in the home of the local baptist preacher, i am using his computer to email you guys, and also using his washer and dryer to do my laundry, he is a great guy his name is Hershel and he treats us missionaries like we are his kids. In fact my first night here in Lyndonville he told me that while i am here i am his nephew, and anytime i need anything i am to come talk to him and he will take care of it. he then said that includes anyone that needs beaten up for being rude to us. Yup he is cool.

Well ill just give you a play by play of the week. How does that sound? ok good.

Monday morning (wow that was a week ago) i woke up at 230 and showered and got ready, finished packing, cleaned my room and then left the stinky old MTC behind. Then we traveled from provo to slc to the airport. I then got to talk to you guys on the phone which was great, i loved that. Then we got on a plane and flew to detroit, because of the time change our layover was only a half an hour, so just barely enough time to walk from one side of the airport clear to the other to find our bloody terminal, but dont worry we made it. We then got on the plane and it was the smallest little plane i have ever been on, the passengers consisted of 9 elders 1 sister and like 4 other people. That flight was only about an hour or so. When we got to the manchester airport pres wilkey was there waiting to greet us, i was leading the pack so i got the first hug from him. His shiny bald head looked very nice and friendly shining in the sunlight(the only sunlight i have seen since then). He gave me a big old hug and then looked at me like he had known me my whole life and said "welcome Elder Zilles we love you", and then he said "you know how to work dont you?" i then said" yes i sure do and im here to do work". He then hugged everyone else, we got our bags and drove to the mission office where we met the office staff, and then headed to the mission home and met sister wilkey. She is great, she joined the church when she was 20 years old. Mom she reminds me a lot of you, nicest person you could ever meet. We then ate dinner and got assigned to our rooms. We all had our first interview with P.W. and then we played a mission trivia game with everyone. then went to bed. 

Tuesday, we woke up at the missionary time of 630 and went and exercised, then elder staugher and i made eggs for everyone we showered and headed to the manchester chapel for out transfer meeting. All the new missionaries sat on the front two rows and everyone else behind us. I sat down and thats when it went down hill. I sat in a peice of gum. Yup on the first day i sat in a piece of gum. So if you have any hints on how to get gum out of  pants that would be nice. then trainers were announced, they took our pictures and we headed to our respective areas. Its about a 2 hour drive from manchester to lyndonville, once we got here i unpacked for a while and then we went to work, everything elder chen had planned fell through. either no one was home, they stood us up, or who knows what else. but we had doors slammed in our faces, fingers flipped at us in unkind ways, and lots of other crap. But o well life goes on. Just so i could see that there was actually nice people here Elder Chen took me to meet Hershel and thats when he told me all that stuff. then we went home, had daily planning and went back to bed. 

Now my memories from the rest of the week are kind of blurred, they call it the zombie first week, so its a blur to me but ill try to remember everything.

Wednesday we had district meeting in Montpelier which is about an hour away, that went pretty well, nothing to special happened. Once we got home we went back to work. we went and met a guy named keith who elder chen and his past companion had tracted into. Keith is an alcoholic, but he wants to change his life. While we were teaching him he was telling us how stressed he was with everything. I felt the impression that we needed to give him a blessing. so i asked him if we could, i got the opportunity to give the blessing and the spirit was very very strong. we then invited him to come to church sunday, and he said he would. Then i did the ultimate crazyness thing, i asked Keith if he would be baptized........ and he said "yes i will" and we set a date, keith is scheduled to be baptized on March 4th which is his birthday. We then went to the church, because we conduct a scripture study class for whoever wants to come every wednesday. When we got there a young man named logan came up to us and asked if he could be baptized. Logan has been in and out of foster care his whole life, he is now 12. He was recently adopted by his host family, the Danoskovicks, they are from england, very nice people. Logan took the discussions in the past, but something that i dont know about happened and they had to stop, so we are reteaching him and he is going to be baptized on February 15. Pretty sweet we set to bap dates in one night. 

Thursday i honestly do not remember what happened during  the day, we drove around alot and knoocked alot of doors with very little success. But then thursday night we had dinner with the Jablonski family. Brother J. is the ward mission leader, he is 23 years old and is a convert of 2 years. His wife was born a member but kind of fell away, they got prego and had a baby and decided to get things in gear, they got married Brother J got baptized and then Ellie was born. she is a cute little red head very funny. They remind me of Sis and Landon a whole lot, so thats probably why i like them so much already.

Friday we Drove out to the West Burk area and had little success, but we did get yelled at by two grumpy old men two houses in a row. We met a very nice less active named Ranae, her husband is on dialasis and they had just gotten home from that so it wasnt a good time, but we are going to have dinner with them sometime soon. They lived in the prettiest place i have yet to see in vermont. They have 100 acres, a nice house and a very nice old barn. It really did look like a christmas card, i told Ranae i would buy it from her in a few years. 

Then we headed back to lyndonville and stopped by a man named Allen. A few weeks ago the missionaries tracted into him and he told them they were welcome to come back anytime they wanted. So we came back, he let us in and was super nice. he was recently divorced and really feels like his life is in a rutt. He told us that earlier that day he prayed for god to help him change his life, and then just minutes later we showed up on his door step. He is coming to scripture study on wednesday and we plan to set a bap date with him this week.

Not much happened on saturday, But saturday night we had dinner with another young family from the ward named the Flittons he is from west valley utah, and she is from here. they were very nice.

Sunday. We had a meeting at nine and church started at ten, Keith never showed up to church so that was a bummer. Elder chen had to teach sunday school, and i have to teach it in two weeks. our ward is super small, but it is considered a ward. Our bishop is a nice guy i think, but he is not dad by any means, i miss seeing daad up on the stand on sundays. After church we had a linger longer and we sat around and ate food and talked. then we were supposed to teach a lesson to an investigator named tina but she cancelled. so we started knocking some doors. We got a call from sister ruel who is a recent convert and he mom was sick and asked if we would give her a blessing, so we went and did that. we then tried to find keith but he was not home all day so we are going to try him again today at about 6. 

And that my friends is the summary of the zombie first week. WE have a training in manchester tomorrow so se are leaving tonight. 

I recieved all the packages in the mtc, including the cook book and scarf. Funny thing is, it has been about 40 degrees here in vermont, i guess every year sometime in january they get what they call the january thaw for about a week, and then it turns off cold again. its supposed to snow this week. 

Sounds like the train wreck was a bad deal. Good to hear that the hurren kids are doing well. and i think a blog is a great idea. How is mason lemmon doing? is he out for good?  

Well i sure love you guys a whole lot. Thank you for taking care of my jos girl for me. I miss you guys and her very much but i know this is whre i am supposed to be and through prayer the lord helps me see that on a daily basis.

Love you soo much. talk you in a week.

Elder Zilles

Week Three: In Flight

January 8, 2013

 Dear Brother and Sister Zilles,

 

It is a pleasure to report that your missionary son, Elder Quinton Joseph Zilles, has arrived safely in the New Hampshire Manchester Mission.  Although he was tired due to a full day of travel, he is in fine spirits. I have interviewed him and found him ready and willing to serve the Lord.

 

We have prayerfully selected a companion to serve as a trainer for your son. Only the finest young men are selected for this vital assignment.  His apartment address and companion are listed below:

 

Apartment address:                                                       His Trainer and companion:

Elder Quinton Joseph Zilles                                           Elder Mark Eugene Hsueh Hsin Chen

160 East St Apt 2

Lyndonville VT 05851-8710

 

We know you join with us in desiring that Elder Zilles be a successful and devoted missionary.  Your weekly letters of encouragement and love are essential elements in his development. You may write directly to his personal address or you may send letters to the mission office address that is printed above, and they will be forwarded. Please write his first as well as his last name on the envelope. You may also communicate with your missionary through the church e-mail service only. Our missionaries are allowed to send and receive e-mails to and from immediate family only on Mondays, their preparation day.

 

If you wish to send packages, please be advised that the best way to handle those that you are mailing to the mission office is First Class, Priority, or Express Mail through the US Postal Service. UPS, & Fed-X, or other carriers will not forward packages without additional postage.  In case of an emergency, your missionary can be reached by telephone through the Mission Office or the Mission Home.   Sister Wilkey and I take seriously our responsibility to watch over and take care of our missionaries. 

 

We thank you for the opportunity to share this marvelous time with your son.  We rejoice in the great blessings that will come to many wonderful people here in northern New England because of Elder Zilles’ devotion to the work of the Lord.

 

With Best Regards,

 

David L. Wilkey

President, New Hampshire Manchester Mission

 

Week 2: The MTC

My email from dad wont open so i have no idea what it says, but im sure it is full of lots of wonderful advice and goodness, so if you could please copy it off and send it via Dear elder that would be fantastic.
 Before i forget, do not send the bike box. been looking into stuff and my mission is strictly driving. But in about a year some areas could be bike because of all the new little children coming in. Also i have my flight info so here it is.
We leave SLC at 715 in the am on the 7th. we then hit up detroit and fly from detroit right into manchester. So be ready for a phone call sometime very early in the morning before 715 i will call the home phone. I bought a phone card here at the mtc bookstore so you dont need to worry about that. Ok so ill try to remember all the questions that have been asked, but you know me, im not very smart. The temple was closed last week cause of the holliday and it is also closed to day cause of the holliday, and next monday we leave at 4 in the morning so i wont be abel to attend the temple here in prove, its kinda a bummer. But o well i didnt want to get BYU disease anyway casue that would be no bueno. I get to go to the gym every day except for sunday for an hour. I play some pretty intense bball most days. I have kind of made a name for myself on the court here so thats kind of fun, but we havae to be careful that we dont get to intense, cause me and my poly buddies have a tendancy to do that.
Every night from 930 nto 1015 i do pushups pullups situps and some stairs for legs workout. Getting a hair cut on thursday so we shall see how that goes. This morning the elders down the hall from us hit the field they were going to alaska. i made really good friends with two of them so it was sad to see them go. Elder nielson from nephi was the nicest kid ive ever met, he played football in hs. Elder thai a poly played football for a year at usc, well he redshirted, but decided to come on a mish and they took his scholarship away. he runs the 40 meter in 4.3 seconds, freaky fast. really gonna miss them.
The computers here are stupid so i wont put ony pics on the email but i shall send the card home in a letter today. Dont lose it, and post the pics on fb so jos can see them. I havent killed Elder Hales yet, but at times i have come very close to doing so. its a good thing i have the rest of the district or he might be dead. But i am learniing to love him for the wierdo that he is. He and i are new hamp along with elder lund, caserio, staupher and jensen, the rest of them aare going to detroit. we joke that they will probably get shot for being smart butts. I have such a strong love for elder manu, he reminds me sooooo much of george tupps. I showed him pics of the tupps fam the other day. He will be a great missionary and i wish he was coming to the hamp.
Im glad aubs talks was good, and i hope i get to do curb duty, but idk how that all works. I cant wait to hit the field ecause this place is rough it really is. i wish i could see you before cause then you could see how much i have already changed in ust two short weeks. i feel i have learned more about the gospel in two weeks than i learned my entire life. I dont get to play ball with bob and pablo they have different schedules, but i usually seem them when we are chowing it up in the lunch room
. Im sure i have missed some questions and i am very sorry. im still new to this email stuff. i promise they will get better over the next two years. But i love you guys a whole butt ton. more than i knew when i was at home. so many things in our lives that we take for granted this gospel is the greatest gift we could ever be given, please dont forget that. Check on jos once in a while for me.
love you guys.
Elder Zilles.
Ps. Im so sosososos excited for baby nugget, i think the district gets sick of me talking about this little baby that isnt even close to being born yet.

Pictures from the MTC

(Elder Q's District)

 

 

(Elder Hales)

 

 

(The West Side missionaries! Buddies since kindergarten, and all entered the MTC the same day!)

Week One: The MTC

(Elder Zilles and Elder Hales, Provo MTC!)

Hello my beautiful family.
sorry it has taken me so long to write you. as you know i had to wait till pday. today is my first pday, christmas eve, and it marks me making it through the first week. they dont ever tell you how hard the first week is really going to be. first day was fine, but honestly on the second and third day i was wondering what in the world i was doing here.
My comps name is Elder Hales he is from salt lake, he comes from a family of 8 and he is your typical perfect mormon boy (nothing like me) but he is a great kid, and i know if i allow myself to i will be able to learn alot from him. i just have to forget about my feelings for him and let the feelings taht the lord has for him take over. someday i will know why the lord put him in my life and i know he has a very good reason for it.
My district is absolutely amazing, ill tell ya a bit about everyone. First we have Elder page he is from arizona he is 6 foot 5 or 6, very big boy, his comp is elder manu, and yes manu is a very big samoan boy, he is from california and gave up a full ride football scholarship to university of Oregon Ducks to come on a mission, very respectful, he is prob my personal favorite. next we have elder shaffermeyer from hyrum, he is our district leader, his companions are elder jensen from blackfoot, and elder staugher from latin. next elder holmes, he is a farm boy hick from corrine utah i like him alot, his companion is elder jones, he is from somewhre in utah and is one of the 18 year old elders. elder lund is from latin and is also 18, his comp Elder Caserio, is from california, i call him Elder CAferio baha.
i believe that is all of them, we are all going to either new hamp or detroit, prettty cool. The classes are very very long and i have gained five pounds already, isnt that soooo awesome, yea i thought so.
 yesterday was sunday and it was probably my favorite day so far. WE had a fireside last night and richard allen the president of missionary stuff spoke. he talked alot about the steps of repentance, i forgot my notes back in my residence or i would tell you them so that will have to wait for a later time. I would like to challenge each of you to read in the doctrine and covenants, that is wehre i am reading right now and i am learning soooo much. please pray each time before and after you read it helps. Lou i sent you a letter today so be waiting for that in the mail. Ive seen elder bob and elder olsen many times they seem to be doing very well, o and also elder bensen. Sister rupp as well seems to be doing very well its fun to see her smiling face around town once in a while. Just always remember that i love you guys, and you are constantly in my prayers.
Take care of everything back home for me, and its been unseasonably warm here in provo quite nice. Tomorrow is christmas and someone very important is coming to speak, they wont tell us who, but my bet is on the prophet. Elder hales and i auditioned for the choir and both made it. our choir is bigger than the tabernacle choir by about 200 people. its very neat. I hope you guys have a wonderful christmas tell all the family hello and that i love them.
Gotta go finish laundry, love you guys, talk next monday, tahnks for everything.
Pray night and day with a sincere heart, talk to the lord in your prayers, dont just say words, but really talk to him, and i promise he is there he will answer you

The Call...

The Day Elder Zilles opened his Call: New Hampshire Manchester Mission, Enter the MTC December 19, 2012

 

 



He was very excited about his call...just not the WAIT!!!!