Letter from Elder Z. - June 18th

Hey all!

This week has been really different but equally good. So we don't have that many people to teach. So we have been finding finding finding finding. All the time. I actually have really grown to love it. I love talking to people about their lives and where they have been. Asking about their families and then offering the best gift that I know of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I hope people don't just like to talk to me because of the missionary mantle I got. I'm hoping this is something I can keep in the future.

Love you lots family!

Letter from Elder Z. - June 11th

Well well well

 

I feel like I ran out of interesting ways to start these emails. Anyone who reads this must be fed up with everything I write cuz I don't really say anything new. Sorry Ben. :) So this last week has been amazing. Our Zone has really started emphasizing inviting people to be baptized in every lesson with a specific date and guess what happened?!?! In our zone alone in the last two weeks I'm guess somewhere around 30+ people committed to be baptized on a certain date. On the condition of course that they get an answer that the Book of Mormon is true and this is Christ's true church. It is simply amazing. I know that the promise in Moroni 10 is real. That if we ask God with faith and real intent in the name of Christ he will manifest the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon by the Power of the Holy Ghost. I wish I would have caught hold of this key Doctrine earlier on in my mission. It has completely changed the way I do everything. Really our message is that simple. It all weighs upon the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and all I have been called out here to do is bear testimony of that truth and invite others to find out the same way. It is truly remarkable.

 

We met a few awesome people this last week. All through tracting. It is so awesome to meet people that have a desire to come closer to their Father in Heaven. What a privilege it is to be a guide to help people achieve that goal.

 

I love being a missionary. I will be super sad when I have to leave. I had a unique experience yesterday. An Elder that served his mission here about 2 years ago came and visited our ward and we were able to talk with him for quite awhile. Just hearing him talk about the mission that he loved really changed the way I thought about a lot of things. This time really is so short and precious. I hope to be like that missionary. To be able to look back with fondness of every second I spent out here serving the Lord and his children.

 

I love you all have a great week!

Letter from Elder Z. - May 21st

HEY!

So I figured I would skip email last week cause I just talked to y'all the night b4. So ya....

I had a really great week! A guy we met a few weeks ago committed to be baptized soon! That is really exciting. Today I played frisbee golf. All 18 holes a couple times. I'm not that great, but I will probably get better. Transfers is coming up this Thursday so I will let you know what happens with all of that.

I feel like I'm gonna pass out so that will be all.....sorry

Love ya

Letter from Elder Z. - May 7th

Hello!

I had a wonderful Birthday thank you for supporting me and having me in your prayers. I really feel myself strengthened every day. I think that is one of the perks of being a missionary. You have millions of people praying for every day. I know this work would be nearly impossible with out all the support we are given.

We had a tremendous opportunity this last Saturday. Elder Bednar came to speak to our mission. The DC north mission and....I forget the name, but it is the mission above DC north. It was such an amazing experience. He didn't just speak to us he let us speak to him and ask questions. I bear my testimony that I know that man is an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. He spoke with power and authority. His testimony of the Savior was very powerful. I know especially when he spoke of the God head being God the Father and his son Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost being three distinct entity's with one purpose that he was speaking complete truth. I felt it. God the Father and Jesus Christ do have bodies of flesh and bone and they do care about us more than anything. They want us to have joy for eternity and it was made possible through the Saviors atonement. That was an experience I will treasure forever.

At this Conference I was able to run into an old friend. Elder Andy Pierucci :). He is doing so great he looks completely different! I had no clue what to say to him we didn't have a lot of time, but I was so happy to see him and to see how much he has changed. I have been looking for him my whole mission and I was finally able to run into him :)

We had a really great week. I have another companion now ( I have 2 companions) Elder Lara from Arizona is waiting for his visa here in our mission. He is a great missionary we are having a lot of fun working together.

We were able to meet two really amazing people this week! They are so awesome. I can't wait to back and teach them about the restored gospel.

Love you guys

Letter from Elder Z - April 23rd

Hey!

Another week has gone by already! It is crazy how fast time flies. Let me see what is something I can share....Well I think I told you that we cover the YSA ward out here the Colonial 1. This ward is full of singles that have their careers or are working in an internship. So these are like the Creme of the Crop singles at least in a career sense. Very intelligent (at leas they seem that way to me) and ya a little bit intimidating to be honest. But I am excited to work with them. That ward has to be completely referral generated since the Sisters still cover the small area the ward is in. It was funny Elder Mooso's Sisters best friend goes to that ward so she was all excited to talk to him and wanted a picture and everything. haha. I wouldn't be surprised if I ran into someone I know out here.

Good news! We got an Indian visa waiter! Brand new missionary who is waiting for his visa. Elder Mooso just answered the call. i guess we gotta go pick him up tomorrow at 7. haha! It will be fun to have a new missionary with us. They got so much faith it always helps an area!

Well much love!

Letter From Elder Z. - April 9th

Hello! So how is everything going? Good good good. I am glad. Hey you know what I realized....I think people just read this and are like well I already know how he is doing. So I don't need to write him a letter. If this be you come on now! I could use some lovin thanks. Just saying! Anyway this week was alright. It was spring break over here for kids up to high school. So that is always fun. There are always lots of families home. But for whatever reason it was like impossible to meet with our investigators! It bugs big time! I just wanna teach some lessons you know? That is like the funnest part of missionary work. Don't get me wrong I like being out there knocking to my hearts content, but you really get to experience the power of the spirit testifying to people though when you teach them the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. People may not even realize that this is something that they need, but they do, all people of the earth need this message and will realize it in time. So transfers is coming up again. I wonder what is happenin to me this time. I don't know....I will let you know next week. Sorry for the short letter. I just can't really write anything personal on here including peoples names. They have asked me not to. I know that I will have a lot of stories for you when I come back! Maybe I"ll start writing miracles to you guys in letter form. It is a lot of work....I dunno I'll think about it. Much Love!

Elder Cameron Zabriskie

Letter from Elder Z. - April 2nd

Hello Hello

I don't have a whole lot to say conference was awesome it always is. I got to watch it right up by Mt. Vernon (George Washington's house) their is a chapel right up there that is awesome! It is right off the Potomac river! They got a ton of pictures of Washington and other patriotic stuff in the chapel. It is probably the coolest chapel I have ever been in. The location is sweet!
I learned something today. Robert E. Lee was married to one of Washington's daughters crazy eh? I wish I could double check to see if that was true, but I can't really maybe someone can confirm me on that.

Let me see got a sweet new investigator from Seara Leon. She does peoples hair. So whenever we go over she is braiding and stuff. All the people here make me wanna try locking up my hair and growing some dreads or something. It is sweet! What do you think Mom? hahaha

So we just got done with a BBQ with the entire zone. It was awesome. Played some soccer on a turf field. I wish I would have got into soccer earlier. It is way fun. I'll have to play some more sometime. There are a bunch of different things I would like to try more of.

Anyway short I know love ya later

Letter from Elder Z. - March 26th

Hello!

I just read through this talk Elder Holland gave at Harvard University and man is it good. I love Elder Holland he has a way of speaking with such power and authority. I guess that would be the Spirit wouldn't it? Hahaha http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/harvard-elder-holland-mormonism-remarks

Anyway this week was really good. I wanted to make a goal to find as many people as we possibly could this week. Not only new investigators, but those "lost sheep" who were out there. We had a lot of success! We knocked doors into this lady from Sierra Leon who had been baptized in the church years before and moved from Old Town Alexandria to where she is not in Springfield. So that was pretty cool. Really hoping that we may teach her family :).

We also met this amazing couple that the Sisters found for us! They are so awesome. I felt the Spirit very strongly when I was over at their house. I will let you know how that is going and Also another family that we were able to give a blessing to their daughter. That was really cool! So we had just an amazing week! I feel so blessed to be a servant of the Lord here in Virginia.

We went out on exchanges with a guy who just returned from how mission a few days ago and I must admit it made me a little discouraged when he talked about how much success they had and the miracles they saw. How they didn't have to knock doors to much. So that entire day I was just a little down trodden. But, when checking up on a referral that a member gave us I got the opportunity to feel the Spirit testify to that man through me that God lives! He still communicates with us in these days through prophets and apostles! and that we have evidence of this in the Book of Mormon that can bring us closer to God as Joseph Smith said "than any other book on earth." I remembered what my purpose was and why I was out here. As Elder Eyering said a Successful missionary is a missionary who has the companionship of the Spirit. Don't you ever forget it.

Love you all talk to you soon. Enjoy general conference! I am so excited. Did you read the Ensign article on how to prepare for general conference? Basically it says study through the past messages of general conference.

Letter from Elder Z. - March 12th

Hey guys!

 

Mt. Vernon is sweeet! Really diverse I have met people from literally all over and I have only been here for a few days. We had a baptism yesterday. It was actually really cool not only because of how spiritual it was and how many people were there to support this young lady, but The drain wasn't working in the font and we ended up having to dump water in from the janitors closet to the font to make sure there was enough water in time. Hahaha. It was actually a lot of fun. I definitely will never forget that. It makes me appreciate how much we have in this country. I'm sure missionaries in some places do that a lot of the time.

 

Going golfing today. We found this thing where we can get pretty much everything for free. So we though we would go. Just playing 9 holes. Gotta go though T-time is at 11:30.

 

LOVE YA!

Letter from Elder Z. - March 19th

Well Hello Fam!

How are my favorite people doing? Has the week been good? Happy St. Patty's day! We actually found a guy on Saturday. He was really cool. We had a pretty spiritual lesson where we talked about Jesus Christ and what our purpose is here to help him find what God would like him to do, and then he was like well thanks Elders I'm gonna go out and party now it is St. Patty's day.....hahaha man. Oh well it is a step by step process.

One of my investigators got baptized in the Warrenton ward on Saturday! It was super awesome to go down there and witness the ordinance being done. I love this lady she is super amazing and has so much faith and is willing to do what the Lord asks of her. Hopefully her family will eventually be blessed in receiving the fullness of the everlasting gospel. I was also able to give a lady a baptismal interview on Friday. I was super nervous about that at first because I wasn't sure how I would know if she was ready and truly had repented of her sins. But, I was able to feel the Spirit the entire time we talked and I knew by the confirming witness of God that he knew she was ready to enter into this covenant. It was a really cool experience. I wouldn't mind doing more in the future not one bit.

I really wanna find here! I need to try even harder to do everything I can to move the work forward in this ward. I know that people out here are ready to receive this message. I am so ready! I don't got a whole lot of time left so I gotta make it count right? It is really scaring me how fast time is going out here...So ya gotta make the most out of every opportunity I have. I hope I will always be able to do that.

Love you much later

Letter from Elder Z. - March 5th

Howdy Ho!

 

Hey! I betcha y'all are wondering what happened to me in transfers and do I got news for you...I have been sent up to the Franconia ward in the Mt. Vernon Stake! The city I live in is in Alexandria and it is way cool up here. This is more of a melting pot. You know I don't really like that phrase. It's like we are melting all the uniqueness off of everyone and making them strictly Americans. It ain't really right ya know? It is like really diverse up here though. I have in just the last few days met someone from Nepal, Gambia, several from Ghana, Puerto Rico, Mexico, man pretty much everywhere. It's a pretty amazing thing that all of these people from around the world live in such a close proximity.

 

My new Companions name is Elder Mooso. He is from somewhere in Idaho I forget where. It is all the same to me. He went on up to BYU-I for a little whiles. Which is cool I guess...I still got a little bit of a angst against that school. Who knows though I might end up going there.

 

We live in an apartment which is far superior in "niceness" then my last apartment. We actually have carpet and a dishwasher! It is super nice! The Mt. Vernon Zone has actually the most missionaries in it than any other in our mission. Because their are so many people here that are willing to talk to us. It is our monthly goal in Mt. Vernon to Baptize like 9 a month on average. That may not seem like a whole lot for people serving in South America, but that is pretty huge for the North East. Our missions pretty sweet! Not meaning to brag or anything, but we had the highest baptizing mission in the North East in December. Ya in DC South Mission we baptize. Speaking about the mission in general. We have a new mission President coming in sometime in June he's actually pretty young like 45 or something like that and has 4 kids in school. So that guy and his wife are going to be super busy. It is super crazy to think of a different guy coming in. I have come to love President and Sister Albright and will miss them a lot. They have done a whole lot for me. At the close of this transfer actually the Sister Missionaries that I came out with will be going home....that is kinda freaky. I feel like I just got out here, but I'm one of the older guys now. I don't feel like it I swear I'm still like the least of these out here.

 

Any who, I said goodbye to all of my friends in Warrenton earlier on in the week. I'm going to miss them a whole lot, but it will be ok. They got good missionaries taking care of em. I will be going back next week for a baptism :). I'm super excited about that.

 

Anyway love you all have a great week!

Letter from Elder Z. - February 27th

Hey Hey!

How is everyone doing today? Good....good....glad to hear it. So yesterday their was an area conference where they broad casted from Salt Lake. It was way good. Elder Scott gave a really good talk as well as the Presiding Bishop. Bishop Burton. He got me way pumped for conference. I am excited for it. I never really cared for it before, but it is like da bomb. Who better to tell you what to work on than the Lord's anointed? :)

So this last week was sweet. As always. Lots of cool things went down all of which I can't really remember. So sorry about that. Transfers is coming up this Thursday I don't know whats gonna happen. So hold your breath and cross your fingers. Yup Yup

Um............Lots of my investigators have been getting sick like all at once it really blows. Like it seems like they have all been in and out of the hospital or have some family crisis. It bugs big time. But, I think we are all over it now. Hopefully...you never know what will happen you gotta just keep enduring and know that it will all work out.

Love ya

Letter from Elder Z. - Feb. 21st

Hey hey!

Just got back from District meetings! It was fun! Let me see.....this last week was good. One of our investigators set herself on date for March 3! It was awesome. I am super excited. We will do all we can to help her make that day. We also did a bunch of other cool things. I don't really remember much though....We street contacted 2 guys that live across the street from each other and they are now both investigating the church! That was pretty cool. We will go on over in a day or two and see how they are doing. umm.............yup that is really all I can think of right now. Trust me lots more went down, but I don't remember any of it. That happens I guess. I hope y'all are doing good and hope you had a good valentines day. Thanks for the snacks. Those recess hearts are always super good!

Much love.

Letter from Elder Z. - Feb. 13th

Hey!

So this morning this awesome kid who is going on his mission to Nevada in April from our ward. Came over in the morning to work out with us P-90X style. I wanted to vomit. I don't think I've worked out that hard in a long time. But, I feel really good right now. It wore off after a little while. Working out makes your body feel good imagine that. It helps you physically emotionally and everything else. I gotta get back into working out. It might stink in the process, but it is awesome the rest of the day. Plus you get to look ripped and that always makes us happy right?

So A lot of crap has happened this week. One of our investigators says she felt like she got an answer to her prayers and that answer is to not embrace the restored gospel. This made me pretty sad. I love all the people I teach. However, we are going to meet up again. We thought a lot about it and it all comes down the the Book of Mormon. They tell us that in Preach my Gospel over and over again. If you want to dismiss this church and the claims that Joseph Smith and other men who were called of God made you have to go through the Book of Mormon. It is called the keystone of our religion for a reason. It contains everything within it. Our faith in Christ, the Priesthood everything. So until she has a answer that the Book of Mormon is true or it isn't well guess what our job isn't over. Elder Holland gave a talk in 2009 November General Conference that is so inspiring. I love Elder Holland! He speaks with such passion. I don't know how anybody after hearing his testimony of the divinity of the Book of Mormon could deny it. It is true there is no doubt in my mind. It is the word of God and that is evidence of the truth that Joseph Smith was called as a prophet of God. I have been reading in D&C 20 this morning and man it is so cool. Also 2 Nephi 28 and 29 all on this latter day work.

Just like Elder Holland I want it to be perfectly clear when I sit before the Judgment seat that I proclaim that the Book of Mormon true. There is no doubt in my mind and the abundance of the Spirit I feel while reading and pondering it's pages is overwhelming. No evil man could write such a book for it invites us to come unto the Master Jesus Christ. "If you believe in Christ you will believe in these things and if you do not believe in these things believe in Christ." It is that simple

I love you all have a fantastic week happy valentines day!

Letter from Elder Z. - February 6th

Hey family!

Today has been another wonderful week. Except for the fact that I'm wearing no show socks with my suit pants everything is hunky dorey (Spelling?). Anyway I had a few pretty cool experiences I would like to share! Elder Flaherty and I tracted a lot more this week than usual. Our investigator pool is slowing up so we decided we gotta find more. Like a lot more! We shooting for like a billion this week, but I forgot how much I love knocking on peoples doors. It is oh so much fun and really funny at the same time. We have the best adventures when we are out and about. It was pouring the other day and we were having a good time at it. If we gonna be out why not have a good time? So ya we met some really nice folks hopefully we can get in contact with a few of them and teach them about the restored Gospel! A few of the recent converts that I know received the aaronic priesthood over the last few weeks and it is really neat to see them take on this responsibility. One guy got like 3 books on the aaronic priesthood and its roles and was telling us how we gotta be out at food shelters and doing so much more! God has given us a big responsibility and we have to honor it! It is really neat! Well much love!

Letter from Elder Z. - Jan. 23rd

Hey family friends and associates!

Well one thing that I learned out here is that their is no such thing as a friend...only associates. I'm just kidding, but it is really sad that some people view the world that way. It seems like nobody has trust for anyone anymore, but that's ok I will take the risk I like you guys!

I'm guessing you are all curious( well probably the 5 of you that actually read this) of where I am?!?! Well you would not believe it it is absolutely crazy, but they redid the mission boundaries and where I am serving just happened to be in the West Virginia mission boundaries. So now I am serving there....April FOOLS! I am still in Warrenton in the DC South Mission. I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else. Elder Flaherty and I stayed together and are all ready for the upcoming transfer.

Elder Flaherty messed up his back somehow his bottom disc is messed up so he has been resting like half of the day. We make sure to go out at night, but it has been like reliving my mission accident. I got a lot of sympathy for him however, because I have gone through a similar experience. The great news is he is pretty much all the way healed. He didn't want to go to his Doctors appointment today( the soonest appointment we could schedule) I am making him. His Co pay is a lot of money, so he didn't want to go, but I told him, "dude money is not an issue. I will pay for it you are going." there is a very good chance that it is from a pre-existing injury and all he needed to do was rest up for a little bit, but it is better to be safe than sorry. If for some reason it is something else and it ends up getting worse and worse then we would be wishing that we went to see that Doctor. Money should never be an issue not while serving your mission. The Lord will provide right?

So this week has been pretty slow. I try to think of the most effective things to do while he is still fragile. ( I try to do that anyway, but since he can't really go out and about walking a lot) It has been a little different kind of missionary work. I let him sleep in because he needs the rest, but I have noticed something huge! Because we haven't been doing our companion study because of his injury I can notice a huge difference in our work and our effectiveness together. We taught a lesson and we weren't on the same page at all. Companionship study is the most important study in the morning. Some would disagree, but ya what can I say they are wrong. Comp study brings your companion and yourself together in Unity. It brings you on the same page and helps you discuss what is the best way to move the work forward. If you aren't "One" then you will be going out with 2 completely different agendas and plans. It doesn't work like that.

Church was really cool. The DC Temple President(or he was in presidency) and his wife came. She was the Temple Matron? I think that is what it is called. They talked about how important the temple is, they discussed that when God brings together saints no matter what time period in the world they always are commanded to build a temple. Looking in the Bible that is definitely true. We had a bunch of Investigators that were suppose to come to church, but none of em showed. Sometimes you can get discouraged, but we shouldn't as long as we are doing all we can and constantly seeking to do more, and have the Holy Ghost with us. We can trust that the Lord is pleased with us and the work we are doing. He is in control it is frustrating sometimes that we can't see the entire plan like he can, but that is where faith comes in. Trust him and it will all work out.

I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints ins Christ's only true and living church on the earth. I know this because the Book of Mormon is true their is no doubt in my mind. That book is God's word and was translated through the power of God almighty.

I love you all have a great week

Letter from Elder Z. - January 17th

Hey!

Sorry it was a federal holiday as you probably know yesterday so I didn't get time to email you guys and I don't really have to much time today.

This last week was another really awesome one! I feel so blessed like always. Another investigator got baptized! It is kind of complicated story, but we had to hand him over to the Sister missionaries in Gainsville like 2 weeks before his scheduled date and it still happened. I got the privilege and honor of performing the Baptismal ordinance. It was so amazing. He is such a great guy and he said that he felt so good afterward. Felt the Spirit so strongly. That is really cool!

Oh and transfers are on Thursday. I have no clue what is happening, but I got a feeling I will probably end up staying. Anyway I'll let ya know next week.

Love ya guys!

Letter from Elder Z. - January 3rd

Hey family!

How is everything going? I had a really good week. I hope you guys did as well. We had a Baptism on the 31 and I was fortunate enough to confirm him the next day. What a great way to start up the next year.

I don't know what to say really. Everything is going really well. It is hard for me to even think of things to write anymore. I am like running at a million miles a minute. Hopefully I can just share my journal someday with y'all.

Thanks for the amazing Christmas packages! I really appreciate all of them. The pictures are awesome! The CD's are amazing and all of ya are just pretty cool.

Love ya guys, Sorry a short email

Letter from Elder Z. - January 9th

2012! Holy Guacamole!

 

Howdy doody!

 

Let me see let me see. This week has been another crazy one. I can't believe another one has come and gone again. I can't believe that I only got like 10 months left that really stinks if you ask me really stinks. Let me see  so this week what has been going on. Well I have been thinking of what to best tell you guys. Everything just kind of flows together now. This is my life now and what an amazing life it is.

 

So we had a Baptism on Saturday and a Confirmation on Sunday. It was really cool. She said that she wanted to be baptized like on Wednesday and she told us this on Tuesday hahaha. We were happy to do it, but we told her we would probably need a little more time to arrange everything and for her to be interviewed and everything.

 

I love my mission it is so much fun. We go make friends all day and try to help people and everything else is taken care of. How great is my calling!

 

So the Sister missionaries that cover the first ward have been poaching in our area! hahaha they found this lady and her family and we don't care if they wanna still teach em. We are involved with this family now though and they are so awesome. They just committed to quit smoking and are on Day 2 of following this program that the Church provides. We went out and got all the stuff that they needed. Grapefruit juice is key. She says she hates the taste so would I, but that stuff totally purges your mouth. Also vitamin C tablets 3 times a day it just drives the Nicotine out of their blood. They are doing really well. We keep in contact daily and it is awesome.

 

I'm not gonna lie we are really blessed to have the people we have to teach in our area. They are all so awesome and I know that if they continue to be sincere and seek counsel from their Father in Heaven in drawing nearer to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ then they will come to the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon the Restoration of the Gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith and everything else.

 

After teaching an investigator of ours about the plan of salvation and the kingdoms of Glory he asked us. Well then what is the point? Why do I even need to join your church if I already receive glory from God. What is the point? Are you kidding me? Greater Joy can no man receive. Greater Love appreciation and Knowledge for the things in Heaven and this World by entering into Christs Church. We are promised so much. What is the Point? Man I wonder how God feels when we transgress against him sometime. When we willingly sin against what he has laid down as a law for us. Following these laws and commandments bring us so much joy. I feel like if we only knew the blessings that we will receive throughout eternity. All of them. We would see how much we have to gain or loose by following God's commandments or not. It is very sad and I pray every day that I can relay how much this Gospel can help people. How much Joy and Peace they will receive. Man it is good to be a missionary! No greater calling could anyone ever have.

 

Love yooooooou, 

Elder Cameron Zabriskie

Letter from Elder Z. - December 19th

Hey Family!

My head hurts so I don't know what I will write. We have had another amazing week it flew right on by. It is pretty crazy that the mission goes by this fast. People told me that it goes faster and faster and I didn't believe them, but it is definitely true. Yesterday Elder Rothman (a traveling AP) called us in the morning and asked us what time our church was at...I was like uhmmm one...You coming over? and yes he did come over. I love Elder Rothman I got the pleasure of serving with him up in the Ashburn Stake my second Transfer. He is leaving in 2 weeks! Back to California. Man everyone I know out here is going home. I feel like I don't know anyone anymore, and all of these new guys know me somehow hahaha. Our mission is changing fast. In a good way. We are getting some really solid missionaries. I can see that with my companion Elder Flaherty. He may not think it, but he is really far ahead of where I was. I know every missionary says this, but I wish I would have prepared more for the mission. Well in my case there wouldn't have been much preparation because I decided I wanted to go like 6 months before I left. But, the more you know Preach my Gospel and have a testimony of God and the restoration of Jesus Christ's church. You will be eons ahead. Missionaries like me use up half their mission before the doctrine of the Gospel even sinks in, but I wouldn't change anything I've done. I am super happy with how my mission has turned out so far and am really looking forward to the future. I love it out here. I have the best job ever. I get to talk to people and share the way to the only source of real joy that lasts. The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Let me see sorry I don't really know what to write. I'm just telling what comes to mind. We got a baptism coming up this Saturday (Christmas Eve) It will be really nice. I have met a lot of friends here that have made the choice to be baptized and it makes me really happy. God is always working miracles and I am so thankful that he counts me worthy to be an instrument to reach out to his children here. I don't know why I was mad when I opened my call letter to this mission. I wouldn't go anywhere else. It is the best mission in the world and that is fact!

We were able to go over to the Stake President's house just barely for a Christmas brunch sort of thing. He is a really good guy. I like him a lot. He actually came to our church yesterday and sat in on Gospel Principles and everything. It is a little intimidating when people come to classes like that, but ever since the area seventy sat in on a Gospel Principles class that I had to teach I just kind of roll with it. The Spirit will speak through you if you pray for it too and no matter what, you and the other person will be edified if the Spirit is present. D&C 50 I believe.

Anyway as you can see I'm great! I love you guys a lot and am anxious to talk to you all on Sunday! Do fun things together! That is one of the reason why I like this time of year a lot. You get to spend a lot of time with your family.

Like I said love you!

Elder Cameron Zabriskie