Week 79 in LA--Video Chat

Just when I was starting to think we were going to get a last minute email again, HE CALLED!!!! We talked on Facebook messenger and then he switched over to a video call once his connection was better. They were sitting in their car using the WiFi from Starbucks. I was getting my hair dyed but I didn't care one bit!! We got to meet his new companion, Elder Reid, who seems like a really nice guy. Zach said he is doing great and LOVES his mission. He said that it is going to be really hard to come home but I will be happier than all get out (haha)!! He told us that the weirdest thing he has eaten is cow tongue but it was in a taco so it wasn't too bad. 😂😂 He said that it is 63 degrees in LA and he's freezing cold. That's a huge change from living at home in Utah. He is the senior companion and is training Elder Reid to be a Zone Leader. He said that they are over 19 other missionaries and that they basically have little to no time because they are so busy. He thinks he will stay in that area another transfer so we'll see what happens in mid-April. He looks and sounds AMAZING!! He is having some trouble with his feet and has to see a podiatrist as soon as he can get in. He will be getting a new mission president 1 month before he comes home. He is sad that President Haynie won't do his last/exit interview but he's excited because his new mission president is currently serving as a general authority in the seventy.  Hannah told him she was going to Disneyland on tour and he said she would be going in his mission when they go to the beach and play. She told him to be a missionary spy and sneak down and see her. He won't because he follows the rules to a T!! It was so great to see and hear him and feel his spirit. It was awesome to see how much he loves his mission! They are teaching several people but they still have a ways to go so pray for them!!

Pictures from video chat (don't mind me with a towel on my head 😂😂)
1. The whole family
2. The siblings with a great photo bomb by Elder Reid
3. The siblings
4. Zach and Hannah