Week 2 Email - MTC 6/28/2011

(I think I will have to make some edits/comments in this letter)

so dad wanted to know what i do on a day to day basis it kinda changes everyday some but i have gym 5 times a week (not surprising he would mention the gym time) i dont get gym on p day or sunday of course but otherwise i have 2 classes a day each three hours long 2 hours of personal study and an hour of personal language study mostly just memorizing words. we had the other cebuano branch (all the missionaries are divided into groups called branches) came in our class a couple of days ago to practice our cebuano and they told us they are totally jealous because our class is learning so fast

mom elder leichman is from centerville utah

 i have been hanging out with mason  quite a bit we have the same meal schedule and gym schedule so it awesome we have the same p day too so maybe ill see him in a minute when he comes to do laundry (Mason is Zac's cousin, he got to the MTC last Wed. and will going to serve in the Boise Idaho Mission)

so this week i am finally able to make my own sentences in cebuano its really helping instead of just memorizing sentences i hear and write down. im totally excited for class tomorrow to learn some more and make some new sentences. i started looking for dads freinds son but no luck so far. (he is the son of one of Jim's mission companions) hopefully ill see will (a friend from Memphis going to russia, he enters the MTC tomorrow) i see the russian speaking missionaries quite often its so cool. we were going to go the the russian translation of the testament(a movie about Christ) sunday but decided we would just fall asleep, any way, so we went to the english one. also the speaker sunday was amazing he is the director over all missionary work in the church and his daughter lives in memphis i wish i could have gone and talked to her but anyway cant. and i found out sunday on our temple walk that my district leader elder noland harris is freinds with porter(another cousin who will be entering the MTC in July) we were both talking about him working at the creamery and he was like whats your cousins name and ya he was like i used to work out with porter all the time small world its crazy. so all the letters i got are amazing i love hearing from every body it puts a smile on my face every time elder harris gets the mail and i get letters from all of you i love you all so much, so im gunna try not to type in cebuano because im not very fast at thinking in cebuano yet but in my letters ill try to include some stuff well im glad to know you all are doing great and i miss you

Elder Zachary Robert Coontz

(we got another email at about the same time that said)

ok sorry about the errors im still not to great at typing and there are no letters on the keys