The Worth of A Soul

I was going to title this one "There and Back Again: An Elder's Journey" , but I decided that would be a little cliche. 

     Wow...... I honestly don't know what to write about.... Is this real? Am I really going home this week? Do I finally get to hug my family and friends who I only get to think about while in Virginia? These are the questions and thoughts that go through my head as I write this final email home. This last Sunday, we had a mission homecoming talk and they had more time than he thought. So, with ten minutes left, the First counselor asked the full time missionaries to come up and bare their testimonies. He made sure to let everyone know that Elder Scholes and I go home on Friday. We went up and had the privilege of sharing our thoughts about our missions. 

     As I spoke, I remembered a scripture that President Hogge shares with me before I left on my mission. D&C 18:10, 15-16. In these scriptures, it tells about the worth of a soul to God and how great shall be our joy if we save but one soul. That one soul, is me. This is what I testified about to our ward. Anyways... I won't spoil any of my homecoming talk. If you have any questions about any part of my mission, you can ask me on Friday or Sunday. Maybe on Saturday... 

     One of the highlights this week was goat wrangling! We have a service project in Manassas. It was tons of fun! Our companionship's job was to catch the goats put them in pens and then look at their number and see if they were sold or not. It was a lot of jumping, diving, tackling, and, getting scratched up. It was really comical watching a goat drag Elder Hall around. He turned around and tackled the thing afterwards. Haha! That was a fun day. 

     Anyways. I really don't know what else to write.... Well, I guess I will see all of you in about four days. I leave on Friday morning and will arrive in the SLC airport at 13:14. That is almost exactly two years from when I was dropped off at the MTC. Crazy huh? I can't wait to see you all there! Love you!

For the last time, this is Elder Snell. Signing out.

~ Elder Zac Snell

Picture from Elder Hall taken Today. Centerville Zone. Of course Zac is the tallest by sitting on an Elder's shoulders. 

To Convert an Island

    This week was pretty good. It was a lot of finding and teaching potentials. We have found a couple new investigators as well! We also adopted someone from the Centreville 1st ward. We are now a trio and covering the Centreville 1st and 2nd. I will send a video of him to you. He is a funny guy. His name is Elder Scholes. He is from Rigby Idaho, sound familiar? Same place Elder Hall is from. Cool huh!? I thought it was pretty funny.

     We had a really awesome lesson yesterday. A member invited us over to their house to teach a lesson to their friend. He is a really nice guy and is super interested in family history work. Apparently, his family is from is island somewhere and President Woodruff went on a mission to and he converted half the island. He was very curious with why hey converted and what message they loved. We shared with him he Restoration. Elder Hall just took charge like a boss and taught like a pro. Elder Scholes added his testimony with awesome personal stories and I just backed things up with scripture. The lesson went super well and he asked if he could attend one of our services. I hope he continues to learn about the church and gains his own testimony. Probably the best lesson this week.

     Well here you have it! How to convert and Island. Teaching them the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love it here! Thanks again for all the support you give me! 

See you next week.......

~ Elder Zac Snell

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FINDING FURY

     Welcome to the awesome dictation of Elder Snell's email! This week was pretty cool. I don't know if I have a whole bunch of stories but I think I will do my best to tell you what happened. OK let's start!

     So the first thing that pops on mind is about the finding best! It was actually called the finding fury because we wanted to get an awesome alliteration that was totally non-cliché! Elder Jones's idea. Here's what happened, we took the entire zone and we split them into different areas and different companions, so I went with Elder Snow to Vint Hill.  Knocked on these HUGE houses and people sometimes answer the door, but I think that we did a really good job. That is his Asian man who talked us for a little bit but politely told us to go away but you could understanding is really trying to get out. There's just a ton of tracting. We went finding for about nine hours straight! The only thing that made this bearable was the fact that we were switching companions and areas every two or so hours. Our goal as a zone was to collect 188 return appointments. We did OK. We ended up with about 73. I thought of Caden when I heard that number. Haha! That was fun. Oh! I was also able to use some Twi!! We found some Ghanaian in this Hispanic neighborhood and it made my day!

     Another really cool thing that happened was on Sunday. There were five kids being baptized and one of them has a less active father who doesn't hold the priesthood yet, so he would not be able to baptize his daughter. So I get a call from Sister Suarez informing me that her daughter asked if I would baptize her on Sunday. I was shocked and humbled at their request, so I accepted the invitation. That was an awesome experience. Her name is Mia. She remembered us from a couple weeks ago when we came to teach her about baptism and the story goes from there. The baptism went very smoothly and the chapel was packed to the brim for those five kids. Definitely a day to remember. :)

     Not much else happened this week, but I hope you enjoyed the stories that came from this week's adventure! I love you all and thank you for all the support I receive. I promise it doesn't go unappreciated.

     One final thing.......... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEXIE!!! I hope you had a stellar one! I will give you a big birthday hug soon! Love you!

~ Elder Zac Snell :)

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Mia & Elder Snell

God's Sense of Humor

Aug, 17th, 2015

 Well, this email will probably not be as long as usual. Just FYI.

     Hector was baptized! Whoot! It was really good. Tons and tons of people showed up and we were stoked about it! Elder Hall, King, and I decided that we needed to do a musical number so we sang Nearer my God To Thee in A'Capella it was sweet! Is really funny, because we went and push the first note Elder King started 3 1/2 steps above what our starting note was. We would've gotten away with it, but he was the starting soloist. Other than the screwup in the musical number, it was pretty good. Other King was asked to baptize Hector, so that was cool. He did a good job. Hector then asked me to confirm him the next day and some of his friends showed up to that so that was cool. And that's about it Hector.

     

     Dad, mom, you'll be so happy for me! I cook delicious chicken with the help of Elder Hall! We got it for Costco for about 12 bucks and it fed us for three or five meals! The chicken was super super delicious, so yeah!

     So, I taught district meetings this week! It was EPIC! We mainly talked about goalsetting and then set a big goals! We are going to 100 member lessons! Whoot!! So far on track we have six weeks to meet this goal. This week we had 22 member lessons all together as a district. Last week we had seven. It's awesome because we improve! So that was fun.

     Oh! I totally forgot! Elder Hall and I were in this sketchy neighborhood and we go down this trail. I turn to Elder Hall and tell him, "we are totally going to get mugged." Haha! We did... By six year old kids with their semi auto nerf guns. God surely has a sense of humor, haha!

     So I'm not sure what else to talk about, so I'm going to count to five and see if I remember anything. One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Yup... Nothing. Let me know if you have any questions for what's going on over here! I would be happy to address your questions and or comment. Love you people!

     ~Elder Zac Snell :)

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Downpour

August 24th, 2015

Hola! Not much that happened this week to report about. Elder Hall is keeping us busy. He is an awesome missionary! I went in an exchange for the night with a Zone Leader and he did very well leading out the area! He is going to do very well throughout his mission. I am really sad that I will not be here to watch him progress. Hopefully he will email me. :) oh! The Downpour!

     So this week has been crazy with the rain. On Thursday, I had Elder Ramos over from the Manassas second ward to be on an exchange in my area. It was really fun to get to know Elder Ramos! He is from Mexico and his family are pretty recent converts. Anyways. We are biking home and all of a sudden he wind gets really cold. Well! Time to head back to the apartment, there is going to be one crazy storm ahead! We booked it back on our bikes back home. As soon as we walked inside, it just dumped buckets of rain on us. Thankfully, we had Brother Nanto to take us around places for the night. On the contrary, Elder Hall and Elder Medina were in Manassas on bikes. Elder Hall showed me a video of what it was like during the storm there and how soaked they were. Haha! I felt so bad for them, but it is the first of many rainy days for the both of them. I will attach a video with the email about it. 

     Well, other that that, not much happened. We are always busy and I have realized that when we are where Heavenly Father needs us to be, then he will provide us what to do and say. I have found that from the past few days and has strengthened my testimony about finding that one person who needs the Gospel. He really is aware of where we are and what we need at all times. It blows my mind to think about how many people on this world and the individual needs of each specific Person. We have been able to be in the right place, at the right time for His children. I LOVE being a missionary and wouldn't change or trade it for the world!

~ Elder Zac Snell :)

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I was sent this pic from members Bob and Sheri Walter. She said that Elder Hall and Snell are filled with the spirit and they love being with them. She said thanks for sharing him. (Wendi)

The Fourth Movement

AUG 10, 2015 

Good morning everybody! How is everyone? Good answer! I guess you're wondering how my week went, so I guess I'll have to tell you. Let's go!

     On Monday, we played football. It was sort of fun, it was cool because I threw touchdown! That was a first, because I usually throw interceptions. That was about the coolest part of the day. Anyways... On to more interesting stuff!

     So, on Monday night, I received a call from Elder White and he informed me that I will be a district leader and I will be training. Whoot! So yeah. That's fun! Elder King is going to be Finish training. Transfers came up really fast and I am now with my new companion. His name is Elder Hall. He is from Rigby Idaho and loved to play rugby. Yup! So that is super sweet! Yes, he is taller than me, I will attach a picture of us at the Baseball game! Oh yeah! I have to tell you about that! The baseball game was epic! There were so many missionaries there. Washington DC north and Washington DC South Mission were both there. I met President cook of the North Mission. He's nice. We got really far away from the game, but what else would you expect. I have this awesome picture of all the missionary sitting in the stands. It's a section filled with white whites and ties. We even got on the Jumbotron! No picture of that, it came really fast and left really fast. I saw a whole bunch of friends there! Mission friends that is. A whole bunch of my friends went home this past transfer on Thursday. Anyways, the metro was really really crowded, but no metro dominos this week. On the way home we took the wrong bus, so we had to go back to Ballston from McLean and then to West Falls Church. Then get on the metro at West Falls Church and head over to Vienna where the Zone Leaders were waiting for us. I promise my goal is to get home by 22:30, but the game ended at 22:30. Thus making my plan I dream that was destined to not come true. We wound up getting home around 01:00. Now get this, here's the best part. Since I am the district leader, I have to wait for my entire district to send me a text telling me they got home safely, thus pushing back my bedtime about 30 minutes. I was so dead tired and many of you know how I get when I'm tired… Let's leave it at that… well that's the adventure of the metro place. Turns out that the train derailed couple nights ago, so that caused a whole bunch of confusion. Have been out of happened we would've been home safely and a lot sooner. 

     Well, thus begins the fourth and final movement! It's time to be epic and Go Forth baptizing everybody! NOBODY CAN STOP US!!! As the song says, "ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no river wide enough, ain't no valley Low enough, to keep me from getting to you babe!" WHOOOOOO!!!! BRING IT ON!!!

~ Elder Zac Snell :)

Sitting On The Bench

August 3, 2015 


   This week was a pretty average week.... Well, I type that and instantly flashes through my mind all the awesome stuff that actually happened. Haha! I will start with Tuesday's rain storm. We were walking over to Brother Wolford's house to return his shovel and we remember to bring an umbrella and jacket for the walk because he clouds look a little grey. Suddenly, we start to feel rain drops. Not two minutes later, it felt like we were walking through a Hurricane. I didn't bring my rain jacket because I had an umbrella, but Elder King had one. Here we were, two missionaries trudging through what felt like a waterfall, with shovels in our hands. He world was only left to question what in tarnation we planned on doing. I was huddled under my umbrella and felt like a boss battling the wind and rain with my trusty semi-water-resistant deflection shield, while Elder King had his epic body suit which quenched the icy blows of the storm. Eventually, after walking a mile or so, a member drove by and insisted on picking us up to take us to the Wolford's house. 

     We had a bunch of lessons at Hector's "House." He always wants to meet at the bench in front of his house. We had some great lessons. It was at the bench when he told us that he was getting kicked out of his house. The lady he is renting from got really mad a him and decided to kick him out. He had until Friday to figure out where to go or else he was sleeping in the streets. One of the saddest phone calls I have ever received was, "well guys, you will find me under the nearest by bridge." My heart about melted. The moment Hector told us this, we knew it was time to fast. So the next day we fasted for him. Fasting has increased! Let me explain why. Come Saturday, we were looking for Hector. We went to his "house" and asked the lady if he knew she knew where he was. She said that he was upstairs napping but she will go wake him up. Was surprising her eyes met him again at the bench. We talk to him and he said that she feel sorry for him and will give him a second chance. Talk about a miracle! No one can tell me the fasting does not work it should be for a righteous cause. We were really relieved! He is scheduled to be baptized on August 15! We cannot wait!

     Transfers of this week, so going to happen! I will see you in the end of this week. This week should be insane! I have a departing Temple interview trip thinking. Since this will be my last transfer I need to go to the temple with all the other missionaries to end soon. Should be fun. Ha ha, I am so excited for this week! You should be excited for the next email.

     Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it. Tune in next time for awesomeness!

     ~ Elder Zac Snell

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Be Careful Who You Entertain

 Oh boy, this week was a wild one. It might take a while to fully describe the adventure of his week. I will give you a couple highlights.

     First thing I want to talk about, is the metro ride home from the Holocaust Museum. The metro is absolutely packed! It was absolutely no sitting room. It was all standing! We were all back to back, pretty much. It was really funny, because when we stepped inside, we did not have anywhere to hold on. So you could see what would happen when the train started to go. Elder King lost his balance and fell onto me causing me to loose my foothold and plunge backwards into Elder Lee. As if that was bad, we continued the domino effect all the way to the back of the train causing people to fall or loose their balance. Haha! It was a mess, let me tell you that. 

     Next, I would like to tell you about interviews with President Huntsman. They were pretty awesome! All except for the fact that he treated me like I was going home really soon. I didn't really understand why. He asked me how my mission has influenced me and what changes I had made while I was out here. I wasn't really prepared to answer them, but that was his strategy. I feel like I answered them well. I would like to tell you them, but I totally forgot what I said. I will put that in a separate email later. So that was good. There was a Chinese family that came in and wanted to know if Bible studies go on here. We told him we could give them a tour. They love the church and would like to start meeting with missionaries! Thankfully, we have Samantha and speaking missionaries.

     OK. Now for the part that sorta drives me crazy. Elder King and I are going to lunch at IHOP. We start walking in and hear somebody say "Hey are you Jehovah's Witness!?" To that, we are imply that we were Mormon missionaries! He then told us about how he had just lost his job and is looking for just $2 for some food. As he said that, I was reminded of Better Off Dead. Man, that guy would not leave us alone! He followed us into IHOP, sat down with us, and then begin to lecture us on giving to the poor and the needy. His main thing that what he wanted us to take away was too, "be careful who you entertain." He started quoting Bible verses and making us feel guilty. So we offered him some of our food, but he rejected. He then continued to make us feel guilty. Even until he walked out of the building, where he waited for us to walk to dollar tree with him. Upon checking out, we talk to the cashier lady who informed us that that man had worked there and had just been fired because of the problems he caused. Wait, what?!?! She then told us that he was a bad man and we should not be around him. When he asked for the $2, he told us he didn't drink or smoke, but I already walked outside to meet him again, He was smoking! I called him out on his lie, and then he went off on me. "If God didn't want us to smoke it, why did he grow it!?" I then testified of free agency and the gift to choose right from wrong and that there must be opposition in all things. He got really mad that that response. We walked into a local Walgreens where I purchased him some milk and cereal. On our way out, the alarms went off because somebody had something in his pocket. The cashier lady told us to keep going and not to worry about it, but I am pretty positive hat this guy shoplifted..... After receiving his items, he thanked us and then walked away. So there is that story. 

     My birthday was super entertaining! It included a whole bunch of service, singing to the elderly, silly string fight, and light saber duels! Thanks to all those who wished me a happy birthday! I really really appreciated it! And thank you to those who sent me letters and or packages. They made my day! Can't believe I'm already 20… Wow....

     Thanks for reading this rather long message! I have had an excellent week. Tuning next time for even awesome or week. Love you all! Did you IL

     ~ Elder Zac Snell :)

P.S. Be careful who you entertain ;)

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Glen & Cheryl Knutti sent this picture to me  from Centreville Va. They helped Elder Zac Snell celebrate his birthday. So grateful for amazing ward members in his mission. Their 11 year old son said "he's my FAVORITE!" With Elder King- He wasn't too happy that his hair was messed up from the silly string fight they had before the picture. :)

National Yell At The Missionaries Day

July 20, 2015

Hello everybody! And welcome back to the spectacular reading of
other Snell's letters!! Today we are going to learn many great things!
Let us begin.

     So this week who is super awesome! We had a lot of success and a
lot of trying times. I think that everyone just decided that Friday
was going to be yellow the missionaries day! We didn't really approve
of that that happened anyway. We had so many people yell out of their
cars at us. Many things that were yelled were the nicest things to say
to even regular people. I don't know what we did, but maybe I had a
"yell at me if you think I am awesome" tag on my back, so a lot of
people must think I am really awesome. At least eight or nine people
yelled at us from the cars, and then to end it all, someone at the
doorstep yelled some pretty colorful language us! All we were doing
was checking to see if they were still interested in learning about
the gospel. We took that as a no. He almost sic'd his dog on us! The
poor guy was probably having a rough day. We were sure to include him
in our evening prayers.

     So, on Tuesday, we found somebody new to teach! His name is
Hector. He is from Guatemala and has lived in the states for about 43
years. He was referred to us by a member in the Manassas 1st Ward. The
zone leaders called us and told us to get over to the library ASAP for
a lesson with Hector. We sat next to him on the bench at the library
and we talk to him about the gospel! He absolutely loved it! He speaks
pretty good English, but we still had a Spanish translator just in
case. Ha ha. Just a side note, Elder Kings bike was taken away by the
office because he had a loaner bike. So, that leaves us without a
bike. We are now back on foot!  Ever since that lesson with Hector, he
has called us every morning, asked us excellent questions, and has
come to church!  He absolutely loved it! Thanks to our awesome ward
members, he has tons of friends now. He agreed to be baptized and has
a scheduled date for August 8th! We are so stoked for him!

     We had an awesome lesson with all of the prospective 8 year olds
who are going to be baptized soon. We were asked to come and teach
them and their families about baptism. I ought we would be really cool
and do the Soap and Pepper object lesson. This is when you dump pepper
in a bowl of water and you use soap to clear the pepper out of the
middle of the bowl. Turns out, you need the right kind of soap in
order for it to work. So, when we did it  he kids became super excited
to see it and when we tried, nothing happened..... "Try using more
soap," one of the adults said. I took the soap bottle and dumped soap
in the middle and it still didn't work. Epic failure.... Elder King,
being the funny guy he is, quickly added. "They had the wrong
authority." *facepalm* Good one... Haha! I will include a picture of
what the object lesson looked like. It was a great humbling
experience.

     Well, that's all folks! Thanks for tuning in! Just a heads up, I
will be switching my preparation day next week to Tuesday due to a
zone service project we will be doing. So, I will catch you on
Tuesday! Love you all! Have an epic week!

     ~ Elder Zac Snell :)

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Little Bread

Object lesson failure- Pepper and Soap

Tune Up, Listen In, Rip Off

JULY 13TH, 2015

Hey everybody! Elder Snell here! This week was pretty good! As you can see from the title I have lots of fun prepositions this week. See, I think it's funny because, usually it's tuning in, listen up, and… I guess it's rip off. I just didn't get ripped off. It was Elder Kings pants that got ripped off..... More on that towards the end.

     Tune up. So here's the story about this. My bike was giving me troubles with the years, so I decided that it might be worth it to take my bike into the shop! By doing so I had to go without a bike for about three days. Just letting you know, our area is way too small to be on foot, but I think we did a stellar job. Long story short, I got my bike back and it was awesome to ride again! You have no idea how much I missed riding my bike. It's definitely a good thing that I have great shoes to walk in. So there is my tune up story. 

     Listen in. So while we were working on foot, we have to think with a different mindset. Instead of thinking "who can I visit right now?" We have to think "who is in this area?" This is where the listening in part comes into play. Thank goodness we have the spirit with us because they were a lot of appointments that fell through and people nearby who are prepared to be talked to. We ended up tracking for a little bit, and other King probably said the funniest thing at the doorstep. "Now I know Catholics are afraid of pamphlets, but here you go." Probably the best thing I've ever heard said at a door proud! Gotta love my companion.

     Rip off. OK so I didn't get ripped off from my bike. I thought that I would because it was sort of expensive, but it was totally worth it! On the way home I let Elder King try to ride my bike to show him that it felt really good to ride. Apparently his suit pants said otherwise. Well on the bike, his pants tour! This was no ordinary tear down the seam. It ripped his pants right next to his knee into a perfect right angle. He was pretty mad, first off it was his only pair of good suit pants. Second off, it was his favorite pair of pants. Funny thing is, that wasn't the last time he rode my bike. He almost ripped his other suit pants! That is when I decided that he can no longer ride my bike.

     Well, that's about it for this week! Please let me know if you have any questions. Just letting you know, I have dictated this with my voice! So, if there are mistakes, they are the mistakes of Siri. Not of man! Thanks for listening. I know it takes a lot of time to wear ate a lot of words on a computer screen, or phone screen, or android, or any other manner by which you can read this. I love you all! Thanks for your help! Bye!

~ Elder Zac Snell :)

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Pop...........BANG!!!

JULY 6TH, 2014

Sorta cliche title, but I know.... It's the Fourth of July. Is
week was pretty fun. Let me tell ya. I feel like it was thanksgiving
because of how much food we ate over the weekend. We had two dinners
on Saturday. An investigator called us and asked if we wanted to go
over to his Grandma's home and cook up some Korean BBQ. Mmmmm! Super
delicious. He is a really good cook too, so we practically ate like
kings. When we finished that, it was about 1630, so we were taken back
to our house and picked up five minutes later to go to a dinner at the
Brown's house. They had super delicious Turkey burgers! By the time
dinner was over, I was so stuffed! We went back to our apartment and
tried to figure out what to do for the 4th, so I called the Zone
Leaders and they can and picked us up and took us to a battle field in
Manassas. At was really cool and touching at the same time. Sounded
like a war from the past. I will attach a video.

     The work in this area has been a little different from past
areas. Here, we are doing a lot of checking up on recent converts and
Less Active members a lot. Oh! Speaking about that, we were at church
yesterday and we walked into priesthood opening exercises and there
was a guy there who didn't look familiar. He sitting next to our Ward
Mission Leader, so we assumed that it was a friend of his, but we went
up and asked him if he was a member and he said no. He e proceeded to
tell us that his son is a member and he and his wife are looking to be
baptized sometime soon. His wife has taken the missionary lessons
already and all he needs to do is listen... WHERE DID THESE PEOPLE
COME FROM?! Turns out that they lived in Falls Church and they had he
missionaries over often and now they are moving to Centreville and
want to be baptized. This is the part where I looked up and said
"Thank You!" His name is Erick. We haven't met with him yet, but we
will soon. I will keep you updated on him.

     That's it for this week! Thanks for reading! I hope you all had
an epic 4th of July! I know I did! See you next time!

     ~ Elder Zac Snell :)

The Centre of the Mission

JUNE 29, 2015   

  Hola, my awesome subscribers! Thanks for committing yourself to
reading this week's email! So to begin, I would like to give a shout
out to Elder Babb for being an awesome companion in Alexandria. We had
fun and did great work. Sadly, it was time for me to leave the great
Alexandria 2nd ward, but I have been transferred over to another
awesome part of the mission. I am now in Centreville! The Centreville
2nd Ward to be exact. So the story behind it is quite interesting. The
Assistants called me in Alexandria and informed me that I would be
"finish training" a missionary. I excitedly accepted the assignment and
packed up all of my stuff to leave. When I arrived to transfers, I
learned that there were only 2 missionaries being "finish trained", so I
could only go to one of two places, Wakefield or Fort Belvoir. Seeing
that I have already served in Ft. Belvoir, I assumed that I would be
going to Wakefield. Transfers came around and I learned that there was
another missionary assigned to "finish train" in Wakefield. And it came
to pass that I began to be astonished. Hah. I was so confused... There
was no way that I would be sent back to Ft. Belvoir, so I was left in
a stump. At the meeting, they called my name and said I would go to
Centriville to be with Elder King. He had just been "finish trained", so
I guess I was just supposed to go to the trainers meeting for some
reason.... Oh well! We have an excellent ward!
     Elder King is from Oklahoma and loves to play guitar. He is a
stellar missionary and is passionate about the people that we teach. I
am really excited to serve with him.

     So on June 26th, it so happened to be a minor holiday......
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE ECLAIR DAY!!!!! On our way home that night, we biked
over to a 7-11 and I bought us some eclairs! They were superb. Here is
a picture of us eating them.

Elder Snell and Elder King

There's A Storm A Brewin' Annie!

JUNE 22, 2015

   No, the title is not referring to the movie about an orphan girl, but to something much cooler than that..... Anyways, I didn't email last week due to the hectic schedule of getting a Zone Activity started and going. We wrapped up a little later than expected and by that time, we saw that we were out of time to email. So, please accept my apologies.

     Haha! So last Monday, we were just driving down Duke St. And we saw his dude just walking down the street! No hesitation or anything! He reminded me of the gambler dude in A Knight's Tale, if you know what I mean. *FacePalm* So rediculous! Hahaha! It was terrible.

     On a happier note, we had an awesome week! We had a lot happen. We had a lesson with a man from Nigeria and he came to church! He has a really high up apartment, so we asked if we could take pictures off the balcony and he decided to join us. Then he wanted to do a group photo! Haha! I love people! I will have to send it some time. I had to back up my iPad onto a Flashdrive, so it has all my photos from my mission beginning at the time I was in McLean to now. That picture happens to be on at flash drive.... Sorry.... But what I can do is send a picture of our Zone Activity! We played Beach Volleyball again and had a Long jump contest. Elder Babb won because he is pretty much a track star. Excellent form if I might add.

     This past Saturday, our ward had a carnival that the Relief Society put together. Hey asked he missionaries to have a part in it as well, so they asked if we knew how to do any random carnival talents. One of the Sisters knows how to make balloon animals, so she and her companion did that while Elder Babb and I rode Unicycles around. Of course it wouldn't be a party without a water fight, so the kids ended up breaking out into a huge water fight and the everyone decided that it would be funny to throw water at the missionaries in unicycles. We pedaled for our lives! When all was said and done, I was sort of wet and Elder Babb was definitely not wet at all. He hopped of the unicycle and ran while I kept on going. Good times. After the carnival, we headed back to work, but then we received a call about a tornado warning. Ahh! We booked it back to the apartment to safety and started calling everyone making sure they headed back inside. 'Twas an adventure for sure. I have a video during it, but it is too long to send. 

    That is my adventure! I love you all! Tune in next week!

   ~ Elder Zac Snell :)

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C'mon, Let's Walk N' Talk

     Welcome back! It is good to have you around again! Now, I am
going to visit the Zoo today, so I am making this email brief and
simple!

     Elder Babb and I have been doing some excellent and fun work here
in the Alexandria 2nd ward! The past few months, we have gone over our
mileage allotment for our car, so we are taking advantage of our
relatively small area we have to work in by walking around and talking
to everyone! This is excellent because this is Elder Babb's first area
he can get away with walking or biking. Can you believe that? He has
been on car his entire mission so far (21months)! It is fun to walk
and it is awesome exercise.
     So, quick story. While we were walking and talking, we were going
through our huge potentials list and we came across someone named
Austin. It appeared to be that he lived just across the street from
where we were at. The only problem was the fact that he lived in this
huge high-rise and we didn't have his apartment number! Thankfully, he
had a cell phone number, so I picked up the phone and put my bold
voice on. He answered and I told him who we were and asked if we could
drop by in five minutes. To our much surprise, he said yes! He gave us
his apartment address and we went in. He told us that he had been
thinking about giving us a call soon because he really needed church
in his life. The only problem we ran into is the fact that he doesn't
have a car to get him to church. *facepalm* This happens EVERY TIME!!
We are now in the process of figuring out how o get him to church
now...

     Well, thanks for listening to me ramble on about stuff! I hope
everyone has an epic day! Happy Birthday to Caden on the 13th! Whoot!!
Love you all!

     ~ Elder Zac Snell :)

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