More photos of Zach in the MTC.

I just received some more photos of Zach in the MTC.  He travels to his mission tomorrow.  We are very excited for him and hopefully will get to talk with him tomorrow as well.  I will post his address as soon as I know it.

Zach and his district.  He and his companion are the only ones going to Idaho.  The rest of the district headed to North Carolina today.

Zach's district in front of the Provo Temple.

Zach diving into a load of pillows that his district found in a MTC storage room.

Zach's companion diving into a load of pillows that their district found in a MTC storage room.

All of the elders in Zach's district.  What a bunch of goofs.

Here is a part of the note he sent this morning.

I am not sure if I'll be able to call because I'm not going to the airport. If I can, it will be around 6:00 to 6:30 mountain time.

The new missionaries sound great! I'm glad that Matt is starting to get a feel for what a mission is like. I have been encouraging him since I got here. Last night, everyone in our district received blessings. I gave two of them to some of the sisters. That makes about 4 blessings that I've done and about 20 that I have participated in since I got here with my district. I received a blessing from Elder Summers last night and he blessed me that I would be a strong example to Matt. He had never known his name and I hadn't mentioned him but he specifically mentions "your younger brother Matt." That was one of the most amazing experiences that I have been in.

Everyone left for Raleigh, NC except for Elder Summers and I. It's really sad to see your district go. They became my family. Elder Summers and I just ate at our table and were so sad... We have two 3 hour class blocks with just us two today. It's going to be really weird. All the sisters were so uplifting and were amazing examples to us elders. The elders in my district were the best friends I could ask for. I don't think I could have finished the MTC without them.

I love you so much and miss you all.