Guess what? I love you guys so much!

My Treasured Loved Ones,

Missionary work is so great!!  Best.  Life.  EVER!!!!

Here is what I wrote to my Mission President this week: 

"Dear President,

I hope that you and Sister Pace are doing well!  Thank you for the inspired advice you gave me in our recent interview.  It´s blessed me, and I´m already finding myself receiving more guidance, which is a  tender mercy.  As we discussed, I´ll keep this letter short and to-the-point.

I´m doing well, and I love being a missionary.  Élder Sutton is an amazing companion and mentor. We are in Week 6 of the 12 Week Program.  I´m trying my best to become a better servant to the Lord. We see miracles every day here in Vitoria.

Miracle of yesterday:  we had been dropped by our appointments for the afternoon, so we prayed for guidance.  Heavenly Father won´t let our plans fall out unless He wants us to be using His time differently.  He gave us a lot of information about a way that He wants us to assist the growth and strengthening of the ward.  It was marvelous.  I know that He loves us, and He wants us to turn to Him for enlightenment, so that we can do what He wants us to do here in Vitoria.

A less-active member told us this quote from Élder Richard G. Scott: "To achieve what has never been achieved, you must do what has never been done."  When Heavenly Father gives us ideas and promptings, He will give us strength to carry them out." 

Here is what I learned from my scripture study last Thursday: 

"I need to pray and read scriptures unto rejoicing, daily.  Investigators and Members and all people can/will feel the Spirit of rejoicing in me if I can nurture it in me.  The messages of the scriptures are more than cause enough to rejoice in gratitude toward God.  He loves us and wants this sort of happiness for us--that´s why He´s given us the power of prayer and the gifts of the Spirit and the blessing of the scriptures.  When we learn to take joy from these things, we will become better servants of our Savior, and the Spirit will "send the gleam [of the Holy Spirit and it´s "glad tidings of great joy"] across the wave".  These people are my people, they´re my family, and they´re so precious, so significant, and so special.  The joy that I need to continue developing from living the gospel needs to be bright enough to be obvious, for the "eager eyes [that] are watching, longing, for the lights along the shore".

I love you all so much!  I pray for you every night, each of you, by name, at the end of my prayer.  I have never prayed so long, so consistently, ever:  I usually spend somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes on my knees before getting into bed.  I make sure to spend a time praying for each of you, specifically, and listening, so that I can better know what to pray for for each of you.  I know Heavenly Father answers prayers.

I also know that some of you answer e-mails.  ;)  If you´d like to send a short reply, you are now officially invited to do so. ;)

Know that, even though I don´t see you every day, I keep you in my heart.  You are not forgotten.

I love you, so much.  Don´t ever forget it, or worse, doubt it.

Simply,

 Élder Pablo Zubeldia

I love you all so much!!!

My Loved Ones on the other side of the pond,

Thank you so much for your e-mails!!  I can´t fully express my gratitude for the strength you all give me, and for the support that you are for me.  It´s amazing to me how quickly time flies here on the mission--I´ll have been out in the field for a month when the 11th rolls around!!  I cherish the wonderful letters I get from you all, and I´m grateful for the prayers that you offer for me.  Know that I´m safe, healthy, happy, and that I´m trying my hardest to press forward every minute.  I pray for you all every night, and whenever your faces come to my mind.  Thank you so much for the time you take to write to me.

I love you so much.

This keyboard is messed up, (haha, it´s been pretty exciting to find out which letters/symbols are actually the  ones that they are labeled as), and the internet in here in the locutorio has been unfortunately slow today. Thus, I sadly don´t have time this week to write you all individual e-mails. :/

So I´ll just have to make up for quantity and quality with meaning and sincerity.  :)

Here is the letter I sent to my Mission President today: 

Dear President, 

Missionary life is going well here in Vitoria! I love being a missionary! 

This is definitely the Lord´s work. We see miracles every day in contacting, in teaching, in the hearts of the members, and in our own perspectives. So many ideas are coming to us concerning what we should do, what could work, where we need to go, and how we need to go about doing things, that it´s getting hard to remember them all! We know that it is the Spirit that is whispering ideas to us, and I know that doing what we are prompted to do, no matter how embarrassing or difficult it might seem, we are blessed with strength from Heavenly Father. Our personal obedience qualifies us to have the company and guidance of the Spirit, without which we can´t be the missionaries that Heavenly Father needs here in Vitoria.

We are so blessed to be missionaries!! 

This week´s miracle report: Elder Sutton and I felt prompted to go contacting in a specific park. The first people we came across were four elderly people on a bench. Someone called Elder Sutton on the phone, so I got to talk to the people on the bench. I sat down cross-legged in front of them, sitting on my bag, and we began to talk. 

After a while, they seemed to warm up to me. :) They asked such great questions, and the Spirit was giving me answers for them, so my job was easy (as it always is when the Spirit is there)--all I have to do is listen, and then follow His lead. While they didn't want to learn or hear too much about our lesson, I could see in the eyes of one of the couples that they could feel the Spirit´s confirmation of what He was telling me to say (funny, how He plays on both sides of this game). One of the men (Jesus Carmenes, who was more receptive) recognized my name--apparently, he knew other Zubeldia's who lived here in Vitoria!!! He spoke of a Juan Zubeldia, whose children were Juan Carlos, Antonio Mari, and Blanca(?), who Jesus had been good friends with, and of Juan´s brother Andres, who had apparently died in a car accident with his wife. Jesus went on to talk about how these Zubedia's came from the french part of the Basque country, and that their mother had been French. This might not seem like much, but for me it was incredible--we had been guided to a park (which happens to be near the cemetery where the only Zubeldia's that I knew about in Vitoria are buried), and to talk to some people on a bench, and one of them knows people who literally share my blood!! How awesome!!!

Obviously, that isn't the most important thing that happened this week (as finding 9 new investigators might be), but it was just a personal miracle that I really appreciated. :)

Here is an excerpt from my study notes this morning: 

"Yesterday night I wasn't feeling like I was following the Spirit´s guidance, or that I was necessarily being guided at all. I was praying continuously, but I wasn't quite making it. I started tearing myself down, of course; when you don't have God's influence with you, the devil's influence will creep in. Lucifer is more real to me now than he has been for these past few years. A 16-18 year old boy crossed our path during the last hour of our day. I didn't have the Spirit with me, and it came about that the boy wanted to argue and fight. WE shouldn't have even spoken to him. I felt like I am no where near the missionary that God needs for His work in Spain. I read 2 Nephi 8:7 this morning: "...fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings..." verse 12 "I am He, yea, I am He that comforteth you (ergo, the feelings that I was being washed-over with yesterday evening were not from Him). Behold who art thou (a son of God, a bearer of the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Holy One of Israel, a missionary and representative of the Savior of the world), that thou shouldst be afraid of man...?" I have a job to do. While I still have much to improve upon, and I might never fully achieve my expectations for myself, if I continue trying my best (in every moment) to continually and persistently find/follow God´s will, He will accept my offering, and work through the imperfect/limited instrument that I may be. It doesn't matter that I´m not the effective or powerful tool that I wish to be for His hands and His work. He is a Masterful artisan, and He can accomplish His purposes through even the "least of these", even me. so I don´t need to be discouraged by my limitations, and I need not fear the "reproach of men"--God can give me strength to do anything He needs for me to do, and He will do so, so long as I can be strong enough to turn to Him on my knees, loving enough to unlatch my tongue, and gratefully let the Spirit guide my words, thoughts, and steps. Miracles come as I am obedient to His will, and as I'm faithful to my covenants. I know that, as Isaiah repeated twice in 2 Nephi 7, "...the Lord God will help me." 

My time is up.

I love you soooooooooo much!!

Always,

Élder Pablo Zubeldia

it HAS been a month!

My Beloved Family,

You people make me so happy, just so you know.  :)  I think you´re e-mails this week were one-fifth the size as before.  X)  I guess the message is that you all want me to write more.  That´s fine, but also remember that I LOVE hearing from you all, and that the letters you send me give me so much strength, peace, and guidance.  On top of that, I love you family, and I want to know what is going on in your lives, and how you are feeling--it helps me pray for your needs.

I love you.  :)  Did I ever tell you that enough?  Please remember to tell yourselves "Pablo loves me", at least 10 times a day, for me, alright?  :)

Here´s my e-mail to my Mission President (sorry, I spent a lot of time writing to him today--just got carried away, I guess): 

Dear President,

I am so excited for the changes that are going to be happening in the Lord´s work!!  In our area, we see that there would be a huge benefit for the work if we can get the members to work with us more.  I know that we can do it--there´s nothing that we can´t do with the Lord on our team!  Something that hit me yesterday, after watching the Conference, was that we are inhibiting the Lord´s work if we prohibit ourselves from thinking big.  So many ideas had come to mind, and they were further validated by the things said in the Conference.

On that note, I was wondering if I could ask you for some help and advice.  The Stake Center here in Vitoria is big and beautiful, with lots of grounds, and room for large groups of people.  I was told by a member that President Utchdorf said, when he dedicated the building, that it would bless the area as a place to hold events.  So, I was wondering if we should try and hold some events there--so that everyone would know where the LDS Church building is in Vitoria, and so that people would get interested in learning more about LDS people and the lives they lead.  In the Church, we have many talented artists and groups that have the resources to go on tours: can we officially invite them to come and tour the Barcelona, Spain mission, and (particularly) to visit Vitoria?  The Piano Guys, Inside Out, and Lindsay Stirling (a few examples) are very popular artists, and I really think people would come to see them.  I think that there is a good possibility that we can spark people´s interests in this way, and help people recognize better the name "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" in a good light.

Maybe I´m just having a crazy idea, but I really believe that nothing is impossible in the Lord´s work.  We can accelerate the work in this part of the Lord´s vineyard, and we have so much creative "wiggle-room" wherein we can help carry out His work.  It is better to get things done than to simply think, or talk, about them, so I want to know if you´d like for me to try and make this happen, or if you think that this is a good idea.  What do you think?

My companion and I are good friends, and we have so much fun working out here in Vitoria.  It´s hard, but it´s invigorating.  After watching yesterday´s conference, we feel even more enthusiastic, and we've seen so many miracles as we´ve been trying to find and do the Lord´s will.

Speaking of miracles:  while we were trying to follow the Spirit´s guide, and while we were trying to contact the world, we found a woman sitting on a bench with another woman.  The woman in question was giving her address and phone number to the other woman, so that she could give her the assistance necessary to sustain herself and her child.  So, from right off the bat, we knew she was golden.  We began to talk to her, to get to know her, and to have a lesson, right there on the bench.  Her name is Lidia, she´s 50-ish (or so we´re deciding to guess), she has three children here in Spain with her, she´s married, she´s from Colombia, and she´s been searching for the Lord´s truth her entire life.  It felt so good to tell her that her search is over.  The Spirit was there, and knew what she needed to hear.  I´m so grateful for the power of prayer, and scripture study, which helps us so much to follow the Spirit.  We began with a prayer, and we began talking about the Plan of Happiness.  She asked questions, and we answered.  The Spirit helps us listen to people, and He helps us ask the right questions, and then again to listen to people.  Time flew by, and we spent (no, invested), more than an hour with her.  Lidia calls us her angels.  She invited us to visit her, in Miranda de Ebro (a pueblo 30 minutes away from Vitoria--oh, and President, could Elder Sutton and I get sent to Miranda as a new area?  There are SO many youth there, and so many families--it makes Vitoria seem like a night-life-party-metropolis.  We both felt like there´s so much work to be done there), so that we could meet her family.  We had lots of obstacles in getting there (Satan is real, and he doesn't like us--but that´s fine, because we are on Heavenly Father´s roster), but we got there, and taught them about why we are here.  The Spirit is so great, and helped us express our sincere love for them.  Even though my knowledge may be small, and my testimony may be meager, the Spirit of God gives strength to the words that come from our hearts.  She is astonished that we are so young, and has adopted us as her children--we call her "Mama Lidia".  We love her, and we know that she knows, and we know that she loves us.  Heavenly Father is a God of Miracles, and always will be.

I am trying my best to be obedient, President.  My first lesson as a set-apart missionary was, in the words of my Stake President, "Obedience brings blessings; strict obedience brings miracles."  I´m glad that here in the Barcelona Mission that obedience is such a focus--it blesses me, and I know it blesses the work of the Lord, and the people around us.

My goal last week was to focus on humility.  I know I will probably never be humble enough, and even though I´m focusing on a different goal this week, I will also keep in mind this goal to become more humble.  My goal this week is diligence--hard, focused, continuous, determined, and smart effort in all that I do.  I know I won´t come close to progressing much on the continuum of diligence this week, either, but I know it´s important to at least try to grow in this aspect.

I am so blessed, President.  I am the most blessed person I know.  I am happy, doing well, and trying to learn and improve.  I´m so small for such a calling, which makes me even more astonished at how much the Lord can do through the "least of these".  I know that there is nothing that I can´t do if the Lord wants me to do it. 

There is so much to tell you all about every-day missionary life, about what has happened this past month, and what I've learned and how I've grown as one who strives to be a servant of the Lord. Turnips, I haven´t even told you about my experiences at the MTC, have I?  Oh, well--I will try and do better in the future.  I would tell you all now, but I need to dedicate time to writing you personal letters, now.  :)

When it comes to forwarding these e-mails, parents, you can decide how you wish the rest of the family to receive them (I just want to make sure that the cousins/aunts/uncles/grandparents receive them, so that they know that I love them, too.  Will you please forward things to them, as well?).

I don´t want anyone, especially those who I hold dearest to my heart, think that I have forgotten them.  I HAVEN´T FORGOTTEN YOU!!!!!  I THINK OF EACH OF YOU, INDIVIDUALLY, EVERY NIGHT IN MY PRAYERS, and I try to listen to the Spirit to know what to pray for, for you.

I love you, family.  :)  You are always in my heart, and I carry your pictures with me everywhere, and I show them to everyone who asks  (speaking of which, I would immensely appreciate receiving pictures of each of you).  You are all pillars of light and strength in my life.

I love you.

Simply,

Élder Pablo Zubeldia

The American-Mexican-Basque

My Goodly Parents,

I love you guys, so much.

How are you doing?  Be candid--don't spare me any details.

Are the children being obedient?  What kind of messages do you think that they need to hear, that I could give to them?

Thank you so much for raising me the way that you did, and for guiding me to become the person that I am becoming.  I am the most blessed person I know.  I know that Heavenly Father gave me such amazing parents for a reason, and that we were meant to be family forever.  Thank you so much for being covenant keepers, and for being such inspirational examples of discipleship for me.  What you are doing for our home ward is very important--we can't "adopt other children" into our ward "family" if our ward "family" is dysfunctional.  Uniting the members is something that is important.

Members from Santander that I've seen:  Luis (Brazilian of the Tribe of Juda who cut our hair--at the Temple while I was at the MTC), Daisy (little sister of Carlos and Nancy--she was at the Temple the same time as Luis), Isidrio, Jessica, and Esmeralda (they came to Vitoria for something for Esmeralda; we had a wonderful time, they say that our family was a huge blessing and example for the ward, that the ward still talks about us, and that Isidrio and Jessica want to pattern their family after ours--Esmeralda also gave us lots of food, which was a delicious miracle {if you contact her before I see her, thank her for me}).

Papi, I went on intercambios with a Zone Leader in Bilbao.  The first man I spoke to knew your family.  He remembers your mom, your house, and I think he personally knows Tio Alberto.  Loli gave you the information, and I hope she also explained how our paths crossed yesterday (knowing Loli, I´m sure she did).

I love you so much.  I´m trying to be the best missionary I can be, the missionary that I hope Mami thinks I am, and that you two expect me to be.  I´m not perfect, but I´ll never stop trying to improve.

I love you.

Forever and always,

Your son Pablo

P.S.  Mami, if you could send me some Spanish recipes (ie croquetas), I would be much obliged.  (moltu obrigado)

P.P.S.  My address in Vitoria is:  Calle Eduardo Dato, 17, 4B, 01005  (I would love to receive letters from you guys faster than the Mission Home can send them to me--which is currently once a month). Please let interested parties know.  ;)

P.P.P.S.  I love you

Week Two

My Loved Ones,

I love you all so much!!!  I LOVE reading your e-mails, and I wish I had time to respond to all of them individually.  Sadly, since time is short (turnips, Elder Sutton says I´ve got less than 10 minutes now), I´ll just communicate the bare minimum here.  (Don´t worry--I plan on writing actual, physical, letters soon.  I´m so excited to finally use my vast knowledge on stamps!)

Here´s part of what I reported to my Mission President this week: 

"The work in Vitoria is going forward!  We´re working hard to contact the  world, and do so in a way that leaves no doubt to those that we speak to that we genuinely care for them, and that our love for them is what drives us to be missionaries for the Lord.

I love my companion, Elder Sutton--he is such an example of obedience and resilience to me!  We have so much fun together, talking to, and teaching, the people.  We've made a goal to work on humility together this week--no, this does not mean we´re going to try and "humiliate" each other; rather, we are both going to try on internally being more humble.  I want to be more humble, because I know that I have so much to improve upon, personally, if I want to be the faithful and diligent instrument in the Lord´s hands that He needs.  I want to focus on recognizing the Lord´s gracious hand in everything that happens, and on expressing gratitude and appreciation for the many things He does for us and for our investigators.

Speaking of which, miracle of the week: as you know, Sandra didn't get baptized last week --however, she is hopeful, not disappointed, and she even came to church yesterday!  She already has an intimate friendship with one of  the sisters in the ward, and she wants, more than ever, to become worthy to have the Lord´s influence and blessings in her life and in the lives of her sons.  Last night, we met with her again, in the same park (on the same bench) as last week.  Thanks be to Heavenly Father, the Spirit was there, and I am grateful to have felt so strongly His influence, and to have been given the words to express the feelings I felt.  Haha, again, I don´t remember what the Spirit had me say, but He touched her heart, and she IS going to be baptized this Saturday at 12:30.  Because 
of her justified work circumstances, the Bishop has allowed for us to make an exception and give her the Gift of the Holy Ghost right after being baptized, and to administer to her the Sacrament every week she comes to Church (even though, because of her work, she will have to miss the first two hours of meetings).  Heavenly Father provides, President!  He loves Sandra, and He has made a way for her to have these blessings in her life, and we ARE SO HAPPY FOR HER!!!!!!!!!  I believe that we can help her family follow her example, and to turn to the Lord´s strength and love to alleviate their problems and conflicts.

Heavenly Father is on our team, President.  Or rather, we are on His.  I want to do my absolute best to be worthy of this, to live according to this standard that I wear on my heart." 

I love being here.  Don´t take this the wrong way, but I´m not homesick--I´m busy here, and the work doesn't leave much room for other thoughts than those about investigators, members, taking the word to every soul, and studying the Word of God.  You are all in my heart at all times, and your faces flood my mind in my prayers and in my dreams.  I love you, and I know that we´re going to be together forever, and so I´m not afraid that I won´t see you, or that you won´t be alright.  I know that Heavenly Father answers my prayers, because I can´t deny the miracles that we see every day.  I know He loves you even more than any of us can comprehend.

The strength and peace that you all give to me help me to recognize my need for God´s grace, and my need to be worthy of such love and exceedingly great blessings.  I feel strength, love, peace, joy, comfort, and the Spirit because of the parts of me that belong to you, and the parts of you all that belong to me.  You give me strength, and with the Spirit´s direction and overabounding presence, power to testify and teach. I am nothing without God--without Heavenly Father´s blessings, Jesus Christ´s love, and the Holy Ghost´s influence.  I cannot do anything here for anyone of lasting significance without Their influence and guidance.  I am striving to align my heart to God´s will, and to submit my decisions to His plans.  He knows what´s best, and if I can become better, more obedient, more sensitive, more courageous, then He will be able to do what He wants to do for these people (He loves them so much).  I want so much to be His hand, or to be an instrument in His hand, here -- I need to be more meek, submissive, diligent, obedient, resilient, humble, and persevering.  I know that He gives me strength to do what He wants me to do, and the faith to trust in Him and His plans.  I don´t need to know everything--knowing that I need to be sensitive and obedient is more than enough for me to make a difference.

I love this privilege, this short time, to share the message of God´s love with every person who will listen. Your words often come to me, and push me to take advantage of every chance I have to invite and help others.

God didn't put us all together by chance.  We were meant to be together, to grow together, and to support each other.  Your love is such a strength, and source of peace, to me, a stimulant that drives me to give my all.

I have just been informed my time is up.  For now.  :)

I love you guys more than I, or anyone, could ever convey in any message.  Don´t fear.  God has plans for each of you, and will give you the strength that you need in the time that you need it.

Forever and Always, I Love You All.

Simply,

Elder Pablo Zubeldia

Out of time, again!

I am out of time again, but here I go!!

Dearest Family,

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

I carry around (along with my scriptures and notebook and other things) that booklet of pictures that Susana made for me (THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!) before I left.

I´m safe and well, and what´s more, I´m happy.  I´m working hard, and I´m trying to do exactly what the Lord wants me to do.  I have been set apart as a representative of Jesus Christ, and I can´t comprehend how wonderful it is to feel such authority and power when the Spirit testifies through our words.  Wearing this Missionary Tag is an honor, and I treasure this opportunity to participate in God´s work.

This is part of a message I sent to my Mission President.  I hope you like it:  

Missionary work is work, but it is so much fun!!  My companion (District Leader/Elder Sutton) and I have already been blessed by the Spirit so much--we´ve thought of ways to jumpstart our area (Vitoria), and to unify the ward.

Favorite miracle of the week--last night we were teaching an investigator named Sandra.  While my companion had to go take care of his District Leader duties, the Spirit spoke through me to Sandra. I  don´t remember what I said, but she is wanting to be baptized this Saturday!!

Heavenly Father is on our team, and we are His servants.  I love that He loves us!

I hope things are going well, and I am excited to receive your response! 

I love you all so much, and I hold you all in my heart.

Thank you, Susana and Mami, for giving me a family-wide update!!  I´m sure Sofía did AMAZING on her play, and I hope you all have fun together this summer!!  Good luck learning how to swim you guys--I wish I could be there!!  No, scratch that--I´m VERY glad I´m doing what I´m doing, where I am doing, but I wish that I could have been there to help you all learn to swim before I had left.  Oh well, no regrets--Heavenly Father´s plan is perfect, and what happens to us (without exception) happens for a reason.  As my wonderful companion Elder Sutton likes to say, "There are no accidents!"

I love you guys so much!!!  I´m praying for you all every day!!  If there´s anything you guys need, or would like, me to pray for (haha, something that can wait until next Monday to be prayed for X) ), feel free to let me know!!  I´d love to know what´s going on in your lives, and to hear any messages you have for me.

Thank you for your uplifting messages so far!!

Now the other Elders are telling me my time is up.  Strict obedience brings miracles!!

Love always,

Your Elder Pablo Zubeldia

First message from the CCM in Madrid

My Dear, Beloved, Eternal, Beautiful, Special, Nerdy, Perfect, Favorite Family, 

How´s Kaysville treating you guys?  J  I would love to get some letters from you guys…

I don´t have a lot of time, sadly, to write to you all.  My district wants to go out and enjoy their P-day, and I´m to go with them.  My journals have, recorded in their pages, everything that has happened, and I will send them to you as soon as time permits.  Since I only have a few short minutes, I will just communicate a few things:

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!!  Today in the temple, when I was in the last session I´ll be in for the next two years, I closed my eyes and saw each of you in crisp detail, and I felt you all so close to me.  I´m so glad that we get to be together forever.  My message to investigators, in practice and in El Retiro, has mainly been that I know that Heavenly Father loves us, and that families can be together forever in happiness if they have the gospel in their lives.  You all are with me all the time;  memories that remind me to give my all to the work, and reminding me that there are people who support and love me, even though I can´t see you.

Speaking about seeing you guys…can you all please send me more pictures?  I´d love to have more. J

The MTC is great, and I´m doing well.  I´m learning a lot, and I´m able to help lots of people (I translate for almost everything, from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish, and my piano skills are in fact paying off).  I was sick for the past couple of days, physically and a bit spiritually as well (just being hard on myself is all), but I got a blessing and I´m feeling better now.  I´ve been blessed with many opportunities to help other people during their first few days (I´ve been assigned to be a district leader).  Heavenly Father really helps me, and is indubitably on my team!!

Well, my district keeps pestering me, and they want me to stop writing to you guys.  They obviously don´t understand how important you all are to me.  Whatever.

I´m sorry that this isn't the best e-mail ever:  I would've loved to have written a powerful, spiritual, inspired, comforting letter to you all, but my district is really starting to get anxious.

I know that I´m here for a reason, and that Heavenly Father wants me to be here, and is happy with how I´m doing.  The gospel is true, family.  Heavenly Father loves you all.  You are all so important to me, and even though we´re apart you are always with me in my dreams.

To sum up:  I´m doing well, I´m getting ready, I love you guys, and I would love to hear more from you all (and don´t forget to send me pictures!!)!!!!

Simply and with lots of Love,

Elder Pablo Zubeldia