Hola!
Well i am doing good down here and have almost made it to 6 months down here!! the time has gone by pretty fast but i still have quite a ways to go.. haha buts its all good cause i have a lot more i still need to learn and experience and a lot more people that i need to find and help.. this sunday an inactive family came that we visit everyweeek for the first time since i have been there.. we go to visit them every sat so i can teach their 7 year old daughter english.. she is a smart little girl and her pernuciation is better then most of the kids english in my ward.. the dad of the fam. asked us to pray for them to give them an extra push so that they would be able to go.. i remembered them in my prayers and they came!! faith and prayer really works and when we act Heavenly Father will bless us with more faith in Him and in the principle that we are acting on.. well last tues. when we went to the temple we went in a microbus which would hold about 15 people but we had 23 in there.. it was ridiculous and that is one thing i decided that i dont like about here is the crappy transportation.. the buses were fun at first now they are just a little to crazy and packed for my liking.. Well i saw this car with an atm bumper sticker.. it was sweettt!!! if i get my camara back today like i am suppose to i will go and take a pic by it and send it to yall next week.. also we had zone conference last week.. they talked alot about obedience and it was good.. the only problem my comp and the others who needed to hear it werent paying attention.. it was good though and we also worked on how to start teaching in a better manner.. it was good and yeah i am hanging in here with my comp.. i am just doing my part cause i cant make him do his.. he hasnt changed though and everyone is getting bugged by him now the house.. hopefully 10 more days and one of us will go.. our teaching pool is getting better we had 5 at church last sunday but a lot still arent married so thats a problem.. and one of our good investigators isnt coming anymore cause a dumb old lady in our ward got mad at her 2 year old daughter and said we dont need people like this in our church-ward.. that made me mad... there is no nursery in our ward so she cant do anything about.. well stupid lady and hopefully we can convince her to come back again next sunday.. we wont have any baptisms before the end of this change but i have hope for next change.. but the whole marriage thing down here is really ridiculous and it creates a lot of problems with being able to baptize people.. well the language is still coming.. i feel pretty comfortable now but i still want to get a lot better.. i am starting to forget how to say some stuff in english which is pretty cool but i am still working hard on the language and with time it should get better.. if i am doing my part i know that Heavenly Father will bless me with the don de lenguas para que yo pueda communicarme mejor con las personas aqui y traerles a la iglesia de JesuCristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias.. but yeah.. i am doing good and pushing forward.. i am growing a lot out here and learning a lot about the church and the people and culture down here.. and how to be a better missionary and a better man.. well it rains everynight now and thats cool cause i love falling asleep to the rain.. oh mom thats stinks about sis speakman and no i havent heard from tyler.. i am glad yall made it back home safe.. send me some pics if yall took some.. i bought key chains for all the neices and nephews and mom and dad too that are wood with the bird of guatemala on them.. i will send them home sometime.. maybe for christmas or i will wait till i come home in a while.. haha also mom and dad when you get my bank statements please tell me in an email how much i have so i can somewhat keep track of it.. i dont spend much but itd be nice to know.. thanks.. well my shoes are starting to get pretty worn cause i only wear one pair always cause they are water proof and the other ones arent.. the sole is pretty slippery now though and there is no grip.. i may have to buy some new ones in two or three more months.. well i dont have much more time left but thanks for the emails like always and i love yall a ton.. i read a cool article and shared it for a noche de hogar.. haha fhe we had with some members on how we need to speak of our beliefs with confidence... we dont need to be on the devensive always.. share your testimony and dont get caught up in insignificant topics about poligamy or stuff like that.. focuse on Jesus Christ and the atonement and our main principles and beliefs.. the lord will provide us with what to say if we are worthy through the Holy Ghost like it says in Matthew 10:19-20.. i think.. haha well i gotta go and i might know about changes-transfers next monday but if not monday night so i wont be able to tell yall but we will see what happens.. love yall and i got to go.. thanks for everything and yall are the best family ever!
Elder Hatch
Sunday, August 15, 2010
August 3, 2010
Dear Family!
Well i am doing better now.. we had another fight again the other day.. i wont go into details but he was just waiting upstairs for about 30 min for somebody to tell him to leave... then he walked slow.. i walked fast cause we were late for our appt.. i talked with him.. well yelled.. we went home..a zl had a prompting to come back.. he did and talked with him and me.. then we talked.. we are doing better now and the spirtit is with our companionship again i just hope we can make it 2 more weeks.. he likes to fight with everybody so yeah its fun.. but i am trying to learn from it and learn to be more patient.. but i will step in and maybe that is part of what i needed to learn.. not to just let things happen but actually stand up better for myself and what i think and beleive.. well melissas ex boyfriend.. sean you told me he was coming here.. its elder williams.. i found out the other day.. he is a really cool kid he is from ohio and yeah he actually brought it up cause hed been thinking about it.. small world huh.. and mom Rudy and Jane Guajardo were in our stake and now they are down here.. he talked to me the other day at our pioneer activity.. he knows you and mom.. i thought that was cool he is on some type of mission down here.. well i had another witness that God answers our prayers.. my comp played video games for an hour the other day at a members house and i just sat there and was super mad.. we left and i prayed in my head to help me not blow.. i was almost to the point of shaking i was so mad.. then we found this investigator kid.. and we messed around with him and his friends with a ball they were playing with.. it completely got my mind off being so mad.. and i realized that was put into my path to help calm me down.. it did a trick with the ball and caught it on my back and all the kids thought it was cool.. it made my attitude change from being so mad to being happy..both of our baptisms wont be till next change atleast.. one the kid is 11 and knows and lot and is super cool but he has to go 7 times to church cause he is under 14.. then the other girl still hasnt gotten marreid.. i really want to have another change here and see the both of them get baptized but chances are in two weeks i will be getting sent somewhere else..well i recieved the package mom.. thanks alot.. the letters were the best part and it made my day.. thanks for the juggling balls too! well some dang ants ate my recees pieces but i have been enjoying the rest of it.. thanks a lot for all who pitched in on that.. well i have really been studying hard and trying to focus on teaching with my heart and to the needs of the people rathering then thinking a whole ton.. i have felt the spirit a lot stronger like that and its really neat.. i also realize the gift of tongues is real and if we really try we can develop any of the gifts of the spirit if we work hard and put in out part.. ahh i dont have enough time.. well thanks for all the emails and the advice and prayers.. i am doing well now and gonna make it through this change.. there is only two weeks left.. we woke up at 4 this morning and went through the temple.. it was awesome.. as soon as you enter you can just feel the spirit and how calm and peaceful it is in their.. also the celestial room was great and i had a good prayer in there.. i am so glad we have this gospel in our lives so we can be together forever.. its awesome cause honestly i cant tell yall how much yall mean to me and how much i love yall.. we did service the other day and put up metal roof for this guy.. it was fun cause i could jump and lift up and slide a piece with out a ladder.. the people were impressed and it was fun and i always feel good doing service.. also my comp told another elder in our house.. and yeah dad theirs six of us.. that i was the best comp hes had.. that made me feel good even though weve gotten in so many fights.. i really am trying to be a good missionary and become who my Heavenly Father wants me to be.. the mission isnt easy but its definately worth it and i know i am learning a lot through the triumphs and the trials..well steph shayne brian and sean i will email yall next week but my time is up for today.. i love yall a lot and thanks for everything.. i am so grateful to have yall in my life and the support of everyone.. haha some of the other kids are saying yall now in my house :P haha well i got to go but ill write again next monday i am pretty sure.. well adios y ¡pasen feliz dia!
Elder Uncle Hatch
oh yeah i tried to pray in english the other day cause this kid who is gonna get baptized next change wanted me too.. it was terrible.. i had to translate it from spanish back into english and i bet i sounded like a tard ... well paz!
Well i am doing better now.. we had another fight again the other day.. i wont go into details but he was just waiting upstairs for about 30 min for somebody to tell him to leave... then he walked slow.. i walked fast cause we were late for our appt.. i talked with him.. well yelled.. we went home..a zl had a prompting to come back.. he did and talked with him and me.. then we talked.. we are doing better now and the spirtit is with our companionship again i just hope we can make it 2 more weeks.. he likes to fight with everybody so yeah its fun.. but i am trying to learn from it and learn to be more patient.. but i will step in and maybe that is part of what i needed to learn.. not to just let things happen but actually stand up better for myself and what i think and beleive.. well melissas ex boyfriend.. sean you told me he was coming here.. its elder williams.. i found out the other day.. he is a really cool kid he is from ohio and yeah he actually brought it up cause hed been thinking about it.. small world huh.. and mom Rudy and Jane Guajardo were in our stake and now they are down here.. he talked to me the other day at our pioneer activity.. he knows you and mom.. i thought that was cool he is on some type of mission down here.. well i had another witness that God answers our prayers.. my comp played video games for an hour the other day at a members house and i just sat there and was super mad.. we left and i prayed in my head to help me not blow.. i was almost to the point of shaking i was so mad.. then we found this investigator kid.. and we messed around with him and his friends with a ball they were playing with.. it completely got my mind off being so mad.. and i realized that was put into my path to help calm me down.. it did a trick with the ball and caught it on my back and all the kids thought it was cool.. it made my attitude change from being so mad to being happy..both of our baptisms wont be till next change atleast.. one the kid is 11 and knows and lot and is super cool but he has to go 7 times to church cause he is under 14.. then the other girl still hasnt gotten marreid.. i really want to have another change here and see the both of them get baptized but chances are in two weeks i will be getting sent somewhere else..well i recieved the package mom.. thanks alot.. the letters were the best part and it made my day.. thanks for the juggling balls too! well some dang ants ate my recees pieces but i have been enjoying the rest of it.. thanks a lot for all who pitched in on that.. well i have really been studying hard and trying to focus on teaching with my heart and to the needs of the people rathering then thinking a whole ton.. i have felt the spirit a lot stronger like that and its really neat.. i also realize the gift of tongues is real and if we really try we can develop any of the gifts of the spirit if we work hard and put in out part.. ahh i dont have enough time.. well thanks for all the emails and the advice and prayers.. i am doing well now and gonna make it through this change.. there is only two weeks left.. we woke up at 4 this morning and went through the temple.. it was awesome.. as soon as you enter you can just feel the spirit and how calm and peaceful it is in their.. also the celestial room was great and i had a good prayer in there.. i am so glad we have this gospel in our lives so we can be together forever.. its awesome cause honestly i cant tell yall how much yall mean to me and how much i love yall.. we did service the other day and put up metal roof for this guy.. it was fun cause i could jump and lift up and slide a piece with out a ladder.. the people were impressed and it was fun and i always feel good doing service.. also my comp told another elder in our house.. and yeah dad theirs six of us.. that i was the best comp hes had.. that made me feel good even though weve gotten in so many fights.. i really am trying to be a good missionary and become who my Heavenly Father wants me to be.. the mission isnt easy but its definately worth it and i know i am learning a lot through the triumphs and the trials..well steph shayne brian and sean i will email yall next week but my time is up for today.. i love yall a lot and thanks for everything.. i am so grateful to have yall in my life and the support of everyone.. haha some of the other kids are saying yall now in my house :P haha well i got to go but ill write again next monday i am pretty sure.. well adios y ¡pasen feliz dia!
Elder Uncle Hatch
oh yeah i tried to pray in english the other day cause this kid who is gonna get baptized next change wanted me too.. it was terrible.. i had to translate it from spanish back into english and i bet i sounded like a tard ... well paz!
July 26, 2010
Dear Fam,
Hey i am glad to hear that everybody is doing well and the summer is going well for everybody.. its crazy that it is almost august!! this month went by fast and hopefullly these last three weeks of this change will go by fast too.. my comp that i though would be good isnt.. he is a retard and hopefully i will make it through the next three weeks without exploding on him again or one of us getting an emergency change.. the second day here he told me i need to care for the people more.. and i do obviously and try to listen attentively but i still dont understand everything.. i just let that roll off me though... then when i go to bed on time he comes in and turns on the light and i tell him to turn it off and he doesnt listen and just laughs.. i was like whatever with that too.. then he still thinks he knows his way better then i do around the area.. then he listens to apostate music.. not of the church and when another elder turns it off he got mad and told him that he lost the spirit when he turned it off.. then the other day when we were supposed to be studying he got the american flag we had downstairs and thought itd be funny to burn it.. so he did.. then i came down kept my cool and went back upstairs then came back down to leave to go work and he put the melted little part that remained back up.. i grabbed it through it outside and said lets go.. then we went to pray and he told me to say and i ALWAYS say it! thats when i blew up.. i went off on him in spanish and told him i dont care if he has respect for the flag.. but you have NO respect for your calling.. this is your time is the lords... you are stupid.. your wasting the lords time and get some respect for things!! i dont know if i have ever been so mad in my life though.. i was shaking after.. we worked things out though but he really isnt changing and that was friday..i dont know if i will make it three more weeks with him.. somebody might get e changed out cause i am not putting up with his crap anymore.. i thought the mission was gonna be full of good misisonaries but its really now.. there are a bunch of retards out there that need to go home if they dont wanna be here to work.. they can do there crap in the homes and not waste my time or the time of others who are here to work and help others come onto Christ.. well please pray for me and my comp cause honestly i dont know if ill make it much longer with him before i beat the crap out of him some day.. well it was nice to get that out and if anybody has some advice on that subject i would love to hear it.. i fiinished reading our heritage but in spanish and it is a really good history of our church.. it makes me realize the challenges i sometimes have are really nothing compared to the pioneers and others.. their faith was amazing and they went through so many challenges but those who remained at the end were the best and those were the people really needed to start this church up so it could become what it is today.. i got a letter from gma hatch and will write her back next pday.. we had a pioneer day activity today with 5 zones.. it was cool to see all my buddies that came into the mission with me.. we heard some talks and the spirit was strong.. then we played some pioneer like games.. we have to people to be baptized on the 7th of august.. another thing my comp didnt want to go by and pick up our investagators like we always do for church... it is true they need to come on there own but we need to tell them first we arent gonna pass by so come or your own.. but he was dumb and was like we arent going and they didnt come.. what do ya know.. he is a retard.. anyway i have eaten some hot stuff recently with chili in it and i thought i was gonna die cause it was soo hot.. dad and sean happy birthday.. sorry i forgot to say it last week.. and paul too and jaden and i dont remember who else.. haha sorry i dont look at my paper much that has everyones bday. and for that happy bday to all those ive missed since i have been out here..my camera is still in the shop and hopefully i get it back soon.. well its been cool to see while i have been out here how appostate the other churches are.. like the catholics and the evangelicals.. they dont have there church in line with any of the things in the bible which they supposedly read.. also the fact that satan tries soooo hard to stop our church from growing is another example to me that our church is the true church.. he is attacking to family so hard right now and that is why we need to fortalize or strengthen our families now more then ever.. they are the most important group here on the earth.. well i am so greatful to be able to share the gospel with others and hope we have to live for forever with our families! Well i gotta to go and please pray for me and my comp and the work in all the world!! i love yall and lots and love getting your emails and pics!! Stay strong and dont forget the things we convenanted with God when we were baptized to be reps of Christ and to help others and keeps his commds.. and we will be blessed.. I love yall and ill tty next tuesday!!
Love,
Elder Hatch
Hey i am glad to hear that everybody is doing well and the summer is going well for everybody.. its crazy that it is almost august!! this month went by fast and hopefullly these last three weeks of this change will go by fast too.. my comp that i though would be good isnt.. he is a retard and hopefully i will make it through the next three weeks without exploding on him again or one of us getting an emergency change.. the second day here he told me i need to care for the people more.. and i do obviously and try to listen attentively but i still dont understand everything.. i just let that roll off me though... then when i go to bed on time he comes in and turns on the light and i tell him to turn it off and he doesnt listen and just laughs.. i was like whatever with that too.. then he still thinks he knows his way better then i do around the area.. then he listens to apostate music.. not of the church and when another elder turns it off he got mad and told him that he lost the spirit when he turned it off.. then the other day when we were supposed to be studying he got the american flag we had downstairs and thought itd be funny to burn it.. so he did.. then i came down kept my cool and went back upstairs then came back down to leave to go work and he put the melted little part that remained back up.. i grabbed it through it outside and said lets go.. then we went to pray and he told me to say and i ALWAYS say it! thats when i blew up.. i went off on him in spanish and told him i dont care if he has respect for the flag.. but you have NO respect for your calling.. this is your time is the lords... you are stupid.. your wasting the lords time and get some respect for things!! i dont know if i have ever been so mad in my life though.. i was shaking after.. we worked things out though but he really isnt changing and that was friday..i dont know if i will make it three more weeks with him.. somebody might get e changed out cause i am not putting up with his crap anymore.. i thought the mission was gonna be full of good misisonaries but its really now.. there are a bunch of retards out there that need to go home if they dont wanna be here to work.. they can do there crap in the homes and not waste my time or the time of others who are here to work and help others come onto Christ.. well please pray for me and my comp cause honestly i dont know if ill make it much longer with him before i beat the crap out of him some day.. well it was nice to get that out and if anybody has some advice on that subject i would love to hear it.. i fiinished reading our heritage but in spanish and it is a really good history of our church.. it makes me realize the challenges i sometimes have are really nothing compared to the pioneers and others.. their faith was amazing and they went through so many challenges but those who remained at the end were the best and those were the people really needed to start this church up so it could become what it is today.. i got a letter from gma hatch and will write her back next pday.. we had a pioneer day activity today with 5 zones.. it was cool to see all my buddies that came into the mission with me.. we heard some talks and the spirit was strong.. then we played some pioneer like games.. we have to people to be baptized on the 7th of august.. another thing my comp didnt want to go by and pick up our investagators like we always do for church... it is true they need to come on there own but we need to tell them first we arent gonna pass by so come or your own.. but he was dumb and was like we arent going and they didnt come.. what do ya know.. he is a retard.. anyway i have eaten some hot stuff recently with chili in it and i thought i was gonna die cause it was soo hot.. dad and sean happy birthday.. sorry i forgot to say it last week.. and paul too and jaden and i dont remember who else.. haha sorry i dont look at my paper much that has everyones bday. and for that happy bday to all those ive missed since i have been out here..my camera is still in the shop and hopefully i get it back soon.. well its been cool to see while i have been out here how appostate the other churches are.. like the catholics and the evangelicals.. they dont have there church in line with any of the things in the bible which they supposedly read.. also the fact that satan tries soooo hard to stop our church from growing is another example to me that our church is the true church.. he is attacking to family so hard right now and that is why we need to fortalize or strengthen our families now more then ever.. they are the most important group here on the earth.. well i am so greatful to be able to share the gospel with others and hope we have to live for forever with our families! Well i gotta to go and please pray for me and my comp and the work in all the world!! i love yall and lots and love getting your emails and pics!! Stay strong and dont forget the things we convenanted with God when we were baptized to be reps of Christ and to help others and keeps his commds.. and we will be blessed.. I love yall and ill tty next tuesday!!
Love,
Elder Hatch
July 19, 2010
Hey Familia!
Well i am doing good down here in guatemala.. Mom and dad thanks for the emails and i am glad yall are having fun in utah and that dad made it back home safe.. yeah mom ill let you know when the package gets here and thanks for sending it!! well mom the cockroaches havent been too bad but they are sometimes in the house.. haha and the only thing they semi spray for down here is the mosquitos cause they carry dengae.. and i think that might be like west nile but i dunno.. its bad though if you get it and its like extreme flu and itll take ya out for a week or two.. well last week we found 13 news.. and one family liked us so much they invited us back for a snack.. refaccion.. it was cool and we will see what happens with those people.. we still need to contact more though to find new people.. my spanish is coming along still but i understand almost everything and can talk quite a bit it will just take more time to get better and better.. my comp isnt too bad and hasnt made me mad this last week but he isnt a rule follower in the house and likes to sleep in and listen to non church music and doesnt really study.. but whatever.. ill do what i am suppose and not force him to do stuff cause thatd just make him mad.. but we get along pretty well.. i heard that maybe next change i will be going to the mission office.. there are three that have a chance to go and i am one of them.. we will see what happens though.. it would be cool but then at the same time i would rather be working all day then sitting in an office for most of it.. but i heard they only send good elders to the office so that would be cool but yeah we will see.. members and all the missionaries like me though so that makes me feel good..they say my spanish is good for how much time i have and they like how i am always happy and smiling.. that makes me feel good cause sometimes i feel down cause thats what the mission is ups and downs.. so this kid the other day looked at me and he is the guat version of nolan! it was crazy his face was just like his except just darker.. it was pretty funny.. well we have been working hard still with inactives cause there is a ton and hardly anybody likes the bishop and we had a lot come to church last sunday.. we had about 90 which is about 15-20 more then usual.. it was really cool and it feels good to see them there when we are working hard trying to get them there. we also had three investigators again and hopefully goes through with the marriage of our fecha.. baptism so we can baptize her on the 7 of august.. well there are a bunch of bolos here or drunk people who drink little bottles of rubbing alcohol.. we have about 10 in our area that are always by the soccer fields.. they always speak english to me but the other day we walked by and this one said elderes!! and put up one finger.. then said SHUT UP! and that was it.. i said esta bien and we kept walking.. haha it was a lot funnier in person but they are retarted so it gives me entertainment when we walk by them everyday.. i still dont have my camera back but here are some pics i just took.. we were gonna do a service project as a zone but in guat some days theres water when you turn on the faucet or hose and some days not.. and there wasnt any water saturday but we waited and hoped for a bit so i took some pics of me dunking.. i can still jump suprisingsly!! also we climbed this thing and took pics from on top of it.. i also got toasted on my neck and arms where my shirt usually covers cause my church shirts are ginormous!! well i got my haircut again so its short and now i dont have to do anything with it! well i dont really have much more to say but i just want to say something about using temples.. i have heard a few people here that had to go all the way to arizona to get sealed before there was a temple here or closer.. and so its really important that we use the temples that are so close to our homes in the states... temple work is sooo cool cause it gives people the opportunity to accept the gospel in the next life and to be sealed forever!! its something that i think we take for granted often.. i know its easy for me to say right now as a missionary but i just want to encourage yall to use the temples cause it was give people blessings on the other side and i know that we will recieve blessings when we attend the temple and have more peace and happiness in our lives.. and sometime you have to get away from the dang outside world and all the crap that goes on in it! well i love yall a ton and keep emailing me and sending me pics and letters when yall have time cause its suuupeper exciting to get them as a missionary!! Well i am glad everyones doing well and i pray for yall and everyday and thank my Heavenly Father for the wonderful familiy he has blessed me with!! well i love yall and will write next week!!
Love Elder Tio Hermano Hijo Fifi Tyler Hatch.. haha
Well i am doing good down here in guatemala.. Mom and dad thanks for the emails and i am glad yall are having fun in utah and that dad made it back home safe.. yeah mom ill let you know when the package gets here and thanks for sending it!! well mom the cockroaches havent been too bad but they are sometimes in the house.. haha and the only thing they semi spray for down here is the mosquitos cause they carry dengae.. and i think that might be like west nile but i dunno.. its bad though if you get it and its like extreme flu and itll take ya out for a week or two.. well last week we found 13 news.. and one family liked us so much they invited us back for a snack.. refaccion.. it was cool and we will see what happens with those people.. we still need to contact more though to find new people.. my spanish is coming along still but i understand almost everything and can talk quite a bit it will just take more time to get better and better.. my comp isnt too bad and hasnt made me mad this last week but he isnt a rule follower in the house and likes to sleep in and listen to non church music and doesnt really study.. but whatever.. ill do what i am suppose and not force him to do stuff cause thatd just make him mad.. but we get along pretty well.. i heard that maybe next change i will be going to the mission office.. there are three that have a chance to go and i am one of them.. we will see what happens though.. it would be cool but then at the same time i would rather be working all day then sitting in an office for most of it.. but i heard they only send good elders to the office so that would be cool but yeah we will see.. members and all the missionaries like me though so that makes me feel good..they say my spanish is good for how much time i have and they like how i am always happy and smiling.. that makes me feel good cause sometimes i feel down cause thats what the mission is ups and downs.. so this kid the other day looked at me and he is the guat version of nolan! it was crazy his face was just like his except just darker.. it was pretty funny.. well we have been working hard still with inactives cause there is a ton and hardly anybody likes the bishop and we had a lot come to church last sunday.. we had about 90 which is about 15-20 more then usual.. it was really cool and it feels good to see them there when we are working hard trying to get them there. we also had three investigators again and hopefully goes through with the marriage of our fecha.. baptism so we can baptize her on the 7 of august.. well there are a bunch of bolos here or drunk people who drink little bottles of rubbing alcohol.. we have about 10 in our area that are always by the soccer fields.. they always speak english to me but the other day we walked by and this one said elderes!! and put up one finger.. then said SHUT UP! and that was it.. i said esta bien and we kept walking.. haha it was a lot funnier in person but they are retarted so it gives me entertainment when we walk by them everyday.. i still dont have my camera back but here are some pics i just took.. we were gonna do a service project as a zone but in guat some days theres water when you turn on the faucet or hose and some days not.. and there wasnt any water saturday but we waited and hoped for a bit so i took some pics of me dunking.. i can still jump suprisingsly!! also we climbed this thing and took pics from on top of it.. i also got toasted on my neck and arms where my shirt usually covers cause my church shirts are ginormous!! well i got my haircut again so its short and now i dont have to do anything with it! well i dont really have much more to say but i just want to say something about using temples.. i have heard a few people here that had to go all the way to arizona to get sealed before there was a temple here or closer.. and so its really important that we use the temples that are so close to our homes in the states... temple work is sooo cool cause it gives people the opportunity to accept the gospel in the next life and to be sealed forever!! its something that i think we take for granted often.. i know its easy for me to say right now as a missionary but i just want to encourage yall to use the temples cause it was give people blessings on the other side and i know that we will recieve blessings when we attend the temple and have more peace and happiness in our lives.. and sometime you have to get away from the dang outside world and all the crap that goes on in it! well i love yall a ton and keep emailing me and sending me pics and letters when yall have time cause its suuupeper exciting to get them as a missionary!! Well i am glad everyones doing well and i pray for yall and everyday and thank my Heavenly Father for the wonderful familiy he has blessed me with!! well i love yall and will write next week!!
Love Elder Tio Hermano Hijo Fifi Tyler Hatch.. haha
July 12, 2010
Dear Family,
Hey how is everybody doing.. i am doing good.. the first week in this change went pretty well with my new comp.. his name is Elder Velasquez and he is from a city here in guat.. haha he is really short and kind of guat indianish.. ill send a pic if i ever get my camera back!!! well this last week we cleaned all of our house pretty well so i feel a lot better living in it now.. like all the nasty dishes are clean now and all the dusty floors are clean now and it just feels a lot better having it clean.. when i get my camera too i will send pics of me in different places in the house so yall can see what a day in my life as a missionary is like.. i gave a blessing to this lady in spanish the other day and it went really well.. it was cool and i was able to do it.. usually i just annoint but i actually gave it and it turned out good.. i had given one before that and it was terrible.. i had never given one before and yeah i was super nervous.. but i will get better.. its good talking only spanish to my comp now and i am starting to use the subjunctive more which is pretty much the only tense i lack.. i just need to study a lot still and learn a lot more verbs and words but its coming.. my comp is good but it has been a little frustrating with him though cause sometimes he thinks he knows the area better then me!! he doesnt though.. haha i got frustrated one time cause he said i was wrong and i was like heck no.. i know where things are at ive been here for three months thank you.. i really didnt say it like that though but that has only happened like twice.. it will help me develop patience though.. or i will blow up on him one time cause i dont put up with crap anymore especially from any other missionary.. this week was really good though.. we had 3 investigators at the church sunday and two for the first time.. we have a date bautismal for the 7th of august with the girl that has to get married first.. hopefully they will hurry up and get married though so we can baptize them.. almost all of our investigators need to get married cause thats just a problem here in guat.. nobody gets married.. it costs money and its more difficult to do down here then to do in the states.. we also had six less actives that we had been visiting go to church.. it was really exciting to see that and be able to help them get back on the path.. it is frustrating though cause a lot of them have problems with the bishop.. i have told some of them though that we dont go to church for the leaders.. our salvation is in our hands and if we dont go its only hurting our selves cause we arent renewing our baptismal convenants through means of the sacrament.. well i was juggling oranges the other day and this guat kid kept calling me clown in spanish.. it was pretty funny.. Well we found a new the other day and he told us his wife was in the hospital pregnant
but the baby if it was born would be premature.. he said it was a coincidence that we came and found him and prayed for his wife cause we were the first ones to do that since shes been in the hospital.. it was cool but hes a evangelica so wont progress though.. i have learned though that nothing is a coincidence.. God has his hand in all the things that happen and everything happens for a reason and in the long run for the benefit of us.. all the trials we have are for a reason and to help us out.... we also are teaching this kid in his twenties who is a rapper-reggaeton artist.. he can speak english so part of the lesson i gave last time was in english and it was hard.. i cant talk about church stuff in english or really give the lessons very well cause i always do it in spanish.. he is cool though and really wants to learn and find out if the church is true or not..he and my comp got into a stupid argument over john the beloved and i finally stepped in and told him that doesnt matter.. knowing about whether he is still living or not will not effect our salvation.. i told him to pray and that ask cause we are never gonna convince him of anything.. only through prayer will God answer him by the Holy Ghost.. Well i am doing well down here and praying for yall often.. keep praying for me though cause i need your prayers always!! I love yall a lot and thanks for being so great.. if anybody has sent me a package let me know so i can be ready to get it.. yall should get pics in the mail from me either this week or the next that elder grant sent out once he was home!! Oh yeah Elder Harmon lives in my house now and he is from logan and hna. mitchell is in my zone and shes from lewiston ut.. well got to go!
Love
Elder Hatch
Hey how is everybody doing.. i am doing good.. the first week in this change went pretty well with my new comp.. his name is Elder Velasquez and he is from a city here in guat.. haha he is really short and kind of guat indianish.. ill send a pic if i ever get my camera back!!! well this last week we cleaned all of our house pretty well so i feel a lot better living in it now.. like all the nasty dishes are clean now and all the dusty floors are clean now and it just feels a lot better having it clean.. when i get my camera too i will send pics of me in different places in the house so yall can see what a day in my life as a missionary is like.. i gave a blessing to this lady in spanish the other day and it went really well.. it was cool and i was able to do it.. usually i just annoint but i actually gave it and it turned out good.. i had given one before that and it was terrible.. i had never given one before and yeah i was super nervous.. but i will get better.. its good talking only spanish to my comp now and i am starting to use the subjunctive more which is pretty much the only tense i lack.. i just need to study a lot still and learn a lot more verbs and words but its coming.. my comp is good but it has been a little frustrating with him though cause sometimes he thinks he knows the area better then me!! he doesnt though.. haha i got frustrated one time cause he said i was wrong and i was like heck no.. i know where things are at ive been here for three months thank you.. i really didnt say it like that though but that has only happened like twice.. it will help me develop patience though.. or i will blow up on him one time cause i dont put up with crap anymore especially from any other missionary.. this week was really good though.. we had 3 investigators at the church sunday and two for the first time.. we have a date bautismal for the 7th of august with the girl that has to get married first.. hopefully they will hurry up and get married though so we can baptize them.. almost all of our investigators need to get married cause thats just a problem here in guat.. nobody gets married.. it costs money and its more difficult to do down here then to do in the states.. we also had six less actives that we had been visiting go to church.. it was really exciting to see that and be able to help them get back on the path.. it is frustrating though cause a lot of them have problems with the bishop.. i have told some of them though that we dont go to church for the leaders.. our salvation is in our hands and if we dont go its only hurting our selves cause we arent renewing our baptismal convenants through means of the sacrament.. well i was juggling oranges the other day and this guat kid kept calling me clown in spanish.. it was pretty funny.. Well we found a new the other day and he told us his wife was in the hospital pregnant
but the baby if it was born would be premature.. he said it was a coincidence that we came and found him and prayed for his wife cause we were the first ones to do that since shes been in the hospital.. it was cool but hes a evangelica so wont progress though.. i have learned though that nothing is a coincidence.. God has his hand in all the things that happen and everything happens for a reason and in the long run for the benefit of us.. all the trials we have are for a reason and to help us out.... we also are teaching this kid in his twenties who is a rapper-reggaeton artist.. he can speak english so part of the lesson i gave last time was in english and it was hard.. i cant talk about church stuff in english or really give the lessons very well cause i always do it in spanish.. he is cool though and really wants to learn and find out if the church is true or not..he and my comp got into a stupid argument over john the beloved and i finally stepped in and told him that doesnt matter.. knowing about whether he is still living or not will not effect our salvation.. i told him to pray and that ask cause we are never gonna convince him of anything.. only through prayer will God answer him by the Holy Ghost.. Well i am doing well down here and praying for yall often.. keep praying for me though cause i need your prayers always!! I love yall a lot and thanks for being so great.. if anybody has sent me a package let me know so i can be ready to get it.. yall should get pics in the mail from me either this week or the next that elder grant sent out once he was home!! Oh yeah Elder Harmon lives in my house now and he is from logan and hna. mitchell is in my zone and shes from lewiston ut.. well got to go!
Love
Elder Hatch
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