August 23

Hey Fam!Well i dont have much time to write but not too much has happened.. haha thanks for all the emails though and i am glad that mom you are doing better.. that is scary but i am glad you are home now.. i wish i could call you but i cant.. keep pushing forward though and know that Heavenly Father has his hands in everything and everything has a reason and its always for our own benefit and growth as a person.. we have been teaching again... i rested six days and feel better now.. haha kind of.. i still hurt a little but i am doing a little better and hopefully i will continue to get better.. i am still in the same area.. haha i will have six months here by the end of this change.. i have a new comp though.. his name is elder vasquez.. he is from huehuetenango guat.. he is the district leader here and he is really cool.. he is obedient and i am learning a lot from here.. he had been in polochic the area where they learn a different language for 13 months. but he actually started his mission here in colombia.. we have 4 lats in the house now so i am speaking even more spanish and my accent is starting to get a lot better and i am learning a lot.. my comp though has a bad knee and has to go to the doctor to get liquid taken out of it tomorrow.. its crapy but atleast somebody can be sick with me.. this last week i had the coolest experience i have had in all my mission.. one member told us that he was gonna pay for the lawyer so that one of our investigadores maria fernanda could get married.. cause that had been the problem.. she went to go get the other paper today though that she needed.. so we should baptize her this change.. that same night we found out we taught about faith and works.. it was awesome.. maybe the best lesson ive taught then my comp finished up the lesson did an example and told them somebody was gonna pay for the lawyer so they could get married and then she could get baptized after. they started to cry and i almost did too.. haha is was the happiest ive been for a while since i have been hurting.. it was awesome.. to see people so happy that you have been working with for 4 months!! i am glad to still be in the area but hopefully i will leave after this change cause 6 months is enough.. well keep praying for me and my comp so that we will have the strength and health to keep working and helping the people in our area.. we also have alot of other good investigators and one that came with us the last sunday to stake conference.. it was cool cause he speaks english and talked to Hna torres and it turned out perfect.. well i got to go! love yall a lot and thanks for everything.. ill write again next week with more stuff and hopefully some pics finally!

Love,Elder Hatch