October 4, 2010

Hey Family,Well as i though i had a change and now i am in a different zone.. atlantico and a different area Canalitos 1.. i am still in the capital technically but my area isnt like it was in colombia.. its a lot cooler here and it even gets cold.. i am only about 20 min. from my last area but i am up in the mountains and its really pretty here and green.. there are still businesses and stores and stuff but its different and there are a ton of trees and dirt-mud roads here.. i havent seen all of the area yet cause its really big and my new comp elder meza had troubles with his leg last change.. he is from honduras and i am his second trainer.. he only worked about two weeks last change so i will have to teach him a lot and we will have to find a lot of investigators and members cause he doesnt know the area too well.. itll be hard but we will do it. he is almost back to 100 percent though so we should be working at a normal pace pretty soon.. well back in colombia the last lesson i taught was with the new family that we found through a reference.. it was tight and it was awesome to see how prepared they were to recieve the gospel.. one of there best friends is a member and then they just had a new baby and they both want the best for him so they are looking to start going to church.. but they told me not just to go for the heck of it but they want to be completely dedicated to it.. they dont have any problems with the word of wisdom or anything and they are already married unlike everyone else here in guat.. it was really cool to find them and they should be baptized this change.. but wont be there. .but thats ok.. we have a few people here that we just need to teach and help them gain there own testimony and they should be able to be baptized this change.. atleast one guy and then maybe another lady too.. we will see though what else cause we havent really been able to work fully yet..two ladys cried when i left colombia.. it was sad but cool to see that i meant so much to them.. i left a bunch of pictures back there with my info on them so they can email me when they want.. our house here has two rooms and the sink is outside and it rains all the time.. its not too dirty and we are gonna clean it up somemore today after this.. we have water somedays and somedays no.. just depends on when it comes.. the first day i had to shower with a bucket and bowl of water.. it was freezing cold.. but now the shower head works so long as we have water but if not.. i heat a bucket of water on the stove and pour it in the cold water so its about luke warm.. in other words be thankful for showers and warm water.. haha just kidding but it does make me appreciate life back in the states!! well i am learning how to cook now and thats good and be more self sufficient cause there are just two of us in the house even though other missionaries live right next door.. we have 4 miss in the ward cause the area is so big.. i liked conference a lot especially Pres Uctdorfs talk sat morning about how we need to slow down our lives and get back down to the basics and the most important things in life.. i though our family could use that a lot cause we are busy bees for the most part and always like to be running around and doing stuff.. sometimes though we need to realize the most important things for ourselves and especially for our children.. we need to make time to do things as a family.. just simple things too like eating together for dinner.. having family home evening, praying together daily, and reading the scripts daily, and doing other things to strengthen our familiy bonds.. well i am doing good but need yalls prayers and thanks for the emails like always.. if anybody wants to send me a package that would be really cool!! i havent gotten one for a bit and they are super exciting to get as with just letters and pics.. well i love yall a ton and dont think i will be able to get to send pics cause this computer is stupid but ill figure it out for the next time hopefully.. i love yall a ton and pray for yall daily and thank Heavenly Father for yall and this wonderful gospel in my life!! love yallLove,Elder Son Uncle Brother T Hatch