Pictures from January 2010

January 31, 2010

Hey family!so we are gonna get changes any second now i think and i cant handle this.. i want to know if i am staying or not.. i want to stay in my area one more change with my comp then leave the cap.. but i am scared that i am gonna be leaving.. anyway if i hear during this email session ill let yall know.. anyway.. i am gonna follow my list again..
so the pic i sent is a special guy in my area who we play football with sometimes and shoot hoops with.. he is always happy and working.. we make a point to always say hi to him and play with him.. he is funny and so here is a pic of him with us.. also there are some other special people in our area who we always talk to.. they are cool though and we always say hi to them and talk to them and make them happy.. before the mission i was kind of scared or weirded out by them but now i like them and think is cool and nice talking to them and making there day.. also steph about the summer of 2012 i do want to come back then and stay in a condo if i could.. i have thought about it and i wouldnt be able to do it at the end of my mission and if i was realeased itd be a lot better and i could swim and do normal stuff..
also the other day 4 kids saw us outside and said haga un truco.. so i got my balls and juggled.. and i told my comp to do a trick too and rope the kids.. they thought it was cool then we threw the football with them.. they had never seen one before.. they thought it was cool then we told them we had to go..they wanted to know when they could come back.. the kids here are fun to play with and tease and they all love us a lot cause we pay attention to them and joke around with them..

we had a baptism on sat!! sandy was baptized and then confirmed sunday.. it was cool and nice to be able help somebody else enter into a convenant with our Heaveanly Father.. she has wanted to be baptized for a while and finally got to do it.. she is cool and is gonna need support from the ward but if they help her she should be good and active and grow a lot spiritually and be a better mom for her daughter..

also in the photo there is luis and his sister who should be baptized next change if everything goes well with that.. she is cool too and her and luis are gonna be good members and like the actives and ym and yws groups too!! we also have found a lot of new people that could be good possibilities.. and some of them have even gone to church before.. it would be nice to have one more change and see if we could get them going again and baptize them..
anyway also there is my tye dye shirt pic.. i wanted a cooler one but i am in the capital still so do have any super cool places ive visited yet.. umm i got glasses and they are cool but i havent taken pics with them on yet so i cant send yall any.. so thats about it.. more then anything right now i want to know changes but if i get them in the next 15 min.. i can still tell yall.. well i love yall a ton and take care.. remember the convenants weve made with Heavenly Father through baptism and for those whove entered the temple yalls endowments.. they are really important and sacred and we need to keep our part so we are blessed spiritually and temporally here in this life and so we can reach exaltation so we can live together forever in the presence of our Heavenly Father and our older brother Jesus Christ!! love yall and be good!Elder Hatch

January 24, 2010

Dear Fam.Alright so this week i am writing again to everyone first then i will respond to yalls emails.. soo this last week went really good but i will tell yall about that in a sec..

i am just gonna go down the list i had of things to write yall.. so i was wondering what the recipe was to do frito pie cause i think i could do that down here if i can just get ahold of some fritos.. so if somebody wants to send me that itd be cool and also how to do no bake cookies.. thanks.. umm mom and dad also i sent a package to yall last week that you should get with your christmas card and a bunch of keychains in it to give to all the nieces and nephews and there are some for yall too and cody.. umm about carmen and rosa or luis' sister and mom.. we have put a baptismal date with the sister and she should get baptized next month but the mom still doesnt want to do it.. she says she is just going to support her kids.. that wasnt the response we were hoping for obviously but maybe with time she will come around.. she still listens to us and likes us and comes to church so i bet with time shell do it with the support of luis and carmen.. they are a really cool fam though and luis is tight and did splits with us yesterday and is super active in the youth activies and church.. also sandy should be getting baptized this saturday.. she has some difficulties with coffee but we bought her some morcafe or a coffee that we can drink cause its of cereals and approved by the chruch.. we are passing by everynight with her though and if things go well this saturday shell get baptized and sunday confirmed.. she got her answer that the church is true but we are gonna have her pray again so she has a stronger testimony and knows that is really what she wants and prepared for the responsibily.. also luis the other day i talked about idols and how today computers or facebook and cell phones and worldy stuff can be idols too.. not like we worship that stuff but in a way we do.. he said he was gonna stop facebooking now cause when he goes on a mission he wont have to let that go.. he is legit and really strong in the church.. probably the best convert i have had..
elder ballard came and talked to us last week.. it was awesome.. he talked about how we need to be better gospel teachers.. how we need to know our stuff forwards and backwards.. it was really neat seeing a Apostle in person and i could really feel the spirit and know he was an Apostle called from God.. i realized some things too that i could change to be a better missionary.. also he is a funny guy and had us laughing too.. i got fleas the other day from a car we had to ride in to get home.. it wasnt pleasant but i dont have them anymore.. umm mom and dad i got your birthday letter.. thanks for that! umm an old lady the other day after i said buenas tardes to her she said buenas tardes hermanitos guapos.. or handsome little men.. most of the women like us down her.. its ridiculous even if they are old they stare at us!!! but what can i say.. haha just kidding.. i ripped one of my shirts the other day walking by a barb wired fence.. i also gave three back to school blessings the other day.. i was worried about it when the lady asked me.. but they all came out really well and i knew that it wasnt my blessing but a blessing given by God to me through the Holy Ghost.. umm also all the kids love us here.. as you can see in the pics and maybe some other ones ill send..

we mess with them and the other day we got mugged by about 10 who grabbed on to our backpacks and legs and wouldnt let us go.. we literally had to run away from them.. and so that was about my week.. we had success.. 30 lessons 9 news. and 94 contacts.. the numbers arent really important but more then anything sandy and carmen are doing good and progressing towards there baptisms and we found some good news too.. anyway i love yall a ton and thanks always for the support yall give me.. take care and maybe ill send more pics if i have time!!Love,Elder Hatchoh yeah i can spin things on my finger now.. you learn stuff like that when you have to walk around with a book in your hand all day and the other pic is of us and a part members families kids..

January 24, 2010

hey just some more pics.. me and luis' niece and some cool funny old guys in our ward that burp a lot one.. one has a ridiculous memory and the other one is funny too..
alot of the little kids know my name and then my dying shoes too.. well take care and sean thanks for the pics!Love yall,Elder Tyler Hatch

January 17, 2010

Hey yall,well last week went pretty good down here in guat.. we didnt put baptismal dates with luis' mom and sister yet but we are gonna do that tonight.. the mom was waiting to pray still last time we talked to her though cause she wants to do in when its quiet and not a lot of loudness and people in her house.. i hope she has done it though.. the sister though has though and wants to get baptized... it will just depend on the mom now to whether we can do it this change or not.. we have been passing by though with them though almost every other night.. sandy is also still getting prepared and hopefully everything will go through with her on the 29th of this month.. anyway also luis blessed the sacrament yesterday and that was tight.. that kid is legit.. probably the coolest baptism i have had yet.. he want to go on splits with us next sunday and he also helps out alot in the lessons with sandy carmen and rosa.. he will be a good missionary if he stays strong and also if his mom and sister get baptized and support him! anyway we dont have too many other investigators besides them and we are still working hard with the less actives or inactives and having success with them.. umm just some other things that we did.. we brought back practically the whole guatemalan distribuition center for some members in our ward.. i have pics but i wont be able to send them.. like 15 hymn books 5 bibles 5 triples and other stuff.. you should of seen how much we had to carry.. its just cause they dont have money or time to go there often.. it was a ton of stuff though and ill send the pic sometime.. also i gave the district meeting last week and the class in elders quorom.. they both went well.. umm in the mission the goal is to baptize familes and if you cant do that preiesthood holders are good too.. but all we get is girls!! so keep praying that we will find families so we can baptize some preisthood holders.. also we go and play pig or around the world now in the mornings in the park.. its pretty fun and my shot is back on again and i win most of the time!! haha ummm.. we also had a good FHE the other night with 4 investigators.. the girls and mynor.. we watched the restauration and then had tostadas and 7up.. it went pretty good and its really good for the investigators to get a visual of the first vision.. umm i ate onions that night on my tostada that were raw..they were crunchy and sick.. but i got them down.. i am getting a lot better.. be proud.. haha umm also some kids i was teach that moved back to a different part of guat but one is supposedly gonna get baptized so that was cool cause i taught her practically all the lessons in canalitos.. umm also all the members like me.. and the investigators too.. not to brag but for my birthday some members who dont have money to buy stuff bought be a tie and shirt.. and they dont even live in my part of canalitos.. also one guy of the high council from our ward his wife had a baby the other day and he texted us.. on our giant phone and a said ya nacio eva.. or my daughter was born.. its cool have the support of everybody but they dont ever give me dang references.. give references yall.. they help out a TON!!! umm also steph thanks for the bop it game.. its cool and ive played it alot.. also i got a package from gma hatch.. tell her thanks please!! well i love yall a ton and keep pressing forward with all the things yall do..especially in the church.. magnify your callings and remember to do the small and simple things like reading the scriptures and praying.. and also do the fhes every monday and yall will be blessed.. i love yall a lot and sean shayne and joc.. let me know when yall send out those packages so i will be expecting them and can let yall know when they get here.. love yall and take care!Elder Hatch

January 11, 2010

Familia!Alright so this week i am gonna write the huge email first then respond to everybody elses emails.. so last fast sunday we fasted so we could find new good investigators and last week we did.. it was awesome.. we have put a baptismal date with an 18 year old named sandy.. her family are members but all inactive but she never got baptized.. she was recieving the elders probably a couple years ago and was gonna get baptized but couldnt do it cause she moved all of a sudden.. but the other night we were teaching her brother and she came in and told us she wanted to be baptized.. she is married and has a 3 year old girl and yeah thats guat for ya.. but her husband is gone and they might be seperated.. she is really accepting though and came to all three hours of church last sunday and liked it a lot.. so we are teaching her really often and preparing her for a baptism the 29th of this month!!

it was crazy and really awesome.. me and my comp were caught completely off guard but now we are working so she can learn and have a good testimony before she gets baptized.. ummm also luis' family is accepting us too.. last night we had one of the coolest lessons ever.. we taught about the restauration of the church of Jesus Christ and then my comp did really well with joseph smith then i explained the holy ghost and in galatians where it talks about the fruits of the spirit.. then i asked her if (the mom cause the sister wasnt there) if she would pray last night to know if its true and she said yeah.. then i was like so do you understand what you will feel if it is and she understood it perfect.. then she said that her daughter wants to get baptized too and then she said how she always feels so good when we come and teach her in her house.. it was the coolest thing EVER!! the spirit was strong and i cant explain how happy we were after leaving that lesson.. i have probably only been so excited a couple times in my life like that!! so we should put a baptismal date with the daughter carmen and the mom rosa this week.. we are gonna do a fhe that should help them too.. its awesome though and neat to see the changes in there lives as we teach them.. so all of them too have recieved good support from the ward and like going to church.. also last sunday we had 11 less actives come with whom we have been working with.. it was really tight to see that our work is paying off!! anyway apart from all that cool stuff there isnt too many other things.. a family gave us a little christmas present to us and so we gave them good and some other stuff we bought for them and it was really cool and i feel like they have a lot more confidence in us now and feel special..

also luis recieved the preisthood last week and is awesome.. he will bless the sacrament next week and helps us out a lot with his mom and sister.. he shared his testimony last night to his mom and it touched her.. then he challenged her to pray and find out for herself!! he is pilas as we say here in guatemala.. umm i need to know mom and dad how much money i have on my card please..
umm also for my bday i had cheesecake that a member bought me and bbq chicken that we did after district meeting.. it was really good and have pics but the computer is being a retard again.. but yeah we are working really hard with the investigatos that should get baptized this month hopefully and the less actives.. i am doing really good and have 11 months now.. anyway i have to go write yall some small emails but i love yall a ton and pray for my investigators please!!

and me and i am praying for yall too.. share the gospel with someone and i promise yall will feel a great joy and happiness to know your helping bring someone to christ and are changing there lives!! love yall and thanks for everything!!Elder Hatchps i got the pics to work.. they are of me and my cake.. me and luis and his family.. me and my comp roping.. he is a cowboy by the way and yeah.. ttyall next week!

December 27, 2010

Hey Family,So it was good to talk to yall on saturday and i am glad to hear that everybody is doing well.. it sounds like there was a party though in Texas so i am hoping in 2012 we can have another one of those parties so i dont have a whole lot to say today.. umm the most exciting thing is that saturday we were headed home after visiting some members and we found luis in the street headed home and we talked to him for a second and then when were were leaving he kept saying uno.. and was like one what.. and he said he had made up his mind and that he does want to get baptized this next saturday.. and then yesterday again he said that he wanted to.. its awesome cause i have been here and taught him and ton of stuff and he is a cool good kid..he also has kept the commitments we always leave with him and isnt into any of the crap that kids are doing these days like drugs drinking or stuff like that..

i am gonna see if my comp can baptize him though cause thats what my dad or trainer did for me and i think itd be really cool for him to be able to do it.. please though pray for him that he can continue to grow in his testimony and that his family will follow him.. he was really prepared from the start but its been really neat to see him accept everthing and just take it in so quick.. well not that quick cause we have been teaching him for two months now but anyway its really cool and i am excited for this next saturday..

but yeah yall know i am training now and so that is going good and its fun and helping me getting better with spanish too cause i am pretty much the only one that talks.. also yesterday i led the hymns in sacrament meeting and i had to sing a little bit to give the tone or melody of the hymn.. it was kind of embarassing but i did it.. "theres no different between singing and talking you just move your voice up and down.. I AM IN A STORE AND I AM SINGING!!!" and yes i missed elf this year and also i am missing basketball pretty bad too.. and yall of course but not too bad.. haha umm so thats about it... i am just gonna send some pics though!! love yall and pray for me and my comp but mostly for Luis and the other investigators we have.. i am praying for yall too and as we approach the new year lets all find little things that we can improve on.. we all have something to get better at.. lets make an extra effort this year to follow the example of Jesus Christ! i know He was born here and died but will come again.. we need to remember Him always and the sacrifice He did for us.. Also we need to prepare ourselves for the second coming.. we dont know when it is but its getting close.. make sure to pray daily and read the scriptures.. if we do those things and go to church we will be on the path to eternal life!! i love yall and i am happy to be a member of this church cause this is the only way we can be an eternal family!! do your part and be strong.. love yall and happy new year!! enjoy the pics.. one is with a byuer.. :P me and my comp..

me on christmas morning.. and i dont know what else.. love yall and take care and be safe!!!Love,Elder Tyler Hatch..

December 20, 2010

Hey family!!!Hope everybody is doing well and getting ready for Christmas this saturday.. i was gonna send pics to yall this week cause last week it didnt work but.. i let some members borrow my camera, but dont worry they are not gonna still it like that guy did in colombia.. anyway we had a christmas activity in the mission a few weeks ago with all of the missionaries in the capital.. it was pretty cool and we got chicken cordon bleu or however you spell it.. also we sang christmas songs and the president and his wife gave some little gifts.. it was cool and i have some pics but maybe i will do that next week when there is nothing else to talk about in my email really.. so about talking i will call you.. mom sometime this week and let you know when and what my number is then you can pass it to the family and we will do it like we did for mothers day.. also today we had changes again and i dont have a comp.. cause i will get him tomorrow cause i am training!!! there are 7news coming in this change and i get to train one of them!! itll be a lot of fun.. i will go to the temple tomorrow at 7 in the morning then i will have a training thing with the aps.. lunch with the news and then president will give us our comps and we will go work!! itll be really cool.. and yeah i hope i get a white guy cause i know whats its like being new in the mission and with the new culture and language... but we will see tomorrow and yall will find out on saturday.. anyway i also have some bad news.. elder meza went come cause of his bad leg.. thats really sad cause he really wanted to be here but his health just wouldnt let him.. also i was wondering if chelsey or kylee know a scott richins.. he is new in the mission and went to logan high.. supposedly he is friends with the brother of one of chleseys good friends and he graduated in 09.. i talked to him today and sat by him in changes.. umm also last week was freezing cold.. one night i slept in pajamas shorts socks a long sleeve shirt and a jacket.. it was terrible and i am gonna die when i go back to texas!!.. but now its warmer again.. i have been sporting my sweater a lot though and bought some gloves.. and our house the other day at 11 inthe morning was 59 degrees.. it was ridiculous and our house is crappy and always cold.. anyway on to other things. luis has been to church 7 times now and is still do really good.. he is gonna get baptized new years day and he wants me to do it.. thatll be really cool and i gave him two ties yesterday so he could come to church next week in a white shirt and tie.. also i gave another investigator kid two ties.. he and his sister are here visiting but have recieved all the lessons.. they just cant get baptized though until the go back home... the other day i tried to make taquitos like i always got from whataburger.. they werent as good.. haha umm.. also the other day we asked a lady who she had faith in and she showed us her virgen mary.. it was decorated with a bunch a crap and told us that since in dangerous she always has faith in her and she is protected.. what apostasy!!! and yeah its crappy.. reciently 4 investigators in total have been lost because there pastor has told them that they shouldnt talk to us.. dang pastores!! also reciently all the dogs have tried to attack us.. i dont think any of yall can imagine how many dumb dogs are here.. they are everywhere in the streets and they always try to attack us now for some reason.. if you act like you are gonna through a rock at them though they leave you alone though but one of these days i think i am gonna get bite.. also last monday we went bowling and ate at chilis cause we had special permission.. it was fun and it felt like i was in the states for a couple hours.. but i am not and i am in guatemala.. haha but thats ok i am adjusted here now and nothing really surprizes me anymore.. last week we had some rough days.. all of our appointments fell and we walked a ton.. we made in through though and in all had a good week with still over 20 lessons.. also i always have been trying to serve more reciently and the other day i carried a gas tank for somebody and we tried to take out a tree trunk the other day.. it wouldnt come out.. and i had got a blister that hurt like crazy.. also in the act of swing the axe one time i let go with one hand and hit myself in the ankle.. i only bled a little bit and it was another one of those use your head for something other then carrying hair moments.. also we talked with hermano alonzo last night and we cleared up a lot of his doubts.. if we can just get him to read the book of mormon and know its true we should get him to church and baptize his family.. also we have another family that we are working with and seem to be interested too!! so the work is going good and i am exciting to train.. it will be a good learning experience for me and it will help me grow a lot.. well i love yall a ton and we will talk on saturday!! woohoo take care and feliz navidad!!Love,Elder Hatch

December 13, 2010

Dear Family,Well if i didnt get everybodys name in the to spot please forward this email to them.. so i am sending out a letter and pics to all the siblings, mom and dad, and the grandparents so hopefully everybody should be getting a letter and pics with in the next few weeks.. let me know though when you get them please.. also i want to know jacquis address and sean and kellye yours too.. so after emailng yall last week we went home in a bus.. or maybe i should say out of the bus.. we were completely outside of the bus besides our hands and feet.. it was killer though and i thought my arms were gonna give out and i was gonna fall and give run over but i didnt.. haha mom i didnt come close to falling but it was pretty scary and tiring.. i did though manage to whip out my camera though and take a pic of me and my comp.. its a little blurry though.. also last week we had devil burning day.. where everyone here in guat burns a devil or trash in the street.. we bought a devil though and had a member burn it though cause we arent allowed to.. it was cool though and here is a pic of me and the member and our investigator luis who told us that his mom is fine with him getting baptized!!! woohooo.. and he went to church last week so he only needs to go one more time and he can get baptized the first of january!!! also this last week we worked really good and had a ton of lessons.. we had 27 lessons and 9 news.. i doubt that any of the news will really progress but maybe the husband of the family alonzo will.. we finally got to talk to him last night and he had doubts about other churches and so if we can get him interested maybe we could bapitzed that family next change.. i love them.. the kids are so cute and they are fun to teach.. the kids saw our fam pic last week and were fascinated by it and so many white people.. i also printed off the pic of us and the chicken and gave it to them.. they liked it a lot.. well the computer went crazy on me and i have to go.. cause the pics got messed up.. i will send some more though next week and we will be talking in less then two weeks!!! wooooo.. umm but yeah i have 10 months and the work is going really well.. umm i have some other stuff to say but no time.. love yall and keep pressing forward and sharing the real meaning of christmas with the people you come in contact with.. well love yallElder Tyler Hatch

December 6, 2010

Hey!If i didnt get everyones email addresses in please forward this to others! first of all this last tuesday we had 33 emergency changes in the mission.. a lot of the elders had been abusing the telephones and talking to late and to women or girls and so a tooooon of elders got introuble and lowered down to junior comp.. unforntunately my comp elder duran got an e change but not because he was introuble just cause he did.. it was crappy and i didnt want a new comp.. he got sent out of the zone and i got one of the people that were the guilty ones in the echanges.. his name is elder calero and he is from managua nicaragua.. he is obedient with me but was district leader at one point then got introuble and dropped to junior comp then raised the first three weeks of this change then dropped again.. i knew him from when we were both in the alameda zone but its crappy being with somebody that has 20 months almost and is junior comp.. i mean we work good together but he has gotta be disanimated after being dropped down to junior comp.. but whatever.. two weeks from know we will have changes again and hopefully we arent together again..

umm on to other stuff.. all of the kids that are in our ward call me elder hatchuu!! or elder estornudo or in english elder sneeze.. they think its pretty funny cause in spanish if you say the a right our name sounds more like hutch.. also i am pretty good at making spaghetti now.. i made it this week and it turned out pretty well.. speaking of.. also i made rainbow chip cake this week too and it turned out good.. in the MICROWAVE!! haha you just do the mix as normal and then put it in for 6 min and it comes out pretty good.. as you can see in the pic i sent.. also of a cat sleeping on a dog we found.. umm also we passed all last week without water.. it was pretty fun let me tell yall.. with out water to shower wash dishes or to flush the dang toilet!! it was terrible.. it actually was pretty bad and i was kind of sad when saturday came around cause i couldnt even shower or shave or wash dishes to eat.. and the bathroom stunk cause i couldnt flush the dang toilet.. but finally it came back.. and also that sat we found two new investigators that seem pretty receptive.. they are both guys between the ages of 16-30 and we have appts to go back and visit them this week.. also i got packages this week.. from mom and dad steph and sherrie.. i opened them all but i am trying not to dig into them too far until christmas.. thanks alot for everything though and i have put up the christmas tree and all the cool ornaments yall sent me.. umm we also are having success me and calero.. we had a lot of lessons last week and he is a good teacher and can help me be a more effective teacher and use the scriptures better.. umm this sac meeting yester day was awesome.. all the youth went to efy the one time they can every four years and shared their testimonies.. the spirit was super strong and a lot of them cried... it was tight to see them share their testimonies and yeah.. well also the christmas devotional was good last night and luis went to it.. he should get baptized ont he 1st of next year if everything goes well.. well i am out of time but i love yall a ton and thanks for everything and all the support yall always give me.. hope all is well and keep strong in the faith and remembe the true meaning of CHIRSTMAS!!LOVE,eLDER HATCH

November 29, 2010

Hey!Well if somebody didnt get this email pleae forward it to them.. here are some pics that i wanted to send last week but wasnt able too.. this week i have more time to write then some of the past weeks but some times i am super rushed so if there i s a questioned about what i said or a foto i sent just ask me.. so here are a pics of me and some cow heads.. making pupusas.. and some other ones of me and my comp then me in a house of one of our investigators... mom remember when i used to melt marshmallows in the microwave.. well we bought marshmallows this week and i did it again and taught my comp and he thought it was pretty funny.. also this week i found a bunch of white people playing in the park by my house.. they were kids from the state on a mission trip.. they were plaing basketball in the park and a ton of people were watching them and then they had a concert thing.. it made me mad though cause first of all they couldnt play ball at all.. then they are down here in my area on there mission trip where all they do is come down and do service one day then go and visit and tour crap.. they dont know what a mission is.. anyway theyre intentions are good but its not helping.. umm jenn i got you packaged this week and already put up the nativity scene.. thanks for that and it smells really good like cedar.. i gave my comp the cd but havent opened mine yet cause i want to wait till christmas.. haha remember when pepper hugged my leg.. well i dog did that to my comps leg this week when we were in some members house.. it was funny.

also we saw a cat sleeping ontop of a dog.. i will see if i can send that pic to yall too... also this week i rode in the back of a bus.. but not in it.. with the back door open and holding onto the inside of it but other then my hands i was hanging out.. it was pretty intense.. the buses here are crazy but supposedly they are changing so they will be a lot more safer faster and not soooo packed!!.. thanksgiving was gonna be good for us last week cause we had two meals lined up but they both fell.. we ended up going to mcdonalds and that was good and i bought cheesecake.. but it definately didnt compare to moms good ole thanksgiving cooking.... the family who was in the pic with me last week is the fam alonzo..they are doing good and read in the book of mormon and understood a ton.. first of all its rare when somebody reads it and second of all they understood it well and had a lot of questions.. it was awesome.. pray for them please and that they can go to church this week and that we can talk to the dad!! thanks.. this last week also we had stake conference.. elder falabela of the 70 spoke to us and elder cordon of the 70 but i dont know what quroum.. or however you spell it.. it was good we had 3 investigators go and he talked about how in our lives we are climbing stairs.. we always need to be climbing up the staircase.. getting beter little by little.. and if we arent going up we are going down.. but we do fall occasionally but with Christ and His Atonement we can always get back up and go again.. and i knows thats true cause i have fallen in my life and have gotten back up and only through Christ and repentance we can be made whole and happy again.. and He can give us the strength to get up and press forward always!! we also taught the plan of salvation alot this last week... its cool how perfect the plan is how everybody will have the chance to accept or reject the gospel and we just need to do our part here in the earth and we can reach exaltation.. luis is 16 and he could get baptized within a couple weeks we just need to talk to him.. the fam toledo are still being difficult and havent gone to church yet but we are working with them on that.. my cole haan shoes are ripping on the sole..so thats great.. haha umm also i have a had a cold but i feel i am finally getting better so thats good and i dont feel like my head is gonna explode.. we are still enlarging our teaching pool little by little so thats good and making the work go smoother.. the ward here is really good and everybody likes me.. haha not to brag but we took a bus to stake conference and a lot of the kids know my name and a lot of the adults like talking to me instead of some of the other missionarier here in canalitos.. it makes me feel good though cause i always try to have a smile on my face and always try to serve them or help them.. well thats about all i have this week..

i love yall and ton and thanks for your support and i everything.. well there is one more thing.. last night i was a retard and almost slipped in dog crap.. then i walked by a dog and jokingly yelled at it and put my hand over its head saying that he was the reason i almost fell.. then he bit my hand.. it was dog outside and it was dark so i didnt see it coming.. it didnt brake the skin though so i am not too concerned.. haha once again as dad would say.. lets use our head for something other then carrying hair!!haha love yall,elder Hatch

November 22, 2010

Hey whats up!!Well here are some pics.. i dont have time to enjoy all of them but one of them i am in a marroon shirt i have a funny look on my face cause bats were flying around in the caves and i was scared.. well i am gonna go through things fast today cause i dont have too much time.. but not last sunday as in yesterday but the other one we had 7 less actives come to church.. our attendence went up 27 people that sunday.. it was pretty cool cause a lot of the less actives that we were working with were able to come that sunday.. things are going good in canalitos..

we are having success and finding new people little by little.. one of the pics is a truck that had a bunch of cow parts in the back of it.. it was pretty nasty but all the people thought it was funny that i took a pic with the heads and other crap that was back there.. it was pretty nasty though.. we gave service too and we caught a big lot of brush and bambu and stuff like that.. with mashettis.. it was pretty fun but super tiring.. all the service we do here it pretty tiring for service.. it was pretty cool though cause we cut a ton but i got two blisters on my hands.. if i have time ill send a pic of that too.. we also made pupusas they were pretty good.. they are like tortilla things with cheese in them.. also my comps family is gonna move to the states.. so he is actually back home right now doing stuff with the us embassy and getting interviewed.. but yeah he will be back tonight and had permissoin to home.. that would be hard though and i am glad thats not me.. also this last week i ate this weird fruit that was all slimmy inside and with seeds and then this octopus looking vegetable.. both of the things scared me but they werent too bad.. also i ripped a whole in the crotch of my jeans.. it was funny cause i was being a tard and walked over a metal pole and they got caught ripped and cut me.. also this last week we did a fast for one of our investigadors melanie.. she knows the church is true she is just is scared.. we are still working with her though and she is progressing still and going to church.. i just hope the spirt touches her and she knows that its something she needs to do now and not wait until next year.. but just pray for her please cause shes ready and also the fam toledo and mynor and luis.. the four of them have a baptismal date for the next year the new years day actually but they need to all strenthen their testimonies and go to church a little more..
and mom if you already sent me a backpack dont worry about it but if it has little mesh pockets where i could put a drink thatd be nice.. umm 6 of the people of the people i found in my first area colombia are gonna be getting baptized.. so thats cool umm and mom i need to know the money i have on my card next week please!! thanks.. umm also i caught a snake in my house last night.. umm also this lady called me canchito lindo yesterday which is like white beautiful.. haha she was super old and was missing half her teeth. haha ohhh guatemala.. haha but i got to go..

i love yall a ton and thanks for everything.. keep pressing forward in the church and learning more.. this is the only place we can find peace and happiness through Jesus Christ and his restored church.. love yall and happy thanksgiving..Elder