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!