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