April 18, 2011

Dear Family,
Alright so the other pics are from today.. we went to try and find a queztal.. the national bird here. .we didnt find one though... then we went to a cave.. it was fun and yeah here are some pics of it.. we woke up though at 4 this morning so i am super tired.. and last night i slept on a bed without a pillow or sheets.. it was terrible but funny.. i used my church pants as a pillow and half way through the night i put my jeans on over my shorts cause it was freezing cold.. we slept in the zls house then i used my jersey as a blanket and stuck my arms in my shirt.. it was ridicuously cold.. then in the morning i figured out there was another blanket i could of used but didnt see.. anyway long story short it wasnt fun but i learned from that experience.. umm so last week we had interviews with president torres.. they went good but he asked us why we havent had baptism yet in carcha this year cause theres 4 elders and we are in april.. i really dont let that stuff bother me though cause we arent baptizing numbers and we arent just gonna through people in the water if there not ready... but he also thanked me for the work i do and said it was a blessing to have me in the mission so it was good.. then the next day we had zone conference.. it was really good and different then the other ones ive had before.. i feel like i really learned stuff and saw a lot of areas where i can improve as a missionary.. also one of the lessons we had last week was really cool.. a poor family in our ward just had a baby and we went and taught them about temples and the importance of families.. the spirit was felt and the brother thanked us for the visit.. he and his wife have two boys now and not much money at all.. the mom doesnt know spanish and the dad doesnt have an education.. its just cool to see though that money doesnt bring happiness.. its by the Gospel and our obedience we have have peace and joy if we do the will of our Heavenly Father like Jesus did.. i finished d and c last week.. that was good and it was interesting to learn more about the restauration of the gospel and about the early saints in the last dispensation.. also last week we did divisions in tanchi.. i didnt say anything during the lessons cause it is a qeqchi area.. haha it was fun though and i just said some small frases that i know like thanks good bye how are you and stuff like that.. i saw brians friend last week.. he is from san diego calif and i guess brian you talked to him and he had seen my blog or read my emails.. it was cool to talk to him and their business is in my area.. they are doing work down here and trying to help out the people.. he took a pic with me and was gonna send it to yall but maybe yall need to remind him.. umm myra and her kids and niece went to church yesterday! that was super exciting and they liked it but only stayed for the first hour.. the kids will really like it though when they can stay for primary and when myra can go to relief society.. we are working hard though and even though we havent seen baptisms we have investigators who are geting more and more interested and they are finally coming to church.. also myras neighbor is a member and always invites her to everything and she has another good friend whose a member who came with them to church yesterday.. that support is nice and will help us and her out.. anyway thanks always though for the blessings and we are trying to get all of our investigators a testimony of the book of mormon and theyve all already felt the spirit with us and like our visits.. its not that hard but they just have to put there time in to get an answer.. please pray for them though.. also we are in the last week of this change. the time is going by fast! next monday ill know about changes and tell yall.. also have a happy easter and always remember the true meaning of easter.. this week down here will be interesting with all the catholics and its the holy week where they carry around Jesus and crosses and other crazy stuff.. we are gonna do an activity this week though and maybe sing and hand out pamphlets cause a lot of people will be out of there houses and traveling.. well thanks for everything and im praying for yall too.. hope everyone is well and send me pics of what yall do for easter and get ready to talk to me in about 3 weeks i think..
Love yall and take care!
Elder Hatch