June 20, 2011

Hey whats up!! anyway i have a lot of stuff to write this week so i will start with the list of things.. and also here are a lot of pics.. ill try to explain them at the end if i have time... ok so last week we did a lot of service.. we took the pieces of corn of the cob.. but dry corn where it hurts to knock it off.. then we also painted a little car thing where a lady sells french fries in the park.. it was fun though and the car turned out pretty cool..

i really have learned to love doing service here in carcha.. also marta and virginia and their kids are going to church and the activities and liking it a lot.. it was really cool to see how much they like it and want to go to every activity there is during the week.. also last week we taught some investigators about prophets and it was really cool.. they understood it a lot and we used examples to help them understand it.. then we talked about joseph smith and how he was a prophen like moses and adam.. they also had seen the jospeh smith movie and are going to pray about it and to know if its true..we are excited to see if they did it and how there answer was..
one of the elders has a step counter and so i used in the other day.. we walked 11,000 steps in just 7 hours.. thats a lot and its a lie that you get used to areas.. every week here i am more and more tired.. but its definately worth it.. we had on friday the fathers day activity.
it was really good and we had 9 investigators go and three families.. it was really exciting and there were acts performed and activities done. they all loved it and felt like a part of the ward.. also we sang cuando ensene a sus hijos.. it was terrible we didnt practice but they still wanted us to sing..

on sat we had service again where we moved dirt and we did it for three hours in the burning sun.. i got toasted then in the afternoon all of our appointments fell.. it was a special day but at the end it was all worth it because we had an appointment with rogel and dominga.. we got the copies of papers to start looking for there papers so that they can get married.. also we put baptismal dates with them for the 16th of next month.. they are excited to get married and baptized too.. rogel wants to get married in the church and invite a lot of people.. i am really exciting to see how it goes and to see if we can get thorugh the paper work fast.. please pray for the them..the lesson we had too with them was really cool.. we talked about how they are taking steps to more blessings and to get eternal life.. they understood it and could feel the spirit.. it made that super tiring day worth it.. and after that we pushed a car about 400 yards and up a hill because it died..
we also left that day in boots so we were beat sat night but it was a good day even though we only had one lesson and walked a ton.. also in church yesterday we had 12 investigators again!! it was awesome and once again they stayed all three hours..

also we had the highest attendance we have had in a long time.. 117!! it was cool and we field the sacrament room and there werent seats left.. also a lot of our investigators have been telling others who have told us that they are mormons now.. a lot have gone twice but now they just show up on there own and we dont have to go and get them and bring them to church.. things are really started to turn around now.. umm also hatch in qeqchi means bite or the intestine of a chicken.. so the other day when we went contacting in a villiage i said i was elder hatch and about 20 qeqchis busting out laughing at me.. it was funny.. an this week we are shining shoes again in the park and having the movie night.. hopefuly things go well and the assistantes are doing divisions with us..

anyway my time is up.. but i love yall a ton.. enjoy the summer but make time to read the scriptures and especially the book of mormon and do the little things so that your testimonies grow and always remember to open your mouths and share what you know to be true with the people yall come in contact with take care and email me back when yall have time.. thanks for the prayers and this week please also remember juan and maria in yall prayers.. love yall
elder hatch