August 22, 2011

hey fam.. well here goes my email for this week.. ahh i am sooo tired.. we played soccer today on a synthetic court then played basketball.. it was fun but i am dead now.. anyway i was gonna take a pic of that but forgot.. so my comp realized last week that i am trying to help him.. i emailed to of his ex comps and told them to write him and encourage him.. he saw the email though but just the phone part.. he didnt realize that i was trying to help though and thought i just told them that i had found a phone.. i then told him that i wrote them that and told them just so that they would help him.. he then felt like a retard... and apologized.. but then he threw it in my face that night and left the house and went to the center of carcha to call somebody on a payphone.. i woke up at 4 with arrigamortis and found he wasnt there so me and elder bishop went to look for him.. we found him and then yeah.. we had interviews the next day and pres talked to him for a long time about things.. it sucked though and if i am not out of carcha next change i dont know if i can have more patience with him.. and 7 months has been sufficent for me too in carcha..
but anyway our zone conference went good and and we learned about obedience and how to up our faith and work with the members.. it was good.. also last week i went on divisions.. elder ware and i were led and found a family.. i asked if they needed help and they said yeah.. our son just tried to kill himself and yall should go talk to him!! it was crazy.. then a sister led us up into the mountains where he was.. with his vains bulging and crying and we shared a message with him.. i have never desired to have the spirit and his guidance then ever before.. at first he didnt talk so we just sang i am a child of God.. then prayed and shared scriptures with him about Chirst and our purpose in this life.. then i felt a need to have him pray at the end.. i asked him and he said no.. then i asked again and he said yes.. it was short but good.. then he opened up to us about his wife and how she left him because he drinks a lot and has been drinking for over ten years.. we helped him out though and now the elders in that area are visiting him.. it was crazy but a really cool experience..

also when i was on the division we taught a less active.. it was fun and he asked us questions.. i really have developed a love for teaching especially when people want to learn and they ask questions.. he went to church yesterday so that was cool.. well as for norma and virgilio some retard went and changed their mind about everything we had taught them.. they didnt want to listen to us.. they dont want our help with getting married... they said we were obligating them when they themselves have asked us to go by and help them with their marriage and they asked us what they needed to do to get baptized.. it was crappy.. we were going to put baptismal dates with them but our lesson turned into telling him whats up and how important it is to ask God.. i know a pastor neighbor or somebody went and brainwashed him.. it made me mad and i went off on him.. it felt good though and he said i was born catholic and i will die catholic.. then he started saying stuff about the european conquerers and how they messed with his ancestors.. then i went off on its their fault he is catholic because they obligated them to be catholic.. then he didnt think we were sincere when we had offered service.. then i went off on him again and said we dont just say that.. look at my hands.. you can see the scars of blisters i have from doing service!! anyway we put an appointment with him for yesterday in the morning before church but he left so we may never teach them again.. with rogel and dominga.. we put the baptismal dates again and he pretty much promised hed go to church then didnt go.. so yeah i am hanging in here but i got to get out next week of carcha.. i have worked my butt off and tried so many things and just havent seen that much success.. anyway ill finish my email on the next one... well so yeah.. umm 10 girls from san diego california came to church yesterday.. it was super random but they came down here to do service.. they came and talked to me and my comp.. there were some pretty cute ones.. and i didnt flirt or do anything like that but one wanted to take a pic with me and send it to her bro thats on a mission because i reminded her of him.. haha what i am really wanting to tell yall is that white girls are really pretty and i will be excited to date some when i get back..haha anyway so yesterday we went to a villiage far away from carcha to contact a reference.. thats what those pics are from.. it was fun and relaxing to go out there.. we gave out a ton of pamphlets to the qeqchis who quickly surrounded us.. it was pretty crazy and i wish yall could of seen how fast they came running over to get a free pamplet.. then a taxi driver gave us a free ride back to carcha.. anyway i am hanging in here and just trying to make it through this week.. hope all of yall are doing well.. good luck to all those that are starting school.. remember to ask yalls dads for a blessing.. it really does help and they really do hold the power of God.. love yall a ton and take care.. please continue to pray for me and my comp and our investigators.. love yall and take care,elder hatch