October 3, 2011

Dear family,well i am in the capital again because tomorrow we have our meeting as zone leaders with pres and the assistants.. we left today at 2 o clock from coban and got here at six.. i am really tired but excited because after this i am going to go visit people in canalitos!! like luis and other members there so thatll be a lot of fun.. so here goes my list.. this last week was crazy.. we had 3 training sessions with the assistants and president in coban with each one of the three districs we are over.. each session lasted about 4 hours and we gave a 30 min part in each one of the sessions.. so pretty much on tues and weds we didnt work.. we were just in the church helping out with that and then we were also interviewed by president.. it went well though just tiring sitting there for a total of 12 hours.. it was fun teaching our part though about leaving commitments with people and then promising blessings .. i think we did a good job and each time we did it we got better.. we also learned about obedience the importance of companionship study finding new investigators and other stuff.. it was really good and with the part we taught and obviously studied it has helped us out a lot..the commitments we leave now are a lot more straight forward.. then we promise blessings, then share testimony and then the next time verify to see if they completed what we asked them to do.. i know that as we focus on that we will have more success and our investigators will progress faster.. so on tues night i went on a division with on the assistants.. we taught a reference that a sister gave us.. it went well but she kept trying to teach the plan of salvation while we were just trying to get to know them and follow the spirit and teach to their needs.. i have never been in such a stressful lesson.. trying not to offend the member but at the same time trying to teach the couple what they needed to hear.. i dont know how we did it but it turned out well..they said after that they were interested and are going to read the bom and pray to know if its true.. it was pretty crazy but we felt the spirit at the end and all was good.. i really saw with that the importance of following the spirit and using members only after you have prepared them so that they help with the lesson and dont destroy it! we have another lesson with them on weds night..there names are vilma and nelson..we spent thurs and fri just inviting pepole to the conference... it was good and we ended up having 6 investigators attent.. they liked it and felt the spirit.. bro cucoy went with his oldest boys and they all learned something.. this week we are going to have some really important appts with them where we have to be really straight forward so they can feel the spirit and know we arent just their by chance.. please pray for them to see and feel the difference! then sat and sunday we had conference so we only worked like 3 full days last week.. it was a pretty crazy and tiring week.. but fun and good at the same time.. i loved conference and was able to learn a lot.. i really liked how they focused on the book of mormon a lot and how it is the cornerstone of our religion.. i am trying to read it one more time before i come home.. i liked the examples with the circles and how with the bible and the bom all the doctrines are cleared up and understandable so we dont have a doubt of what we should do here on this earth.. i also like the talk about decisions and how we only have two eternal decisions.. to follow Christ or not.. we cant be in zion with one foot and in babylonia(??) with the other.. also the talk about prayer and how God answers even the smallest prayer to find 25 cents to eat some fried chicken.. haha and as always Pres uchtdorfs talk was good and it was cool that he was in texas for a bit.. then Pres monson was really good and direct in his talks and funny at the same time.. also i liked the talk about time and how we need to prepare ourselves to meet God and that we should and must use our time wisely because we will have to give a report to God on judgement day on how we used the time that He gave us in this life to progress..anyway we missed Elder Hollands preisthood talk so if somebody could get that and email it to me id be happy.. well thats pretty much about it.. this change has gone by super fast and next sunday we will know about changes.. the time is going by so fast.. i am having fun though and learning a lot.. and really trying to become a better missionary, son of God, and leader.. its hard and tiring but i know i can still do better and bring more souls to Christ.. please pray for he familly tercero this week so that they can come to church and that we can help brandon learn the lessons and get baptized this month.. also pray that we can find new families to teach.. well i have some pics but wont be able to send them until next week.. well i love yall a ton..take care and yall are always in my prayers too! i still have 10 minutes left so write me back if yall have time!love,elder hatch