September 26, 2011

Hey family!here is me eating some good ol chili i bought on a piece of bread.. i am going to do my list and news again but in two emails.. if yall are on or have questions i still have 15 min so yall can write me! so here it goes.. also the next pic is us and our missionary mom in our area.. she washes my clothes and gives us food a lot and takes care of us.. her daughter left today to the las vegas nevada mission.. the other pics are of me and semuc champey again..

we went there today with the zone and it was fun but stressful organzing it and yeah its fun being a leader but stressful too.. and we got back late so thats why im writing now instead of earlier.. anyway umm those kids are from my group and we have 5 up because thats how many months we have left.. and no that wasnt my idea.. okk last monday a fam gave us 3 corn tortillas each with salt on them.. they werent very good but then i asked them for a drink and they threw two uncooked tortillas in a pitcher and stirred it around and then put a little sugar in it and gave it to us.. let me tell yall it was not good.. oh the nasty drinks of this country and of qeqchis.... we found a less active fam this week and they have a kid that turns 9 this sat.. so hopefullly we will baptize him next month.. thatll be really exciting and they went to church yesterday even the parents and they hadnt been for a year.. it was super exciting and they want to go to church now every sunday.. so yeah and they have 4 kids that are really cute and that want to go to church and be in primary cause they like it a lot!! please pray for them that theyll be able to meet their goals and desires.. they are familia tercero..

also although ive only been here a few weeks i feel like i really have been blessed with having a light about me with the people.. they seem to open up to me and my comp..like pres prior blessed me with when i was set apart.. its been cool to go back and study what he blessed me with and how its all come to pass.. also we did division twice again last week.. it was fun and also ive realized not to judge.. because i went with a kid from my group and when i started the mission i thought he was really weird. but we did divisions and i really had fun and i am definitely not such a punk now and i like talking to who ever now even if they arent sportsy like i am.. also we sometimes share a movie with the investigators thats called only a stone cut out.. or only a stonecutter.. it talks about a temple worker who helped with inscribing things into the temple in salt lake like holiness to the Lord.. yall should watch it or look for it because it talks a lot about sacrificies we should make and how we should not just complete with our callings but magnify them all the time! id reccomend it.. its also been raining a ton and like every afternoon.. two times this last week i got almost completely soaked.. its better then heat but not when it rains so hard that you get soaked!

so with the fam cucoy.. we had a really good lesson with them about family: a proc to the world.. it was really and thats exactly what they needed they told us.. but the thing is they think its almost like luck or coincidence that we always share exactly what they need..they still have realized the importance of our message.. they didnt go to church yesterday.. but we have a really good lesson plan to teach them tonight about getting an answer.. we thought really hard the other day and couldnt think of what to teach them.. then i told my comp lets pray and see what God wants.. so we did and after about 20 seconds.. we figured out what we were going to do.. it was really cool and just another little thing that shows me that God answers prayers and fast too and that He really cares about His children.. both their physical and spiritual needs.. also its been crazy to see how hard satan is working against that family.. friends neighbors church members.. he doesnt want them to be members of Christs church..
yesterday though we had 3 or 4 other less active families come that i hadnt told yall about the week before.. it was really cool and we taught them again a lot this week but we are seeing results and changes in them.. and like mom you said.. leave the 99 and look for the lost 1! ive found a lot of joy working with inactives in my mission because its just as important that they go back to church just like investigators getting baptized.. well thats about it.. the zone is doing well and we had fun today.. this month we have had more then 10 baptisms in the zone which is really good.. our missionaries are good and they are working hard and being obedient for the most part as we know.. anyway i love yall a ton and get ready for conference itll be great! and try to get to all 5 sessions because they are important and the words we hear arent mans words but Gods and we need to hear them to know what we can do to change and become better and prepare ourselves for things to come! love yall and take care!elder hatch