Tuesday, May 15, 2012

December 26, 2011

dear fam!!


hey we went to semuc champey again today and im super tired.. well i have a lot of pics to send but not enough time to explain them all.. the first fam is the fam villalobos and the next one is the fam estupe that we found this week.. alright.. last monday we had a family home evening with parts of three active families then dalia and her siblings.. it was good and we watched joy to the world.. it was really good and she is progressing well but didnt come to church on sunday because of the craziness that is christmas down here in guat and central america.. tues then was good.. we visited jaime and the fam herrera pacay they arent doing really well.. the dad is drinking and the mom cant decide whether to seperate from him or stay together.. its a sad situation.. alcohol is terrible and a really family destroying and frustrating problem that many people have down here and in the whole world.. the fam villalobos liked church alot last sunday but now they are going to be out of town till the 10 of jan.. that stinks and hopefully im here next change to see them get baptized if they make that decision.. anyway they are good though and still need prayers.. suzy the daughter though said shed drop studying if she can do it here in coban during the week.. so hopefully they offer the same classes here.. umm we had distict meetings on weds and we made hot chocolate and gave everybody bread.. everyone liked it and felt appreciated so that was good.. our zone is doing really well and we are united and everybody is being obedient and working hard.. umm we recieved 5 references so that was good and a new fam..they are the fam estupe.. they are realy interested and are going to come to church this sunday and they already have people fellowshipping them.. we are really excited for them but.. news flash.. they arent married.. stupid guats and he needs a divorce... its way more likely that im married before he even gets his divorce!! haha we had our ward christmas act and that was good.. we gave the spirtitual thought.. it was good and we had 15 investigators there.. if only we gave out chicken and rice and salad and pineapple cider during sacrament meeting but it was good to have them out there and in the church.. haha one of our investigators tried to dance with me to the marimba music.. haha it was scary and i was like no no no!! thurs was good we did divisions and i did a baptismal interview.. friday too was good and we had a lot of lessons with members.. they realy are starting to support us more which is exciting and really the key to success... washinton too is doing good.. his mom is excited and we are helping him out a lot and he learning fast.. he is a smart kid and it fun and funny to teach kids and hear their responses and viewpoints on things.. umm also something else cool.. jesenia and jonathon from carcha.. invest. that i found got baptized yesterday!! whooohooo.. that was awesome to hear.. anyway im going to send one more email with some pics of the tamales i ate.. and yeah!!....

choclate tamale with a pepper in it.. raisin and thing of chicken.. mmm rico.. hahaa then other food i ate on sat and sund.. then we went to semuc again today the cool green blue water place.. and we say and heard howler monkeys.. it was legit.. it was one of the things i wanted to see in guat and i finally did!!!! woohoo!!


haha love yall have a great week and a safe new year.. go forward with faith with yall head up!

elder hatch




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