well this week i dont have a whole lot of time to write but here it goes.. im in the cap again because tomorrow we have our meeting with pres and we are going to have a thanksgiving dinner lunch!!! wooooo.. alright there are my pics too... the last one is us on the bus today headed down here from coban.. alright here goes the list... umm last monday night we had a really fun and spritual family home evening.. i read a little story about tools and how we all have different functions but we all play an important rold in the masters (carpinters) or Jesus´ hands.. i also talked about family unity and then we played a game and everyone had 5 min to draw a pic then present it to the group about something good that their family members do.. it was fun and the family liked it a lot and many of them were in church yesterday!!! last tuesday morning at 4 we were woken up to the phone ringing.. i answered it and it was a guy whose wife was sick and needed a blessing.. so we woke up called the ward secretary and we went to give her a blessing.. it was really neat and even though i was half a sleep i gave the blessing.. it was a neat experience and really showed me we as preisthood holders need to be ready to serve and bless others at any hour of the day!!! we then took here to the emergency room where they gave her some pills and treated her.. as we were there at 445 the power went out all over coban and alta verapaz.. so then we went home and went back to bed.. woke up and contacted a reference.. then went to check and make sure a house was safe where our missionaries had seen a guy outside of their house late at night.. then we worked and were going to help put up a fence when my comp stepped on a nail that went through his sole and into his foot.. from there we went to the doctor and he told us to rest the rest of the day.. haha then we went home and sat in the dark with candles from about 5 to 9 until the light came back on.. we have an electric stove so we ordered dominoes pizza because they have a reserver generator.. anyway it was a super crazy day if yall can imagine.. that was just tuesday!! the villalobos are doing well.. the mom went to the devotional last night and the dad went to church.. also the daughter is still reading and wanting to get on the correct path!! so we are still really exciting about them and we need to teach them about the sabbath day so the daughter doesnt keep studying next year on sundays.. itll be interesting this week though because of the temple dedication so we have to tell our investigators not to go to church.. haha thatll be a change.. we visited the fam tercero about everyday last week.. and as yall can see he was baptized yesterday before church.. it was really good to have all his family there and we decided that itd be cool for his primary teacher to baptize him who is a future missionary.. anyway they are doing really good and still changing and growing a lot spiritually.. brandon though was scared of the water though and had to be put under 3 times until he was completely submerged.. haha the poor kid..on thursday we moved two house.. it was a zone effort and took about 3 hours.. our house now though looks like a storage unit though and we needed to get some of the tables out and some of the 13 beds we have in there! it was fun going to carcha again though and seeing people.. also last week we got a reference of a guy who is really ready to learn and change.. his name is jorge and he has been an alcoholic for a long time but has gone 4 months without drinking now.. he understands the word of wisdom and also asked us why there are sooo many churches in this world.. we are excited to teach him this week and see where things go with him and his family..please remember him and his fam and the fam villalobos in yalls prayers.. i took an nap during lunch hour on thurs and was woken up by my bed shaking because there was a tremble.. it was cool to have felt one without being in an actual earthquake.. sunday was good and a lot people came and shared their testimonies.. umm the old guy i told yall about who danced in the street and acted like he was getting baptized walked in at the end of sacrament meeting with his boots on and walked in the door and took off his hat and yelled buenos dias.. haha if only yall knew how church was here in guat.. haha also the christmas devotional was really good even though i couldnt watch it in english and hear the real voces of the first presidency.. and yeah this week was good but busy.. next week ill write yall on tues.. love yall and take care.. my time is up but yall are always in my prayers!!!
love,
elder hatch!!
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