12-31-12 email

Merry Christmas Everybody! So first off, Elder Valladolid and I are both staying here another transfer! Wahoo! I have been in this area a really long time. It will be almost six months by next transfer! (FEB 12) I was pretty glad to find out that I will be staying here. It's really starting to feel like home in this area. It also means I don't have to be all stressed out and packing stuff up on New Years Eve. Speaking of that, We will be hanging out with the douglasses tonight for the most part, because we have to be at home earlier. Thats ok though. It will be lots of fun. We bought them a game called ticket to ride for Christmas, and we have played it like ten times since then. Hahaha It's lots of fun. So I also have some more big news. IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT!!!!! YA! It was only there until about 10 this morning, and it was less than an inch for sure, but it actually snowed! I definitely made my day to be able to throw a snowball! It has been a pretty awesome couple of weeks. The work has been slower, but we are still seeing some successes. Our newest investigator, Shikha from the English ward, now has a baptismal date for January. I don't remember if I told you about her already, but her family is from napal, and she actually took the missionary lessons a couple of years ago, but her parents didn't let her get baptized. They told her to wait. So now that she has waited, and is now 18, she really wants to get baptized! So we are pretty excited for her. Also, our investigator Brian will probably get baptized in January too! He went to SLC last week and absolutely loved it! Oh, and Dylan (who is now a preist) and Tania are going to SLC next week as well to see the temple. I think it is the coolest thing to see how much support they have gotten from their family and new friends that they have made. Anyways, with the new year, both of our wards will be meeting at 9 on sundays for church. Which will be hard because we are supposed to go to both of them... That will be fun. Well, thats about all I have for this week, but I hope you all feel better soon! And have a great week! -Elder Hatch

12-24-12 email

So, we really didn't get an email from Jacob this day because we got to skype with him the next day, but he did send some photos along.  Our skype call on Christmas was great!  I think Elder Hatch is doing well.

12-17-12 email

Dear Family,

I'm doing pretty good here. The work has been slowing just a little bit because of the holidays, but things are still going well. We have a baptism this Saturday for Tanya and Dylan. We are all pretty excited for it! It is always the best seeing family members getting baptized together. Especially right before christmas! I admit, its been getting a little bit harder for me again as we get closer to Christmas. I have found a lot of peace in trying to keep our little traditions and of course trying to help other people out as well. I read an article the other day that has really helped me put things into perspective though. If you get some time, read President Monson's article in this month's ensign. I'm positive that was written for my sake. And while I'm still getting a lot of festivities (Especially with Sister Douglas) I'm starting to find that the things that are really important to me are different this year. As I have been reading about Christ each morning, and serving others the rest of the time, I've found a new kind of Christmas spirit that I don't think I really appreciated until now. And once again, I think President Monson sums that up pretty well. I'm glad you enjoyed those Christmas cards, they were pretty cheap, and I thought they would be a pretty easy way to stay in touch with a lot of the people that I have met in the mission. I am planning on sending you guys a little package this week too, with a little extra something for Tyler of course! BTW... (make sure to scream at the top of your lungs when you read this next part)  HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYY BBBBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY TTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyways, I did really enjoy Stevies letter, and I am super happy for him! I sent him a card too, so hopefully he gets that soon. So as far as skype goes, would maybe around 10 work? Also, I think I need your skype information or something in order to call you. I'm not really sure how it works though. Oh, and I am still loving your fudge! I have rationed it now so that I can still have some on Christmas. Hahaha... I'm sad I missed the Christmas Party, but I'm glad to hear it was as great as ever! I miss you guys soooo much! especially right now. I want you to know that I love you all, and I hope you have a  wonderful christmas! -Elder Hatch

PS we found out at Zone Conference that because of all the new missionaries coming, they are shifting the transfer schedule, so all of us will be going home a week earlier than originally planned. Which means I wont actually serve two full years!

PPS It was super hard to see grandpa and not be able to talk for a long time. I miss him a lot too!

PPPS Elder Harris is very thankful for your generosity!

12-10-12 email

Dear family,

It has been a pretty good week this week. Brian is still doing amazing, and is planning on getting baptized in just a couple weeks. We teach him with the walker family (who reffered him to us) and we have already had a few really spiritual experiences with him. He is so prepared its ridiculous! Tanya and Dilan are also planning on getting baptized on the 22 this month. They are really cool too! He is 16 and she is 20, and they are both in the US for the first time right around the holidays, which has been pretty hard for them, but they are so open to the spirit, and so willing to listen. The Lord is really blessing us right now by just dropping golden investigators in our lap. Its been really nice. We have also been trying to ask for refferals from everybody, which has given us like 7 refferals in just the past couple days! So we are doing really well.

      So I did get your package this week, and we have all loved your fudge! In fact, Sister Douglas wants the fudge recipe. And/or your cinnamon roll recipe. Also, to answer your question, I have not actually baptized anybody on my mission yet. Its actually kind of discouraged because they really like to have somebody baptize that isnt going to leave again in the next couple of weeks. I have confirmed a couple of people though, which has been amazing. So with this Christmas coming, I will definitely be able to Skype! I will let you decide where you guys want to be, just remember I have a time limit, so there cant be too many people. (I would love to talk to Grandma and Grandpa though) I will try and work out what time we want to do it soon. It is good to hear about steven and dan, and all of the fun stuff you guys have going on. I have to go, but I hope you all have another wonderful week! Love Elder Hatch

12-3-12 email

hola familia! Things are wonderful here in Albuquerque! We had the baptism and confirmation for Natalia Cantua last week, and that was awesome! It was a very nice service, and it was crazy how much support from the branch she is getting. It was really special because it is the first baptism the branch has had in over a year. The work is continuing to grow though! We have two more baptisms for the branch scheduled before the year ends! Tanya and Dilan just came here from Mexico to live with there family up here, which just happens to be our branch president's family, so they are now very interested in the church, and are progressing really quickly. Also, we found a golden new investigator in the Taylor Ranch ward named Brian. We saw him for the first time like three days ago, and he texted us this morning to say that he just finished second nephi! Anyways, we are very excited to be working with him, and we will hopefully have a baptismal date with him this week. And one more bit of good news, Cedric helped bless the sacrament for the first time this last sunday! He is still doing great. solid as ever.

        So we have also spent some great time helping the douglases put up all their christmas decorations. I have had a lot of fun putting up lights, singing christmas music, and making paper snowflakes and such. I Have also already received two christmas packages! one from the Ruppers, and one from the ward. Really cool! especially the tree that the ruppers sent. It looks awesome! I am starting to feel better about this christmas. Me and Elder Valladolid are getting along pretty well, and we are working a lot too. One thing I know he would love is a sweater (medium, vneck, solid color, maybe red or blue) Other than that I don't know, but he is a pretty cool guy. Well, thats about all I have to write about today, but I love you and hope you all have a great week! -Elder hatch

11-26-12 email

good morning family! Ive had a pretty exciting week this week. my new companion is Elder Valladolid (baya-doh-LEED). He is from Michoacan Mexico. He is already 24 years old. He speaks pretty good English, but he has a thick accent, and I have to help him with some words sometimes. He has already helped me a lot with my spanish too! He has been out just one transfer longer than me. We get along pretty well so far and we have already had a lot of success together. Anyways, I think I gained at least 30 pounds this Thanksgiving. We ate a ton of food. It was really good food, but it was a lot. The douglases went out of town for a couple of days to go see their son in Mesa, so we got to watch the dogs. Haha I love having dogs so much! It looks like you guys all had a wonderful thanksgiving too! I dont think Ive heard of wreck it ralph though. is it a disney movie? So I did get your package, and it was awesome! So far I have enjoyed most of the music, and I loved all the Christmas stuff too! BTW could you make sure to send something for my companion too? His parents are pretty poor, and they aren't members of the church, so don't even know if he will get anything or not. I am actually getting pretty excited for Christmas. I think it will be good.

     So we have had even more amazing success in the spanish branch! Natalia will be getting baptized this saturday! Yay! We are really excited for her! We also had two new people move into the ward who have already said that they want to be baptized, so we are going to start teaching them as well! and we got like three refferals for spanish this week and got another new investigator from that! This branch is just exploding right now! Everybody in the branch is getting really excited because of all the growth that is coming. The entire branch will be coming to the baptism this saturday to support Natalia! I honestly have never seen people more excited about missionary work! It's making me really excited too! We also had Daniel Rivera come to church for the very first time in the english ward because his cousin was giving a talk. It was a very spiritual sacrament meeting and he was pretty impressed. It was a huge step to finally get him there after more than three months teaching him. He is a really good guy, and I think that he will start progressing faster now that he finally came to church.

     So anyways, things are going pretty well, but I have to go now, so I hope you guys all have a great week! Love you all so much! -Elder Hatch

PS say hi to elder calles for me!

shipping address

FYI- for Jacob to recieve packages/letters this season, you will need to ship them directly to the home he is living in.  The mission office will not be able to forward packages/letters on so he would not recieve them unitl after the new year.   This is the address he will be at until at least January 1st.
Thank you!

Elder Jacob Hatch
4528 Habershaw Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120

11-19-12 email

Hola! Well this week has been pretty good. I will be staying in this area for another transfer, although Elder Flint will be leaving, so I'll get a new companion tomorrow. So I still have not gotten your package, which is sad, but I'm ok for now haha. Anyways, we do have some great plans this thursday. We have dinner with the Moses Family, and then we will go straight to the Thomas Family (our branch president) for round two. I cant decide if Im looking forward to two thanksgiving dinners or not, but it will be lots of fun, and we have some investigators coming too! Speaking of that, we had 8 investigators at the spanish branch this sunday, which was unbelievable! I can't believe how much the work in the spanish branch is picking up! It's Awesome! We also had a great lesson with Natalia this week, and she is definitely getting baptized on December first. I am so excited to see this little branch grow so much, and I am definitely excited to be here another transfer.

     So guess who I saw last monday? I ran into Chris and Kim in a parking lot and we talked for a little bit. They actually do live in my area, but just for spanish, so that stinks. It was pretty weird seeing family out here.

     So I will stay in this area for at least Christmas and new years eve. Next transfers are January 1st, so it will be really fun to be here for the holidays. I hope I get a good companion! My last few have been great, so I hope it continues! Also, We had a zone conference this week with Elder Paul V. Johnson of the seventy. It was fun, and I found out that he is from Sandy too! Yay for Sandy!

     I had a pretty cool experience this week. I was in branch council and we were talking about stuff, and I realized I was speaking spanish without even thinking about it! Yaya! I am feeling pretty comfortable with most of spanish now, which makes me happy.

     Anyways, I heard about hostess too. I cried myself to sleep two nights in a row. Not really, but I was very sad. Well, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and remember to be thankful for all of the wonderful things that we have! I love you all so much! Sincerely, Elder Hatch

11-12-12 email

Hello family, so I feel like pretty much nothing has happened this week. We are still teaching a lot of lessons, but not much has really changed lately. Although it hasn't snowed here, it has been quite cold. I think it was around 32 this morning when we got in the car. I'm definitely sad that I am missing all that snow. It sounds awesome. To tell you the truth, I am missing home more than I ever have right now. But you know me, I get way too sentimental during the holidays. It hasn't helped that the work has been pretty hard in this area lately. We've been spending a lot of time trying to find new people to teach, so we have been knocking a lot, and hanging out at the park trying to talk to people. We have not had much success. On a brighter note, I finally sent a letter to MIranda! I don't know if you got it yet though. I'm going to try and keep the trend and write some more this week. We had a pretty interesting experience with Natalia this week. She had been living with her boyfriend, and we hadn't taught her the law of chastity yet, so we were kind of wondering how to tell her that she would need to change that before her baptism. Then a couple hours before we went to go see her, she called and canceled because her boyfriend got arrested and she had to move out that night. The branch was amazing, and found her a place to stay in just a couple of hours. So kind of bittersweet, but now she can get baptized much easier. Her little son is awesome. He's only 5 or so and he has been a champ through all of this. He has a really cool name too. Girlberto. We just call him Berto though. Anyways, election day was pretty interesting too. We had to go to bed, but we couldn't really sleep because the Douglases were very loud while watching the election. They were not very excited about the results. To say the least... We haven't been able to see Britney this week either which was dissapointing. Anyways, it sounds like you guys are doing great though, even if you had to sit through PTC for so long. That doesn't sound fun. I'm glad you all had a great halloween though! Don't send me any candy though, we have way too much here. Well, I hope you all have a wonderful week and enjoy your winter wonderland back home! Elder Hatch

11-5-12 email

Hello Family! Well I'm going to be honest, I don't really have a lot to write this week. It was a pretty slow week. We have been working pretty hard, but not much has really happened. We had a great lesson with Cedricks girlfriend Britney though. We watched the Joseph Smith movie and talked about the restoration. It was really nice. We are planning on setting a baptismal date with her this week. We are also progressing a lot with Natalia, and she came to church again this week. Her little son loves the missionaries, so we have fun times playing with him. We actually had a pretty epic sword fight a couple days ago. We were also able to get a lot of people to come to the trunk or treat that our ward had. It was very fun, and we ended up getting lots of candy. Our ward mission leader took a picture of our costumes, so maybe I'll get him so send it to you. Oh, and we actually got a new ward mission leader this week, so we are excited for that. His name is Brother Symes and he is awesome. Halloween was pretty good for us, we had to be in at six, but we had a great dinner with the douglases and then played some games. They are so nice to us. I am also excited for election day. We hear a lot about how close the race is, so it will be interesting to see who wins. We are also very excited for all the work in our mission as well. At the beginning of the year, we are opening up 44 new areas in our mission, because we are expecting almost 100 new missionaries over the next few months. Thats pretty crazy too, because my chances of training soon just went way up. It will be fun to see the mission grow so much while I'm here. Well, that is pretty sad to hear about shadow, she will definitely be missed. I hope jack isnt taking it too hard. And I'm sorry about the letter writing. Especially with Miranda. I don't know why, but just making time to write letters is one of my biggest struggles. I really just need to buckle up and do it, so I really am going to try my very hardest to send some letters off this week. On the brighter side, I have actually gotten very consistent with writing in my journal. There are some days I even write in it twice! Woo! Anyways, It looks like you guys had a great Halloween, and some ridiculous costumes. Even though I highly doubt Nathan got as much candy as me! I have some fun pictures, but I forgot to bring my camera, so you will see next week. Oh, and by the way, I don't know how I'm going to make it through Christmas this year. We have started to listen to Christmas music and it's the saddest thing in the world. I still love it with a passion, but being away for Christmas for the first time is going to be a challenge. Well, this letter was kind of all over the place, but I hope you all enjoy it, and have a wonderful week! Love, Elder Hatch

10-29-12 email

Hello everybody! Sadly, I only have a couple of minutes this week because there are a lot of people who need the computers here. Anyways, my week was pretty good. The work was a little slow this week because a lot of people went out of town, but things are still going well. Yesterday was our primary program and it was pretty cool. I actually really enjoy the primary programs. Anyways, on Friday I had the opportunity to vote for the first time! My ballot came in the mail the same day Elder flint's did, so we spent some time filling it out. It was pretty cool, but I kind of wish I knew a little bit more about some of the local stuff. Oh well. We are actually seeing a lot of Romney supporters here in ABQ. So I'm glad you guys enjoyed that little package. It cost like 9 bucks to send though! I think I am actually going to keep my recorder so I can send some stuff to other people too. We aren't really looking forward to halloween. We have to be in the house by 6. We are going to our wards trunk or treat this week though, so we will hopefully get some candy. I already have a ton though, from your package, A package the stake sent me, and the Rupper's package (thanks btw! I loved it!) I have a large box full of goodies. We also carved pumpkins last night which was fun! We have actually been finding some new spanish investigators recently which has been great, so Things are going pretty good for me. Well I better go now, but I hope you all have a great week and a happy halloween! -Elder Hatch

10-22-12 email

Dear Family, This week Was wonderful! Before anyhting else though, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!! I waited to send the recorder this week becuase I wanted to send you something too. Hopefully you get it in just a couple of days. I hope you have a wonderful birthday this week!

   So, it really was a wonderful week, I have so much to tell you, I don't know if I will have time. I have recorded a pretty good amount though, so that should help. First off, I bought tums, dayquil, and blank cds at walgreens ;) And Cedrick did indeed get baptized this last Saturday! It was a wonderful experience! His grandparents came from brigham city, his parents, his brother, and his aunt and uncle all came from colorado. and yes his dad is a member but has been very inactive for a long time. And that was actually one of the best parts. His dad definitely was hit by the spirit strongly. He even got a little emotional when he got confirmed. It was really cool to see. Hopefully it makes a difference. His grandparents were wonderful too, I thought it was cool because he is missing his thumb, just like my sweet grandpa! They expressed many times how grateful they were that Cedrick was finally making this choice. It was a very spiritual day. And the Elder's Quorum president had a big BBQ party for everybody afterwards. And yes, there was plenty of green chile. Oh, speaking of that, I ate (almost) a whole ghost pepper last week! Spooky... It was very hot. to say the least.

      So that new spanish investigator that I mentioned last week is also amazing! Her name is Natalia and she was actually already taught most of the lessons in phoenix before she came here. She is wonderful and we now have a baptismal date set. I talked a lot about her in my recording though, so you'll just have to wait for the whole story.

    I am SOOO glad that Miranda is doing well, and I wish her luck in mission prep. I hope she continues to get better quickly so that she can get back to her ridiculous schedule. Oh, and don't worry about being clean. Iv'e never been cleaner in my whole life. Sister Douglas likes things VERY clean, so we keep it that way. It is a very nice house. But I can relate to stevie, I have seen some pretty bad missionary bathrooms as well. I haven't had to deal with one yet though. Anyways, I better go because I have some pictures to add on, but I hope you all have a wonderful week! I love you all so much! -Elder Hatch

PS I almost forgot to tell you, Elder Flint was jealous of my blanket, so he got one too!

Elder Flint, Cedrick, Elder Hatch



Fun at the petroglyphs!

My district

Elder Flint and Elder hatch at the ALbuquerque temple

Cool matching blankets

Looks like he is enjoying his birthday gift:)

10-15-12 email

Hello!    Well It was A pretty good week for me her in ABQ! Sadly, I was actually a little sick earlier in the week, but I felt better by wednesday. I actually got your package on tuesday and waited all the way until tuesday night to open it! I loved it so much! The blanket was perfect, and has kept me very warm at night, The cookies and candies were great, I also loved that BYU tie as well and have worn it more than once since. My favorite part was the recorder though, It was amazing to be able to hear you guys, and I have already started recording some stuff back, and hopefully I'll send it to you in just a few days. There was something that I thought was hilarious about that though, but youll have to wait until you get it back to find out! I had a great birthday though, we had a really nice dinner with an extremely wealthy member family, so I enjoyed it. Oh and I am buying a pumpkin today so that I can use that other present! The douglasses bought me a new pillow for my birthday, so I have slept very well. That Is really cool that I have another cousin! and so close to my birthday too! I am almost exactly 20 years older than her. Does it make you feel old to think you have a 20 year old son? I hope it does, because it makes me feel old.

      So great news with Cedrick! hes getting baptized this saturday! Yaya! I am so excited! His grandparents and parents are coming down from colorado to see! His grandpa will be baptizing him. He is definitely one of the most excited converts I have ever seen! His girlfriend Britney is also making a lot of progress, and hopefully she will get baptized soon! He has really inspired me with how much faith he has to be doing all that he is doing. Haha I feel kind of bad for him though because he had to work traffic at the balloon fiesta, since hes a newer cop, so he woke up at like two all last week. So my favorite talk at conference was from Elder Uchtdorf. I loved when he said "Let us resolve to be happy regardless of the circumstances that we are in" So true! That is my new motto. I also loved president Monson's talk in Priesthood session. And when david A Bednar said "Any honest seeker of truth can obtain a testimony". That is definitely something I have seen on my mission. Anyways The work here is definitely improving. Especially becuase we just got an awesome spanish refferal right now!

     So I hope you guys all have a great week, and I want Miranda to know that I am praying and fasting for her. Hardcore. I wish her luck! But congratulations to Brian and Audrey! you will have to send me pictures! I love you all so much and I hope you are happy! Until next Week! -Elder Hatch

10-8-12 email

Hello Wonderrful Family Of Mine!!! I just want you to know that I am so very thankful for all of the emails that you send me! I know Iv'e been bad at responding well, but I really do appreciate it. Well this weekend was absolutely crazy! Best Conference Ever! We were all freaking out about the new age for missionaries! That Is going to be really weird having an 18 year old companion. And 19 year old sisters! weird, but we are all very excited! Besides that though, It was probably the most spiritual conference that I have ever experienced. Haha, btw I actually know one of the kids they showed when they talked about ABQ. I felt special ;) I think conference For me has been much more meaningful as a missionary. (probably because I'm not sleeping through it anymore haha...) Well, sadly, I actually have some bad news. President Miller came out and said balloon fiesta is a no-no for missionaries, so I will actually not be going, even though we are still seeing the balloons everywhere. So to my dear Sant grandparents, I'm sorry. Im actually pretty sad, and a little annoyed with it all, but I gotta be obediant. sigh... It is still really fun to see all those balloons so close to us though! Brings back lots of memories. Also, quick shout out to Hatch Grrandparents, You rock! And also, there are some hatches in my ward right now that are also descendents from Ira Stearns. Small world huh? I am starting to get excited for my bday though! It will definitely be strange without you guys, but I will try my best to enjoy myself! Well it sounds like you guys are doing great! And Miranda, I will definitely fast for you. I really hope your surgery goes well. And that would be crazy if you went on a mission! I might just miss you too much though... Well, I better go because its crouded here today and there are people waiting for the computer, but I want you all to know that I love you so much, and I hope you all have a wonderful week.

PS I request lasagna for my birthday dinner! think of me! hahahaha

10-1-12 email

whoo! ok sorry I dont know how much time I'll have, I had 17 emails to read through! I loved it though! Definitely keep sending all the emails from stevie and adam, its awesome! All those Pictures were amazing too! I really wish I could have been there though, I really miss all you guys! It looks like you all had a wonderful time though. some of my little cousins are starting to look older and older. Anyways, so for the balloon fiesta, Im really just not sure when we will go or how that will all work. Having them call the mission prez about tickets and dinner is definitely the best thing to do though. hopefully I will be able to let you know somehow when we are going. And also to let you know dad, I am getting all your emails. I think I will try to start responding better to all of you... I have definitely slacked off. Its strange that my birthday is coming up so soon. I feel a little dumb because I wrote a list of things I needed, but I forgot to bring it here and I basically can't remember any of it. that's ok though. One thing that I really wanted was an avengers blanket. you know, just a cheap fleece one or something. that would be awesome. no judging... other than that, I trust your judgement, new music, treats, letters, other missionary stuff, it's all good. I kind of have a lot of ties now though, so I think were good there. Oh and put me down as republican and send it over! (this rich ward is getting to me ;) So, to now write a little about me, I am doing great! Elder Flint and I still get along awesome! And I love the Douglases too! they are sooo nice and fun to be around! and yes that is a krispy kreme hat I am wearing yum... So the work here is going great! Cedrick is doing awesome still! He is now at two weeks following the word of wisdom! He is the coolest guy ever and his baptism is coming up real soon! He has already finished second Nephi! We are also working with his girlfriend brittney for that same bap date. He comes to church every week and has fellowship from basically everyone in the ward. He is SO ready! whoo! Also, we had the Molina family finally come to the spanish branch this week which was awesome!! hopefully they get baptized soon too. And the Rivera family that we are working with is also making huge progress and reading the scriptures! HAha, If you can't tell, I am pretty pumped about the work in this area right now! Missionary work can be so exciting sometimes! I love this area so much (even if all the people here make me feel poor) We are getting a lot of work done. Well, I better go now, but I hope you all have a wonderful week! oh and enjoy General Conference! I know I'm Excited! Hasta Luego!

9-24-12 Email

hola! well this week was pretty crazy. So on Saturday we got to hear from Elder Christofferson in El Paso! It was amazing. I am surprised how much I miss El Paso though. It almost feels like home to me now. Anyways, it was really great to hear from an apostle (and get to shake his hand) It was also fun to see all the missionaries in one place! I got to talk to Elder Schultz for a while and I found out that Tim Martin and his friend Kenny got baptized! yay! (btw they were in a picture I sent you a few weeks ago) Then on the way back we stopped and ate in Hatch,NM! I had a green chile cheeseburger. yum. So Cedric is still doing awesome! we taught him the word of wisdom this week and he quit drinking and chewing without any hesitation! He is progressing really well. So we bike pretty much every day, so I'm actually losing weight for the first time on my mission. fun. And the building we go to is just off montano. its on kachina and san idlefonso. that would be pretty funny if it was the same building. where did we live when we lived here? Well sorry, I have to go now, but make sure to tell alice congrats! by!

9-18-12 email

Wow! I can't believe how much is going on at home! thats crazy! so, sorry that this is a day late, but this week is really crazy for me. Yesterday was temple day which was awesome! It was great to get to go there again and feel that spirit. I did see Taj there but hes not in my zone right now. So today is our PDay! Then thursday is Zone Conference which will also be great. Then Friday, all of the missionaries in the mission are going to El Paso! Because Saturday morning we are having a mission conference with Elder D Todd Christofferson! We are all very excited about that. It will be really cool to see what he has to say to our mission. So anyways, things are going great here in abq. The weather is starting to feel amazing! I think biking is actually really fun when the weather is this nice. It's a little hard in this area though, because about 90% of the work is with the English ward... there are a little less than 40 people in the spanish branch, and it's really hard to find spanish investigators here in this super nice part of town. There are some HUGE houses in our area. We are doing really well in the English ward though. We have this great new investigator named Cedric, I dont remember if I told you about him yet, and also an older guy named Ernest, and then four people from the Rivera family that all have baptismal dates right now! They are all really awesome people and It's amazing to be working with all of them! Me and my new companion Elder Flint actually get along awesome! We actually have a lot in common, and we work together pretty well. He is actually probably my favorite companion so far! He has been out for a little over a year, so he's not too much older than me in the mission. It's funny because he is actually the one who trained Elder LaMunyon my old MTC companion. Small world haha. But ya, I'm having a great time here. Oh, and I did get Alice's wedding announcement! That's so great! Make sure to tell her, and my future uncle Ben congratulations for me! I wish them the best! I forgot that it was Adam's birthday too! I will just have to wright to him again. Well, that's about all I have today because I don't have quite as much time, but I wish you all good luck with all your crazy activities! -Elder Hatch

9-10-12 email

So I have a few photos from my last area.

 Me with Lee

  me with sergio

 me with Juan and his Fiancee

 me with the Martin Family, who are amazing! we had just set a baptismal date with Tim (the taller one) right before I left.

And Here's me and Elder Schultz!

 

So anyways, this week has been pretty good up here! The work is very different than El Paso, but We are already starting to see some success! We met one guy this week named Cedric Greer who is a policeman up here. He actually just walked up to us one day as we were coming out of an appointment, and asked us who he should talk to if he wanted to become Mormon. We taught him the first lesson, and set a baptismal date with him for the end of this month! He also wants us to start teaching his girlfriend, so hopefully that goes well too! I'm still meeting a lot of new people here, so it's definitely still exciting. I actually had the opportunity to give a talk about prophets in the spanish branch, and teach the gospel principles class in the english ward, and they both went pretty well I think. It is amazing how much easier talks seem since I have been a missionary. So also, one other thing that I wanted to ask about is the election stuff coming up. We are encuoraged to vote as missionaries, but I'm not really sure how that would work for me. If you could look up what I would need to do to vote that would be great! If it ends up being a lot though, the world will go on, but I think it would be cool. It's funny because we really are getting a lot more attention because of Mitt Romney. It's exciting! By the way, if any of you missed the CES Devotional by Elder Holland last night, you should look it up, because it was awesome! Well sadly, we have to get going now, but I love you all so much! I hope you have  a great week!

9-4-12 email

hello everybody! well guess where I am? Maybe ill just make you wait another week... Haha no I wouldn't do that. I'm in Albuquerque now! A little strange, but very enjoyable so far. So I am actually in the north westish area here. We cover from corrales to the freeway for spanish, and then the Taylor Ranch ward for English (its smaller than that, but Im not sure where the bounderies are. Anyways we live in a really nice house with some members. really close to Mariposa Park if you know where that is. So my companion's name is Elder Flint, and so far we get along quite well. He is from Washington and he also went to kindergarten in albuquerque. Small world. We live with an older couple named the Douglases and they are from Mesa. They are super super nice. And they have two labs! and yes, I am enjoying living with dogs! Also, the balloon feild is in my zone, and I will be allowed to go to the balloon fiesta next month! yay! Ok so rules with family, if anyone is in my area, which I don't really know, then I am allowed to see them, as long as we share a message just like anyone else. If you aren't in the area, then its still a nono apparrently, but if we randomly see each other ( like at the balloon fiesta) then I will obviously stop and say hi. I am a little annoyed because president Miller wont really give me more specifics than that, but hopefully things will work out. So my new address is 4528 Habershaw Rd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87120. and I just got a ton of letters last week because of transfers, but I will try to respond soon. Haha, oh ya and this new area is part bike, part car. we have a car, but we are very limited on how far we can go. This means my legs are sore... I don't remember if I told you, but I actually bought a bike for 50 bucks in El Paso like a month ago from another missionary. It's actually worth like 280 or something, but its a little used and he was going home, so I was happy to take it off his hands. so far it is serving me well. So if anybody is in my area (fingers crossed) then send me their info and I will try to get in touch. I will also talk to president a little more to see what exactly is ok. Well sorry I don't have very long today (the library was closed yesterday) but I hope to hear from you all very soon.

8-27-12 email

Hello Family! Sorry, its going to be a little shorter this week, because we have a lot of things to do today. And that's because I am leaving El Paso... I'm kind of sad, but I found out saturday that I am going to be transfered. They don't really tell us where until we get there, but it could be anywhere in between Las Cruces and Santa Fe! So it will be a surprise when I get there. I'm really pretty sad becuase we have three baptisms in the next two weeks, and I will be missing them. I'm especially sad to be missing the baptism of Juan Ortiz this Saturday. He was actually the very first person I met in this area (besides my companion) so I have been teaching him for a while. Oh well, like they say, it's not my baptism, it's the Lord's baptism. I will definitely miss my companion Elder Schultz as well. We actually got along reallywell, and nowI'm nervous that I'm getting some crazy comp. Haha oh well. So anyways, it was the first day of school!! you will all have to tell me how it was. I love how your room looks Mom. Those second graders probably won't know who Kermit the frog is though... You'll have to get permission to watch the muppet movie in class sometime and learn those kids a thing or two. I'm pretty sure I watched it in school once soo... Well I think I better go, but I wish you all a wonderful first week at school! I will have a great letter for next week though with news of where I am though!!

8-20-12 email

 Hola! So good to hear from you guys again this week. I definitely have more time today, so I will try to make it a really good letter! So this last week was really interesting. We had a lot of good successes, but we also had a lot of things fall through... One of our best investigators Tricia, was finally able to make it to church this week! So exciting! She brought one of her sons, and he was really well behaved, so the experience was very enjoyable for her. We were also able to reset her baptismal date for another couple weeks back. The Hondo Pass Ward (english ward) is really good at welcoming people and making them feel comfortable, so we are always excited when we are able to get new investigators there. We are also starting to work more with a lot of the members in the wards, and taking a lot of new people out teaching with us. We are hoping that this will mean even more referrals and new investigators.
     On a sadder note, we will have to stop working so much with Jarred, because his parents are stopping him from coming to church and progressing much at all. We will keep trying to see him, but it looks like it's not really his time to get baptized yet. It's always sad to see people like that who want it so bad, but have a lot of obstacles that are really just going to take time to overcome.
     These past couple of weeks, I have really cracked down on my spanish studies. It's a little hard speaking spanish a lot in this area, so you have to work a lot harder to keep improving. So far things have started to go a lot better, and I am learning as much as I can!
     So the Transmountain Ward is also doing really well. We have started to focus on working more with our ward mission leader and other leaders in the ward, so things are starting to go a little smoother like they are supposed to. Juan Ortiz has his baptismal interview this week, with his baptism either this saturday or next! He is really going to be a strong member of the church. He is also going to be a great example for his little stepson. He sadly couldn't come to church this week, because his mother in law had to go to the hospital, but he is still progressing really well and keeping all of his commitments. I am extra excited because he will end up being my 10th baptism. Haha, I know numbers don't really matter like that, but it's still pretty cool. We were also able to set another baptismal date with a girl named Angela Chacon. We have just started to teach her, but she already seems very interested. It really has been great to see all of the progress that we have been making. Slowly but surly, Elder Schultz and I are  getting everything back into shape with all the work we can.
     Oh, so something I just remembered is that the post office is no longer forwarding mail from the mission office out to where we are. So the only time I will get that mail anymore is around transfers or other times when people drive down from Albuquerque. So basically, I haven't gotten any mail in the past few weeks... :'( So anyways, try to send any mail straight to me now at 5757 Will Ruth # 307 El Paso, TX 79924. Muchas Gracias!
     Wait, another fun story! So we were driving out of an appointment the other day, and there was a big rollover accident that happened right in front of us! So we jump out of the car, and us and a couple other guys nearby (one of whom was an army medic thank goodness) pull this guy out of one of the cars, and then we saw that his arm was basically almost cut off, which was gross. So we wrapped it up and held it together as best as we could until the ambulance got there. Then we missed our next two appointments because we had to stay there for forever and talk to the police. (and then clean the blood off our arms...) It was definitely a crazy experience. I think everyone was ok though.
     Well I think that's about all I have for this week, but I love you guys, and can't wait to hear from you again next week! The church is true!  sincerely, -Elder Jacob Hatch

8-6-12 email

Hello from El Paso to Yellowstone! It's crazy that you guys are on vacation without me in Yellowstone. We will just have to go together again someday. Well things are still going well down here. We now have four investigators with baptismal dates, with hopefully at least one baptism next week. I am especially excited because it will be my tenth baptism on the mission! One of our investigators that will hopefully get baptized this month is named Jarred. He is nine years old, and definitely reminds me of Nathan. Sadly his situation is pretty difficult, because he basically lives in a trailer with a bunch of other kids and almost no adult supervision. So it will be a challenge to teach him all the lessons effectively, so that he can really understand. Also, we had a great experience with a lady named Aurelia. We had an amazing lesson where she ended up promising to quit smoking and giving us all of her cigars (not cigarettes) to dispose of. It was very spiritual seeing how much faith she has in Jesus Christ, and how much she was prepared to rely on him to help her. On a sadder note, Tricia still wasn't able to come to church this week, because her sister passed away on Saturday night. We still haven't been able to see her, but she asked us for a blessing. It is really sad, but she has had so many legitimate obstacles in the way of her coming to church that are totally out of her control. Hopefully the situation improves with her though. So me and Elder Schultz have been working really hard and we are definitely seeing success. We also went hiking again this morning (I forgot my camera) and that was very fun. It has been really hot this week though, so we did it really early. We have also had some crazy lightning storms the past couple of nights. Really cool to watch, but kind of weird because there was no rain!
Well, it sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun with trail running, kermit the frog, and the olympics! I hope you all have a wonderful time in Yellowstone this week! Take lots of cool pictures for me! Que tengan una buena semana! sincerely, Elder Hatch

7-30-12 email

Hello Family! Well this week was really good! Elder Schultz and I are still getting along pretty well, and we have been working very hard. We were able to set two new baptismal dates this week! The first one is a lady named Aurelia. She is trying to quit smoking, and it is hard for her to leave the house much (she is very large) but she is doing well and already has so much faith in Jesus Christ. We were also able to set a date with another lady named Tricia. She is amazing. She has already had some wonderful experiences with prayer, and loves reading the book of mormon. Sadly, she just hasn't been able to make it to church yet because one of her sons got sick and she had to stay home. But we still have a lot of faith that she can be baptized soon.
So it has been really weird this week for me. Why? The olympics. Earlier this week we went into a house for a lesson, and the opening ceremonies were on!! It shocked me because I had completely forgotten that they were even happening this year! I am sad to be missing them, but I'll probably survive. maybe... Anyways, I don't want it to distract me, but I wouldn't mind if you guys told me a little bit of what has gone on...
Also, I got a text from sister Miller telling me about meeting Mom in Albuquerque. Really weird. My mom is in the mission!? strange.
And to finish, I will tell a little bit more about my comp. So he did not know Elder Schnell, but we do get a lot of comments about their names. He was in Albuquerque and Santa Fe before coming here, so he doesn't like the heat. He has been out about ten months, so just a little longer than me. He is pretty cool though, and we are getting along pretty well.
Well sadly, I have to go, but I can't wait to hear from you guys again soon!

7-23-12 email

Ok I am doing photos first this week because I'm tired haha...So anyways, things are going great here in El Paso! My new companion's name is Elder Schultz! (the only black missionary in the mission) So far we are getting along really well, and we have been working super super hard this first week. He is from Oregon just like Elder Schnell, so that's kind of interesting. He has been on his mission just a couple of transfers longer than me, so his spanish is about where mine is. Which is still improving a lot! So we just got back from a hike to mammoth rock up in the Franklin Mountains in our area. We went with Brian Allen and had an awesome time! There are lots of fun hikes here in El Paso! It's Awesome! So we have been working with this 9 year old kid for a while named Jared. He really wants to get baptised but its hard for him to come to church, because obviously, he is nine... But we were able to get him and his 8 year old cousin Kelly a ride this week, so they came to church with us!! It was super fun, we went to primary and helped out with sharing time, and they sat by us in sacrament meeting. I vote that we should institute primary for adults, because that was way more fun than the usual classes! We are also working with a lady named Tricia Ibarra that is progressing really well. We hope to set a baptismal date with her as soon as we can. She is just really nervous about coming to church because she has a four year old son that is a little autistic, so she wants him to feel comfortable as well. We also had a very spiritual experience sharing the restoration with a lady named Aurelia, one of Brian's friends. She told us afterwards that many missionaries have taught her about the restoration before, but this time she was able to feel the truth behind the message as we were sharing it. Very cool. So we hope to be able to keep finding more people to listen to our meesage this next week, and we are trying our very best to work as hard as we can and be as obediant as we can so that we can receive those blessings!

So it's great to hear that you were able to get a teaching job after all Mom! I know that you are going to be an awesome school teacher! all the kids are going to love you! And thanks for that program from Troy and Daniel's farewell. It is pretty cool to see that all my friends are leaving on missions! It really is such a rewarding experience. So just before I go, we had a zone training last week where president Miller talked about finding specific blessings for each of the commandments. It was really cool to me to think back on my life and think of all the wonderful blessings that have come from paying tithing, praying, living the word of wisdom, and other commandments. So I would like to challenge you guys to think of a commandment from God, and make a list of all the blessings you have received in your life by following it! I bet it will be lots of fun! Well, until next week, Elder Hatch

Me and my new comp Elder Schultz in front of mammoth rock

me in front of juarez

 Elder schultz jumping

Me and Brian

 

7-16-12 email

Oh my goodness! You guys just blew my mind with all those emails! Its going to take me a minute to recover from all the awwesome stories you guys sent! Wow! I loved it! So anyways, this week has been pretty crazy because Elder Schnell left. It was pretty wierd for me because I still have a year and a half to go! Yay! Ya but I had to go on exchanges a couple times this week with other missionaries, so not a whole lot has really changed in our area. We are teaching a lady named Trisha right now though. She has a four year old autistic son and is really trying to get her whole family involved in the gospel as well! She is definitely very excited to learn. I will be getting my new companion tomorrow, so I still don't know who he is. I am hopeful for another good companion though! Sadly guys, I just really don't have a lot to write about this week, but things are still going really well for me! It's really good to hear about your guys' summer though! I am definitely starting to feel like I am missing a lot! Sorry, I only have like 20 minutes today because Elder Schnell has to go now, but I can't wait for you guys to write next week!

7-9-12 email

Buenas Tardes!
          Hey Guys, well, this was a pretty good week! It's been crazy because Elder Schnell now only has one more week on his mission before he goes home to Oregon, so we set some awesome goals and we have been working really hard and having a lot of fun! This is actually probably the happiest I have been on my mission so far. It's amazing to see how closely connected hard work and happiness are. We were able to set two really solid baptismal dates this week. Alex and Jose are both actually about my age, so it has been really great to get to teach them about the gospel! They are both progressing quite well. We were also able to see Tobias at church again this week! It's funny because he still doesn't want to meet with us, but he has been coming to church, reading the Book of Mormon, and asking us lots of really intelligent questions. I think his only problem is that he is too smart! he wants to learn everything on his own.
          Well, some sad news now. Alberto Rosales passed away this last week. We are going to try to go to his funeral tomorrow to wish the family well. Its even more sad because we have tried to go see his wife to see if there is anything we can do for her family, but she wont see us anymore. So we are just going to give her some space and just be as nice as we can.
          Anyways, last night I got a cool call from President and Sister Miller saying that they met Grandpa Sant at church last week! How cool! They said that they really liked him, and a lot of people in the ward there already knew him. It's really interesting to hear how they are doing! Shout out for my Albuquerque Grandparents! I love you guys! I hope you are doing well.
          That's pretty funny to hear about the pepper spray in sacrament meeting. Who on earth accidentally sprays pepper spray in a chapel?? I hope it all turned out ok. It definitely makes a funny story though. Now you know mom that you are just more vulnerable to pepper spray. Try not to get sprayed by it again!
          So another fun story, Elder Schnell and I saved up our allowance all this last month so that we could celebrate before he went home, so a couple days ago we went downtown and had a 40 dollar sushi meal! It was really really tasty. Definitely worth all that dinero. My fourth of July was good. We actually forgot that it was a holiday until we got to our dinner appointment and started hearing fireworks... Hno. Zamora made us an amazing salmon dinner though, and later we were able to watch some fireworks from our porch in the apartment. Overall it was a good day! It was especially nice this week because it actually rained all week! Yay water! Oh, I also met two different Nathans this week! One was nine and the other was eight. I thought that was kind of funny. So thanks for the pictures! I love them! And you look very tan Miranda! I will try to include a couple from me too! Que tengan una buena semana! Hasta luego!


Our sushi dinner

knocking doors

rainy El Paso

super old LDS chapel downtown

a lizard

Elder Schnell on a tree

me and Brian allen



At Lee's baptism



more photos of us hiking



7-2-12 email

 Hello! okay, so I will try to do a little bit better with this email Mom, I know last weeks was kind of wimpy. Anyways, this week was pretty good. Yesterday was especially great because we had three of our recent converts be ordained to the aaronic preisthood! Lee, Sergio, and Jesus Zamora were all able to get the preisthood! Awesome! Sergio even blessed the bread in Sacrament meeting. We were pretty impressed because he got it perfectly right the first time. I am definitely starting to get close to the people here!
So this week here in El Paso it was a million degrees every day. Haha not really, but it did hit 110! Hot hot hot. It's really not too bad though. At least we have a car to get to where we need to go. Today its in the low 90's and it feels great! We were able to get a few new investigators this week as well. One of them is named Tobias and he is really cool. Last week after emails he just walked up to us in the library and asked "Hey aren't you guys the Mormons". Of course we said yes, and after some conversation, we invited him to come to church and listen to our message. He said he would call us and try to come. We didn't hear from him the rest of the week, so we kind of forgot about him. But then on sunday we walked into our sacrament meeting and there he was, wondering if he was in the right place until he saw us! He loved testimony meeting and afterwards asked us for a Book of Mormon. He is really interested and promised he would come back next week.
After church, our good friend Lee said he had something for us, so we went out to his car where he pulled out 4 dozen eggs from his chickens.(now completely rotten because they were in the super hot car all day) We felt really bad though, so we took them anyway. He is such a sweet guy! Very much a kind old Grandpa.
On a sadder note, one of the really less active members that we have been visiting named Alberto is in really bad shape. He is maybe in his 70's and has been away from the church for decades. He has three daughters in Arizona and Florida that are very active in the church though. Just a couple of days ago his family pulled him off of most of his medication so that he could pass away peacefully this week. We have given him many blessings, but please keep him in your prayers as well. We are also teaching his wife (a Jehovas Witness) and one of his caretakers. It is pretty sad to see him feeling so unfulfilled and regretful though.
Anyways, my companion, Elder Schnell, now only has two weeks left before he goes home to Oregon. I am a little sad that I will only be able to have one transfer with him. He is a really great guy. And once he leaves, I will have to show someone else around the area for a while!
So its nice to hear that you guys are doing well. Thank you for the talk quotes mom! We actually do get the Ensign every month, in English and Spanish. and we even get recordings of the talks to listen to in the car from a member in the ward. That is definitely one of my favorites. I also really enjoy The talk from Elder Neil L Anderson, and of course, the one from President Uchtdorf. I'm glad you liked my pictures too. Brian Allen (the guy in the tunnel pictures) really likes photography, so he took some of those for us for fun. He is a huge help to the missionaries here. Awesome guy.
Well sadly, I better go now, but I hope that this letter was a little bit better for you guys! I love you all and hope you all have a wonderful week! Dont have too much fun with all of your summer activities! Hasta la proxima semana!

6-25-12 more photos

Zamora family

Zamora family

Sergio

Sergio and the bishop

6-25-12 email

Hello family!!!

Well this week has gone by super fast. Honestly not a whole lot has happened. We go knocking every once in a while here, but still not a whole lot because of the help we have from members. Sergio, Hno Zamora and his son, and Lee will all be getting the aaronic preisthood this next sunday! very exciting. We were also able to find seven promising new investigators this week, so hopefully the baptisms keep coming! We had stake conference yesterday, and it was very long, because we had to go to the english and spanish sessions. It was pretty cool though. The Juarez temple president and his wife spoke, and there were some really great testimonies from some recent converts. It's pretty funny, because I feel like I'm out of place when I'm around so many white people like that. Haha

It sounds like shadow has adjusted to the wild since her days of freedom, I hope there is still a bird population when I get back to Utah. Its almost as cool as the fully grown bobcat a member caught the other day and showed to us! Crazy. It looks like summer is still going well for you guys. I hope you have fun in all of your various activities like hiking, summer PE, BYU, Scrapbooking (wow 08?), and whatever else you guys might be doing. Im really sorry guys, there really just isn't a lot to talk about this week. I hope you will forgive my really short email. Have a fantasatic week!

***I think that is my favorite photo yet!--***

6-18-12 email

Hello Family!!
Haha, I feel pretty bad, I took a ton of pictures this week, but I forgot to bring the camera to email. Sorry, you guys will just have to wait another week I guess. Anyways, it was a crazy awesome week for me down here still in El Paso! (there is actually a socorro TX that took up most of my last area) My area right now actually goes into New Mexico a little bit, so thats kind of fun. look up chaparral nm. So we did indeed have five baptisms this last weekend. The Zamora Family were in the spanish ward. It was the parents and their son and daughter. I was actually even able to confirm the 9 year old little girl Mitchelle. It was wonderful! They are really an awesome family, already super strong in the gospel! Also, we had the babtism of Sergio Roberts in the english ward on saturday. He is seventeen and got introduced to the church by his girlfriend, the bishop's daughter. Kind of funny, but a really good kid. He already wants to serve a mission too! The work really is going well in this area, and so far I am really enjoying all of it too! To explain my area a little bit more, we are right in between Fort Bliss Military Base and these mountains I still dont know the name of. It is mostly pretty dense city until you get up north to New Mexico. So we get a lot of military people here. probably about 80 percent of the english ward. We also get a lot more cultural variety here. We have lots of Mexicans, White Texans and surprisingly a lot of Black texans. Pretty fun really. our are also ranges from 2 million dollar houses to mobile homes and trailers. So far I am enjoying it though. I certainly dont have to use as much spanish here, but I am actually starting to study more. Anyways, it sounds like you guys are all doing great back home! Mom and Dad, you guys look way too cool kayaking and stuff in San diego. It looks like you had a way fun time! I hope all you guys keep having fun with your summers! It sounds like you all have some fun plans!  Make sure to tell Alice congratulations! thats really cool that she is getting engaged! I can't wait to meet mr Ben Patron! Sadly, I have to go now, but I am trying to get better at writting back to you guys! I hope you have a wonderful week!

6-11-12 email

Hello family! Well, I have indeed gone to a new area! Super sorry I didnt write last week, things just got really crazy moving, packing, and saying goodbye to people. It was pretty hard, but it was time for a change. So my new companion is Elder Schnell from Portland Oregon. This is his last transfer, so I will be taking over the area when he leaves. We are here covering two wards, one english, and one spanish. The Hondo Pass and Transmountain wards (northeast El Paso). Basically, that means a lot more white people, and six hours of church. So far I love just about everything in my new area including my companion! I was definitely done with Elder Bishop. Haha... He really wasnt horrible, but he was super condescending all the time, and halfway through last transfer, I stopped putting up with it, and he didnt like that. Anyways, I have some pictures, but today, me Elder Schnell and A member named brian went to the mountains and explored these old tin mines! way fun, they were actually really long and way spooky. Sorry, I dont know how much time I have today, But it is so great to hear that you are all having fun and that Shadow came Back!! Yay!! oh, and also, we had a baptism right when I got to this area, Lee Andrews, and we have FIVE more scheduled for this week! The Zamora Family and Sergio Roberts.

The Chilean couple aguillon

 one of the ward missionaries george rubio



sylvia



Genoveva


These are some pictures from today! :)