3-25-13 email

hello everybody! So, you guessed right, my new area is in Santa Fe! Haha, ya I had to get a bus pass when I got here, but I got reimbursed for it by the mission. Sorry, I had to email so late today, we had a ton of things to get done, and we didn't get to it until now. Anyways, my new companion is Elder Acosta. He's a super friendly, rather large, polynesian guy from SoCal. He only has two transfers left, so he's almost done. It's funny, because he is actually the missionary I replaced when I came into my first area in socorro, so we've known each other for most of the mission. Although we don't have a whole lot in common, we've been getting along pretty well so far. We actually have a huge area here. we cover the entire city of Santa Fe for spanish, including most of the smaller towns nearby. We even cover Las Vegas! haha, the New Mexico version that is... It's very different from my last area. Basically replace all of the latinos with natives and hippies. And that is about what I'm at. This place definitely has a culture all it's own. It's pretty fun though. I just have to be careful and not talk to any Indians in spanish. They don't like that. I am not district leader here, but I think this area will be just as challenging. The missionaries before me didn't work a whole lot, so there's a lot of catching up to do. It will be fun. Oh, and it's cold here. when I left El Paso it was about 85, and when I got here it was in the 50's. Back to winter I 'spose. BTW my new address is 4129 S. Meadows Apt #612 Santa Fe, NM 87507. And yes I would love a package. If you can reasonably, send a bigger box, because I might want to send some stuff home soon. We'll see though. Well, I'm going to have to let you go because we have to go to dinner now, but I hope you all have a wonderful week-Elder Hatch