Elder Jacob Hatch: 7-29-13 email

Hello Family! Well, this week has been probably one of the craziest weeks on my whole mission!!! So I got stepped down from district leader to open up a new area in the mission! So I drove all the way from Santa Fe to the now most southern area of the entire mission, Fort Hancock! So my new area is right on the border of Mexico, about an hour south of El Paso. We are literally out in the middle of nowhere. So, to clarify, this brand new area covers about an hour and a half worth of driving. With all sorts of town starting with Tornillo, Fort Hancock, Esperanza, and Sierra Blanca. They are all very small towns. As far as I've seen, there is not a stoplight in our whole area. It is also very hot here. At least, It's much hotter than Santa Fe. Haha, especially in our new apartment (no air conditioning) I think it stays in the 90's at least for most of the night. Lots of fun. Oh! and I almost forgot, my new companion is Elder Bath. He's from Hawaii. So anyways, we actually live outside of our area in another town called Fabens. The branch is here, as well as our new PO Box. Which is PO Box 2754 Fabens, TX 79838. You can send mail there. So we talked with the Branch President and Mission President, and our goal for this area is to start a branch in Fort Hancock. Wow. That means we are going to have to work very hard these next few months! There are only a few members out there, and none of them are active, because it's so far away. So keep us in your prayers. It's going to be an adventure. So far I really love this area though. We are basically in Mexico at this point. They don't even have the fence in most of our area. They have BP patroling, but you can pretty much just walk across in some places. Which we will NOT do of course. Well, sadly, that's all the time I have today, but I'm going to try to send some pictures too. More news next week! -Elder Hatch