11-19-13 email

Dear Family,

So first off, I am sorry for not responding to letters lately. I have been overloading my brain recently and just haven't gotten to it. I'm REALLY going to try to send a couple letters this week though. REALLY! Thankfully though, my brain overloading has mostly been with good things. We had a really great week this week. The Vasquez family is really progressing well, and will definitely get baptized soon. We were finally able to teach their dad, and he is super receptive as well. It's always better if you can baptize the whole family together, even though it doesn't always happen. I am excited for them though. We also had a great lesson with Rudy Silva yesterday. We took him on a tour of the church with a member, then read part of the Book of Mormon by the baptismal font. Great lesson. He commited to be baptized on December 14! He's a great guy, but he's going through some really hard times right now. He's in the middle of a really messy divorce, and he's only late 20's. He seems really sincere though. We are excited to see him again this week. Then the Garcia family (family of 8) is still progressing really well too! We are going to invite them to be baptized tomorrow, so wish us luck! They are an amazing family, and are really just absorbing everything we teach them. Even the younger kids will sit and listen. That would be so awesome if they got baptized before I left! They just need to come to church first. Speaking of that, this Saturday we get transfer calls. My last transfer calls. AAAAHHH!! I only have one more transfer left. That's just wierd. I am still trying to work hard though. It helps that I have a great companion, and a great district. We are all working hard. In fact, last week, my district was the highest teaching district in the mission! Woo! In fact we taught more lessons than some whole zones did! (a zone is multiple districts) I love my district. So basically, I'm doing great. I'm starting to feel the pressure of going home soon, but I'm still doing great. Anyways, I'm also getting pretty excited for Christmas! I am hoping this is my last Christmas without family. I'm going to make the best of it though. We have a really awesome branch, so I think we'll have fun. So, congratulations on your new calling Dad! You'll do great. And good luck this week to everybody in school! I've got to go now, but I hope you all have a great week! -Elder Hatch