Week 2, all the days are getting mushed together so i really cant tell what happened each day but ill try to explain some good jokes and cool things. Last week we went to the Lima temple. It was so tiny, like we stayed in one room the whole time, and it fit like 25 people in it. It was so tiny, and beautiful. Everything was in English, but we did everything in spanish. Super cool stuff. Later that night we were all kind of exhausted, so during daily planning we were all just chilling and laughing, because in the mission daily planning is a big deal, but we really don’t have much to do during daily planning at the mtc. Turns out one of our teachers was watching us through the window the whole time, we got a little grilled for that the next day. There is this one latino elder, he is like my best friend. He goes around yelling , GO TO SLEEP. He cant say his s very good so it sounds like GO TO LEEP. That kid is 90 percent of the reason my spanish is good. I have late night chats with him every night. Last night he tried to convince me that he had a girl friend that he just met at the mtc. Hahahhaha this kid is so funny. There is also another latino that just yells, donde esta mis gringos. He is pretty funny too. My favorite time of day is meals, cuz we just sit next to latinos and we chat, and they are so funny. We are getting to the point where we laugh at things that really aren’t that funny. But we laugh so hard them. One of the teachers here asked me where I was from and I said Mesa, and she said, wait really.. turns out she had served her mission in mesa, and her areas were on like lindsey and mckellips. We totally reminisced about los favs and tia rosas. That was pretty cool. Apparently the Peruvian first lady visited the mtc. So perus michelle Obama was all up in our business. I never saw her, but still awesome. They opened up the bball courts this week. It was not very fun. The diameter of the rims are tiny, and the hoops were slanted, and the court was slippery, but it felt good not look uncoordinated like I do in soccer. I look so dumb when I play soccer. Probably one of my coolest homies here in the mtc is Elder Ruekart, we were talking about dogs, and I was talking about penni cuz penni rules. And Then Ruekart says, my dog was a shitzu named dodeger. I freaked out. I KNOW A SHITZU NAMED DODGER. Pretty funny coincidence. Elder Bever is also one of my favorites. He is like half the jokes in our district. Every time something goes wrong, everyone gets mad at Bever. He takes it like a champ. Me and my companion have been killing our fake investigator lessons. I talk 95 percent of the time because my companion seriously struggles with the language. He works so stinkin hard but nothing is cliquing yet. He has got a lot of faith and patience, and he gets better everytime. I have gotten to the point where I just look at him and make him say something during the lessons. Cant get better if you don’t try. Sunday was pretty cool. We had an awesome atonement lesson from the prez, and then we watched a david a Bednar mtc devotional. It was so cool. He was talking about the question, how do I know if it’s the holy ghost is telling me , or just my own thoughts. He quickly responded, QUIT worrying about it, be a good boy and the lord will make it happen. Later that night the choir sang Armys of helamans mashed with called to serve. I had chills everywhere. Anyways I am loving it here, Its totally good times. Love the people I get to hang with, and love learning and doing work. Good times. Keep it real.

Me and Elder Austin at the MTC

The District doing some work!

Classic sitting in classrooms

Class heel clicking with my companion

This is the GO TO SLEEP Elder, he is my homie

BALL SO HARD!

I'm a photographer!

First Letter

Hola familia! Whats going on. So i am gonna type out a general outline of the week, and then respond to the emails, just to save time. Wow what a week. It has seriously been so fun. Chicken and Rice and Potatoes is sooooo true. Every meal, followed by icecream. I really like it though. Its seriously good, its just constipation on a plate. Anyways this week has been way awesome, and cool. There is about 120 people here most of them are latinos. They separated us by mission for districts. So my district is all guys going to Cusco, and 2 hermanas, one of them is hermana Kelly from mesa az. She was my first friend in the airport after the sad goodbyes. Anyways, there is like the perfect amount of people here. Enough people to meet new posse, but small enough to have good buddies. My district is sooo cool. I love them all, and that’s not just me being a happy missionary, we are seriously awesome. I feel like I have known these people for years, its funny how a week altogether can do that to you. I will tell some funny stories through some people in the district. Elder Haws is tyler haws third cousin, hahahh I asked him. He is a classic self righteous guy from Utah, but he is cool. So elder haws is incharge of the music every night in our dorm, and he starts play some symphony by David Arculetta. Next thing you know, I hear the song Beautiful by Christina Aguilerra, but sung by David Arculetta. HAhahaha I lost. I quickly asked if he had any beyonce or MJ songs, but sung by Arculetta. Apparently if David Arculleta sings it, its all good. Hahaha. Elder Coil. Elder coil is your classic hick boy, God, Family, Football. So one day I destroy my knee playing soccer, and Elder Coil of all people, whips out this big kit of Doteras. He loves Doteras. our whole dorm roasts him and calls him the witch doctor… Also Elder Coil has a promise ring, and another kid in my district has a promise ring. Remember when me and Dalllin spread the rumor about zach and Kacey…. Well its like that, but not a joke. Hahahhahhaha. Elder Ruekart is my main man. He is probably my best posse here, we are both pretty good at the language and we both got companions that aren’t that great at it. It was meant to be. Elder Austin is my awesome companion. He is like a less awesome version of Wilson. Because no one will ever beat Wilson. But I love this guy. He struggles with the language, but I have never seen anyone try so hard. He is short, optimistic and always trying hard. Just like Wilson. Glad he is mi compenero. Elder Bever. Elder Bever is the best, I can make good jokes to him, and not get dirty looks. One day we were having an intense argument about seahawks and cardinals, He is from Portland, day one seahawks, not bandwagon. We started getting loud, and everyone thought we were so mad and told us to chill. We quickly told them that’s just what you do when you talk sports, we weren’t mad. Honestly I love it here, the only complaint I had is BAD TAKES. But there is none of that with the people I see everyday. Some kids are just so obnoxious with there answers to question. But our district roasts them, we call them spiritual show offs. David A Bednar once said the doctrine is simple. Anyways other funny things, I survived my first earthquake, apparently it was like a 5.4 but it was in the middle of the ocean. I saw Jackson Davis!! And Peter Stratford, my favorite person ever. Peter was right before I left in the airport. But Jackson was so random. I was sitting in my class learning Spanish, and all the HEFY kids are walking through. All of a sudden I see Cole Crum and Jackson Davis, I gave them a big hug, but it totally shook me up. Hahah I didn’t know what to do. Alright just to end we had an amazing experience as a district last night. We had a very long day, filled with Spanish, Interpol, and studying, and service. Everyone was tired and we walked into our classroom to have a district meeting, which is usually just good jokes and chilling, even though its supposed to be spiritiual. But all of a sudden the wife of the president of the MtC walks in. So everyone turns on best behavior. The spirit was so strong. We were all talking about what it means to represent Christ. And Hermana Kelly told us about her dads conversion. And everyone was testifying of Christ love. There was not a dry eye in the district. It was so amazing. If there is one thing I have learned this week it is Christs Love, as we come closer to Christ, and as I represent Christ its all about love. Love is what Christ gave, taught, and was. I feel that love everyday. Everytime I read the scriptures I truly feel Christ with me. I have read so many inspiring things, that are so applicable to my life, from Patriarchal blessing, to Duet 31. 6 through 8. And so much more. Christ loves us all. Anyways, having a good time. Miss you all. Good times. Keep it real. Elder Hat

I Survived!

After lots of tears and hugs Elder Hatfield was on his way! Received this email the next day: Hey Hey Hey! I made it here in Lima Peru. I met up with about 8 missionaries going to Atlanta that was reassuring. I always imagined that day sad and lonely. But I settled in quite fast. Also I ran into Peter Stratford, hahahahhaha that kid is perfect. Got off the plane, booked it to our next flight only to be greeted by like 40 other missionaries going to peru. I sat by this kid from Arkansas, nice guy. He liked to chat. And this cool sister sat in front of us from Salt Lake. Anyways, I watched Zootopia over this kids shoulder, and played some sudoku. Good times. Rolled in late 3 am, met up with all the Cusco Missionaries that just arrived, and we all room together. Just barely got my missionary tag. I am official. I am learning to laugh at bad jokes. You gotta embrace the nerds, because we are all kind of nerds here. Anyways that takes me to this point. I had tons of company, It has been a fun last 24 hours. Much Love, (Officially Elder Hatfield)