Week 8....Hello!!

Yah so what a week!

Wow good times. A lot of progress, and a lot of steps backwards, hahaha but we are working hard and that’s what matters. Let me explain this week through people:

1. Sebastiana and Wilber, so last week we got a baptism date with them and this week they dont want to anymore, i have never been so sad. Hahaha they have faith, they believe, they sometimes go to church. But they can’t committ. I walked out of that house and cried the whole way home, I felt pretty dumb for tearing up in the lesson, but i was reminded of an elder holland quote,"this is eternal life at stake!!!" My comp patted me on the back as we trudged home and he said,"bienvenidos a la mission”.

2. Paula. Why cant we all be like Paula. Paula rules. She passed her baptism interview, she comes to every activity with a smile on, she started her personal progress. She is the strongest branch member and she isnt baptized. I’m a big Paula fan. She brought someone to church, a friend named Melissa. I asked Paula how she knows melissa, turns out melissa was someone she met yesterday. Paula is a better missionary than me. What an example!!! We had not taught the word of wisdom yet, and her mom asked us in a lesson,”it's normal to drink, why are Mormons like that??"... Paula turns to her mom,"no its not, our bodies our temples"... BOOOOOOOOMMM. LET’S FREAKING GO!!! Paula was my first person i ever talked to in my whole entire mission, and now she is getting baptized. So happy.

3. Eduardo. Miracles man. Miracles. Eduardo is the coolest 12 year old kid. We have taught him 3 lessons. after the 2nd lesson we gave him a Book of Mormon. We came back to find out that he had read all the way to 1 Nephi Chapter 15. He gave me a perfect account of the tree of life, and Lehi had 4 kids, and Jerusalem was about to get flushed, etc. and he even made tabs for his book of mormon. What a cool kid. He wears this sick Nike jacket, I’m totally jealous.

This work is sad, happy, fun, boring, hard, all of the above, but I love it and I’m having a great time doing it. It’s so awesome to share a message about our brother Jesus Christ, and the more we appreciate the gift of the Atonement, the more we will want to share it. Good times, not much more. no great jokes but a lot of great miracles this week. Peace out!

Much love,

Elder Hatfield