Hey family,
Thanks for the emails and the prayers. It sounds like it has
been a good week. I’m glad you got to
see my new area (Google Earth) it is definitely different than my previous
areas but that’s all good. It is something new. The four-way flat is good. The
two other missionaries are good and we really get along well which really helps
too. One is from Idaho and the other is from Thailand. We might be getting
another missionary today that will tag along with Elder Sin and I. I'm not too
keen on that 3 ways just aren't as effective as they could be but at least
there will be more of us to teach, testify, and eat at the members. We
think we'll have an Aussie coming and he's pretty good from what I
hear so we'll see. Our flat is pretty crowded as it is, so one more body will
definitely be interesting.
The week as been long; we are just trying to get into the
flow of things. We share the car half of the week with the other
missionaries so the other part we either walk or ride the bikes depending on
where we're going. One day last week it rained all day when we were on our
bikes. It made for a fun day. Luckily I had my jacket so I didn't get
too wet. It was fun.
We had Stake Conference last Sunday. The Gold Coast Stake
is very big and they just completed a new Stake Center. It was filled past
capacity during the meeting and they had remote TV screens in 3 or 4 other
rooms with the video of the Conference and the sound streaming. That was
cool. There were heaps of kids though. It was just like watching General
Conference in the Relief Society room back in the day (when he was young). Good
times. On the Gold Coast, there are a
lot of member from New Zealand that move over and live here. We have a
good deal of less active member in our little area. It makes it harder in that
because many of them are Islanders or Maori, they have names that are
hard say. They're good people though. They feed us really well.
We went over to a dinner last night and the Branch
President of Mt. Isa (Kiefer served for 6 months Mt. Isa) was there with his
wife and little girl. It was really good to see them. I didn't think I'd ever see them again so it
was good to talk with them and catch up. The family (that hosted the dinner) was
basically a YSA (young single adult) house of nerds, which was amazing. In the
main room they had three computers with an online game called League of
Legions (LOL) going and they were all playing at the same time. It was awesome!
Of course I didn't play or do anything dodgy, but it was really fun to
talk about games and movies and shooting stuff. It has been a long time. That was
fun. My companion is good. He is
funny and very upbeat. He talks quite a bit in his broken English which is very
comical. Everyone one in the flat gives him a hard time but he plays
along well and enjoys it. He's actually shorter than I am by about an
inch. The members have been joking how it was good to pair up the two shortest
missionaries in the Mission.
Obviously, we don't really like basketball all that
much so today for P-day we're going to go fishing again and see how we go.
I'm going to go out and see if I can get a semi cheap rod. We caught a
couple of brim last week and Elder Sin brought one of his home and
chopped it up and cooked it. It stunk up the flat pretty good and needless
to say when the other missionaries turned up they weren't too
impressed. We're going to fish today. We're hoping to get one of the
members to take up over to the coast a hook us up with the big ocean fishing
rod we need to fish off the shores and in the deeper water. Hopefully we will
catch some big fish. Next week, I think the Zone is going on a big hike so we
should get some good pictures and that should be good fun.
Three more weeks and Colin will be home. That sound like
fun. Keep working hard Colin send me an email. Let me know what you've been
getting up to.
Other than that, not a lot is going on. I’m not sure it we have P-day next Monday or
Wednesday but whatever happens, happens. We might have a Temple trip next week.
Thank for the emails and updates. Love you heaps.
Elder Hatch
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