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(This is the English teacher that Hayden judged the Talent show for.)
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And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father! D&C 18:15
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| Elder Welch and Elder Navas and the Baptisms of the friends they love..... These pictures are of my baptisms! The one with the crazy lookin dude, that´s J, idk what the heck he was doing, it is kind of a funny picture of him and the others are the P. Family. You can click the photographs for an enlarged version.
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| A., M. and their daughter A. Mom, this is a picture of them in their house, sorry, it is a little blurry but I like it a whole lot! |
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| Alright, this one is of A. and M´s wedding |
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| This one with a million people is like a ton of the ward members that came for the wedding and baptism of A., M. and their daughter A. and another kid named E. Note from Hayden on Aug. 1st: Presidente Watts just emailed me and said that he just went to visit A. and his family and he said they are doing really well! |
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| The G. Family Alright, this one is from my last day in Las Victorias tambien. I am with my second companion in the area Elder P. This is la Familia G. They are members and it is the family that I told you about that reminded me of our family every time I went over there. Ha ha ha! they are the best! They always treated us like we were at home and for me it really felt like it! |
We received a letter from Hayden in the mail on July 31st. It was from "his second home" in Las Victorias. It was a great letter! We took it with us on a family camping trip so that we could read it together as a family while we were there, big mistake it is now missing. Well I am going to try and remember the important parts. It will not be written in the great "Hayden"way but here goes.
Hayden described his living quarters in Las Victorias. He said that it was sooooo tiny. He and his companion had twin beds that were in opposite corners of the room and they touched corners in the middle. The beds left only enough room to go in between things if you turned sideways and in that space they also had to find space for the thing they hung their clothes on. He had a microwave and a little one plate burner to cook on. He had a small little fridge and a table that had been broken in two pieces and put back together with a board and screws. They used the table for eating, studying and to put the microwave on. He said that because it had been broken it sagged in the middle. He said that a lady in their ward had a washing machine and allowed he and his companion to use it to do their laundry once a week...so that was very nice for them. He said he did have hot water and a bathroom. He commented on how grateful he was for his place and that he recognized it was one of the better places in the mission. His favorite part of his living quarters was a balcony. He said that he loved to exercise out there in the morning and do his personal study and contemplate. He said that when he read his scriptures during personal study time he would take his candy that we sent for Easter and eat it while he read. He said that he LOVED the candy that it tasted soooooooo good and that he had just eaten the last of it and then he added that now he felt bad he had shared soooo much of it....and then of course followed up with the famous "Ha Ha". Hayden is always so very generous and never thinks of himself— I guess we need to send more candy! He also loved to watch the lightning and listen to the thunder and rain from the balcony. I think that it was the closest thing to a backyard that he could get and we all know how much he enjoyed hanging out in the backyard at home. He always has been a guy who appreciated that kind of thing. He also said that the time is flying by. He mentioned that he is a little afraid at how fast it is going and that he hopes it slows down a little because he is not ready to think about coming home. (At that time several missionaries in his mission were being sent home or being considered to be sent home because of illness...including his AP buddy from the CCM Elder S....who currently is still at home battling his illness. I think this added to his feeling of not wanting it to end before he was ready.) He talked about how much he loved it in Guatemala and that the little apartment and his ward really felt like a second home to him now. He once again talked about how amazing Elder N was as a companion and how well they got along. He mentioned many of the above converts that at that time he was teaching. He mentioned the humble circumstances of those in Guatemala and he said how great it was to be teaching the gospel and to see the difference it made in the lifes of those who accept it. He ended with expressing his love for all of us and thanking us for all that we do for him.
Not as good as the letter and I know I did not do it justice. But it will have to do until I find the letter—If I find the letter!
Carol Anne
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