Microwave Episode.

So, it wouldn't be a normal weekly letter from Drew, without something hilarious involved, now would it? To set up his email, my mom actually received an email from a lady in Drew's ward, explaining the following:

Hi Lisa
I have to rat on your son. The boys came over for dinner last night and
Elder McMichael could not wait to tell me this story- So, he wanted to take a quick nap,
but your son did not want him to. So he tromps around the kitchen talking
loudly to irritate his companion. As he is talking he decides to make a
snack. Elder McMichael describes the noise he heard next akin to the 4th of
July.
He yells Turn It Off ands runs into the kitchen to see a horrified Elder
Hatch staring at the microwave containing an unopened can of beans!

It still works! That part amazes me. He asked my husband if he knew how to
cook and if he ever had to cook. Too funny. I thought you might get a
giggle!


We seriously could NOT stop laughing after reading this! As my husband, Ryan put it, he's surprised we hadn't heard something like this a couple months ago! 

We then got an email from Drew himself: 

OKAY... WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!?!?!?! Just so everyone knows, it wasn't on purpose!!! My companion was sleeping (as usual) and I was trying to chat his head off to wake him up. Whilst I was doing so, I decided to heat up a can of baked beans in the microwave. I was going to put it in a microwave safe container (tupperware) when I got too distracted talking and stuck the can in the microwave. It was a scene from Back to the Future, and sounded EXACTLY like the DeLorean revving up to time travel. There were sparks galore coming from the microwave. I thought the whole house was going to explode. However, it DID wake my companion up. 

-Of course, he also wrote more, but I just wanted to share the funny parts first. Drew's letters crack me up! Anyway, here is some more from his letter this week! Enjoy!-

In other, more important news... we had some amazing blessing occur last week. We have been struggling to get a decent sized investigator pool to teach, and I have tried to do everything in my power to stay exactly obedient and have the spirit with me when we did find someone. President Nilsen has counseled us to meet with part-member families, prospective elders, and some other categories of members in our wards. This was revelation, as we visited two of these families yesterday, and the Lord poured out blessing upon both of them. 

First, we visited a part member family in the ward where the wife was an Atheist. The husband is on the high council, and has had pretty much every calling you can have in a ward. Last time we had dinner with them, the wife said she was still not ready to hear the gospel. We scheduled another dinner with them via our meal coordinator (most underestimated calling in the church) and were able to visit them a second time. Even though the sister had said she was not ready to receive the message last time, my companion and I were impressed to ask her about her relationship with God. She was wary at first, so we were guided by the spirit to open her up. Her dad had taught her growing up that all organized religion was of the devil. The spirit helped her realize at dinner that it was the adversary who was halting her progression and her relationship with Heavenly Father. We mentioned experimenting on the word, and how many of the first latter-day saints had the same concerns that she did before she joined, and also how we had to come to a knowledge for ourselves. I had an impression at the end of the short lesson to talk about my anxiety, and I compared it to the adversary, how he makes you afraid of things that don't even exist. She was afraid of what the future held, afraid of succeeding, and she realized that by the end of the lesson. She told us that she would pray about being taught the lessons!

Like a Boss.

Here are the e-mails we received this week from our Elder! It's always the best days when we hear from our Drew bug. He sounds incredibly happy! I am literally counting down the days until we get to talk to him on the phone....oh my goodness, I am sure excited!

Dear Lex,

My P-day changed only for last week, because we had transfers. We have transfers every six weeks, so plan on the sixth week having a p-day on Wednesday. It's so good to hear from you Lex!!! I love you so much, and am proud of you and Ryan for working tirelessly to support mom. That's so crazy that Carson got a grand slam!!!! He is such a boss. How are the other 'Adams' boys doing? Is Ethan liking baseball as well? How is Carter liking the Wii? Haha. 

Well, we are now beginning to teach a 15 year old girl named Taylor. She has been to mutual before with one of her friends, but she stopped going a while ago. We taught her the first lesson so far, and have tutored her on her algebra homework (piece of cake now compared to missionary work!) We really hope that she will accept our invitation to come back to mutual and maybe have her and her mom attend church. Well Lex, I love you and I miss you. The mission is flying by though, and I know that this is an amazing experience that I am able to go through. Helping others come to a knowledge of the gospel is the most gratifying thing anyone could be doing in their lives. 

-Elder Hatch 

Dear mom,

Thank you so much for the updates mom! It's so good to hear all about how the family is doing. Mom, if you saw our apartment and car right now, you wouldn't believe that I had part ownership of them. They are as clean as a whistle, because we know that the spirit abides much more frequently and strongly in a house of order and cleanliness. It is GREAT! Well, we taught Kelvin the first lesson. He is training to be a pilot, and is currently Lutheran. We met him outside his house when he was carrying in groceries. Oh... BIG NEWS... I had the opportunity to go on a 24 hour exchange with the assistants to the president!!! This was probably my greatest learning experiences as a missionary, to see the best of the best in action. Not only did we go on exchanges there in Worthington, but I spent the day with Elder Floyd (my grandpa, or trainer's trainer). He is definitely one of the best in the mission field, and it was amazing to get to tract, contact, and teach with him. Yes, that's right, I taught a lesson with him!! The lady's name was Jasmin (with a y sound for the j), and we taught her in the stake president's office. Although all of these circumstances combined may have seemed nerve-racking to me at the time, I know that my preparation on my mission paid off for that day. We (Heavenly Father, Elder Floyd, and I) were able to put her on date for baptism on June 1!!!!! We were so excited when she accepted our invitation, and knew that she would be blessed because of her great faith in Jesus Christ. Also, my scripture memorization paid off, because Elder Floyd "threw me under the bus" a couple times when he told the investigators that I would recite the scripture from memory. I DID IT. It was an incredible feeling when I went to bed that night, like all of my life was preparing me for this one day. I know that there are going to be many other amazing experiences on my mission, and I plan to continue to work my hardest so that I can bring people to a knowledge of the truth.

-Love,

Elder Hatch