the last......

Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 8:01 PM (MDT)

           Monday, March 12, 2018 1:01 PM (Vanuatu)

hello friends. 

this feels so surreal typing this my last email home as a missionary of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. so, review of this last week and then i'll get into the last messages of elder hyatt vi

a cyclone wreck'd my last week as a missionary... finally got to go back to malekula on monday! diligently looking for a dog to eat! but alas, it didn't work out. the dog ran away... sadness. 

overall my last week in vanuatu was mainly sitting and doing almost nothing while the cyclone raged on outside/nearby. but i was ok i didn't get hurt and the truck didn't get hurt and all the missionaries were good! it was kinda cool cuz a dude from vila called us shortly after the signal came back and asked us on behalf of the area seventies wheter or not we the missionaries on malekula were ok! and we were! it was so cool! like. the area seventies were worried about me individually! but that's how the best ministering takes place. one by one. woot! 

had a last district meeting. i love those elders so much. i hope and pray that they will(along with the other missionaries that are gonna come after them) will be able to uplift and bless the lives of the people we've taught and helped and come to love... i wish all the missionaries here could feel what i feel. im sure they feel it to some degree but. the mission is so short. these last two years have been so short... urgency! massive action! this gospel is a gospel of now!

but it was interesting cuz i had asked in a prayer recently. is there anything that i have not learned yet on my mission that i need to learn before i return. and if so please teach me what those things are. and then this last week happened. so, though the last week of my mission didn't go at all like i planned it or wanted it to go, it was the week that i needed to go through and learn from. the lord answers prayers. that is a surety. i know that to be true.

been thinking a lot about what i'd say in my homecoming talk and such. wheter or not i've changed on the mission. very surreal. i don't know how well im going to adjust in this upcoming week/month. but i've learned a lot of stuff on the mission and now i've got a whole life ahead of me and turn this knowledge into wisdom and experience. so that one day i can look back(and forward) and be confident of my stance before the lord that i am clean and have developed my talents and abilities and all that to the best of my ability. 

scatterbrained email as usual. but i suppose since this is my last email i should share my witness and testimony of this gospel. and i could much better express the things i know and feel if we were in a district meeting or in a conversation. cuz this gospel is personal. and the things i've learned and felt and now know. are personal and significant to me. and so, i want to share my testimony but i fear you won't be able to feel what i feel by just reading the words on the screen... but here goes. i know. that this church is true. i know that god is mindful of me. weak, imperfect, flawed me. and he loves me and has helped me more than i probably have realized or recognized. i am so grateful of that unchanging love. he is always there for us. it is us who move away from him... the things i speak of are spiritual and you can't touch them or prove them as with a scientific experiment that can be recorded in some dusty textbook. they are living statements of truth. so when you read the book of mormon or want to test whether or not this is true. this kind of truth is felt far before it is seen. i feel my saviors love. in everything around me. so, i suppose a more accurate statement would be, i feel this church and this gospel are true. come unto christ and be perfected in him. he that is found faithful. god be with you till we meet again. 

elder hyatt vi

over the rivers and through the bush

Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 4:52 PM (MST)
           Monday, February 26, 2018 10:52 AM (Vanuatu)

to tisman we go!

hello friends. this week we spent a lot of time in the truck cuz from our apartment to the area where we were gonna be proselyting in this week is a 2 hour drive if you push it. so. lots of time in the truck. grateful for a large supply of talks and singsing to listen to on the road!

tisman and aulua tho! the members there are so dope! they love the missionaries so much and since the missionaries only come sometimes cuz it's so far away and also fetching bunkamo. (i saw where the river broke the road. mother nature doesn't mess around in the bush. she is queen of the bush!) but! we went! the church has been in tisman for about 6 years now and in aulua for less than 2. lots of investigators and people to meet and befriend and teach and strengthen along the road to our heavenly home! 

tilikon and helen! the unit leader and his wife are sooooo cool! they are 100% on board with missionary work and so happy to help us find and teach their friends and neighbors and invite all to come unto christ! if only if only my area was smaller and i had more time i could really come to love and make a big difference in aulua i think but time is so short...

this next week basically the whole week we(elders of kula) are gonna be in santo. zone conference on wed-thurs but we go on tues and come back on sunday. so! lots of signing journals and last memories and such cuz whence it's over i fly direct to vila after next sunday. it's so fast... i only have 5 more days of solid proselyting left!

and we were hoping on having 12 people from aulua baptized on my last saturday! but then the domino personality in the group of 12 decided to procrastinate the day of his repentance so looks like we're only gonna have 1. man im gonna miss this place. i don't wanna go! well i do but i don't what is life

i love being a missionary so much. im gonna miss it so much.. even though these people are so strongheaded some times i love em and im gonna miss em so much... as time grows shorter and shorter i reflect a lot on how far i've come. if im the same dude i used to be. i suppose you fellows who read this back in the states will be able to tell whether or not i've actually changed in the last 24 months.. what is life

also. the pig roast went exceptionally well. i felt like a true man bush. squatting with my district around a roasted pig with no utensils but 2 bush knives. #districtactivity #vpvm #malekula and we're gonna do the same thing this week but with a dog. it's gonna be great! 

well that's all i can think that i wanna say. gotta change the tires on the truck cuz they be bald. gotta go!

lavem yufala!

aleeee

elda hyatt vi

shark shark pig! (vanuatu duck duck goose)

Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 5:07 PM (MST)
           Monday, February 19, 2018 11:07 AM (Vanuatu)

so guess what friends. i actually got to eat shark. and it tastes almost exactly like fish. cuz sharks are fish. but it was really good fish! lots of meat! yeah! but the cool thing is the person who gave us shark (while we were on small island wala) we weren't expecting them to give us shark so two people gave us shark. eaten once and the next will probs be tonight or tomorrow. hope i can eat turtle too but chances of that are pretty low. 

today we're gonna roast a pig! #district activity! it's gonna be sweet. i hope i get to kill it so i can mark it off my bucket list that i killed a pig! (already killed a chicken back in etas so pig and dog are next)

but. about missionary work! we have been teaching a lot of really cool people! this past saturday we had 4 baptisms! huzzah! in a river! huzzah! i almost fell over trying to lift one of the dudes back out of the water cuz the river sand was so soft and malleable. but it was a great experience. 

tomorrow we're finally gonna get to go to tisman and aulua! it's gonna be sick im so hyped there's been so many stories shared of the legendary quality of investigators and church leaders there. its gonna be grand. probs gonna stay the whole week there. 

we did a lot of work in all of our areas this week. focusing on preparing and planning the baptism for the 4 in lowni and helping our investigators in wala progress and coming to know the members of brenwe and get them excited about missionary work once again! so some cool (spiritual) stories that happened this past week. 

toby and anita. toby is the first born in his family which means when his dad dies he will become chief. and like all of his family is super strong catholic. but toby and his wife are seeking for truth. so if and when he's baptized he will be able to stand confidently in his family and in his position as chief with no fear but only pure faith. leading his family (and hopefully village too!) along the covenant pathway back to the kingdom of our father in heaven. i love to teach people like that who are sincerely 100% desiring to know the mind and will of the lord. hoping and praying that they will look up and not around for their answers! yay! 

i suppose that's something that i've noticed alot on my mission. way too many people look around at their friends or family for the answers to big spiritual and life changing questions when we should depend on the one who has all wisdom and knowledge who will not lie to us and who loves us perfectly! so if you're reading this i'd like to invite you. don't look around. look up. ask. and you shall recieve. i testify that's true. 

other peeps i've taught this week: john kennedy! great dude! back in the day he joined the church with some of his friends but due to some extenuating circumstances and perhaps a little laziness his faith atrophied. we visited him whilst trying to come to know all of the members in our area and inspire/encourage them to greater use of their faith! and he was very enthuastic about everything and time permitting we will go and help his family also feel the joys of faith in action! because for blessings to come faith must be used first. ether 12:6 james 2:17-18+20 

i remember back in the day i met a pastor dude from colorado whilst i was in vila. and his main stumbling block(as described in 1nephi 13 and 14) was that we don't have to do anything to earn god's love. while that is true, and many blessings to come to all 'the sun rises upon the wicked and the just' the true spiritual blessings that we all long for take work. take refinement. take repentance. and through all of that along with the companionship of the holy ghost and the grace of christ given through the atonement, we can become what we are. sons and daughters of a heavenly father. 

sorry. spiritual tanjents. i have so many more favorite scriptures than i did back in the day. like. whole book of mormon. favorite scripture. so many A+ stories and doctrine for any and all occasions because it was written for you! for your struggles! that you're facing right now. the words of a loving god to you personally wait for you to open and absorb them. apply them. 

i believe in applied religion. because if we all applied, truly applied, our religion to our lives and lived by the morals and commandments and advice there in, so so soooooo many trials that we all face as individuals and as a human family would be alievated. god wants to bless you. we're the only ones who build the wall/close the door to heaven. so open it! break down the wall of sin and sadness! feel the warmth of heavenly light in your soul today! and then tomorrow we can sing together 'there is sunshine in my soul today. more glorious and bright than shines in any earthly sky for jesus is my light!' 

some things i've been pondering lately if any of you want to ponder them with me. john 17:3 and alma 22:18. what are you willing to give away?

the time is far spent. there is little remaining to publish glad tidings by sea and by land! Then hasten ye hearlds, go forward proclaiming: Repent! for the kingdom of heaven's at hand! Repent! for the kindgom of heaven's at hand!

bwahhhhhhhhhh i only have 2 more sundays in kulaaaaaaaaaaaa whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

heheheh i wrote another book love pat on the back if you read it all! *pat pat*  email me back with your own spiritual ponderings so we can all ponder together! 

that's all for now!

elder hyatt vi

time flys like a arrow but fruit flies like a banana

Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 6:48 PM (MST)
           Monday, February 12, 2018 12:48 PM (Vanuatu)

hello friends. it feels like just yesterday i was emailing you fellows. wow. what is time and why won't it slow down!

so many things happened this week! highlights as they come to mind on 3. 2. 1. 

so we found some former investigators of elder poteki and elder eager (in lowni a area that got whitewashed and given to the district leader aka me) and they're ready to be baptized! and they're gonna be baptized this saturday! huzzah!

one of the really strong faithful members in the lowni area is abu jonah who happens to be the custom chief (called paramount chief) of a large chunk of villages in the lowni area! he's really old and really cool and really passionate about the church and about missionary work! and he wears socks and sandals like the adorable old man that he is! #lifegoals

the mission pres came to our island like out of the blue! he rang me on tuesday morning and was like. im coming on saturday at 9! so we got to have a rather personal meeting with pres g just us the kula squad(6 missionaries total) and got some more A++ counsel. what a guy. what a bro. what a president. 12/10 would reccomend as a mission pres. 

one challenge we're having a lil hard time with is this river called bunkamo. fetchin bunkamo. it broke the bridge a few years back so all the peeps gotta just run through it to get to the other side but the lil mini cyclone that made me shaka shake and jumpa jump 2 weeks ago gave it enough water power to break up the road on the other side so we can't go to the people on the other side of that river... (a certain adele song comes to mind) sadness. hopefully the chinese here(chinese are the only ones to do public works projects here for some reason)  will fix it soon so we can go teach and baptize (there's 14 peeps in aulua waiting to be taught and baptized but fetching bunkamo.) and help the members and people of tisman and aulua(the units on the other side of the river)!

still havn't been to wala small island or brenwe or liviamp yet. gahhhh i only have like. 3 sundays left in malekula! what the freak! asdjgalskdgjbaqw;eoius Time!!!! freaking slow down theres too much stuff to do!

i went to the small island of uripiv to do a baptismal interview for the norsup elders (garciano and altarejos) got to ride on a lil boat with a boat man that wore a cool hat and glasses. cool guy. uripiv is so beautiful! everyone is so friendly there!

i might get to eat shark today! it's gonna be great! i hope! for those of you who are curious. my daily diet includes the following basically every day of my life on kula

breakfast: lemon tea and bread or crackers with spreads(whichever spreads we haven't run out of yet)

lunch: mercy of the members: sometimes corn or navel or mango or semboro or if we're really lucky fish or laplap. 

dinner: boiled root crop(taro or kumala) and stew of corned beef from a can, instant noodles, cabbage and peppers. pretty good. funny story.

on tuesday night of this week. used some peppers bought from the market. thought they were sweet(like bell peppers) they were not. put like 4 in the nightly soup. hottest. food. ever... made the sides of my mouth really hot so i thought. i'll wash my face. what a bad bad bad decision... lesson learned. don't wash your face shortly after cutting peppers. 

woot nice long email for yah. give yourself a pat on the back if you read it all. *pat pat* good work team. keep it up! see ya next weekkkkkk

ale ta 

that's all for now 

elder hyatt vi

catholic paradise by al yankovic

Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 9:54 PM (MST)

           Monday, February 05, 2018 3:54 PM (Vanuatu)

hello friends. 

my area tho! every where is beautiful! but one thing is i'm afraid of the computers here in the bush and losing my 2000+ pix to a virus so. im sorry friends no pix unless i go to santo or vila. 

currently im sitting the library of a french school! cheap internet access! huzzah!!!! but for reals tho my area is no joke a paradise. rivers and lots of scenic sea vistas. the members feed us so much! the church has been here on kula since 1998? so the church is still breaking ground in a lot of places. and as the district leader(the only one on the island with a truck) i get to be one of the ones breaking that ground! which is amazing! 

so many people who wanna hear the gospel! but on the other hand a lot of people who are very resistant of change/ new things. such as: the missionaries of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints! but all is well! there are many people to teach and so many places to go and strengthen and help them to come unto christ! 

these past couple days we've really just been trying to get to know where everything is and who everyone is and lifting up the thoughts and attitudes of the members to help each other and the branch to do our missionary work! lots of referrals! so much to do! so little time! 

i feel a bit spread thin but i know that the lord will make up where i lack! the work moves forward! let us all press on in the work of the lord that when (missionary) life is o'er we may gain a reward in the fight for right let us wield a sword. the mighty sword of truth! 

that's all for now! (ill dump a bunch of pix on fb or whatever social media when i go home. woot. the time is ticking!)

lavem yufala! ale!!!!!

elder hyatt vi

transfers and planes

Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 10:59 PM (MST)

           Monday, January 29, 2018 3:59 PM (Vanuatu)

friends i just had a near death experience. (read on to know more!!!)[hahaha revenger of the click bait headlines]

i am transferred to malekula! huzzah! 

and there's unpredictable cyclone weather and lots of jump jump shaka shake on a small plane and long story short im still on santo but should be on malekula. 

this week has been really great and really bitter sweet. i've worked like 9 monies of my mish here and saying goodbye to all them peeps. sad. but also happy cuz i only have 6 weeks till i see my family again! but imma leave my family here... sadness. and happiness. and upset stomachs from turbulence in small plane. i have a bunch of cool pix i wanna send but the internet place is gonna close in 10 mins so idk. 

other cool stuff that happened last week. THE MISSION TOUR it was so sick. i loved it so much. so many doctrinal bombs dropped and blew my mind. and i got a chance to 'visit' with elder craig a cardon. lots of life advice and really good counsel. everything in life is looking up. be positive! everything will work out in the end! 

transfers! a bunch of people got transferred this transfer. like. so many comps got whitewashed. and i got transferred to be DL Malekula for my last transfer with elder lotoaniu! from tonga! he's sick! my area is sick! it's gonna be a dope last transfer! 

there was a branch activity for tanavoli! the first one in a long time! and they had it at this lil secluded rocky beach place with some gorgeous scenery! so grateful i have a good camera to capture all the cool stuff and cool people i meet and will remember forever! so grateful to be on the mish and to be able to have all these expereinces. happy sad frustrated scared hungry tired. making me into the person i'm meant to be. reminds me of a song lyric. it is well. for thy soul. all is well... all is well! 

love you guys! im good! don't worry about me! im in the hallow of his hand! to quote yet another dope song. 

that's all for now! internet cafe people kicking me off now! aleeeeeee

the rains came downnnnnn (but the floods didn't come up)

Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2018 2:51 PM (MST)
           Monday, January 22, 2018 8:51 AM (Vanuatu)

hello friends! this week has been fast! 

we really tried to focus on getting our investigators who are about to be baptized to be 100% ready and not afraid or anything. so we went to crossroads like 3 or 4 times this week! it was really great cuz while our district leader was doing the interviews for them i got to do service! yay! here in vanuatu everyone sees the white shirt and is either 1)afraid/doesn't want to talk out of prejudice or 2) respects the clean 'uniform' and doesn't want us to do any manual labor. but! helping a mama rake her whole yard of leaves and doti was great! i got really sweaty but it was amazing! i love doing service! 

but, sadly the baptisms didn't happen due to circumstances out of our control... one thing i've learned on my mish.. if something is out of your control there is nothing you can do about it. only worry about what you can change and leave the rest to those who do have control.

transfers are coming up! again! and rumors are a flyin. elder hyatt you're going to new cal! elder hyatt you're gonna stay zl santo! i have no idea where i'm gonna be in a week! uncertainty makes life fun! and like. everyone and their mom wants to know where they're gonna go for transfers. blowin up our phone. thursday! all i know is that a lot of plane tickets are gonna be printed!

one really cool thing that i got to be a part of on friday was a mission wide mlc! over google hangouts! the zone leaders and sister training leaders from all the zones tuning in over google hangouts to new cal where elder craig a cardon of the area presidency was! 2 hours of spiritual and leadership training feast. the only thing that was kinda meh about it was our connection in santo was pretty bad so we were watching over google hangouts but listening over a phonecall from our phone to the assistants phone in new cal. our phone hooked up to a speaker so all of us(sis ouamambare, brown and elder toaniuea and hyatt) could hear. very memorable experience. yay!

the elders of the outer islands are coming back to santo right now for the mission tour! elder cardon is gonna come here to santo from 8am to 5 pm tomorrow! and im in charge of preparing some stuff and like conducting the meeting! and they assigned some elders and sisters to be able to interview with the elder cardon and they chose me as one of them! ahhhhh im excited but also anxious! thems peeps have the authority and spiritual purity to look like. directly into your soul. and imma talk with him for like 10 mins. 😯 it's gonna be amazing! but im also a lil scared!

life keeps moving forward faster and faster every day. trying to keep up with my journal. im like one week behind at all times. wahhhhhhh there's gonna be 10 elders staying in our house this time around! 

that's all i can think to talk about right now. 

heres some pix doe!

elder hyatt vi

Pictures:

1.      muddy volleyball (before last week district activity)

2.      mudball part 2

3.      tried to cross a road that i thought was firm but it was not... it's ok my scriptures didn't get muddy. 

4.      itsa mah district! transfers are coming and chances of change are exciting and scary!

5.      sugar cane! delicious! 

6.      meeting at the senior couple's house (cuz they have wifi) for the mlc! woot!

7.      the first district activity from a while ago but i just copied this pix. 

8.      driving back from that district activity! 

idk we only ever really take a bunch of photos at activities.

men are that they might have... (read on to find out!!!) [heh click bait subject lines]

Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 3:12 PM (MST)
           Monday, January 15, 2018 9:12 AM (Vanuatu)

well friends i got some good news and some bad news. i'll say the bad news first cuz it's really small. 

i got a bad computer today and the usb ports don't work so no pix this week. sorry friends,

this last week we had a really dope district activity! we initially planned to go to millennium cave! but then we couldn't find the member who would let us in for free so we didn't go.. but! back up plan! other cave! named nergar cave! but the road to it was too bush to go. so when we got to nergar village we just played volleyball! and then it rained! really hard! complete with a muddy stream of rainwater running though the volleyball field! really fun and messy. lots a great memories and pix! sorry that i can't send any to you fellows this week...

other stuff that happened this week! some elders who were staying in our house (that happens a lot as we have a huge house) and they accidentally locked a room from the outside and we don't have the key. so, sadness. but! we called the land lord and they sent a dude and he replaced the door knobs! now we have nicer door knobs in our house! huzzah! 

rolong and mary are gonna be baptized! yay!! we had planned their baptism for the 6th back in december but stuff happened so it's gonna happen this friday! and im gonna bring cake! it's really funny cuz i stole this one recipe for banana cake from elder villainulva and i made it a couple times and took it to district meeting once and another time took some to the area and like. everyone in our area loves the cake. and asks me to make it for branch activities and baptisms and family house nights. so yeah. want a good banana cake recipe? here ya go!

3 c flour

1 c sugar

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

mix all that stuff in a bowl

1 c oil

1 c milk

1 egg

2 c mashed/cut really small banana

mix all that with the other stuff

dump it in a cake pan (13 by 9 is probs good) 

put it in the oven. ovens here don't have temp gauges just flame height so idk what temp to set it at. 

30ish mins. you might burn the bottom. i do every time but the peeps love it anyway. 

boom! done! cake! everyone loves it and its really simple!

we're also teaching philip! he proudly proclaims that he was the first to welcome the missionaries into the villiage of crossroads! but for whatever reason he wasn't taught and such. only his relatives. but! we have begun teaching him and he has a date set for his baptism next month! he has a lot of stuff that can change in his life for the better and he always looks so happy to see us and hear the messages of Chirst and of forgiveness of sins though following him. what a great guy. grateful to be able to influence his life for good!  

we actually had all 3 hours of church in jarilen yesterday!!! huzzah!!! new year new you and we had a bunch of less active/inactive members come and we actually had all 3 hours of church! it's so great! the only problem is up in the bush illiteracy is a big problem. especially english. so handbook 2 isn't in bislama yet so some local priesthood leaders who are literate translate it type it up and give it to others! the church will grow! everyone will actually have callings! it's gonna be great!

this week we didn't have like any zl stuff to do or deal with so we had sooooo much time to work in our area and it was so great i loved it. reminded me of the glory days of naikasau in banban/gaua and west/imae in etas. thrusting in my sickle with my might! we're teaching so many people! most of them are kinda eh. but some are progressing! reading the book of mormon and praying about it and feeling the heavenly light and warmth that the holy ghost brings into their hearts! missionary work is so great! 

im a little trunky. i will not deny. thinking about what i'd say in my homecoming talk. or how good it's gonna feel to go to the dentist again after 2 years. hopefully it will feel good. or seeing my fam again! it's gonna be great! but! we are all enlisted till the conflict is o'er! HAPPY ARE WE 

that is a true statement. when we work with all our heart might mind and strength towards worthy heavenly goals whether that be building s strong family or missionary work or getting a education. all that. you will be happy! men are that they might have joy! Christ is the author of the plan of happiness! follow that plan and feel the joy and love and peace that will flow into every part of your life! 

i love you all and i know that God loves you all and is aware and willing to help you in your struggles! turn to Him and He will bless your life! 

that's all for now sorry no pix.....

elder hyatt vi

hello from the other sideeeeee

Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2018 3:34 PM (MST)

           Monday, January 08, 2018 9:34 AM (Vanuatu)

im sorry friends i haven't talked to you fellows in like 3 weeks now. forgive me? it's not my fault ok the email place was closed for christmas and new years. so here i am. once again! (i forgot the rest of the lyrics to that song) anywho!

so much stuff! gahh ok

christmas! sadly it was not a stress free christmas. but it did turn out pretty ok! we had 12 other elders stay in our house for 4 nights from the 23rd to the 27th and our house got trashed! but we made them clean it up mostly so it was all good in the end. really fun to catch up with friends in other outer islands. and play around and all in all celebrate the christmas season! i made a sling shot(called an elastic in vanuatu) and gave that as a present for the gift exchange, and i got a cool lil kenu(canoe) that says santo on it! yeah! christmas party was fun! i think it went well but then again my comp and i planned it so. i suppose ask the other people in the zone if they think it went well?

we had a branch activity in jarilen! first one ever! they spent $500 on food for the activity! i don't know how reasonable that is compared to us ward activities but that's a lot of money to me! but it was really good! lots of less actives and non members came and attendance the next week at church was significantly improved!! huzzah! activity was a huge success!!!! and it was really fun!

we picked up a new elder from the philippines and he stayed us for like 3 days until his outer island comp came for christmas! elder garciano! it was funny and a lil awk cuz turns out when he found out he was going to vanuatu he googled various vanuatu things and found my blog! eldermatthyatt.blogspot.com and so i guess my audience that gets this email is a lot bigger than i thought it was? maybe? woot! hi friends!

new years! lots of drunk people everywhere! some of the elders up in the bush(palon and fanafo) wanted to come to p day on the 1st but there was no trucks so we went up to get them and there was a new years activity at palon branch! that was also really fun! some much food! a custom of vanuatu, whenever there is a holiday of gladness(marriage, first time a dude shaves[yes that is a thing. a holiday for every guy. his uncles have to come shave his beard for the first time], new years, birthdays, ect) everyone buys lil containers of baby powder and dumps it on everyone. it's really fun! and legit and all that! i like it better than just lighting sparklers or something like that. 

GAHHHHHHH I HAVE 2 MONTHS LEFT AND THATS ALL *final lap music speeds up even moreeeeeee* gahhhhh some much stuffffffff like. one the one side im honestly afraid to come home cuz im like a man bush now. i opened up a new version of microsoft word the other day to write the program for the christmas party. and i had no idea where anything was. wahhhhhhh imma die when i get home//// but on the other hand im really happy cuz imma go home and all the american things that don't exist here will be there.. but also stress that i have like no time left and so many people to teach and invite to come unto christ! to use the words of mah boi j holland(elder jeffery r holland of the quorum of the twelve apostles) 'i feel a great burden of urgency. so much so i can hardly breathe!' (also 6months/6weeks to sexy is def a thing. hopefully i haven't gotten fatter/ less attractive on my mish... my fam will decide cuz i don't remember what i used to look like?) 

also one from the area presidency is gonna come on the 23rd! huzzah meeting spiritual giants! craig a cardon! it's gonna be legit! 

alright some missionary work (cuz honestly with all the stuff that we have to deal with as zone leaders i don't really feel like a missionary at times... more like a admin or taxi or handyman or something.) but! we have a lot of people we're working with! right now we're working with a papa named Pastor Arsen. he was just chillin at a members house cuz they neighbors/ friends. and he was like. yeah! if you guys wanna come talk with me im down. *cautiously sets return appointment* he's legit! the members of his congregation roasted him a bit for talking with us but he really likes what we have to share and he's like. giving us referrals?? its really odd but great at the same time??? 

we're gonna have a baptism on the 20th. a couple who were married and passed the bap interview but then the missionaries that were serving in their area got in a big car accident and the invest got put on the back burner and forgotten... but not to the lord! they gonna get baptized and he's gonna get the priesthood and they all gonna go to the temple and my area is gonna be a stake some day! just you watch! i believe in a god of miracles! believe in Christ and ask. ask and you shall receive!  

and there's another book for you. have fun! 

that's all for now.

elder hyatt vi

here come the back load of pixxxxx:

1. us and the stls (with the showground sisters cuz housing at christmas was #cramp'd) doing some last min prep then smol photo op
2. a four for one slap at Walmart. 
3. when you're trying to have a companionship prayer in the truck and then.
4. come at me. we the OG bush squad
5. that my friends. is naloat. 🙏 #amaze
6. christmas party food
7. guess what that large brown thing is. if you guessed cucumber, you are correct!
8. tongan squad! 
9. skyping home for christmas at a cafe
10. classic. 
11. post clean up designated selfie time
12. post clean up designated selfie time part 2
13. the district 3 coming soon to missions/missionaries across the world (bwahhhaaahahahahah yeah right)
14. all those people. like literally the entire population of jarilen gathered cuz one dude is gonna cut his beard off for the first time. 
15. this is what i eat most days. like when i go to the area and members maybe feed us. it's actually pretty good after a while. 
16. roof construction of all the houses in vanuatu. the leaves called natangora. tied together with some kinda bush rope some how securely fastened to bamboo rafters and end result is a waterproof roof that lasts for 3-5 years i think
17. also it's been downpouring like nonstop starring liam neeson. since jan 1. and people here have a custom how to stop the thunder. and it works?