February 2, 2025, 3:00 am MST
The three hatch brothers and their colleagues thought that all of them would serve the Senior Saints of Jesus Christ Church, but they did not think they would leave their duties in the same week. did.
And they know it is not a coincidence.
“We did not really plan what we were here,” said Elder Robert Hatch.
The six submitted a mission paper in a different time in four months. However, for the time of retirement, the delay of Peruvian visa, and the hand of God’s guidance, they joined each other at the Professional Trender Training Center before departure on October 10-11, 2024.
Two couples went to Mexico. This is a country with personal bonds and deep ancestors. Originally, from the colonies of the church in Coloniah Azes, Chihuahua, these hatch brothers also lived in Mexico City shares. This is the second shares of Mexico and the first Spanish of the church created in 1961.
The third couple went to Pelu, which is not far from Argentina, where he worked for a church agricultural farm for three years.
Participating in Mexico’s mission work is a privilege and blessing, Elder John Hatch said. “The best way to work with people is to love them, and you have to love these people. They are just the salt of the earth.”
Meet the hatch
Elder John Hatch and Sandra hatch of Mesa, Arizona, are members of the Mexico Guadalahara East Mission and leader support missionary.
They knew they grew up in Mexico, married after the mission of Elder John Hutch, graduated from BYU, and lived in Mexico until 2021 moved to the United States. They have six children, 23 grandchildren, and one GREAT grandson.
Elder Paul Hatch, Santan Valley, Arizona, and sister Janis hatch, a member of the Mexico Merida Mission and a leader support missionary.
He met his wife in Utah Probo, a California, and married in less than a year. Later, they moved to Mexico in 2000 and lived in Texas and Arizona until they returned to Arizona in 2006. They have five children and 13 grandchildren.
Elder Robert Hatch and Sharon hatch from Gilbert, Arizona, work at the Perima North Mission Office.
Sister Sharhalon hatch was the first member of a family church in British Colombia, Canada and met her husband on byu. The couple visited various countries in Mexico for 25 years and returned to the United States in 2018. They have six children, 23 grandchildren, and 11 Great grandchildren.
The missionary is “in our blood”
The hatch brothers have begun to worship the Mexican people, so they can’t help but think about their parents.
“Our parents taught us a lot of respect and love for the whole country,” said Elder Robert Hatch. Elder Paul Hatch added:
Three brothers’ parents, Ernest Luloy Hatch and Marza Lant Hatch, served as a mission leader in Mexico from 1962 to 1965. After Marsa hatch died in 1972, Ernest Hatch married Clenna Odonal Alvarez. When she died, he married Jeanne Larson in 1978. They opened the Mexico City’s first missionary training center in February 1980 and served until July 1982.
Family dedicated missionaries have not rubbed the hatch brothers. That is who they are. “It’s in our blood,” said Elder Robert Hatch.
The three sisters living in Utah have been 11 out of three missions, from Guatemala to Germany, in addition to this brave collage, a missionary service.
“We are catching up,” said Paul Hatch’s eldest.
The hatch has another brother and serves beyond the veil. When he was young, Bruce Hatch received a mission call, but died in a car accident with his mother on his way to Mesa Azona Temple.
“So four brothers are now serving,” said Janis Hatch Sisters.
4th generation relationship with pioneers of Mexico
The relationship between the Mexican pioneer begins with Great grandparents Henry Land and Sara Ann Lantant.
Henry Lant, an England born in 1824, learned about the restored gospel in his early 20s. “His parents said they would seduce him if he joined the church, and he did, and they did,” said Elder Robert Hatch. However, Henry Land gathered with the saint and traveled to the United States, clinging to his testimony and the religion of God’s promise.
He later led the two pionean companies to Utah and founded Cedar City in November 1851. Eventually, he served two missions in 1854 and 1886 and married Saraan Lund in St. George, Utah in 1878.
At that time, the church leader dispatched a missionary, later settled Mexico, and in 1875 Brigam Young dispatched the first missionary to the country. Antial power method.
Sara Ann Land and Henry Lant were in the people who were asked to travel south in 1887. These colonies have ultimately expanded nationwide with 1.5 million members, 230 bets, and 14 dedicated temples.
“Latin America is very blessed to ask Brigam Young to go south,” said Elder Robert Hatch.
Sara Ann Lant died in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1902, and remained in Mexico with nine sons. The Mexico Revolution, which began in 1910 and lasted for nearly 10 years, stopped the church’s progress, and most saints left the country in 1912.
Only a quarter of these saints later returned to Mexico, including Sarah Land and her youngest, and built a local kingdom.
Sister Sandra hatch says: And we are grateful that we can continue that heritage. “
Looking at the growth of the Mexico church
In a dedicated prayer at the Mexico Temple in the Colonia Juares Chihuahua in 1999, Gordon B. Hinkle said, “I hope there is constant peace between the cultures. Live together. “
And it was seen by sister Sandra hatch, when she and Elder John Hutch were the President of Temple and Matron from 2012 to 2015. “There were no” Mexican “or” Americans “,” she said. “Only the members of the church loved each other.”
When Hatch Brothers graduated from high school at the Church’s Jeres Stake Academy, about 85 % of 180 students came from a house, where English is the first language, said Elder John Hatch.
“And now there are about 500 students who are attending school, and only 5 % come from the first language in English,” he said. “So it indicates how much the church has grown.”
Added sister Janis hatch: “It was incredible to see the Lord’s hand in the colony. There is a miracle every time you turn around.”
Sharon hatch and Elder Robert Hatch were recently impressed by the “great local members” who managed the ordinance while attending Lima Peru. “At that moment, I thought Father Lehi was proud that he had to be his offspring.”
Elder Paul Hatch is the chairman of the branch in Yukatan, Mexico, where he is a young missionary.
Elder John Hatch was recently called for serving as a branch president in a small town, 53 years ago, to visit as a young missionary. “It’s great to see the growth that has happened,” he said.
Sister Sandra hatch nostalgic what the president promised in the future of Mexico in 1997.
“The best day in Mexico is before her,” she recalled. “And, I’m still holding it.”
