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The Woods Are Lovely, Dark, and Deep...

This area is a rain forrest. A temporal (as opposed to a tropical) rain forrest,
but none the less, a rain forrest (a politically correct synonym of, "Jungle").
How well will the lad survive the transition back to the brown of the desert?


Envelope Address:

Elder Alan Hatch, II
932 West Axton Road
Bellingham WA, 98226

5-27-08
Mom and Dad,

      Well it has been a week or so since we last talked. I am still here in Ferndale, WA. My companion and I did not get transferred. If you will recall, this stay in my current area will tie my longest stay anywhere. Do you remember where the other long stay was? Think about it! The answer will be at the end of my letter.

      I am dong well. We have two baptisms coming up this weekend. Also we have the chance to listen to Elder Ballard on the same day. So is you can imagine that day. We have to be in Seattle in our seats by 8:00, and we live 2½ hours away from there, meaning that we have to leave by 5:30. So, we have to wake up at 4:30 am, or so. I am not looking forward to that day. It will be long, but at the same time, it will be worth it. I am pretty excited about it. So, I can't wait to see what happens.

      I am placing my memory card in this letter, so please do not lose it. It is over a year of my mission. I will be very sad on its misplacement. Other than that, not much is new with me. I am just hanging out, doing my thing.

      Your trip sounds like fun. you should have a good time. I hope at least you have a good time. Do they make boxes to send bikes places? I think they do, but I don't remember. If they do, where do I get one?

      Well, take care of yourselves and enjoy the summer, for ours up here has not yet began. I think it is 55° outside currently. Last night it snowed up on Mt. Baker, so maybe we will have no summer. I don't know.

Take care, and stay alive.
Elder Alan Hatch, II

Editors note: No answer to the query concerning AJ's longest inhabited area was provided.

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