Can "that" be omitted in the sentence pattern" i find that it is hard to..."?

can we say" i find it is hard to ..." ? is"i find it hard to..." more standerd?

what does" locate" mean in the sentence " would you please help me to locate a driver for the group?"

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hi, I am an high school English teacher in Beijing. I love studing English ever since I was in middle school and I think English is really beautiful. I love seeing English movies; I have been to Australia which is really a beautiful country. Since I also works in the international coorperation in our school, I have a lot of foreign friends all over the world and I love making friends. Also because of the job, I have been a Chinese teacher for the foreign students. As an English teacher of Chinese students, I always met some problems with English which cannot be easily explainded with grammar, and that is why I came here to look for some help. I guess some Chinese learners will have the same kind of questions whicn you can not check it our in a dictionary or a book, so I just hope we can help eachother! Well, that is all, and nice to meet you!