Thats cool about the float. Yesterday for the 24th of July we ate in the house of our converts huevos and chorizo con frijol and then we watched The Legacy with them, it was cool. its been along time that I've seen it. I noted that the people in the movie said alot of quotes from doctirne and covenants .
Today we were in the store eating ice cream and other misioneros from our zone came in and one of thems name is Elder Teahan from Sandy Utah and hes going home next week, its weird how fast time flies by. actually he says hes going home for two weeks and then he´ll be up in Logan going to Utah State for the fall semester and already has everything set up. and then Elder Goff has one change left and there's another misionero thats named Elder Remund that is from Missouri thats going home the 20th+ish of August to go to BYU, I'ive been living with him in the same house now for 3 months and it'll be weird to see him go home. and actually in the mission theres quite a large number of missionaries going home this end of the change and the next and theres not hardly any new misioneros coming in, so there will be some areas being closed down. I guess the youth of the church didn't hear Pres. Monson in general conference when he said that every joven with the capacity to serve a mission is called to the work. or maybe they heard but arent choosing eternal life (2nephi 2:27) or they're taking thier time to go to work. but the fact is Time is going by I'm already going to complete 13 months.
God is bringing to pass a marvelous work and is willing to do it, if we can learn to be dedicated in following to precepts which have been established by Him, i would hope that all take heed to what has been said, and fulfill the responsiblities that have been given to us, for it is the only way to find true happiness and peace of mind, through our Grand Mediator.
love you all and have a great week reading scriptures and visiting the people lacking faith and going to church
Elder Hobbs
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
July 18-Mante
No, you dont have to worry about me finding myself in a zoo on pday, that is that pday doesnt really exist in our mission. We have from 10 to 4 to try to get everything done, washing the clothes, writing internet and doing the grocery shopping, and cleaning the house... we really have no time to do anything else and alot of times we dont get all of it done in one day. We dont do much more. Actually I've never gone to a museum or ruins and that, the most I've done is go iceskating in the winter time.
We had the two baptisms this weekend, it was nice. It was the baptisms of Karems 13 yr old brother and her boyfriend Gilberto. I baptised him, and not thinking about it threw him in the water pretty hard and then the thought came to me that he´s pretty big sized so it´ll be hard to pull him out of the water so as I threw him in I tried lifting up hard also and the other misioneros were the witnesses and said that it looked like he jumped in and out of the water and had the expression on his face like he didn't know what happened to him. Theyre both excited to be in the church and follow Jesus. Karem gave a talk in the baptismal service and she has a pretty strong testimony and is very sure of herself for joining the church and is very excited for her brother and boyfriend. Then afterwords there was a talent show in the ward and it was funny, everyone was all excited and serious. We four misioneros participated in the activity by performing a song we called ´´remix misional´´ that is a mix of verses of hymns mixed together in one.
The time is going by extremely fast.
Have a great week
love Elder Hobbs
We had the two baptisms this weekend, it was nice. It was the baptisms of Karems 13 yr old brother and her boyfriend Gilberto. I baptised him, and not thinking about it threw him in the water pretty hard and then the thought came to me that he´s pretty big sized so it´ll be hard to pull him out of the water so as I threw him in I tried lifting up hard also and the other misioneros were the witnesses and said that it looked like he jumped in and out of the water and had the expression on his face like he didn't know what happened to him. Theyre both excited to be in the church and follow Jesus. Karem gave a talk in the baptismal service and she has a pretty strong testimony and is very sure of herself for joining the church and is very excited for her brother and boyfriend. Then afterwords there was a talent show in the ward and it was funny, everyone was all excited and serious. We four misioneros participated in the activity by performing a song we called ´´remix misional´´ that is a mix of verses of hymns mixed together in one.
The time is going by extremely fast.
Have a great week
love Elder Hobbs
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
July 11th - Mante
We had a pretty great Sunday in church yesterday, 7 investigators and two have dates for this weekend and the church was pretty full. The gospel principles teacher wasnt there again so I taught the class about faith and action tying in principles of Mateo 7:21-27 ish of the difference in between the two houses and Juan 15:10-14 or 13ish and participating in the atonement through our actions of obedience and doing what is asked of us. I've ben reading the new testament and Doctorine and Covenants and have really enjoyed the two hand in hand.
That's awesome about Maisie and her softball, that shes playing so much and having such great success, who would of known 5 or 7 years ago that she would have become so great, and have had developed talents like that. I think its an eternal principle that all should be aware of is our own personal potencial, like the talk of Elder Uchtdorf in the last conference, that with practice and with time is how one learns and becomes great, and something that I'm trying to learn is the virtue of patiently waiting for the success.
I have already learned that principle and the talk by Richard G Scott "the sustaining power of faith in times of uncertainty and testing he talks alot about that aspect that when we have faith in the Lord but things dont quite go our way it helps mold us and better our character and basically it makes us more Christlike and closer to Him. and actually what its done is taken away alot of my pride and made me feel more love for everyone. Just last night I was thinking about who I was 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 1 year ago and right now, and its crazy, my knowledge of the gospel, my attitudes, way of thinking and treating people has miraculously increased more closer to how our Saviour would want us to be. And I speak spanish and teach in spanish I really dont believe I would've wanted to be sent to any other place, I dont know if I could do it, well I could it would just take a year like it has.
Well they sprayed some numbing spray on my toe and cut it out, I almost could have done the same thing, and they didn't give me anything just suggested to put iodine on it so I did and its healing fine. it wasnt that cool. You all have a great time and should follow the counsel of leaders and have family home evenings and invite less actives and non members and have familiy prayers and everyone should be studying the scriptures, and if not, your not really following the plan God has prepared for us to be successfull and bulit on the Rock in all forms. and read the talk of the first presidencye message about ´´im comiteted´´ and think what that means to be commited to the gospel and DO the things that are required of us, this could be a family home evening lesson for today, idea given from me, bye¡!
Love Elder Hobbs
That's awesome about Maisie and her softball, that shes playing so much and having such great success, who would of known 5 or 7 years ago that she would have become so great, and have had developed talents like that. I think its an eternal principle that all should be aware of is our own personal potencial, like the talk of Elder Uchtdorf in the last conference, that with practice and with time is how one learns and becomes great, and something that I'm trying to learn is the virtue of patiently waiting for the success.
I have already learned that principle and the talk by Richard G Scott "the sustaining power of faith in times of uncertainty and testing he talks alot about that aspect that when we have faith in the Lord but things dont quite go our way it helps mold us and better our character and basically it makes us more Christlike and closer to Him. and actually what its done is taken away alot of my pride and made me feel more love for everyone. Just last night I was thinking about who I was 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 1 year ago and right now, and its crazy, my knowledge of the gospel, my attitudes, way of thinking and treating people has miraculously increased more closer to how our Saviour would want us to be. And I speak spanish and teach in spanish I really dont believe I would've wanted to be sent to any other place, I dont know if I could do it, well I could it would just take a year like it has.
Well they sprayed some numbing spray on my toe and cut it out, I almost could have done the same thing, and they didn't give me anything just suggested to put iodine on it so I did and its healing fine. it wasnt that cool. You all have a great time and should follow the counsel of leaders and have family home evenings and invite less actives and non members and have familiy prayers and everyone should be studying the scriptures, and if not, your not really following the plan God has prepared for us to be successfull and bulit on the Rock in all forms. and read the talk of the first presidencye message about ´´im comiteted´´ and think what that means to be commited to the gospel and DO the things that are required of us, this could be a family home evening lesson for today, idea given from me, bye¡!
Love Elder Hobbs
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
4th of July - Mante
This has been quite the week here in Mante. There is so much stuff you can learn and do in the mission that you cant do or learn any other place. I got my ingrown toe nail yanked out on tuesday, it wasnt the same, or as intense like the one last year they took out. and then they gave me a pedicure in the same package, which was admitidling cool. We started out on our bikes Tuesday for the first time, and by the way we are the only ones here in this city with bike helmets and everyone laughs at us, ´´los insensatos hacen burla, mas se lamentarán´´ and it rained hard and we came home really wet and dirty , and then it happened again Wednesday and then the hurricane came in for Thursday Friday Saturday and took its leave Sunday. Yep, you all weren't to worried about your precious son in Mexico experiencing the hurricane weather in hurricane season. . all tied up with parties and the fourth of July. hahaha . no it wasn't horribly bad, where we're at it just rains alot, and actually the river flooded and houses were feet under the water but we survived, just wet all week. The hurricanes come in every year to flood the cities, instead of a flood every 30 years in West Weber like uncle Blair predicted. It actually gave us some service opportunities to help the people and hopefully that will soften their hearts more to prepare them for the gospel. We had some cool experiences and some others not so cool. and yes i got the package last monday and opened it up on thursday, thanks for the beef jerkey, its good, that farr west peppered jerky is pretty good. and Karem the convert bought me a cake and we ate cake at her house in the night to celebrate my one year out.
I actually had a dream last night that the mission was over and we were all home and Loren and Austin and I were waiting on Chase and Paul from the ward to get home and they said how they miss the mission and I was crying because I felt lost and wanted to go back. I think thats my prediction for the the next fourth of July, 2012.
Have fun and be good and preach the gospel
Elder Hobbs
I actually had a dream last night that the mission was over and we were all home and Loren and Austin and I were waiting on Chase and Paul from the ward to get home and they said how they miss the mission and I was crying because I felt lost and wanted to go back. I think thats my prediction for the the next fourth of July, 2012.
Have fun and be good and preach the gospel
Elder Hobbs
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