October 12th

That's awesome about Jake and his Fremont team that they beat Syracuse and are going to the playoffs, hopefully they can pull that one out. How many active members are in our ward? This is something I've wondered for a while but have never asked. Here in the rama there are about 80'sh actives, and suposedly when the number goes up to 100 some odd or more with priesthood holders and tithing payers the rama can be divided. that would be cool. I think its really possible, we have a great ward misionary leader, he´s really humble and nice and I think he would do about what we tell him, and a few other members are startin to get excited to work and magnify their callings.

I'm starting to know the area a little bit, and Elder Beltran is starting to get a hang of things doing the work. The people here are really closed alot more than Mante, the people in Mante were really open, here not so much, so it takes a little more effort to do the work here. We've been learning a little bit few words in Huastecco, its the native indian language from here in this area, not alot of people speak it, just people from smaller pueblos and ranchos outside of here.

And how are my friends doing these days? Kylee, Mitch, Cole Jake Hayden and the crew? I'm going to try to send some cards off here in the next month so I'm going to send them to the house and mom can give them to Levi to hand them out or personally get in conctact with them or their parents and send them off or whatever. Now that we have extra time on P day, I just might write some cards, We´ll see what happens.

I've been reflexioning alot lately, and I feel like the time is going by really fast and what I got to accomplish I got to get er done fast cuz there aint much time. Im very grateful to have come on a mission, I believe that I'm personally living and experimenting why the mission is so important and what it means to find yourself losin yo-self. I've learned so much, its unbelievable, its preparing me to be what God wants all of us to be. I'm learning what it means and how to be succesfull in this life. I don't think I could've understood so fast or so much what it means to be like Jesus and what the Atonement really means our lives. It's like what King Benjamin says in Mosiah 5:13-15 that basically the only way to become more closer to our Father is to serve Him and to know what He wants and to know Him. I just hope i can stick it out being a witness of Christ when im home and always like Pres. Eyring talked about his experience and was crying in General Conference. I have no idea what i will do when i get home as far as worldly things go, i just know of things that i will not do.
Have a good week

October 5th

Thats awesome that you could meet Ortega's family in temple square. I called Elder Ortega this morning about a few things and he told me that you all met each other, thats awesome, small world. Conference was awesome, I loved it, all the speakers talked with authority. Carl Cook looked a little nervous up there for his first time, but his talk was good, its better to look up then down. There is new news about Elder Ortega and I, we were wondering the whole time together about why we were together and the reason came, we got a call on Tuesday to hear that we were getting special changes, he left to Aldama to a threesome and a new elder came in and I’m going to train him. He is from Obregon Sonora his name is Elder Beltran has about 4 years in the church and its his first day here so I couldn’t write yesterday, I was in Tampico all day. because he was the only elder coming in. I got to go to the airport with President and Hermana Call and the assistants to pick him up and we went to the mission house for a snack, to the offices for capacitation and the mission home again for dinner and more capacitaions. We got to stay over night in the mission home then Hermana Call made us waffles for breakfast and had a little more capacitation and Pres. sent us off. While I was in Tampico, I got immigration things worked out so that I wont ever have to go home again, I stay here in Mexico I’m Mexican now, it cost a little bit more to get the double nationalitiy than to just have the passport and I accepted it. (just kidding). but I did do immigration stuff in Tampico, so I’m legal to be here for one more year, but the dual citizenship is what actually happened to Elder Ortega the Beloved, cause he was born in El Paso city by the Rio Grande as Marty Robbins would sing, and when they worked out his passport they just made him a dual citizen, cool huh.

So now I’m here in Tantoyuka, I’m basically new here, with my new comp and were about at ground zero, so were just looking up. I was going to send some more remarks about conference, but I cant remember, basically repent, do missionary work, prepare to go on missions and do yo thang like our Father wants us to.
Well I love you all have a great week, you don’ have to call the police now that I answered the email
Elder Hobbs

SLC Visit with Elder Victor Ortega's family

We did as Sam requested, we were able to get in contact with Elder Ortega's family and we met them at temple square right before the priesthood session began. We had an amazing visit!

New P-day Sept. 28th

I have 15 months in the mission. That's 9 months away from West Weber. You all look about the same, Jake a little taller, and Maisie not such the little girl she was. I think I've sent more fotos to you guys then you send me, but good thing that you finally sent me a picture of the family, I'm going to print it off even though jake and heston are in their scout uniforms but its been about 15 months that everyone and their dog asks to see a picture of my family , but Elder Hobbs doesnt have any, and the pictures on the camara that I have that Maisie took at the last minute before I left the house don't include Saren or mom. Levi is crazy, the ward missionary leader with long hair, maybe he was a little more worried about looking like Christ instead of becoming like Christ ha ha PLANCHA. West Weber seems like far away but not really, and I think when I get home its going to be like I never went away, the same little town, same people, same house, same cows.

This week was alright we found more people, we have a ward missionary leader that is excited and were teaching him how to do the missionary work some other members are getting excited to work and serve. This week is the General Conference, we are all excited, but we have to travel two hours to get to the transmission and were going to be there all day Saturday and come home Sunday after the afternoon session. it will almost be two days without working in our area, its going to affect a little bit of some progress, but its life.

I dont know if I ever told you all about our new study program in the mission, we have dvd players with dvds that are additional lessons to Preach my Gospel and we can watch the videos for our training and practicing to be better teachers, its so crazy how the advancement in technology can be used in the Gospel, its been about a month that every companionship in the mission has a set of these training videos and dvd players.
We go to gym everyone morning, its cool and this city is all hills, its hard cuz you have to go up and down all day, they're like hills like the 12th street 1900 hill , but steeper and when you go down one you have to go up another, I think im going to lose some weight here and have steel thighs.

Well love you all have a great week and watch general conference. Elder Ortegas family is going to go to conference this weekend you should meet each other, I'm going to send you the email address of their family or someone and you guys could go down to Salt Lake and meet them or go to dinner or something.
Watch conference and put in practice the teaching of the Prophet and his Apostles and you will be blessed!
Elder Hobbs