We had a cool week , some funny experiences and that. Our mission had 152 baptisms last change, when I started we were baptising around 80ish so things are definitely going up. I'm loving the mission, this week we get to recieve Elder Anderson from the quorum of the 12 so were super excited for that and interviews, I hope everyone is doing fine and reading the Book of Mormon, I know that its true and is the way you can all work out your own challenges, time flies.
Elder Hobbs
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
April 9
Good afternoon familia Hobbs,
I have just had a wonderful time here in the mission, I love my area. We had another baptism, a 19 yr old named Max, his sister got baptized in December, so now it was his turn. They've had a really rough last 4 yrs in their lives and the Gospel has been such a blessing for them, Max was living wherever doing whatever before having a rough life and now started living with his sister a little while ago and was a little stubborn in accepting the Gospel for a while but finally accepted it and now the big hype is that he is going to be a missionary! We constantly are having great experience and seeing miracles, sometimes I feel like I could be Peter from the New Testament, I am learning alot about priesthood authority and the Holy ghost through personal experience, its miraculous I just can't help but think in the scriptures that say, "and these signs shall follow those that believe: in my name they shall cast out demonios, heal the sick........." theres lots, but thats all whats going on here. I just read the book our legacy, I've really loved it learning about the church history and events that have happened, I bought a church movie a while back called "The book of mormon, a rare posesion" and I loved it, it has great stories about the power of the book of mormon and it makes you reflect on how much you would go through for your own testimony.
We got changes, Elder Snow got changed to go up to Victoria to be a zone leader there and I got Elder Camarillo from Puebla, who I have already lived with before in the mission in Ciudad Mante, we were in the same ward together, we are super excited for these next few changes. Our zone did alright this change and its going to go up alot more.
I've been really consistent with exersising, I haven't drank cafenated beverages for over 3 months and I've gone more than a month with out and soda pop and I'm eating healthier and I've honestly felt a huge increase in recognizing the spirit and feeling it, and if you recognize it and act on it, you have more success, my testimony has been so strengthened in every commandment in the church, im contemplating never drinking pop again, but I havent made a for sure decision yet.
Read Alma 37 for family home evening and discuss the importance of doing small and simple things and the importance of following the spirit and the Book of Mormon. and share what most makes you happy
Elder Hobbs
I have just had a wonderful time here in the mission, I love my area. We had another baptism, a 19 yr old named Max, his sister got baptized in December, so now it was his turn. They've had a really rough last 4 yrs in their lives and the Gospel has been such a blessing for them, Max was living wherever doing whatever before having a rough life and now started living with his sister a little while ago and was a little stubborn in accepting the Gospel for a while but finally accepted it and now the big hype is that he is going to be a missionary! We constantly are having great experience and seeing miracles, sometimes I feel like I could be Peter from the New Testament, I am learning alot about priesthood authority and the Holy ghost through personal experience, its miraculous I just can't help but think in the scriptures that say, "and these signs shall follow those that believe: in my name they shall cast out demonios, heal the sick........." theres lots, but thats all whats going on here. I just read the book our legacy, I've really loved it learning about the church history and events that have happened, I bought a church movie a while back called "The book of mormon, a rare posesion" and I loved it, it has great stories about the power of the book of mormon and it makes you reflect on how much you would go through for your own testimony.
We got changes, Elder Snow got changed to go up to Victoria to be a zone leader there and I got Elder Camarillo from Puebla, who I have already lived with before in the mission in Ciudad Mante, we were in the same ward together, we are super excited for these next few changes. Our zone did alright this change and its going to go up alot more.
I've been really consistent with exersising, I haven't drank cafenated beverages for over 3 months and I've gone more than a month with out and soda pop and I'm eating healthier and I've honestly felt a huge increase in recognizing the spirit and feeling it, and if you recognize it and act on it, you have more success, my testimony has been so strengthened in every commandment in the church, im contemplating never drinking pop again, but I havent made a for sure decision yet.
Read Alma 37 for family home evening and discuss the importance of doing small and simple things and the importance of following the spirit and the Book of Mormon. and share what most makes you happy
Elder Hobbs
Monday, April 2, 2012
April 2
Our baptism service was great, the hermana Carmen gave a really strong testimony of the gospel, she has three older sons that are older and married and they kinda bothered her abit about geting baptized so soon and when she gave her testimony, she let er ripp. She said she has been waiting quite some time to know the truth and has known lots of churches and when we showed up she thought we were just some other church but after the first time we visited her she was extremely interested and after a little while she knew that the church and the gospel are true, cuz she has felt it in her heart and knows it in her mind and apart from that she was praying real hard for a revelation or dream and she got it and recieved an answer that this is true and she testified that she doesnt have money to leave them an inheritance, but she has found something of greater worth she wants to leave them, the Gospel.
It really has been an awesome experience to hear her stories and everything.
I loved general conference I hope you all apply what you learned I tried sending pictures but I'm not that great with computers so I couldn't.
We're living well and working and no I did not see my family on the conference screen but yes I did see Melanie Wilcox once again, I thought I saw Mr.Hadley the principal as well.
Have a great week. say hi to my good friend Kylee Jeppsen
Elder Hobbs
It really has been an awesome experience to hear her stories and everything.
I loved general conference I hope you all apply what you learned I tried sending pictures but I'm not that great with computers so I couldn't.
We're living well and working and no I did not see my family on the conference screen but yes I did see Melanie Wilcox once again, I thought I saw Mr.Hadley the principal as well.
Have a great week. say hi to my good friend Kylee Jeppsen
Elder Hobbs
Monday, March 26, 2012
March 26th
Thats awesome about everyone. Actually I was just thinking this week that Jake needed to get started on his papers and I was going to tell him that and ironically, I find out that they were just submitted, and it made me laugh when mom said, "I cried when I submitted it", I didnt laugh so much about mom not being ready for another duckling to leave her flock, but that she said that she submitted it, in other words, mom finished Jakes papers as well as she finished mine and sent my papers in too. haha
I've thought as well about missionary day in the Hobbs house when the mexican comes to town and I'm teaching you all how to really eat, we're going to make enchiladas con salsa verde and cecina and I'll teach you all all of the methods of how to use tortillas. but honestly I was having some dreams about going home and what is going to happen, one of my dreams I was traveling home and we were walkinng towards Texas crossing the border and I was contactig people in the camino and then I just felt out of place and bad at home and the other dream was that I showed up at the house and my new area is about like the other ones I've found in the mission, the missionaries hadnt been working, annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd there wasn't anything progressing ad I had to echarle muchas ganas.
have a great week bye
elder Hobbs
I've thought as well about missionary day in the Hobbs house when the mexican comes to town and I'm teaching you all how to really eat, we're going to make enchiladas con salsa verde and cecina and I'll teach you all all of the methods of how to use tortillas. but honestly I was having some dreams about going home and what is going to happen, one of my dreams I was traveling home and we were walkinng towards Texas crossing the border and I was contactig people in the camino and then I just felt out of place and bad at home and the other dream was that I showed up at the house and my new area is about like the other ones I've found in the mission, the missionaries hadnt been working, annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd there wasn't anything progressing ad I had to echarle muchas ganas.
have a great week bye
elder Hobbs
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
March 19
Hello family
This last week was really busy for us, Tuesday we had 3 interviews in 2 different areas far away that took alot of time. Wednesday was zone class in the morning Thursday we went to Aldama, a town about 2 hours away, in the morning and didnt get back to the until 4 so we were fretting just a little how we hadnt been spending enough time in our area to really work it and produce results, but i tried trusting that even though we had other responsibilities to attend to , God was going to bless us and help us out.
Friday in the morning I remembered i hadn't tried doing a really specific prayer for about a week and decided that I had to do it, so I prayed hard and told God that we were going to do the activities that we had planned to do so i said "let it be that as we are in search for these contacts, we find a house with the door open and possibly music playing, let it be that a lady or person is elect that will go to church this weekend and could be baptized in this change"
So as we left the house, I told my companion that I had made this prayer and that we should look for it as we are working. As we arrived in the colonia , we went looking for the investigator and she wasnt home so we started our journey for the contacts we had planned as the back up plan. and it wasnt more than 10 houses down the same street that I seen a door open so I ran up to it and said good afternoon and there was a lady inside washing clothes, we offered to help she said no and came out to shake our hands (her name is Carmen) and said she didnt have time she had to pick her kid up from school at 12:45pm and I seen my watch 12:15pm so i said " well how about if talk for a half hour and come back another time" she accepted and we sat down and taught to her needs basing ourselves in the first lesson and she liked it. at the end we invited her to a baptismal service that same day at 6pm and we offered to swing by and take her there and she said yes so when we came back at 5pm, (cuz our church is about 4omin away) she was there waiting for us in a dress and her 14 yr old son dressed up as well in a white shirt. We went she liked it and we set a return appt. for Saturday at the same time and when we came back she read the assignment of the introduction of the Book of Mormon and the testimonies of the witnesses and Joseph Smith, she had a few doubts we answered her questions and she was just loving everything and making really good comments and said " if someone wants to join your church, how long would they have to wait to be able to join?" and we said "you mean to be baptized?" and she said "yes" we gave her a brief explanation that not that long ya just need to have desires and know the basics and go to church a few times and be commited to stay so she says ok and then we put the baptismal date for the 31st of march and she accepted it and then started to say stuff like " oh ive known ive needed to do this for a long time, to be baptized but now i think its the moment, and ive been waiting for this, im older now and its time, I just want to be sure about it" so we invited her to church and congradulated her and bore testimony and shes really excited so we set up the return appt. and leaving we found an hna. member and we had her come to the house of Carmen to present herself and offer to give her a ride to church on sunday and so they said theyd do it and come Sunday morning there was Carmen and her son in the chapel with the member family that drove them to church and she loved the services and afterword told Elder Snow that she loves the idea about the young mens program and wants her son Fransisco to be part of it and she is excited to come back next week. and were pretty sure that if she gets baptized, her 14 yr old son will as well, maybe the same day or the 7th.
Thats the main idea of the story, there are lots more cool stuff she has told us about how basically God has prepared her for this moment to know the Gospel, this experience has strengthened alot our testimonies of praying with faith and not doubting and after making the prayers of faith, going after every opportunity that is presented so that the promise is completed, cuz God will put his part in completing his promises, if it is that we have faith in him. He is a God of miracles and we just have to be determined to have the faith and follow Him.
So thats the basics of the many experiences were having with specific prayers and were looking forward with lots of enthusiasm and faith towards what is to come in our area and in the zone, trying to help all experience the same marvelous works God can do.
Were having fun and working hard and seeing some success so life is great, our zone is getting a good start off as well we have 3 weeks left in the change.
Elder Hobbs
This last week was really busy for us, Tuesday we had 3 interviews in 2 different areas far away that took alot of time. Wednesday was zone class in the morning Thursday we went to Aldama, a town about 2 hours away, in the morning and didnt get back to the until 4 so we were fretting just a little how we hadnt been spending enough time in our area to really work it and produce results, but i tried trusting that even though we had other responsibilities to attend to , God was going to bless us and help us out.
Friday in the morning I remembered i hadn't tried doing a really specific prayer for about a week and decided that I had to do it, so I prayed hard and told God that we were going to do the activities that we had planned to do so i said "let it be that as we are in search for these contacts, we find a house with the door open and possibly music playing, let it be that a lady or person is elect that will go to church this weekend and could be baptized in this change"
So as we left the house, I told my companion that I had made this prayer and that we should look for it as we are working. As we arrived in the colonia , we went looking for the investigator and she wasnt home so we started our journey for the contacts we had planned as the back up plan. and it wasnt more than 10 houses down the same street that I seen a door open so I ran up to it and said good afternoon and there was a lady inside washing clothes, we offered to help she said no and came out to shake our hands (her name is Carmen) and said she didnt have time she had to pick her kid up from school at 12:45pm and I seen my watch 12:15pm so i said " well how about if talk for a half hour and come back another time" she accepted and we sat down and taught to her needs basing ourselves in the first lesson and she liked it. at the end we invited her to a baptismal service that same day at 6pm and we offered to swing by and take her there and she said yes so when we came back at 5pm, (cuz our church is about 4omin away) she was there waiting for us in a dress and her 14 yr old son dressed up as well in a white shirt. We went she liked it and we set a return appt. for Saturday at the same time and when we came back she read the assignment of the introduction of the Book of Mormon and the testimonies of the witnesses and Joseph Smith, she had a few doubts we answered her questions and she was just loving everything and making really good comments and said " if someone wants to join your church, how long would they have to wait to be able to join?" and we said "you mean to be baptized?" and she said "yes" we gave her a brief explanation that not that long ya just need to have desires and know the basics and go to church a few times and be commited to stay so she says ok and then we put the baptismal date for the 31st of march and she accepted it and then started to say stuff like " oh ive known ive needed to do this for a long time, to be baptized but now i think its the moment, and ive been waiting for this, im older now and its time, I just want to be sure about it" so we invited her to church and congradulated her and bore testimony and shes really excited so we set up the return appt. and leaving we found an hna. member and we had her come to the house of Carmen to present herself and offer to give her a ride to church on sunday and so they said theyd do it and come Sunday morning there was Carmen and her son in the chapel with the member family that drove them to church and she loved the services and afterword told Elder Snow that she loves the idea about the young mens program and wants her son Fransisco to be part of it and she is excited to come back next week. and were pretty sure that if she gets baptized, her 14 yr old son will as well, maybe the same day or the 7th.
Thats the main idea of the story, there are lots more cool stuff she has told us about how basically God has prepared her for this moment to know the Gospel, this experience has strengthened alot our testimonies of praying with faith and not doubting and after making the prayers of faith, going after every opportunity that is presented so that the promise is completed, cuz God will put his part in completing his promises, if it is that we have faith in him. He is a God of miracles and we just have to be determined to have the faith and follow Him.
So thats the basics of the many experiences were having with specific prayers and were looking forward with lots of enthusiasm and faith towards what is to come in our area and in the zone, trying to help all experience the same marvelous works God can do.
Were having fun and working hard and seeing some success so life is great, our zone is getting a good start off as well we have 3 weeks left in the change.
Elder Hobbs
Monday, March 12, 2012
March 12
Visit from Elder Tenorio and his wife.
We had another great week this week. and really busy with leadership meetings, divisions, baptismal interviews, and trying to work in our area. I really am liking it here, I miss Tantoyuca a little bit, but this is a really good area and ward and the church and its functions are almost like back home.
On the 21 of April Elder Anderson from the 12 is coming to visit our mission, its going to be awesome. As well everyone from my generation is getting flight plans lined up for the 28th of June that we are going to be coming home cuz in this same week the new mision president is coming in and Pres. Call is leaving so he wants to get us all ready to go before he leaves on the 30th that seems like its coming way fast and it gives me the urgent desire to work harder and finish out with a bang in this area and with my zone.
Our ward missionary leader just got put in a little while ago, he's a big guy probably pushing 300"sh and is cool and made me a cake for my birthday.
love you all bye
Elder Hobbs
We had another great week this week. and really busy with leadership meetings, divisions, baptismal interviews, and trying to work in our area. I really am liking it here, I miss Tantoyuca a little bit, but this is a really good area and ward and the church and its functions are almost like back home.
On the 21 of April Elder Anderson from the 12 is coming to visit our mission, its going to be awesome. As well everyone from my generation is getting flight plans lined up for the 28th of June that we are going to be coming home cuz in this same week the new mision president is coming in and Pres. Call is leaving so he wants to get us all ready to go before he leaves on the 30th that seems like its coming way fast and it gives me the urgent desire to work harder and finish out with a bang in this area and with my zone.
Our ward missionary leader just got put in a little while ago, he's a big guy probably pushing 300"sh and is cool and made me a cake for my birthday.
love you all bye
Elder Hobbs
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
March 4th-Happy Birthday Sam!!
My new area and comp is pretty awesome. I'm in a ward that is actually almost twice as big as the others I've been in, my comp says there s about 160 in sacrament meeting and supposedly there are quite a bit of members that work and pass references so thats cool. My comp is my first Gringo comp in the mission. Elder Snow from Washington state, I have one more change in the mission than him, and we get along really well.
Last week Elder Tenorio came and talked about how to pray with more faith and the story of Abrahams servant in Genisis 24 and We actually have tried the conditional praying like Elder Tenorio talked about and have had quite a few experiences this week with it. example, I prayed one morning saying the escogido is going to live in a house that has roof over the front patio with a dark colored portón and its going to be a lady and shes going to be nice but the first time we ask her if we can teach her shes going to give us a lame excuse why she can't but on the second time we ask her, she´ll let us in and we´ll teach her under her patio roof on the otherside of the porton. and frideay morning we went contacting and found a couple in the morning , and thought, "well maybe that wasnt the right description or condition I gave, cuz these two didn't meet the requirement" and as the first part of the day went on, we were looking for someone else in a different colonia and I seen a house that could fit the requirement and contacted it and out came a lady, Veronica, and the rest fell through as I had prayed, she said she was busy and rejected, but the second time I insisted after testifying and saying we would only use 15min of her time now and we´ll come back another day with more time to talk more and she accepted and we only used 15 min to share an idea of lesson one and put a return date with her.
i honestly have loved all my mission and the people, investigators and everything, but I feel like so far this is the most postive well balanced ward that actually works and functions appropriately so im excited!
Elder Hobbs
Last week Elder Tenorio came and talked about how to pray with more faith and the story of Abrahams servant in Genisis 24 and We actually have tried the conditional praying like Elder Tenorio talked about and have had quite a few experiences this week with it. example, I prayed one morning saying the escogido is going to live in a house that has roof over the front patio with a dark colored portón and its going to be a lady and shes going to be nice but the first time we ask her if we can teach her shes going to give us a lame excuse why she can't but on the second time we ask her, she´ll let us in and we´ll teach her under her patio roof on the otherside of the porton. and frideay morning we went contacting and found a couple in the morning , and thought, "well maybe that wasnt the right description or condition I gave, cuz these two didn't meet the requirement" and as the first part of the day went on, we were looking for someone else in a different colonia and I seen a house that could fit the requirement and contacted it and out came a lady, Veronica, and the rest fell through as I had prayed, she said she was busy and rejected, but the second time I insisted after testifying and saying we would only use 15min of her time now and we´ll come back another day with more time to talk more and she accepted and we only used 15 min to share an idea of lesson one and put a return date with her.
i honestly have loved all my mission and the people, investigators and everything, but I feel like so far this is the most postive well balanced ward that actually works and functions appropriately so im excited!
Elder Hobbs
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