Good afternoonn buenas tardes familia Hobbs y bienvenidos a todos que nos acompañan a conocer la potestad de la Mision Mexico Tampico en su gran Gloria.
Changes were anounced to us Sunday night at like 10pm, I got the phone call from President Call at 8:30 that he was changing me to a city close by Tampico to be Zone Leader again, so thats the new assignment, in la zona bosque. It took a long time to pack my bags, with the articles and books I've acquired in the mission and one of my suitcases probably weighed 100 lbs at least. I got 3 hours of rest in my bed with my missionary clothes on from packing and then having to get up at 4:30 to go buy a ticket for the bus so they wouldn't run out.
We werent able to get baptisms in, but I had some very special opportunities this week. I did divisions with my eldees and on Thursday we went into Tampico to listen to a training meeting with Elder Tenorio, the 2nd counselour of the Area Presidency and it was awesome, he shared some interesting stories about the power of prayer, thats what Pres. Call has tried to install in us lately is to have lots of faith and invoke the powers of the Heavens in the work. I loved the capacitation. and on the bus ride home, President Call called me to tell me my little grandma Sara from Victoria was going through the Temple on Saturday to recieve her endownment and that she had invfited and wanted me to attend. I had to pay for the bus rides and all that but it was way worth it. I cannot describe how I felt to see her and the whole thing was extremely special, I dont have time to write it all. The whole experience going to the temple and with her there to see her again and to kjnow that she being an old lady is enduring and doing what is necessary to achieve such a grand goal. It makes me cry to know about it.
Now I'm in Tampico, I said goodbye to some people and left my mark on the members and converts in Tantoyuca and this possibly is my last area and chance to do it.
I love the work and know that its the only true joy we can find in this life, to serve our Father
Elder Hobbs
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
February 21st
Yes we were able to baptize Roberto this week, he was super excited as well and wants to be a good servant of our Lord. Life is great, it seems like the bigger the trial, the bigger the blessing that is around the corner. Roberto said good bye to his Christian church were he was active for 15 years and told them he was leaving and not coming back. The power of the holy ghost worked alot with him, he completely understands now the truth and wants to follow it and guide his childeren to it.
These are some pictures, the banana was a two in one bargain, I seen it and had to buy and eat it, maybe its going to make me a mutant missionary like its a mutant banana , The stamp on our arms is the stamp that they give us when we go to the jail to visit our ward missionary leader that has been there for a month now. We have to hold our weekly missioanary correlation meeting with him in jail. jk , we just go to visit him to encourage him. They put him in cuz he was caught drivng a stolen car that one of his "friends" lended him and the justice system here is your guilty until proven inocent, and they have no evidence against him, but not enough for him. but he´s doing fine, its a big tragedy, cuz he is one of the best bretheren in the ward that wants to work in the Lords vineyard, so he is preaching the gospel to all the inmates.
And the other picture is robertos baptism and two of his 5 kids that were there.
Who knows if this is my last week, we´ll find out on Saturday, have a great week, love you all
Elder Hobbs
These are some pictures, the banana was a two in one bargain, I seen it and had to buy and eat it, maybe its going to make me a mutant missionary like its a mutant banana , The stamp on our arms is the stamp that they give us when we go to the jail to visit our ward missionary leader that has been there for a month now. We have to hold our weekly missioanary correlation meeting with him in jail. jk , we just go to visit him to encourage him. They put him in cuz he was caught drivng a stolen car that one of his "friends" lended him and the justice system here is your guilty until proven inocent, and they have no evidence against him, but not enough for him. but he´s doing fine, its a big tragedy, cuz he is one of the best bretheren in the ward that wants to work in the Lords vineyard, so he is preaching the gospel to all the inmates.
And the other picture is robertos baptism and two of his 5 kids that were there.
Who knows if this is my last week, we´ll find out on Saturday, have a great week, love you all
Elder Hobbs
Saturday, February 18, 2012
February 13
Good Afternoon family. Im fine, my letter will be short, this last week rained everyday and has been quite cold, definitly not close to freezing 32 degrees, but cold for everyone and for me now that ive been used to being in an oven, with even a little cold gets to me as well.
We had an alright week, Roberto is coming along progressing, he wants to be baptized by the priesthood and is looking forward to it on Saturday, and with this other family were preparing them for the 25th.
On the 17th were going to have a zone class with President Call, and the 23rd a zone conference with Elder Tenorio from the 70s, I'm going to ask him to say hi to my cousin Elder Hancock in Cuernavaca the next time he heads out that way.
Hey I want dad to send me pictures of his wood shop and the work I welded for him in the Treehouse and maybe some creations that he has made at the Treehouse or his shop, people here don't believe me when I tell them I am from the farm and I welded and worked wood as well, but I need them by Monday because next week might be my last week here.
We keep seeing constant opposition to the work but as well constant progress and miracles that are happening in this change with us and investigators.
Love you all and have a great week
Elder Hobbs reporting from Tantoyuka Mexico
We had an alright week, Roberto is coming along progressing, he wants to be baptized by the priesthood and is looking forward to it on Saturday, and with this other family were preparing them for the 25th.
On the 17th were going to have a zone class with President Call, and the 23rd a zone conference with Elder Tenorio from the 70s, I'm going to ask him to say hi to my cousin Elder Hancock in Cuernavaca the next time he heads out that way.
Hey I want dad to send me pictures of his wood shop and the work I welded for him in the Treehouse and maybe some creations that he has made at the Treehouse or his shop, people here don't believe me when I tell them I am from the farm and I welded and worked wood as well, but I need them by Monday because next week might be my last week here.
We keep seeing constant opposition to the work but as well constant progress and miracles that are happening in this change with us and investigators.
Love you all and have a great week
Elder Hobbs reporting from Tantoyuka Mexico
Monday, February 6, 2012
February 6
We had a great week this week, quite a few miracles in our area with investigators. We have 3 baptisms planned for the 18th Roberto, Jose Isaac and Ana Karen. and we may be placing other fechas with Joses wife Areceli and the two sons of Roberto for the following week.
Roberto is a christian brother that is deciding to become a latter day saint, Im extremely excited for him. He´s about 38 and has 5 children from 19 to his two twin sons who are 14 and his wife died about 13 yrs ago, he´s single and is great. We found him the 11th or 12th of December in the nightime going home. I remember that that day we set a goal to do like 20 street contacts or something and all 9 that I had done were not looking promising at all, and that was if they accepted us. It was late, Sunday night, we needed to get home to pass the weekly numbers but I didnt want to go in the house until we got our goal, and with the suprising results, I contacted Roberto about 20 yds from arriving home and accepted to hear us even though he is/was a different religion and so we started working with him. He´s gone to church now 4 times, is reading in 1 Nephi 17 and has told us he believes the church is true and wants to be baptized by the priesthood because he understands that its necesary even though he was baptized yrs ago in his christian church. Last night we watched Joseph Smith: profet of the restorationg and he bore his testimony to us that he knows he was a profet of God and that the church is the only true church of God and it has been manifested unto him by the power of the Holy Ghost, it was awesome to hear him.
In these days, I've been changing the way I pray, being positive even through the strange trials that have happened here and recieving good impressions from our Father to help out these investigators and getting things going here in the rama, and our district. I love the work and dont want to leave this rama or the people here.
The mission is like a dream, my eyes have been opened to a world of power and miracles that I never knew existed before, even being born in the church. When we seek we find and if we apply and act when we find, God can make miracles and its more than astronaumical, its Godly. He is great.
I love you all I hope you all are doing well and repenting and reading the BOM and PMG so you know how to be instruments in our Makers hands and help Him help others out and you all can feel His love through His service.
My love and deepest desire of your well being be with you all
Elder Hobbs
Roberto is a christian brother that is deciding to become a latter day saint, Im extremely excited for him. He´s about 38 and has 5 children from 19 to his two twin sons who are 14 and his wife died about 13 yrs ago, he´s single and is great. We found him the 11th or 12th of December in the nightime going home. I remember that that day we set a goal to do like 20 street contacts or something and all 9 that I had done were not looking promising at all, and that was if they accepted us. It was late, Sunday night, we needed to get home to pass the weekly numbers but I didnt want to go in the house until we got our goal, and with the suprising results, I contacted Roberto about 20 yds from arriving home and accepted to hear us even though he is/was a different religion and so we started working with him. He´s gone to church now 4 times, is reading in 1 Nephi 17 and has told us he believes the church is true and wants to be baptized by the priesthood because he understands that its necesary even though he was baptized yrs ago in his christian church. Last night we watched Joseph Smith: profet of the restorationg and he bore his testimony to us that he knows he was a profet of God and that the church is the only true church of God and it has been manifested unto him by the power of the Holy Ghost, it was awesome to hear him.
In these days, I've been changing the way I pray, being positive even through the strange trials that have happened here and recieving good impressions from our Father to help out these investigators and getting things going here in the rama, and our district. I love the work and dont want to leave this rama or the people here.
The mission is like a dream, my eyes have been opened to a world of power and miracles that I never knew existed before, even being born in the church. When we seek we find and if we apply and act when we find, God can make miracles and its more than astronaumical, its Godly. He is great.
I love you all I hope you all are doing well and repenting and reading the BOM and PMG so you know how to be instruments in our Makers hands and help Him help others out and you all can feel His love through His service.
My love and deepest desire of your well being be with you all
Elder Hobbs
Monday, January 30, 2012
Jan. 30th
Thats fun for all the lovebirds in utah, BIG DAVE , Jake Maisie and Jacee. I got the Christmas package and a few letters it seems like, I loved seeing the pictures you sent me and especially the pictures that are really blurry and you can only distinguish who the people are for their bodybuild, I being the buffest, Jake the tallest and the other shapes and forms of the rest of the family. I loved seeing Grandpas picture, and actually we just had interviews that were different than usual, we did them as a zone and we watched 17 miracles as a zone, it was cool, it was a little corny and cheesy but I really liked it. The miracles were amazing and there were a few times I got a bit emotional with a few scenes to think what they went through and what happened and how merciful God was with them , even throughout their problems. it has been part of the plan to watch the movie, that is the plan of Pres. Call and our 90 days of Consagration program that we are doing, looking for our own 17 miracles I felt like "Levi Savage" had a few mess ups but yet always kickin´ .
There has been quite a bit of unusual trials that have happened , a few every week for the past 2 weeks, it has been difficult but there also have been things to cheer for. I think the Lord really is going to put me to trial with this goal I have. and has.
Well love you all, keep serving the lord with all your heart might mind and strength and read the BoM. Jake should be reading everday and studying Preach my Gospel.
Love Elder Hobbs
There has been quite a bit of unusual trials that have happened , a few every week for the past 2 weeks, it has been difficult but there also have been things to cheer for. I think the Lord really is going to put me to trial with this goal I have. and has.
Well love you all, keep serving the lord with all your heart might mind and strength and read the BoM. Jake should be reading everday and studying Preach my Gospel.
Love Elder Hobbs
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23
Guess what? I got the letter from Grandpa Val, it reminded me of all the scriptures in the BOM that talk about how when the BOM was going to come out and be translated that it would be like as if the words came out speaking from the dust, cuz thats what it seemed like when I read it, I felt more like it was a reassurance like talking to me that he went on and its alright because there is more after this life, even though it was addressed to his aunt talking about his uncle that had died. It was neat I liked reading it, it was like a little reminder from him like "hey im still here, ya better do wut yer supose to do" . I also got a letter from my good friend Cole Q, miss him! A DearElder from uncle Brad Hobbs, and by the way all that is going on with Alex´s mission is crazy awesome, to think that he is going where the Word has never really been, it will seem to be a bit harder than normal but the truth is it will be a really huge blessing for Alex and the people there, imagine the miracles that could happen. I'm excited for him and also slightly jealous, ha ha, hes a good kid.
I got the Christmas letter for the Nielsons, its awesome Mythanne got married, she looks really content in the picture, I'm happy for her. But the truth it seems weird its like everyone is growing up and moving on in life when it seems not too long ago that we were all in high school and Jake and Maisie and Jacee were little childeren and I about gagged when someone asked me a while back if I had brothers and sisters and how old they were and I said one is going to turn 19 and other 17! I was just there paciando.
We went into Tampico on Thursday night, we left at 6 and got there at 10:30, it was really late, there were security blocks in the freeway so it took an extra 1 1/2 hr to get in there. We had a follow up training meeting to do with the new misisoneros that we are training , I saw some good friends there, Elder Cook, Willmore, Murga and few others. And I got a huge exciting notice. A convert from Victoria is going through the temple on the 28th to be sealed for all time and eternity with her new return missionary husband. and I think I am going to be able to go to see it, I just need to find out at what time and the travel plans and use my own money to go in, I am going to be so excited if I can go. Elder Bante even might come up from Oaxaca to be there.
I found out that a family I had taught in Mante got baptized, a family of 4 and the grandparents are preparing to be baptised, and that 2 other references that I had given to other missionaries got baptized as well and that one of them I gave a card of Jesus Christ that has my name and my comps name on the back and she has it hanging up in her house, supposedly she is a great convert as well, I contacted her in the street in front of my house one day. Its really amazing how simple things that seem like they wont ever work out can turn up being huge miracles in peoples lives, it seems like there has been quite a few of those in the past year, moments where I feel like nothing is working, but keep going on and even if there isn't alot of hope I still do it, and then there is a big milagro around the corner, thats why we just got to keep on keepin on until the end. endure to the end, and with all diligence, trying to do as many small and simple things with the hope that something will come out of it.
I love you all and wish that you could all do your part completing the small and simple things, like read the bom, and magnify your callings
Elder Hobbs
I got the Christmas letter for the Nielsons, its awesome Mythanne got married, she looks really content in the picture, I'm happy for her. But the truth it seems weird its like everyone is growing up and moving on in life when it seems not too long ago that we were all in high school and Jake and Maisie and Jacee were little childeren and I about gagged when someone asked me a while back if I had brothers and sisters and how old they were and I said one is going to turn 19 and other 17! I was just there paciando.
We went into Tampico on Thursday night, we left at 6 and got there at 10:30, it was really late, there were security blocks in the freeway so it took an extra 1 1/2 hr to get in there. We had a follow up training meeting to do with the new misisoneros that we are training , I saw some good friends there, Elder Cook, Willmore, Murga and few others. And I got a huge exciting notice. A convert from Victoria is going through the temple on the 28th to be sealed for all time and eternity with her new return missionary husband. and I think I am going to be able to go to see it, I just need to find out at what time and the travel plans and use my own money to go in, I am going to be so excited if I can go. Elder Bante even might come up from Oaxaca to be there.
I found out that a family I had taught in Mante got baptized, a family of 4 and the grandparents are preparing to be baptised, and that 2 other references that I had given to other missionaries got baptized as well and that one of them I gave a card of Jesus Christ that has my name and my comps name on the back and she has it hanging up in her house, supposedly she is a great convert as well, I contacted her in the street in front of my house one day. Its really amazing how simple things that seem like they wont ever work out can turn up being huge miracles in peoples lives, it seems like there has been quite a few of those in the past year, moments where I feel like nothing is working, but keep going on and even if there isn't alot of hope I still do it, and then there is a big milagro around the corner, thats why we just got to keep on keepin on until the end. endure to the end, and with all diligence, trying to do as many small and simple things with the hope that something will come out of it.
I love you all and wish that you could all do your part completing the small and simple things, like read the bom, and magnify your callings
Elder Hobbs
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