Email today, I'll let you read it.... sure do miss him!!

i meet a elder Elder Cash he got there right before i left, in the MTC who was from grants and he knew the Clawsons and had been up to the reunion place we go to before. but yeah im exausted i dont remember if i told you that ive been biking. but last monday he decided he didnt want me to use his nice bike so his son in law gave me this lil tiny one to use, size wise its ment for a person thats like 5 6 which is a foot shorter than i am so, we bike like everywhere cause we are out of miles till the first so basically ive biked all day every day on a bike that is way to short. so my back and my legs a really hurting we biked here to the library which is close to ... 8 10 miles and we have other things to do today so great fun! so monday for a district activity we played frisbee golf for a long time a park which was fun for the most part. tuesday we had lunch with the stake president our whole zone. then we visited people. wednesday more meeting and biking to visit people. thursday, awesome day. us and a friend from the MTC had a temple trip so we where there from like 8 to 5 so it was good day. friday was a crazy day we did our usual service at the food bank and the we had some issues with a member that we had to deal with, not fun. then we had dinner at applebees, a member had to cancel so they gave us a gift card and went with some other people. saturday even more service this time it was yard work for a single mom. an appointment fall through with some investigators.:(. sunday we had meetings till church in which i had to give a talk, the youth speaker before me talked for 1 min so i ran out of notes and stuff i only had to speak for 12 min and like 15 min into it there was still a 30+m minutes left, so i just started saying random stuff for like 5 mins, but the guy after me gave an awesome talk. which was great because had two potential investigators at church. for the record our ward hasnt had investigators for like a year. they had two converts in the last 2 years, jamie whos a lot of fun kinda older 50s youthful though, but kinda slower hes all there hes just, Jamie. and another one who instantly went inactive and commited suicide like a week before i got here. so the people had an awesome time at church and want to come back and we have a meeting with them tuesday night. so thats really good news for us.but doin okay i got your package, i forgot to tell you i bought the jesus the christ thing at the mtc, but its okay theres a kid leaving on his mission in a month that dont have it so im giving him the copy i bought so its okay i paid like 4.50 for the whole set at the mtc. and thank you for the other thing you included. but yeah so i will probably be here till about december if i follow the common trend of the other elders here. and i havent mailed that card yet but i will soon. but tonight i do an exchange with the ZLs till Tuesday night so im in charge of what we do, and that should be interesting becasue hes been in a car most of his mission and well be on bike allday. to all of you i love you all very very much and i hope all i well with you.

June 21st email

Received an email from Elder Hobbs today. He shared a little about the area he is in and the people there. He went to zone conference in Aurora, CO which he said was like the ghetto, northeast of Denver. He states that he got to see some of the others he came out with. He says that they do a lot of service, visiting families, some everyweek and others every other. His district name is Quail and they have a list of things they do, people that will help them and such. They helped at the food bank this week and participated in a service project.
Right now someone is loaning him a bike and they bike alot. He is adjusting to this!! He says he is better at running than biking. He says his "legs were on fire!" He wrote a short note after his email stating the when they are on bikes, mean people swear at them and hot girls cheer!!
Elder Hobbs has had his first "birthday", when he was out one month. Just 23 to go!! He also got to go on his first date as a missionary as the 2nd ward there to them to a steak house for dinner after they helped at the food bank. Also he has given his first blessing and has since then done three more.
He has met several people from here in Arizona and people who know some of his friends, it is a small world he says.
He says he is doing fine, but not getting near enough sleep at night.

Also just a note to everyone, again, he misses everyone and would love to hear from you!! Please email me if you have any questions!

June 14, email

A short email from Elder Hobbs today. He said that he got cussed out at his 2nd door!! But he is really liking his Trainer, Elder Slezak, "pretty cool" he says. But otherwise he says that nobody listens but that is understandable. He likes the ward and the members there, they are treating him well.

June 7, 2010 email

I received a brief email from Elder Hobbs stating that he was in Arvada, CO and that all was well. He sent another one asking to please help him buy a bike!!! He will need anywhere from $300-400. I don't know if he is happy about riding a bike on his mission, we were thinking he would be driving, at least in most areas.

June 7, 2010 Phone Call

I got to talk to Elder Hobbs this morning. He had left the MTC and was at the Salt Lake City airport. It was so good to hear his voice, but tough on me to say good-bye. He sounded wonderful and excited. He was traveling with 15 others on their way to Denver, all going to his mission. He told me that I would never get the letter telling me he wanted to come home, a nice reassurance that he was feeling strong and confident about what he was doing. It was a wonderful conversation and will be our last on the phone until Christmas.

Letter May 29th

A LETTER!!



Elder Hobbs' emails have been brief, but we received a very nice letter from him talking about many things happening in the MTC. He said he had a rough first few days, but since then his experience there has greatly improved and he is loving mission life. He is always happy, he loves his district and his leaders. He states that they sing Hymns all the time and have be told by several people that they are the best singing group ever!! He states that he is kinda suprized by some of the deep important experiences he has had.
He shared that one of his teachers told him that he was one of the happiest, excited and most loving missionaries he has ever met. And says "it is true I tell everyone I love them".
He asked me to share the following with everyone:
"I do love this though. I'm happy that I made this decision, I feel honored to have my name next to our Saviors for all the world to see. For the loving examples that I have been blessed with. The encouragement and support I have been given. Elder K----- in my district says he went on a mission to make his bishop happy and to please him. I know I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the love of Bishop Williams and his gentle but powerful love for me. I am not here to please anyone other than myself and God. Through him he will make weak things strong. I have gained a firm testimony in the power of the Spirit and how it can lead me. Not a day goes by that I don't miss those I have left, but not a day goes by where I don't know that they are being cared for. My sincerest hope is my mission will bless others more than it will me. I know that we have a loving Eternal Father in Heaven. That he has give us families and loved ones to bless us for eternity. He would not give us such important relationships if they weren't for a reason. I know Christ came to this earth and atoned for our sins to prepare a way back to him. That that way has been restored in its fullness through the Book of Mormon, which was resorted through a true Prophet called of God, Joseph Smith. That following the commandments and upholding our covenants we can have eternal life. I love you with all my heart and miss you more than you can imagine. I testify these things to you in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen."

Catch UP!!

Elder Hobbs left home on May 17, 2010. He traveled with his friends Nick & Josiah Tingey to Provo, Utah. He spent that day and the next with his friends, they went to the Salt Lake Temple and did various things before he reported to the Missionary Training Center on Wednesday May19th. His friend Daniel Bond took him there and he said his final good byes to his world as he knew it.

On Monday May 24, we received a letter from Elder Hobbs. It was nice to hear from him, even though he was adjusting to MTC Life and not super excited. He was tired from lack of sleep and "paper thin" blankets. But he assured us of his commitment and his belief that he was doing the right thing.
".... that is why I am here, to help me, the people I serve with, the people I teach and most important is you all and all of my family and friends. Because I know that will bless all of you more that I could by myself during these two years."