RETURN Travel Itinerary For HUBBARD/TYLER JAMES - 12June

It's official!! Tyler will really be coming home!! We would like to invite anyone who would like to be with us at the airport when Tyler arrives home.

CHURCH TRAVEL CWT                          DATE 10APRIL13

50 EAST NORTH TEMPLE ST                    AGENT VH/K3 BOOKING REF 3L4DUL

SALT LAKE CITY UT 84150

TELEPHONE: 801 240-5111                    HUBBARD/TYLER JAMES 219765-R

FAX      : 801-240-5115

  MISSIONARY TRAVEL

  MEXICO MEXICO CITY SOUTH

SERVICE               DATE  FROM           TO             DEPART  ARRIVE

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AMERICAN AIRLINES     12JUN MEXICO CITY    LOS ANGELES CA 725A    930A

AA 6936           WEDNESDAY JUAREZ INTL    LOS ANGELES IN

Q ECONOMY                   TERMINAL 1     TERMINAL 6

           NON SMOKING      SNACK                         NON STOP

                            RESERVATION CONFIRMED         4:05 DURATION

AS 0225                    FLIGHT OPERATED BY AS ALASKA AIRLINES

            AIRCRAFT OWNER: AS  ALASKA AIRLINES

                  AIRCRAFT: BOEING 737 ALL SERIES PASSENGER

AMERICAN AIRLINES     12JUN LOS ANGELES CA RENO NV        1200N   120P    

AA 2662           WEDNESDAY LOS ANGELES IN TAHOE INTL

Q ECONOMY                   TERMINAL 4

           NON SMOKING      FOOD FOR PURCHASE             NON STOP

                            RESERVATION CONFIRMED         1:20 DURATION

                            FLIGHT OPERATED BY SKYWEST AIRLINES AS AM

            AIRCRAFT OWNER: OO  SKYWEST AIRLINES

              COCKPIT CREW: OO  SKYWEST AIRLINES

                CABIN CREW: OO  SKYWEST AIRLINES

                  AIRCRAFT: CANADAIR REGIONAL JET

13 mayo 2013

It was so good to talk to you yesterday! I am glad that Travis could be there too to say hi. I´m writing today because tomorrow we are going to have our Zone Conference.  President Valadez has to show a future mission president an example of a zone conference and we won the lottery pick. 

We had such a good week in our area. President Valadez has invited us to teach thirty lessons every week. This week we acomplished 22. Elder Shirley is a beast and has helped me a lot. As part of teaching, we have taught a lot of active members. Week after week. We also always ask them if they know anyone that could be interested in our message. We are starting to see a lot of results.

We met a new investigator this week named Mitzy. She is 21 and her boyfriend is a member of the church. We taught her for the first time Saturday night in the church. It was so sweet! We gave her a tour and then we taught her the Restoration in the chapel. We invited her to pray about it as Elder Shirley played some hymns on the piano. Afterwards she said that she felt an unexplainable feeling and she accepted a baptitsmal date.

We also had a sweet lesson with the Ramirez Flores family. It was the first time that we taught them in about two months and they are on fire like in NBA Jam on the Super Nintendo. We explained to them why they needed to be baptized in the right way, they went to church yesterday, and I did a little fist pump in the pew. I am committed to do everything I can to help them be baptized before I leave.

The other miracle that we had was Jazmín. She is an inactive member that wants to come back to church out of nowhere. She brought her son Estefeno also to church yesterday and he is a great kid. 12 years old. We are going to start teaching them tomorrow. 

Happy Mother´s Day mom! I love you a ton. And Happy Birthday Jeff. Someday I will meet you. Haha. Have a great week. I love you all. I´ll write on Tuesday next week.

Elder Hubbard

8 mayo 2013

Familia!!

Sorry for writing so late! It feels like I haven`t had a p-day for about

two weeks! But here I am finally. We had a leadership council yesterday so

we couldn`t write. The Leadership Councils in the mission are now composed

of zone leaders and sister trainers. That may or may not be how you say

that in English. It was a lot of fun. There are a ton of new zone leaders,

including Elder Chronister from Aaron`s ward in Vegas. I ate lunch with him

yesterday.

So week 1 with my cool companion from Lovelock was awesome. We taught 26

lessons. In most of them we taught active members of the church and tried

to strengthen them. We still aren`t really repping in the investigators

category but we`ll get there. People from Nevada are athletes in the

mission field.

We had a ton of stuff to do this week as zone leaders. A bunch of

paperwork. I think Elder Shirley was pretty tired. He sleep walks every

night! Scares the bejeebees out of me. The first night I saw him walk into

the kitchen and in the morning a banana was on the floor. Haha. But I

already found the trick. He is really obedient so I just tell him to go

back to sleep. He just says okay...Haha.

Laura and Michel, our recent converts, have signed up to give us La Comida

every day this week. Word.

It`s gonna be another crazy week! I am so excited to talk to you on Sunday!

Travis better be there too. I love you and miss you.

Elder Hubbard

29 abril 2013

Happy Birthday dad!!! Biggest stud I know. I meant to tell you last week but at the last second I forgot. Sorry.  So my last transfer of the mission has officially begun. I didn´t get transferred but sadly, Elder Lee did. The goods news is that Fallon and Lovelock Nevada are now united here in Iztapalapa! My new companion is Elder Shirley from Lovelock. The Lord likes to do funny things like that.  It will be his first time being a zone leader so I´ll show him what we have to do. It will be tons of fun to be with him because he is normal and obedient.

I had a really good week. Elder Lee had to go to the doctors at the temple and there I bought a bible, triple and hymnbook for Laura. Better said, Mom and Dad bought it for her and she says thank you. Haha.

On Friday we didn´t work because we were puking. Elder Lee in the bathroom and I right on some plants that are outside the house. It was fun though. We don´t know why we got sick.

Socorro and Marisol are still going to church. Socorro said that one night she prayed to know if the church was true and she woke up in the morning with a train of thoughts. First-I´m gonna die. Second-God. Third- I need forgiveness. Fourth- I need to be baptized. And fifth- The elders. Haha. That´s a great way to start a day off. We invited them to a baptismal service of a little girl in the ward and they went and liked it but they still don´t want to do it. I have faith though. It has been such a fun project teaching them.

We have been teaching a lot of active members of the church and we find interesting things and have great lessons. For example, one marriage told us that they were sealed 7 years ago and haven´t gone back to the temple since. What are you people doing?! Go to the temple! It´s the best place in the world! Finally, an inactive family that we have been teaching for 2 months came to church on Sunday  It´s such a sweet feeling to see them back at the Lord´s Table. Well, actually only half of them went. But it´s alright for now.

Yesterday I had to take care of a problem of a missionary using his own cell phone to watch an ab workout video. What are you doing?! Haha. He´d better have a six pack.

Elder Lee and I played basketball at church today. It is the only church that I have seen here that as an indoor court. They´re ballers on budgets here in DF. Oh well.

I love every one of you almost as much as my investigators. Haha. JK. Love you.

Elder Hubbard

p.s. You should all make mormon.org profiles if you haven´t yet!

23 abril 2013

Dear Hubbard family,

Que hay. Sorry that I am writing kind of late today but Elder Lee and I went to the National Museum of Anthropology and to Wendy´s this morning. It was the biggest museum that I have ever been too. Elder Lee took some pictures. I am actually super tired now. The metro was packed.

This week flew by. It´s already the last week of the transfer.  We taught a lot of lessons in our area this week but we haven´t been able to help anybody accept a baptismal date. Maria del Socorro and Marisol went to church for the 4th time this week but they still don´t understand their need to be baptized. They are just really social and like going to our church.  We were teaching them on their 4th floor department on Sunday night when all of the sudden I got really dizzy. Then we all realized that it was a little earthquake. It felt so weird. It stopped so we finished our lesson. Haha.

Laura and Michel are still on fire. Laura received an assignment from the bishop to visit a sister this week and Michel is going to go to do baptisms at the temple today. I love to see them progressing. They are in Mosiah right now in the BM.

We had another zone conference this week. We have 40 missionaries in the zone right now. President Valadez is really good at making things more efficient. He talked to us about teaching by the Spirit and about teaching the doctrines of tithing and repentance better.

I keep trying to be a better missionary each day but I feel like I always come up short. It´s kind of frustrating.  I have been a missionary for so much time and I still mess up in just about everything just about every day. But I´m still trying. This week I finally got into the whole parting your hair thing. Word.

The pictures I got this week of Lucy Mae are so cute. Ánimo!

Love,

Elder Hubbard

Me at the National Museum of Anthropology

16 abril 2013

It was a fun week. The best part was easily Laura and Michel´s baptism on Thursday night. They are going really strong and now have many friends in the church. The Sister who gave us the referral also came and participated in the service. I went on exchanges with Elder Mata again this week. He is the AP who I was with for a couple of days in Febuary. He is from my generation too so it is a lot of fun. We had to go to President Valadez´s house to drop him off of few things. He was there in a Cruz Azul soccer hat, shirt, and shorts. I had to keep myself from laughing. I think I am going to give him the Cruz Azul jersey that was given to me in Topilejo. I am more of Pumas de UNAM fan. Haha. Elder Mata and Elder Bass also went to our baptism. Good news, the water in the font was clear, not green. Always a plus. Wow, I can´t think of anything to write today. We´ve been juggling our responsibilities as zone leaders and in our area. We have about 4 investigators right now that are making a lot of progress and have now gone to church four times. Elder Lee and I get along really well and have a lot of nerdy conversations. He has taught me how computer programing works, how 3D images work, the list goes on. That´s about all I got. Enjoy the pictures I sent.

 I love you and miss you.

Elder Hubbard

 Presidente and Sister Valadez, with son Yair

9 abril 2013

Dear Hubbard family,

I was so happy to be able to listen to the Lord´s voice this weekend during General Conference! There is nothing better to know than that we are children of God, and He does everything He possibly can to forgive us and make us happy. His Plan is so real and we are right in the middle of it. It truly gives us peace to know that Heavenly Father is happy with our actions and that He will always take care of us. I loved Elder Cook´s talk when he said, "Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict and contention. Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows who we are, knows that we have faith in Him, love Him, and keep His commandments, even and especially amid life's devastating trials and tragedies. The Lord's answer to the Prophet Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail brings solace to the heart: 'My son, peace be unto they soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high'" (Doctrine and Covenants 121:7-8).

We watched General Conference at our Stake Center in English. I enjoyed all of it. There are really prophets and apostles in the world today. Laura and Michel went to both sessions on Sunday. They are going to be baptized this Thursday! I can´t wait. They are two of the most prepared people that I have met in my entire mission.  Their baptismal interviews are tonight and they are completely ready. It has been an awesome experience going to their house every day and teaching them. In three week from the day we met them, they will be baptized. That´s how powerful missionary work is when members invite the people they know to hear the gospel. In Conference they said that with all of these missionaries, God is preparing more people´s hearts to hear the Gosple. I am sure that that is true.

We saw how Heavenly Father uses His children to help His children this week. With things so simple like a bag of tomatoes. I will tell you really fast. We were going to an appointment with our bishop one night and a guy stopped us and asked us to help him jump his wall to get into his house. The houses are built like prisons here and he was locked out. Hoping that that was actually his house and that we weren´t assisting a robbery, we gave him a boost and he got in. He opened the door from the inside and asked us if he could help us in anything. He sells fruit and veggies and asked us if we wanted some. There is a sister in the ward that really needs tomatoes so she can sell chilaquilas but they are too expensive. So the guy said that we could come by the next day and he would give us two kilos. We knocked on the door and he opened it with the tomatoes in his hand. We taught him and then took the tomatoes to the sister. She was so glad to have them. I am convinced that miracles for us is just logic thinking for God. He just moves his chess pieces.

All of our investigators are finally coming back from vacation so this should be a sick week. Mexico City is still nuts. Hot. Cold. Rainy. Sunny. All of that in the same day. And then there are all of the sounds you here in the street. All weird and funny. The gas has a sound, the tamales have another, the old steel trucks yell something else, then there´s the water and the bread boy, and the garbage bell.  It´s an endless stream of noise and people and all of them need the healing and redemptive power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Even the people who stand in the streets all day offering to clean your windshield. Live and share the Gospel! I love you and pray for you.  Les mando un abrazote!

Elder Hubbard