Hobbs, Cameron

      Merry Christmas everyone! Hope viejito pascuero brought you all some great gifts. I always imagined what Christmas would be like on the mission and now I finally know. And surprisingly it was a lot better than i thought it would be hahaha. I don't have too much time to write this but ill try to fit in all the highlights and experiences of this fun Christmas week.       To start, I ended up having a white Christmas after all. There is no better white than Gods children in baptismal clothes! The sister missionaries had a baptism and I had the opportunity to go and help Felipe and Andres with the ordinance. Always an amazing experience in the font.      We had the multi zone conference this week which was super fun. We did a little nativity and it was super fun to sing all the Christmas songs together Made me feel just at home haha. Throughout the week almost all of our lessons were focused on the birth of Jesus christ. Being a missio...

      What's up friends and family. Hope everyone is doing well! I just barely hit 5 months in my mission. Super crazy. Almost 1/4 of the way done. It's nice time is flying but also at times its going too fast haha. Just trying to enjoy every minute I have with the plaque on.        Sunday this week was fun. Sunday morning while we were eating breakfast we got a call from our bishop telling us that the person that was going to give a talk canceled and couldn't come to church. Sooooo he asked one of us if we could talk. My comp looked at me and said no way I'm giving a talk with 30 minutes of preparation. Soooooo I took one for the team and gave a talk during sacrament meeting. I had a half page of notes and somehow manage to give a 7 minute talk. That's where I realized how much my Spanish has improved. The ward told me they loved it so I'm hoping it went alright hahaha.       Also had intercambios with the zone leaders this week. I...

      Hey friends and family!! I hope everyone had a great week. Missing the snow and Christmas lights back home but the empenadas and street dogs are going to have to do this year hahaha.         Super great week here! We had 2 of our friends come to church with us this week which was a huge blessing. As of right now they both have baptismal dates for the 23 of December. They both have a long way to go and a lottttt of commandments to learn but I have faith they'll get baptized! It was the primary program at church this week so it was funny having to explain to our friends that we don't have kids lead the sacrament meeting every week haha.         Also there is a soccer team named Hauchipato and their stadium is in my area. And the other day they won the soccer championship of all Chile. Wow it was insane. The Streets were filled instantly with people throwing beer music blasting cars honking hahaha. It was fun to celebrate with th...

      Buenos díasssss! Que tal amigos. Haha hope everyone is doing great. I miss you all. Super fun past few weeks here in Talcahuano. The work is non stop. Every week we grind, get a pday to rest then the grind starts all over. I love it. Elder Randall and I have been killing it lately. We are raising our weekly goals higher and higher and we keep seeing miracles. Little update on Ian quick. Every since he got baptized his family has changed so much. The first lesson we had after his baptism was such a cool experience. The entire vibe of his house felt different. His parents are so much happier and i can just tell every aspect of their lives are different. Just because a 10 year old Ian got baptized and received the holy ghost, his entire house and family completely changed for the better. Ian hasn't missed a sacrament meeting since.       Also i got to go to the temple this week and do an endowment session! I went with Elder Gonzalez from Mexico so it was...