Quick Note This Week

Hey mom! Sounds like a fun thanksgiving, I LOVED that video of Wes driving the toy car and almost crashing into the palm tree! I had a good Thanksgiving, we just ordered some tacos hahaha. I´m so excited to talk to you guys soon! Love you

I enter into the 4th quarter of my mission this week!!!! Here´s some pics of me rn.

Élder Tucker

Photos and a quick letter

I asked Scott about his favorite memories of Youth Conferences:

"I always loved all the youth conferences I went to. The best part was always the classes given by couples in the ward or stake. So spiritual. Like one time Chris and Karen Zaharis gave a class at a youth conference and they talked about their heli skiing trip in Alaska! Another youth conference at the Bawdens cabin, The Allreds, The Stratfords, and The Bawdens all gave great classes as well about various topics. And there´s always gotta be a dance. My biggest advice would be to get the oldest youth as involved as possible because they get everyone else excited to do stuff if they are. Also making sure they all share their testimony at some point. You have a great calling!

Love you so much mom! Oscar looks like a good pup. 

CDMX, Acapulco y La Conferencia de Área

Hola Familia!

Sorry for not writing for a while, but it´s been pretty good out here in good ol´ Mexico.

Last Monday I had to travel to Acapulco and Iguala to get some pictures and signatures of missionaries that are renewing their temporal residencies and it was awesome! I took some sweet pictures at this tourist place called ´La Quebrada´ and got to hang with some ZL homies. I gotta convince Presi to send me there once I get out of the offices. I LOVE Acapulco. Its burning hot and nothing but stares, perfect for losing some lbs., and its got the costera buses that just blast regatón music all day, AND its got the beach and the best tacos of the mish, what more could an elder ask for? 

Also, a couple weeks ago, I had to go to CDMX to drop off the missionaries going home and we made a quick stop by El Ángel de Independencia which is this famous statue in the middle of a ton of skyscrapers in the middle of Mexico City. It was during Día de Muertos celebrations so there were this cool, decorated skulls everywhere in the streets between the Zócalo and a big cemetery. Mexico has some of the coolest traditions.

Yesterday for church we had an area conference with the entire country, there was a huge turnout in the stake center, overflowing with gente. The area president spake, some setentas, and Élder Rasband. It was interesting listening to white general authorities speak with worse spanish than my own, but their talks were very good. My favorite was about the importance of having a vigente recomendacion para el templo. The speaker shared the story of this one member that was about to die in the hospital who asked to be interviewed by her priesthood leaders one last time to renew her temple recommend. Not because she thought she would need it or use it, sino because she wanted that extra self confirmation that she was lista to return to Padre Celestial. Temple recommends really are they best way of showing if we are worthy to return to God´s presence. It´s kinda like the parable of the ten virgins, our lamp is a current temple recommend and the oil comes from diligently spending time in the Lord´s house.

The works been kinda slow and hard lately because we´ve been so busy in the office. I´m getting kinda excited to get outta here soon and return to being a normal missionary again, but it´s all good. I still like it and am happy out here. Can´t believe christmas is coming up!

Love you all so much! Keep writin´! I love reading emails.

Love,

Élder Tucker