La párobola de la semilla

Hola familia!

It was another great week out here in Acapulco with Élder Oñate, man it´s nice having an obedient, hardworking companion, it makes it so much less difficult to be punctual and get work done! Something I've learned in the mission is that the area doesn't determine how difficult it´s going to be nearly as much as the companion determines how difficult it´s going to be. It´s taught me the importance of choosing right with the eternal companion hahah.

Anyway, the heat and the hills of Acapulco are good. We´ve been working with various people here in Vista Alegre lately, but the investigator that´s progressing the most for the moment is Jazmin. She´s 25 years-old and she just got made a widow for the second time. But she´s actually a positive, nice person and she´s very interested in our message. So far, we´ve just had the chance to teach her about the restoration and the LDM (BOM), but she´s attended church the last two weeks and hopefully will accept baptism soon! Please pray for her!

I've continued to really enjoy my studies lately, especially in the Book of Mormon. There´s so much doctrine and wisdom that we can learn and apply in those pages. Yesterday, I read Alma 32 and was reminded how sometimes we can get negligent in nurturing our ´faith tree´. Any tree that goes without proper watering, sunshine, and nourishment will not be sufficiently strong to last the winds/storms/disasters of mother nature and neither will our testimony be able to last the attacks of the adversary if we are not doing all the things we should be doing like studying the scriptures, praying, fulfilling our callings/duties, etc.

Hope you all have a good week! Love you.

Élder Tucker

Primera semana en Vista Alegre con Élder Oñate

Hola Familia!

Wow, what a great week! Élder Oñate is my most obedient companion since my trainer Elder Noh so it´s been dope. I've been really enjoying my studies lately and I want to be to keep it going when I go home in a few months. It helps me to have the spirit with me throughout the day and it inspires me and teaches me wisdom. This week Alma 5 really hit me because it made me think that a lot of times as members, we just worry about looking good in front of others when we really should be worried about what God thinks of us. God knows if we say our prayers. God knows if we read the scriptures. God knows and sees everything that we do. I also realized that Mosiah 4 is one of the best chapters in the BOM.

Anyway, my new area in Acapulco, Vista Alegre is beautiful. It's super hot all day everyday and the hills are crazy, but I love it! Really come to realize how much I prefer the heat than the cold #ArizonaBoy. The members are so loving to us, just like they are everywhere, and there´s a ton of work to be done here.

Sorry if this was a short one, but here´s some pics!

#FinishingStrong

Love,

Élder Tucker

Vamos pa' la playa

Hola Familia!

It was another good week out here in San Andres with Elder Laredo, but some of the Visa waiters in the mission are headed out this week so I'm getting special changed to Acapulco! It's a little bit of a bummer because I'm leaving one of my favorite companions and a baptism we got planned for March 2nd, but it'll be cool because I'll finally get to know Acapulco and at least I got to be in San Andres for Leticia and Florentino's baptism.

I'll be in the Vista Alegre area with Elder Oñate from Colombia.

I've been staying diligent with my workouts, but I can't wait until the day I can work out in a real gym again hahaha!

Other than that, not much to share this week except for a couple funny stories I heard: one time Elder Laredo´s uncle had his car bumper stolen, so he went to this sketchy place called Tepito where a bunch of stolen stuff is sold so he could find a cheap new bumper for his car... Well, he ended up finding the one they had stolen from him but he was too scared to confront anyone about it so he ended up buying it back from them lol.

Also, this week there was a quinceñera (party for a girl turning 15) in our pueblo and a member was telling us that they asked him to help pay for the mariachi band because it was so expensive.  And then he goes on by saying that normally, the rest of the party is so expensive that families get loans from the bank just to pay for it all! Hahaha I love Mexico. The party did look lit tho.

Love you all, and have a great week! And shoutout to my big sister Abby for turning 25 yesterday!

Love,

Élder Tucker