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| Elder Monge Leaving, and new companion Elder Perez |
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| The making of Lanterns for the Celebration |
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| Missionary Exchange |
Howdy family and friends!
Okay, so transfers were last week and I
have my comp! His name is Elder Perez from Vera Cruz, Mexico. He is very
focused on the work. He is 18 years old and we are both here in
Nahualá. Haha My training maybe could have not been complete, but I
don't think it will ever be. Elder Monge helped me to realize how to
have fun and how to work with the members. Now with Elder Perez, we are
contacting a lot more. He had the suggestion to contact more, so I
accepted it--humbling my heart. I also learned that we need to
understand each other and treat each other as equals. I think our
companionship is going to be very fun. We just contact and contact and
contact. Right now, it isn't too bad--maybe because it is the first time
either of us have done it. I actually really like it! This training
business is kinda tough because my comp is better than me--he still has
the MTC high. He has already transferred some of that to me, so things
are good.
The weather is getting better--it doesn't rain everyday now. I have
heard that it is just going to get a lot colder--maybe like 2 or 3
degrees... haha we'll see!
Things are really good. We are
still working with Salvador and his family. Now we are contacting like
crazy! We found a man named Nacho this week. We were in the street
talking to somebody and he just walked up to us and asked us when we
were going to come to his house. He lives kinda far away so we told him
that we would go visit him the following day. I thought it was kinda
strange and he acted kinda strange, too. So we went to go look for him
the next day. Almost everybody in this part of town was family--that was
kinda crazy, too. They all knew who we were talking about, but weren't
sure where he was. We finally found him and started teaching him; his
brother came in and told us that he wanted us to teach him, too. Now,
his brother seemed even more strange than Nacho. So, we went over to
Manuel's house after to teach him. He put us in this room where he was
staining furniture. Here, I realized why they were kinda crazy guys.
They spend all day, every day in this little room maybe 15' x 15'
staining furniture. We were in there for like 10 minutes and we may have
inadvertently gotten high! No worries... NEVER to happen again! That
was definitely an experience that I will never have again and will never
forget. Things are going really good. We are going to talk with Manuel
and Nacho and tell them that they are crazy because they just sit and
stain things in that puny room all day long.
Thank you all for your support and love. I love you all and I love
the Lord. I am so greatful for the Book of Mormon and for having been
born in this gospel. It kills me that there is so much supporting this
gospel, but the people cannot see it. I love you all!
Love,
Elder Hilton
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