Here we are again on another P-day, the
missionary's day of rest! We keep learning every week and it is just a
wonderful experience everytime we are faced with a trial! We keep
working, trying to help the people to be able to come unto Christ and be
saved and live in joy with their family for ever.
On Friday we got to talk with an Evangelical Pastor. We had met
with him the week before, and we asked him about his work. He told us
that he just had a little business. He house was very nice, so we
immediately thought: pastor or drug lord. Turns out that he knows a lot
about the Bible, and has a program on his computer that has over 100
translations of the Bible. It was a very interesting talk. Usually
evangelicals just think that as long as you accept Jesus Christ as the
Savior that we would be saved. He told us a lot of different things and
were able to make him kinda trip on his own words. He really thinks that
we hadn't accepted Jesus Christ, and so the conversation got kinda hot.
We left him with Book of Mormon. He invited us to "find out if we were
in the faith." I extend the same committment to everybody that reads
this letter! In a world that is always changing and always getting a
little more and more wicked, it is extremely important that we base our
testimonies firm in the authority, and the true church of Jesus Christ.
If we don't, we'll find ourselves lost.
This week has seriously FLOWN by! I cannot believe how fast it
went. We had a really sweet experience this week with an investigador
that we have. She is the daughter in law of Andrea Rodriguez. Her name
is Mirsa and the experience that we had was really great. She has never
really gone to any church, she hasn't been baptized either. We asked her
to pray to know if she should get baptized, and it was very hard for
her to accept the challenge to pray because she had never really prayed
before. After about three times of asking, she accepted to say the
prayer. She asked if she should get baptized and received an answer
during the prayer. It was awesome! She started crying as she continued
praying, and we asked her after the prayer, "Hey, how did you feel as
you prayed?" She told us that she just felt something warm in her heart.
It was a really nice experience, she is going to get baptized.
This week we did exchanges with the zone leaders. I went with Elder
Oborn and I learned a lot. I learned a little sequence of scriptures
that kinda proves that this church is true. First, if we go to Matthew
16:18, it talks about the rock. What is the rock? Peter or Jesus? Then,
if we read Ephesians 2:20, it talks more about prophets and apostles and
the rock. Who is the rock? Jesus Christ. Now, let's read Matthew 10:1,
What does it say here? Jesus called 12 disciples and gave them
authority. Now the last scripture, Lucas 10:1. What does it say here?
Christ also chose 70 more and sent them out 2 by 2. Have we ever seen
this organization in a church in our day? The ONLY answer: The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I love this gospel and this church
and that the Lord has restored everything to its fulness. Let's all find
out if we are in the faith this week. I love you all and thank you all
for your prayers and worries!
Love,
Elder Hilton
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