Dearest family and friends,
The work has been moving
right along down here in the beautiful land of Guatemala. I have really
enjoyed it. My companion, Elder Avila, from Bolivia, is really awesome
and wants to learn english bad, so we are always talking. It is really
fun, I love it!
Last Tuesday afternoon we went out to Cajola to
visit Elvira and Erick and their family and started coming back on foot
because there wasn't any busses. It's about a 20 minute bus ride so you
can just imagine how long it would be on foot! We started walking back
and about 5 or 10 minutes into the walk, a man passed by in his little
Toyota truck, he picked us up and saved our lives. We started talking
and got to go visit him on Thursday. They were expecting us and made us
some cow stomach soup. It wasn't the most delicious thing I have eaten,
but it really made my day. Haha it's not everyday you have a personal
contact and you try to visit them and they aren't home. What's even
better is that they made us dinner! It was really nice, he presented us
to his family, we shared a scripture about Christ, invited them to
church and took off. We were going to go again yesterday, but they had
to run to the hospital for something. To say the least, it was a fun
week of finding people.
Well, yesterday Elvira, Erick and their family
didn't come to church... We didn't go out to get them, but we thought
they were going to come. It was kinda a bummer but, it taught us that we
can't slack off! We gotta work til those suckers are baptized! They
seemed really pumped to come to church on Saturday, (they gave us some
chuchitos, in the states they're called tamales) but they didn't show
up. They were going through some tough things and so I think that might
be what stopped them from getting to church.
Yesterday in church we almost got to 100 attendance!
It was really cool a couple weeks ago we had like 60 people in
sacrament meeting and yesterday we got to 98. It was a really good day.
Rigo, Marili's dad, got the priesthood as well. It is really rewarding
to see people progressing like that. She has been such a shining light
for her family. And now, things are moving along better than ever! We
are working with her brothers and her neighbors.
I know that this church is true. In the mission I
have realized that the truth is something essential. A lot of people say
that the church is true, but maybe they don't understand what exactly
that means. What is the truth? Knowledge of things as they are, as they
were and as they will be, and God knows all truth. I love His work and
am so grateful to be a part of it. I love being an instrument in his
hands!
Love,
Elder Hilton
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