Dear family and friends,
Things are just rolling
right along down here in the magical land of Guatemala. It really is
awesome. I am loving it so much. Lately, it has been kinda tough to get
things rolling in this area, but there we are fighting the good fight.
This week we are gonna be trying to get an investigador in the water.
His name is Deyvin and is 16 years old. He comes from a super Catholic
family and is a little bit afraid of what his family will say when he
gets baptized. However, he keeps coming to everything. His cousins and
aunt and uncle are all recent converts. It is really cool when you can
see people expanding the gospel in their own families. We have also been
working with and girl named Ana. She is 13 years old and also comes
from a nice Catholic family. But, it's the same story there. Her cousins
and aunt are members, but she is afraid of the "parent factor." She is
basically a member now, but just needs the baptism.
Also, we are working with some kids of a lady that
has listened to missionaries, but doesn't want to stop working Sundays. I
have never taught here, but that is the word on the street (from my
comp.) But, we started last week to work with them and they are really
positive. I love it! Their grandma is a member and also has some aunts
and uncles that are members as well. They are just killing it out there.
Their case is kinda sad, but it is nice to see them coming to church
and living the gospel. I don't think a single one of them goes to school
because they don't have a lot of money to be able to do it. Their mom
is a single mom and makes tortillas in their house and sells them from
her house and works weekends in a discoteca as a bartender. (A discoteca
is like a dance. Haha it is kinda hard to explain.) She has four kids
and the kids' father doesn't help out at all... It is kinda sad, but it
will be great to see the small changes that they make in their lives.
We are also working with a mom and her daughter.
Their names' are Mildred(mom) and Briseydy(daughter). They are really
excited to get baptized. The missionaries have always been there for
them. Mildred is restricted to a little home made wheelchair and live
with her mom(Briseydy's grandma) and another son. Her story is kinda sad
too, because now she can't work at all and they all have to live off of
what grandma makes. I just know that one time Mildred got really sick
and never recuperated fully and it left her paralyzed. Now her legs are
super swollen and her bones are really weak. She can't really do much,
but is ready and excited to get baptized.
Soon, they going to tear down the church building
that we are in and they are going to start building a new one and they
are going to build an institute building. They say that is it going to
be a sweet new building. The nicest one in Huehuetenango! Too bad I
won't be in the mission when it is finished. I put up some pictures of a
service project that we did. We cut down the HUGE trees that were there
and took them to the members that use firewood. WE had to be at the
church at 5 in the morning and we finished at like 10:30, but it left us
exhausted. We had do to some pretty heavy duty lifting. Remember, lift
with your knees, not your back!
I love this work and I love the Lord. I love the
fact that we can be families forever. I love you all and thanks for your
prayers!
Love,
Elder Hilton
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