December 7, 2013

Dear Mother,

I love you so much. I am so grateful for everything that you do for me. For all your worries and love. Things are very much different now. I talk with President almost everyday. We live in Quetzaltenango. In the city! This is the first time that I 'll be here in Xela. I'm living with Elder Tejero, Elder Little(ex-assistant), and the secretaries, Elder Lundquist and Elder Peña. Our house is super nice. I like it a lot. It is kinda dirty, but we're getting it cleaned up little by little. Elder Little is awesome. He is from Springville and is going home next Tuesday. Also, Elder Jacolby Griffin is going home on Tuesday. Elder Vaughn is also going home.... A lot of my buddies are taking off! :( Elder Lundquist is from Logan and is an Aggie fan (LOVING IT!!!) and Elder Peña is from El Salvador. It is pretty fun. I like it a lot.

Normally, we keep proselyting. We are in the office almost everyday in the morning, but after lunch, we go out to proselyte. It's pretty cool. I like it, however, it has been kinda scary. On Thursday, I conducted a multi-zone conference here in Xela, and I messed up a good number of times. President talked about the situation that we are in and has so much faith in us. I am so grateful for him. There is a rule that if you crash the car, you can't drive anymore. Now, the old assistant crashed the car and Elder Tejero doesn't have a driver's license and so president had to call a new one with Elder Little going home. He always talks about how it was just meant to be and how it is what God wants. We could be the last assistants that president has and he has a lot of plans and expectations for us. It is comforting that he is always so positive and so faithful. I love it.

Elder Tejero and I are trying to get used to the area and not get too lost because in a few days we'll be on our own!!! We have a bunch of positive investigators and I am really excited to see them keep progressing. One girl named Kenia, has stopped drinking and smoking and going to clubs since she has met the missionaries. She is really awesome, but she just needs to go to church. We are also working with another lady whose name is Claudia. She is 40 years old, and has a 12 year old daughter. She has a bunch of masters degrees and is really smart. We have a lesson with her tonight and I am really excited to see how it goes. She is going to go to church tomorrow. I am really excited to keep working here. Sorry, I can't write too much more, but I love you a lot. I love this work. Thank you for everything!

Love,

Elder Hilton

Elder Tejero (Mexico)

A dead dog, which someone had tried to burn.

At Enrique's for Thanksgiving meal.

Enrique got permission to have all the missionaries from Huehuetenango over for Thanksgiving dinner.  Enrique had lived in the United States before, and would often make the missionaries, Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Burritos.  For Thanksgiving, the all decided to have an ugly sweater contest.  Sister Anderson won - front middle

Elder Cook (Brigham), Elder  McDonald (Las Vegas), Berrios(Guatemala), Vaughn (Kanab) & Elder, Hilton

Elder Cook, Elder Amaya (Honduras), Elder McDonald,  Elder De Leon (Honduras), Elder Berrios, Elder Vaughn, Elder Hilton

Elder Hilton & Elder Browning (Mesa, AZ) - will be rooming with Elder  Preston Browning at USU

Elder Leguizamo (Equador) and Elder Hilton - We were companions for 4 days, before I was transferred to the office.

Elder Hilton and Elder Dalton (Bountiful), a fellow ambassador at USU

Elder Berrios, Elder Baadsgaard, Elder Hilton, Elder Glass, Elder Peralta (Mexico)

TRUE BLUE AGGIES - Elder Hilton, Elder Dixon (Logan), Elder Corbett (Logan), Elder Dalton (Bountiful)

Enrique - Owner's of Zumba's Restaurant

Huehuetenango

Marvin and Stephanie and family in Huehuetenango

Morning view of the volcano from the highway

River somewhere in Momostenango

How they do things in Guatemala

Yes, that's a little Toyota Pickup truck.