Happy Valentines Day- February 15, 2014

  Things are going pretty well. I feel better about what I am doing as assistant, however, it is still pretty dang stressful! Honestly, it is quite fun. I like it a lot because I get talk with all the elders in the mission. Elder Tejero says hi and thanks for having raised me so "well." Things are going pretty well. We have found a few new investigadors this week that I think are really going to progress a lot. We keep working with Claudia here in Xela, but it's kinda hard a lot of the time because she is super busy. Last Sunday, she couldn't go to church because she had a training conference in Guatemala City for a week. So we haven't been able to talk to her very much, but last time we talked to her she was doing great. She has read like 200 pages in the Book of Mormon and really wants to get baptized. Last Sunday was kinda tought because we didn't have too many investigators at church. Only Aura came, and she is almost an eternal investigator. We are trying to help her understand everything, but she is just afraid of getting baptized again. She is very confused and really feels like she can't make a decision because she was already baptized in the Catholic church. We also found out that her dad is kinda scaring her. 

Other than that, we found somebody who's name is Julio. He is 25 years old and has two returned missionary cousins. IT was a really sweet experience, the way that we found him. We were just contacting and we felt like we needed to knock his door. Then, we found out that he had gotten out of work very early that day and that he felt like it was meant to be. He works in a little store and usually gets home around 10 at night. We found him at about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It was definitely meant to be. Today we are going to go back to visit him to take him to church tomorrow. He is catholic, but never goes to church. It was a very divine encounter. Life is very good. I think that I am going to ask for a mission extension. I am worried about everything else and life after the mission, but I have felt like everything is going to be fine. I feel like I need to do it and I feel like if I don't do it, it will hinder my ability to receive revelation after the mission. I am worried about maybe not being able to see Levi for 4 years, and for  the work situation, and for missing out on a month of life, work, and fun. However, I feel like the Lord is going bless me and you and the family. These two years have been the best of my life. I cannot believe that it has gone by so fast. I feel like the Lord has blessed me so much during my mission and I hope that you have been blessed as well. I need to tell president this week if I want to extend my mission. So, I will tell him that I want to, and then it will be in the Lord's hands. It is going to be a step of faith, but the Lord blesses for steps of faith especially when we don't know what lies behind the door.

I am so thankful for you and for the family. I hope that you have a wonderful Valentine's Day and that Dad does something special for you. I love you and the family and all of my friends. I am so greatful for all the of the people that are supporting me and praying for me. I love you.

Love,

Elder Hilton

PS--One of my favorite Mormon Messages-- http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1452683656001