Get lost in this work

Where does true happiness come from?

For me it comes in harmony with God. When I know that Im good with Him, I feel at peace, and even if there are problems here on earth, I have the peace to know that Im ok with Him. 

Can we help someone to know the gospel if we dont love them? 
I dont believe so because I feel SO MUCH love for my converts. And Ive taught people before without loving them and they never got baptized. 

Im really happy because this neighboorhood super far out is full of families that want to know the gospel. Theres 9 families that arent memebers and theres 6 families that are either less active families or families of converts. Were going to send a bus out there this sunday to pick them all up! Its going to be the best to see them there! :D

I love you guys and I hope you know that I have a testimony of the truthfulness of this gospel and I desire that EVERYONE has it in their lives. And I know that the only way to share it is to live it. SO LIVE IT AND LOVE IT!!!:D 

My first convert is turning in her papers to go on the mission!!!! The joy I feel from hearing that strengthens my testimony of the truthfullness of this work. I know that this way, we will be able to live in harmony with God and with eachother forever with those that are perfected in Christ through the covenents in the church that are administered by the very power that Chirst posseses. The power of the priesthood. One day we will be formed and perfected until this power flows through us even as it flows through our Heavenly Father as he creates planets and spirit children. This is the way to obtain the true happiness, only through Him, Jesus Christ.

In order to know if this is true and start walking the path to arrive there, the way that has been prepared in this day is to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it is true. We were visiting with an investigator that had already visited with Elders a lot of times and my comp felt the impression to invite her to pray right then and there. And we all got on our knees and she asked if these things were true... we all felt a very strong and peaceful feeling. When it was time to go I commented that I didnt want to get up and leave still because of the peace that I was feeling, and everyone sat there for a minute in agreement and then we got up and left. I invite anyone who still doesnt feel sure about these things : The Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, The Church, to pray and ask God if these things are true, and if you do so with faith, you WILL recieve a witness and thats how youll start your journey on the path thats been established by Christ to come back to the presence of your Heavenly Father.
I love you guys, have a good week.

Elder Hilton

THE BEST WEEK ON THE MISSION

I had the best week on the mission this week. Why? Because I forgot my personal interests and just worked to help the people in my area to come to Christ the best I could. There were two results: 

1. I forgot about myself, my worries, my life before the mission, my hunger, my thirst, how tired I was. All I wanted to do was work. And I was HAPPY I was sincerely happy. I just wanted to keep working and I didn't even realize that today was Pday!

2. The Fruits: 19 investigators in sacrament meeting. 8 with a baptismal date. And I'm making friendships that I'll never lose.
Now I know how important it is to recognize that God has given me this blessing. If I continue to work with humility and diligence, then God will continue to bless me and the people around me. Read Alma 26. That's how I feel :D 

I love you guys and I share this with you because I know that the joy that God gives us in this work is so great. And its available to you as well. All it requires is that you work. That you forget yourself and serve your brothers and sisters so that they may be healed spiritually by being baptized and by being active. I invite you all to search one missionary experience this week and share it with me next monday. 

I love you all

Elder Hilton

La semana de 2016

This week was a good week to learn how to be obedient. I learned that there's no such thing as luck and bad luck. Its all based on obedience to the basic laws of nature and of God. If you eat bad food, you get sick. If you disobey, you'll be sad and you wont receive blessings. I'm going to be more obedient this year. 

I hope you all have an excellent first week of the year and that you can start off with a bang achieving the goals you have. 

Here's a pic of my lamb and of the lady that cooks dinner for us. 
Love you guys.

Elder Hilton

An Excellent Christmas!

I got to direct to ward choir and teach all the latinos how to sing! 

We lit off these awesome fireworks. 

I got to talk to my family:D

I loved this Christmas and to remember Christ is the most important thing we can do as his people. We are the Lords people and we live up to it when we remember his sacrifice and bring him fruits worthy of repentance.

What are you willing to give him? How are you willing to live for him?  Ask yourself often: What would he have me do?

I love you guys and promise that the blessing come because all of His words are fulfilled.

Elder Hilton

I'm in the Jungle Baby!!!

I took a plane to a far away land called Trinidad. 
I got here and WOW its hot here! There's pure jungle with hundreds of motorcycles all over the streets! There's like NO cars, just motos. We see crazy stuff on the streets like snakes and dead animals with larvae and nasty cool stuff.

My new comp is Loco but hes a great missionary. We get to teach a lot of people because there's a LOT of families here and they're really spread out so when we come they're happy to receive us which is a HUGE change from the city that I love.
They gave me a huge mango called a durazno mango (Peach mango) and wow its soooo yummy!
The people here are really nice and they're pretty receptive to the message of the restoration which makes me really happy and excited to keep sharing the gospel with everyone for the rest of my life.

We have a white night planned for the 9th of January where were going to baptize 3 or 4 families. Its going to be a huge blessing to see peoples lives change thanks to the gospel. I've seen that if I show confidence in the fact that the gospel changes lives and causes happiness, the people are more likely to act on the invitations, but if I'm timid or show doubt, they wont act. I've also seen countless times on the mission and before the mission and in my own life that if we read the book of mormon every day, we´ll never fall away from the truth, but if we stop reading, we will fall and it will be hard to recover. 

I love the gospel, I know that its for everyone. EVERYONE. The Lord doesn't forget about anyone. Well I love you guys and hope you have a great week!

Elder Hilton

Ultima Semana en la Ciudad

This week Ill be leaving the city and heading out to a faraway land called Beni. Its a place of poverty with humble people and a lot of dirt in the air. But Im looking forward to meeting the humble people that I feel will be more receptive to the message of the gosple than those here in the city. Ill be the District leader of 8 missionaries. Im not ready or prepared, but Im willing. Thats what will allow me to tap into the power of the atonement so I can be strengthened and perfected as an instrument in the Lord´s hands. 

We knew it would be the last opportunity so we had lunch with the bishop and he had a great time joking around with Elder Valdez (The black one). 

I tasted Mango for the first time here in Bolivia and it is SO delicious. It gets all stuck in your teeth but its sooo yummy. We stuck a straw in the Coco and drank straight out of it and its soo good. The first time ive done anything like that. 

I had a great experience finding people that were prepared this week. I know that the Lord had them prepared because we didnt find them until after we prayed to find someone prepared. Prayer works and God does miracles. So why not tap into that power by following the advice of Nephi in  1 Nephi 15:11? 

This is a message for the fathers: I know that if you make sure that your family gets together to read specifically the Book of Mormon and to pray every night, youll NEVER fall away from the gospel. I also promise that if you stop reading and praying as a family, you and your family will fall into an apostasy. 

I love you guys and I desire the best for each one of you. Every day, we can do whats right, and thats what brings us happiness, is choosing the right in our everyday decisions. If you havent done so, dont get discouraged, rather, trust in Jesus Christ who will forgive you and heal you, then start choosing the right from now on
Love 
ELder Hilton

November 9th

This week 

I learned this week that I have a lot of changing to do internally to become the man God has in mind for me. I know that through patience and willingness to follow God and his commands, Ill be able to arrive to that point. The missions worn me out but I'm realizing each day that this is the point when God is going to be able to make big and long lasting changes in me.

I'm doing a lot of ward activities. I realized that if I want to get something done I just need to do it with all confidence and I'll be able to. We did a fireside with activities and not a lot of people came but each time we do one well have more people and eventually people will start to bring their friends and family to get to know the church and I feel that it will be a great way to find new investigators.

I want to be a more consecrated missionary and I know that only one person knows how I can be. God will help me to recognize how I can change to be a better more focused missionary. I'm willing to give up everything. But the only thing I fear is the loss of some friends. I don't want any of you to stop being my friends. I love you guys and you mean so much to me! 

I challenge you all to look up with the word ponderize then do it! :)

Elder Hilton