Elder Hilton June 7, 2016-2018 : Week 43: A Very Productive Week

California is on fire. We have a young man named Anderson being prepared to be baptized this Saturday. Also a 17 year old young women for the following Saturday. they are both super ´´golden´´. Lorena had already been talking with her mom about being baptized before we taught the 3rd lesson and invited her to be baptized. When she told us about her desires, we quickly repented of not inviting her to be baptized earlier and set a date as a goal. Her mom made light of the situation and said she doesn't know what she is doing, that she is going crazy and wants to kill herself, etc, but she was being serious. She really wants to be baptized. Yesterday we got to know her family. Her mom turned out to be a really nice person and accepted our invitation to have a Family Night in her house. We are really excited to teach her family. Our ward finally had a ward council meeting with our new bishop and i was glad we got to participate a bit.

Elder G. Souza and i are getting along well and are loving the hard work. This week we had a really good week of teaching with members. we were able to teach 14 lessons with member present and it helped us a lot. Anderson, our recent convert, spend 3 whole days with us and was a huge help. I know that members and missionaries are meant to work together and a lot more gets accomplished this way.

I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer. He is my leader and my guide to comfort and peace. He is the one who leads me through all my battles whether i recognize He is there or not. He is at the front lines fighting at my side. That is one thing i learned on the mission. Christ is never behind us or in front of us, He is always at our side. This Easter season i hope i can recognize him more often throughout my work and my planning. Im grateful for a loving family who supports me and has taught me to love my Savior in all aspects of my life.