week 68

Hello friends and family! 

Today was transfer day! Elder Montoya went and got switched out to the English Program, and we recieved a relatively new Elder named Elder Smith who is coming from the English Program. His original assignment was to Mexico, but he went through the online MTC experience and is now reassigned here! Apart from his time in the online MTC, he hasn't spoken much Spanish, and so we are going to have fun learning it in this trio! Elder Smith is from Star Idaho and knows exactly where Caldwell is! The transfer went pretty smoothly and I didn't want to have to say goodbye to Elder Montoya because he guy I have gotten along with probably the best out of all my companions (from the United States) however Elder Smith is  very energetic and I know we'll get along great. 

This week I have focused a lot in reading the Book of Mormon and every morning I lose track of time reading in it. I have been paying attention to every reference to Christ and marking it. There has been something on every page so far, and it really shows that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and it's purpose is to bring people to him more that anything else. I am so grateful for it. I'm grateful for every single prophet who sacrificed their lives and endured so much suffering to protect and preserve the plates in ancient America and for all the sacrifices the early saints had to make to bring the Book of Mormon to the world. I invite anyone who is reading this who has not sincerely read the Book of Mormon to consider on the the amazing fact it is that we have writings translated to English from nearly 3 thousand years ago available to us that contain truths of God and Jesus Christ! Who wouldn't want to read that even if it is just out of curiosity? I know it is true because I have read it many times now, and I have learned so much about the Savior from each time. However much it means to you, my testimony is that it is REAL. Compiled by Mormon, buried by Moroni, translated by Joseph Smith, the plates are real and nothing on this earth can dissuade me from it because I have READ from it's pages in Spanish and English and I cannot deny that what it teaches is true. 

I hope that this little email was helpful in some way to someone and now it's time for me to go make friends with my new companion! Until next week!

Elder Hilton

 We did a service project with the ward this Saturday and I got to see some of the members in our ward for the first time! Some of them were a lot smaller than I thought 😅