Hey, 3-12-12

It has been another great week in the mission field. It started off us going really far on Tuesday for a funeral. We decided we would go and support this family that just lost their mom at a young age and we went very very far to go see it and it was hard to watch. The kids were really sad about  losing their mothers. The kids were members so they have a good knowledge that they will see their mom again someday. I was glad I went to support them in their time of need though you could tell they were glad to see us their. We also did tons of walking this week it had me tired of walking for the first time ha.  John Mark and their family are still doing great he received the priesthood this Sunday which was great! One hard thing this week is the recent convert Cornelious is losing his testimony because of the friends he is around have been taking him away from the gospel telling him that what he is doing is wrong. It just shows if we put ourselves with the wrong friends it can lead us away from the straight and narrow path and it is really sad because he was one that knew so much and now is doubting. I found out he never prayed to find out if it was true so I committed him to do that and hopefully he will turn around and come back to the gospel. That's the only hard news most news is usually good. It was also great to see one of the less actives who once was a returned missionary come back to church his name is Ivan and he would be a great help in the ward and we saw him this Sunday and it was just so great! We also had an amazing Sunday we had a record breaking one with 143 people at church which was very good it was the best it has ever been so things are going great here. It has been good because we keep a positive attitude and we continue to be as obedient as we can and the Lord has been blessing us so much it has really helped me to enjoy mission so much and how great doing the work of the lord can be! I am so grateful to be on mission and serving Heavenly Father and his children. We also saw this father this week his name is Mark and he is such a nice guy married to a girl named Ruth and they have one kid and he had a question about our church and we taught him about it and he seems very interested he hasn't been to church in such a long time mainly because of work, but he seems interested in what we have to say. We have also been working on Part member families like husbands whose wives aren't baptized yet and in just the next Saturday Alex and Lovence will be getting married which will be so great because Lovence has been wanting baptism for the longest time now and now she gets it. I am grateful for the Ward and their helping us because it has really helped the missionary efforts grow. It has given me a testimony of the ward and missionaries working together and how much fruit it truly does bring. I am grateful to be in this ward and the love they have for the work right now. I am so grateful for the love everyone shows back home for their support also and their encouragement.
  So it is pretty hot up here but I am not complaining its not that bad. So another thing we have a guy here Bishops son Grace he is going to BYU Idaho and he is 19 right now and he will be heading there next week so if you seem him make sure to say hi. Thanks for all you guys do I love you very much and hope you have a great week and I am glad everyone is doing good!
Love
      Elder Hildreth