The Good, The Best and Loreto

HELLLOLOOOOFRIENDS!

SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRAYERS BECUASE I DON'T KNOW HOW (well actually I do) BUT THIS TUESDAY I WOKE UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A MONTH WITHOUT A HEADACHE AND HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE!  MIRACLES ARE A REAL THING AND THE POWER OF THE PRIESTHOOD IS REAL AND HERMANA HILBURN IS ONE HAPPY HARDWORKING MISSIONARY READY TO CHANGE LIVES!

AHHH THIS WEEK WAS SO INSANELY AMAZING AND HARD WITH LOTS OF TEARS FOR GOOD AND BAD.

SO THE GOOD FIRST

This week we really wanted to step up our game with our lessons with members because the Chilean members need a little help and sometimes leave us hanging. So we made a goal to work every single day with a new member to win their confidence and to help them love the obra missional. It really was amazing because of this we found:

2 NEW AMAZING INVESTIGATORS WHO WENT TO CHURCH THIS WEEK AND WHO HAD MEMBERS ACCOMPANY THEM IN THE CHURCH, IT WAS A MIRACLE!

Their names are Patricia and Clara and they are both really eager to learn more about the restored gospel. Patrica was so excited to come and learn more and in prep for church she read up to 2 Nephi 32 in 3 days. GOLD. WE UP IN HERE SPEWING OUT FLAMES OF HAPPINESS!

This week we also got going with ILUMINAELMUNDO or LIGHT THE WORLD AND IT WAS SO INSANELY AMAZING. We got to share that video with so many people and feel the wonderful spirit of service. We have been following the challenges every single day and inviting every one we see to do the same and we have really felt the power of the light of Christ. It was crazy amazing!

So this week was an amazing week but we also saw a lot of hard times with out progressing. One of our sweet investigators that we've been working with for so long and is still having a hard time quoting smoking. We are so sad for her because it was only 2 weeks before her baptism. She was supposed to quit completely smoking to prepare herself for this incredible covenant with her father in heaven. She was not able to stop completely and fell into her bad habit again, meaning we had to cancel her baptism leaving both her and us so extremely sad.

But through hard times Hermana Hilburn learns huge life lessons!

This week I really took time to ponder the covenant I made with my father at 8 years old. As I was reading Mosiah 18: 8-10 this week I realized how big of a commitment it was for me to make with someone who loves me so much. As we tried explaining the huge commitment baptism is with Hermana Loreto we did everything in our power to help her understand that a baptism is not only just a swim in a pool with a white pretty dress but a covenant that lasts forever.

I think about how incredible our Father in Heaven is to allow us to be able to make these covenants with Him. That is if we follow Him, and if we do he will POUR BLESSINGS OF HEAVEN APON US.  And it is so true.

I know that my Savior Jesus Christ lives and died for my sins so I could repent and be worthy to make these promises with Him. My heart was full of gratitude for what He did for me this week as I helped Loreto understand that we really are able to repent and change and be followers of Jesus Christ. Helping her udnerstand this helped me in ways I can't even begin to describe.

Gratefully the month of December is always a time we can think of the importance of our covenants that we made with our Heavenly Father. That we will ¨cry with those that cry ¨¨comfort those that stand in need of comfort¨¨be followers of our Savior Jesus Christ.

I have just learned how imperfect I am and how I cannot for one second do this life alone with out His help.

I am so extremely beyond grateful for this 10 months I've had in the craziest, place on earth. I'm grateful for the opportunity that I have had to learn and grow and serve these Chileans with all my heart.

I LVOE YOU ALL!  EAT SOME CAKE FOR MY BIRTHDAY WHY DON'T YA?? OKAY AND IF YOU GUYS COULD ALL PUT

LORETO FAJARDO IN YOUR PRAYERS THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE!

CHOU QUE LE VAYA MUY MUY BIEN

HERMANN HILBURN