Howdy Folks (Week 14)

 You know that you have adjusted to the climate of Teresina, when you need a sheet covering you at 84 degrees. It got down to 84 one night in our apartment this week and I was cold! Like what!?!

We had another fantastic week this week! Woohooo! We met so many people prepared to receive the gospel. Booyaa!

Many people ask how we arrive in a country not speaking any of the language and learn it so quickly! Well, we have a special gift called the "Gift of Tongues"! When we serve God and do our part He blesses us with this gift, the ability to learn the language super fast! But this knowledge can be applied to so many other things. When we put God first, or when we need or want something and have the right purpose (building up the Kingdom of God), He gives us what we need!

The members here continue to impress! One of the hardest things about being a missionary is that we can't be everywhere at one time. This is when members come in! There are so many fantastic examples of Christ-like servants here. Two members that have been a great help are Kelly and Isabell. They are both recent converts of seven months, just dying to serve a mission, but they have to wait a year before they can serve. They both have testimonies so strong that they give all their free time to the Lord. We asked them if they could wake and pick up our other investigators on the other side of town; that involves a distance of 45 minutes of walking in the sun to the church.

They arrived to church with six of our other investigators!!!! Keep it up!

This week was full of miracles, learning, and trying new things!

Love,

Elder Hillam
austin.hillam@myldsmail.net
ElderHillam.blogspot.com

Just a family of our recent converts walking back home from church. I snuck a picture!

LEO! Our super cool next door neighbor that's fluent in English and is studying to be a lawyer.