Elder Jacob Hillstead

So there we were, running to the bus station with just minutes to spare... I don't know how, but every good email has to start with running... I'm running out of other ideas... but anyways, back to the running... We had gotten all of our things ready and bags packed for the mission leader conference, but right when we needed Uber the most, nobody in all of Castanhal was accepting... why? Mutiny... So then Elder Babcock, panicked, stands up and says we've got to GO! How? I asked. The trail to the bus station was 30 minutes, and the bus was gonna leave in 15! But with the combined power of determination, swimmer's lungs & broken-in Allen Edmonds, we managed to make it there in 15 minutes... We got to the ticket booth, sweaty and out of breath, and to make things worse the ticket guy said that the bus we needed had just left! My hope was already out the window, but Elder Babcock, with that crazed maniac look in his eyes I know so well, went "let's catch i...

Hey everybody! I'm gonna keep it real, right now we're at a field flying kites and I wanna do that more than write a big ol' email so today's gonna be a shortie 😅 The work is going great ✅️ The comp is a legend ✅️ Best zone in the mission ✅️ CLM this next week ✅️ Division in Castanhal & Salinas ✅️ Shoutout Elder King 👑, Elder Guimarães 🐏, & Elder Rodrigues 🇵🇾 for the divisions this week you guys rule 🤟 Passing an invite from conference, I invite you all, this week while you're at church, to pay for attention to the Savior during the full 2 hours. Lift your thoughts to him, and leave church with more inspiration than before! Love you all! ELDER HILLSTEAD

Whats upppp everybody, this week flew the heck by! Got my new comp on Tuesday, Elder Babcock. Total stud, we've gotten along great ever since he's stepped foot here in Castanhal so this transfer is gonna be one of the greats. Babcock is a super hard worker, super excited and funny all the time and the days pass by way fast with him. He's already turning into a great leader here on the mission and has a tonnn of potential! Also, whenever we introduce ourselves to people, I say my name like normal, and he always says "my name's Elder bebe-coca" 'cause with Brasil accent "Babcock" sounds a lot like "Bebe-Coca" which means drink coke. Whenever he explains that that's actually his name, people love him. Dude served in the right place. The area's goin' smoothly, I love this city and there is so much potential. We've been working a lot in Jaderlandia everyday, which is a part of the city an hour away by foot, so we've b...