My Missionary Timeline

 Where have I been?

 

First half – Virginia Richmond Mission

Second half – Brazil, Belo Horizonte Mission

 

8/28/13 – Arrived at the missionary

MTC in Provo, Utah.

 

10/9/13 - Arrives in Fredericksburg Virginia

Companion – Sister Romney

 

1/3/14 – Still in Fredericksburg but

has a new companion: Sister Nelson

 

2/12/14 – Transferred to Charlottesville

New Companion – Sister Chipman

Serving in a YSA ward

 

5/7/14 – Still in Charlottesville but

has a new companion – Sister Wilson

 

7/30/14 – Transferred back to Fredericksburg

New Companion – Sister Fuhriman

 

9/10/14 – Arrives in Sao Paulo Brazil MTC

Companions are Sister Dumas and Sister Anderson

 

9/23/14 - Arrives in Belo Horizonte and met by

President and Sister Fortunato at the airport

After lunch she takes a bus 5 hours to Ipatinga

New companion is Sister Carmago from Curitiba Brazil

 

11/4/14 – Still in Ipatinga but has a

new companion – Sister Sauer-Davis

 

12/16/14 – Transferred to Vespasiano

New companion – Sister Sena

 

1/12/15 – Staying in Vespasiano

New companion – Sister Torres

 

2/18/15 – Leaves Belo Horizonte to fly Back home. 

2/19/15 Arrives in Dallas. Released by President Platt early that afternoon.

 

Finally home to Texas!

 

One miracle!

Hi everyone!

Okay, I quickly wanted to share one miracle! Saturday, we were going to visit a potential investigator and she lived suuuuper long but she´s already to church several times and so we really wanted to visit her. We finally get to her house, and she wasn´t home. We literally walked and climed hills forever to get there and she wasn´t home.. It was a good time. haha but we knew that we were there for a reason, so we said a prayer and knocked on the next door. This guy opens it and we told him we were representatives of Jesus Christ and he immediately let us in. His name is Anderson. And he was seriously JUST like Joseph Smith, he had the same questions! We gave him a Book of Mormon and marked a chapter and invited him to come to church the next day with us. He came to church the next day! And we were soo excited to see him! It was so cute, he was in his nice church pants and shirt and then sandals. :) He said he loved church and that last night he read the Book of Mormon and prayed and asked Heavenly Father if the book was true. He said that when he prayed he felt such a strong force, that he couldn´t deny and he knew that the Book of Mormon was true! He´s getting baptized Saturday. We´re SO excited for him! Such a miracle! I´ll send pictures next week. Sorry it takes 17 years here to upload pictures that´s why I never do.

I love you all! I´m so happy to be a missionary! I love my calling! I love the Lord and I love His gospel!

Até mais!

Sister Hallmark

This week was awesome!

 I TURNED 21! YAYYYYY!!!! My birthday was awesome! Birthdays on the mish are the BEST! :)

So Patricia was at church and she told us that she prayed and knows that she needs to be baptized. So we met Paticia on the 7th of January and she will get baptized the 7th of February! I LOVE HER SO MUCH. I´ll send a photo of her and I. 

Also, a less active that we´ve been working with lately, Maria, she was at church yesterday, too! She was so excited to tell us that she had talked about the church to two random people that she met! She said that they seemed super interested and she got their information! We gave them a call and have an appointment to visit them this week. Maria is just so cute! She´s this little old lady who has a hot dog store, literally, like she sells hot dogs, haha and she always has a TON of candy too. Sister Torres and I always try and buy some candy from her, but she always gives it to us for free! Haha. 

So yesterday after church we made a friend, Fred, I named him, he´s a cute little doggy! He was following us all day yesterday. K here in Brasil there are SO many stray dogs, seriously it´s so sad! I gave Fred some crackers so he was following us literally all day long. Until we had like 3 visits in people in one apartment complex and when we got out, he was gone. I was sooo sad. He was just so cute. I think I had a dream about him last night too, I don´t remember.. haha

I´m SO grateful for my mission and the things that I have learned. I just love it out here so much and I never want to leave. I´ve really been praying about extending my mission. I got the confirmation the other day that I need to stay here longer so I talked with president and he said he feels the same thing. Only that there aren´t any Americans going home next transfer so I would have to extend for 2 more transfers, 3 more months. So I prayed about it and it felt right. I´m leaving May 13th, instead of February 18th. I want to be home, but at the same time I know the Lord needs me here. I love you all and I´m so grateful for all the support I have! 

Also I have something else I really wanted to say, I hope you all aren´t too mad, but........ just kiddinggggggggggg. :) I´m not extending. hehehehehe I´ll be home in 3 weeks! Love you all!! :)

Amo vocês e espero que não fiquem chateada comigo! hehe

Sister Hallmark

Fred