Elder Holland went to Argentina to speak to the missionaries! (3 months on his mission)

I dont have much time at all, but I just want to tell you things are going good! We had the opportunity to hear Elder Holland from the Quorum of the 12 Apostles speak. He came down here! The weather here is getting really hot and humid! Its like that one song...its gettin hot in here! haha. Food here is good. I serve in a ghetto, water isnt the clearest but the people know how to cook some good food. It is a pretty beat up area a part where I serve but they are all good people, most of our work seems to happen in this ghetto area. I thank you for your mail and encouragement. Time is flying by here. For those of you who dont know, the name of my area is called Munro. Its like the size of Garland City with as many people as New York City! Elder Holland gave a great talk on being deeply converted. He said that we need to have deep conversion, that we need to look to the Lord to solve our problems and that the Lord give us many gifts in life, and we need to accept the gifts from the Lord cause to deny a gift is to deny the giver. For me this talk spoke of accountability, being a representative of the Lord in such a real way that this is real life and that this is the most important work there ever was, the salvation of the human soul. God loves all his children and knows all his children. His grace is sufficient for all the come unto him, there is no one that the Lord has commanded on this earth that is not allowed to partake of His grace and have eternal life and salvation! I know this to be true because the spirit testified to me when I heard it!
On the other side of things, it is getting hot down here! Think of what it would be like to have a picnic on the tin roof of a house in the middle of August and then think of here. Its not really that bad, but it is hot. We have been trying to get this family to church, we had a prayer with him, he said he felt like God wanted him to go to church but he didnt go. I dont know what else to do if he felt that way and didnt hearken. We talk to a lot of people. It is so crazy to know what they need. Its like you can read their feelings and give them exactly what they need sometimes. We still havent had any baptisms but we are working hard to get them. I find it surprising on how serious it is to do what the Lord asks. How one single decision can seriously change your life and even your salvation. In saying this, I know that commandments and rules are given to protect and give agency not to restrict and take away.
People can recognize your countenance, in other words they can see your light. When you have an eye single to the glory of God it shows and people can recognize it, not physically but spiritually. I know this letter is really unorganized and its just crammed with information some of which may not make sense, so I apologize haha.
People down here also drive really crazy. I am surprised I havent seen an accident. There was once this drunk guy directing traffic and helping people across this really crazy street and no one hit him and he was out there without a care in the world.
Having nothing to do with the paragraph above, life is way different here, but the people are good people and a very religious people. It is difficult to convince them of the truth when theyve known something other for their whole lives, but I know that when they recognize the truth it is the spirit testifying to them cause it would be hard to give up something you have done your whole life for something two 20 years old told you! haha. I got to go for now!
I love you all!
Elder Wikstrom

They had to get up early (3:30 am) to go hear Elder Holland speak

A group of missionaries that went to hear Elder Holland

The bus ride to hear Elder Holland