I hope everyone is doing well! .
First things first. If you want to send me a letter, don't. Instead, send an email to this email and they will print it off for me that day I think.
subject line: Hermana Alyssa Hokanson District 5B
My flight went really well. No, it's not very humid here. But still more than Utah. I love it.
I have so much to say and so little time! I am in a trio with Hermana Leavitt and Hermana Schaffner. They are some of the most amazing, spiritual, powerhouse missionaries ever! I don't know how I lucked out with the two best Companeros in the whole CCM! Nessa, you know Hermana Leavitt! She is from St George! (Alyssa Leavitt) Hmna Leavitt was my plane buddy, along with Elder Carter. I rarely see him though because he isn't in my district. My District is amazing! There are 9 of us in district 5B, and all of us are going to different missions except an Elder y Hermana are going to the same one.
oh, big news!!! I GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE TODAY! So very little actual P0day time. But I'm so excited!!!!!
The food is great- I get 3 hot meals every day and fresh fruit with each. I have had honeydew with almost every meal and I regret nothing. Ethan C. I tried oil on my salad- it's way good! My favorite salad sofar is greens, pecans, crasins, oil, basalmic vinegar, and a fresh lime. So good! Food is a bit weird- for example, for breakfast today I had a chicken tamale, fresh pineapple and cantelope, and a strawberry yogurt drink thing.
Chance and Natalie Hales. Do you rememer the Cooks from Pioneer Elementary? Well, Justin Cook is here! He serves in Chile in a couple weeks! His older brother is Michael. It freaked me out when he approached me the first day, asking if my brother was Chance, and then addressing me by my first name. haha
Mexico City is right outside our doors. We are like a gated community bubble of safety, and not even 3 steps away from the gate are run down and graffiti covered buildings. it's really cool. I feel completely safe though.There are guards everywhere and the spirit is here so strong.
I'm not gonna lie. This has been one of the hardest weeks of my life. But it has also been full of light and incomprehensable blessings. Spanish is hard. an unfamiliar bed makes sleeping difficult. And I miss everyone so much. BUt I don't want to come home. I know 100% that this is exactly where I am supposed to be. And I've already seen the spirit work through me to make miracles. God is so good!
So Don't expect too many pictures. We are only allowed to take pics on P-day. There are only about 230 missionaries here which is so nice. It's the off season during the school year. I regret not using my material I had to study pre-mission. But I don't regret putting labels all over my house. haha
We watched the Testaments on Sunday which was SO AWESOME. I love it. The Comador *cafeteria* has sinks at every entrance and exit. We wash our hands before and after every meal, plus after the bathroom. and let me tell you, my hands have never been so dry and cracked in my life. We've started bringing lotion with us everywhere. It's great for illness prevention, terrible for skin hydration.
We pray in Spanish every prayer now. Even personal. I don't know all the words but I can do about 90% perfectly. Sorry if my spelling is bad, my computer says everything I type is spelled wrong because it\s not Spanish. So I don't know what\s actually spelled wrong... hah Also all the keys are messed up. Agh. Mexico.
You guys. Missions are so crazy! They are so hard and so good and when people ask me how my day was I don't know what to say because half the time I was crying and the other half I was flying. There is no way to explain what this is like. It's crazy and beautiful and worth it.
We had a pretend investigator that we taught IN SPANISH 4 lessons and he's getting baptised! We progressively got better. The first lesson was so so so so bad. But the last was decent!
ELDER COOK IS COMING TOMORROW TO SPEAK TO US! SO excited!
Basicly, I love Mexico. I love the gospel. I love the CCM, and I've cried almost every day for both happiness and sadness. I speak fluent Spanglish. I love my companeros. I love the food... usually. I miss everyone so much, I can't even express it. Things are good. Please keep me updated on everything and pray that I will learn Spanish. we call it *El Don De Lenguas* or the gift of tongues.
I love you all! The gospel is true!
Hermana Hokanson
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