Invitar a las personas a venir a Cristo‏

Family and friends,

What. A. Week! The mission life is far from boring, and far from
normal! We are completely exhausted, but happy!


Some important people:


Hmna Sorensen: my new companion is SO COOL. I love her! We get along
great, and have tons of fun! She is a hard worker, very spiritual, and
a great missionary. She is also gorgeous, but I don't have any selfies
to prove it because we forgot to take some. Sorry, next week.


Monrreal fam: We just left the home of the Monrreals, where Hmna
Monrreal was teaching us how to make flan (yummy Mexican dessert that
is similar to cheesecake but... Mexican. And without a crust. ). We
are heading back there tonight to make enchiladas, and have a noche de
hogar with Ana and Andres! We are so excited, because we are teaching
about prophets and watching the Restoration video (the 20min one), and
having a mini testimony meeting! And of course, eating enchiladas and
flan. One of the less-active youth in our ward Alondra might be coming
too! We've been working really closely with the Monrreal fam to help
prepare Andres for baptism. They are awesome and have helped us so
much!


Alondra: speaking of Alondra, we had a great lesson this week with her
and her sister Paloma! Alondra has come to church every week since she
returned from Mexico- which is a huge miracle! She is now working with
us to try and get Paloma to come. Paloma promised she would be there
this week, but sadly wasn't. One step at a time!


Andres: Tuesday we taught him the law of tithing, fasting, and fast
offerings. Thursday we taught him the law of chastity. Both he
accepted whole heartedly, and agreed to live them! Andres loves his
Gospel Library app, and studies it in his free time. Saturday we
helped him and Ana prepare for the baby shower of Ana's daughter. We
cut limes, crumbled queso fresco, and opened cans of chile. It was
super fun, and a great bonding moment for the 4 of us! They have
become super comfortable with us, and have really opened up. We hope
that as Andres prepares for baptism, Ana will see the change in him
and have a desire to know for herself!


Rodriguez fam: we visited the Rodriguez fam (inactive part member
family), and set up a noche de hogar with them for this coming Sunday!
We are super excited, and hope that this will help us understand
better what they need right now. They are a bit everywhere, and don't
have a huge desire to return to church. But we know how special and
loved they are, and aren't giving up anytime soon!


Eleazar: we went to visit Eleazar this week. We started teaching him,
but as we spoke he pulled a huge harmonica out of his pocket, and
proceeded to play 3 traditional Mexican songs for us! I can't say I
was disappointed, he is really good. Especially for being his age, he
knows how to play! Maybe we'll actually teach him something next time.
:)

Cecilia: we stopped by her house this week, and set up an appointment
for Tuesday! Super excited! She told us that her 13 yr old son Josue
has been reading the Book of Mormon before bed to help him relax and
sleep better! Maybe he thinks it's boring and puts him to sleep, but
either way, he is reading it! That's more than most of our
investigators, and we hope that sparks a desire to learn more in him.


Yesterday was our Día de Invitación, where everyone in the ward would
invite one person to come to church, and we would have a special
sacrament meeting. It went really well! Our one person was Andres (ok,
he kind of came on his own. But still.). We saw at least 10 new faces,
and sacrament meeting was super well done! We then watched Meet the
Mormons, and had snacks. Andres liked the movie so much he wants to
show it to Ana! We spent a lot of Saturday handing out fliers. Even
though no one came because of it, we can say we did our best to bring
as many people as possible. We are measured by our desire and our
efforts, not by numbers!


The church is true, God loves you, and you can do anything you set
your mind to! Stay strong everyone, and have a great week!


Love,


Hermana Hokanson


1319 Butterfield rd ste 522
Downers Grove IL 60515-5515