La manera de Dios

Our Heavenly Father is really smart. He knows all the things. He knows who we are, who we want to be, and who we can be. He knows how we feel, He knows who is prepared and who is not, He knows when we've been pushed to our limits and need His help. He created all the worlds and everything on them, every star in the sky and every planet. And yet, He knows your favorite color. He smiles when you are happy. And He loves you very much. So, even though I don't completely understand the way of God, I am excited to be His missionary and share His gospel. We received transfer calls this weekend: I will be staying in Bloomingdale! I will be receiving a new companion Sister Diaz-Bonilla and we will be hermana/Sister training leaders! To be completely honest, I'm scared to death! But sis Diaz-Bonilla is super nice so I'm sure it will all work out. We are technically a "zebra" companionship (one English and one Spanish) but sis Diaz-Bonilla speaks fluent Spanish, thank goodness! I'm excited to learn from her and get to work with the other hermanas and sisters here.

No one came to English class... :(

This week was actually a bit rough. Hmna Ward and I have been pretty sick all week, but not quite sick enough to stay home, so we took a lot of DayQuil and smiled a lot to cover up the fact that we were barely staying awake. :) Spanish is super hard when you can't really hear yourself or think clearly, haha. But because we kept working, we saw some cool miracles! Probably the best was that we taught Edgar twice, and then an awesome member drove him to a baptism on Saturday up in Shaumburg, and Edgar loved it! He speaks quite a bit of English so we didn't need to translate for him.
He is progressing really well, and loves church. He didn't come this week because he had plans with family, and he was sad to miss fast and testimony meeting. We gladly informed him that it happens once a month so he'll have many opportunities to go. :)

We taught Blanca again, she is doing alright. She can't come to church because her sons play soccer Sunday mornings, so we aren't sure what to do for that. But she loves studying with us so we hope she will find a way to come! We also finally contacted a reassignment from the English elders named Sharon! She is super cool. She wanted sisters to teach her, and were the closest sisters, so even though she speaks English we get to visit her! She was busy so we didn't stay long, but
we have a return appointment for next week.

Relief Society Activity

We had a baby shower for an inactive member in our area named Jovita. She was so surprised and so happy! We also had our investigators Gabriela and Miguel there, who were invited by a member. Clarita and Omar came to church, and then we ate with them after church, and read in the Book of Mormon with them! Step by step they are coming closer, and we can see their faith growing! 

Our amazing district (plus hmna Avila)

A miracle: we went to visit Jocelyn (Jocelyn went to mutual this week, I forgot to mention that) but Jocelyn wasn't home. But her dad's old girlfriend Idaña was there! She is an inactive member we've been trying to contact, but she keeps moving. We had Hmna Montesinos with us, and talked to her for a while about her life and church. It went really well!

So that's my week! Love you all!
Hermana Hokanson
1319 Butterfield rd ste 522
Downers Grove IL 60515-5515