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Hello- This has been quite the week! some highlights: 

- We are teaching Ricardo and his sister Maria, they are awesome. Ricardo is definitely more invested than Maria, and actually came to church and stayed all 3 hours! It was a Christmas miracle!

- Irving and Maria are on date for APRIL 29!! Irving has completely stopped smoking cigars cold turkey, and still hasn't drank coffee in weeks! We had a really powerful lesson with them and they decided that baptism is what they really want. They are even more excited than we are! Maria keeps saying "Irving, you can't start smoking again, or else I'm getting baptized without you." The spirit has been working on them hard core. They accept every commandment we teach them wholeheartedly, and came to church Sunday and loved it! Irving even tried to bare his testimony in Sacrament meeting English... he doesn't speak English. But he tried. :)

- We taught Azael, who we haven't been able to get in with for a few weeks. He is doing well but has a lot of fear about being baptized. poco a poco.

- Andres is doing well- he still couldn't come to church but he's been doing his reading assignments every week.

Sister Willes

-Rosio (mom) and Angeles (daughter) are investigators I taught once while I was covering Aurora and Naperville. They stopped teaching them because they weren't coming to church. We decided to stop by and they want us to teach them again! It was great to see them again, and they seemed to miss the spirit in their home.

Elgin sisters

=- We had exchanges with the Aurora Hermanas on Tuesday, and the Elgin Sisters on Friday. I love exchanges, and I love these missionaries. 

- Also, not quite as important as missionary work but still kind of important: I chopped my hair off! I was ready for the change, and It feels good to not have so much weight to carry around. 

The Cut!

Before

After

Don't worry, it was donated to charity!

So that's my week! Love you all! Keep praying for our investigators, especially as Irving and Maria as they approach their baptismal date. Thank you for everything! 

Quote of the week:

 "Let go of what you cannot control. The past, the agency of others, the rules, the weather, government bureaucracies, the culture, your limitations, or the personality of other [people] are outside of your control. Focus on things you can do something about, such as your behavior, your part in a relationship, your current choices, and your attitude."

- Adjusting to missionary life

con mucho amor,

Hermana Hokanson