Preparation day? Kind of.

Dear awesome people,

Once upon a time, there were two hermana training leaders that had way too much they wanted to do and not enough time to do it. They also lived right by the mission office, and were really bad at saying no to people. So after a wonderful trip to the temple, they ran right over to the mission office and helped prepare for a Sisters Conference for all the sister missionaries in the mission, and now they are emailing home on a Wednesday because of it. They hope that their families don't think they have died or become spontaneously disobedient, though after not having a real preparation day they may just die of exhaustion. And they both lived happily ever after.

So, it's been a crazy busy awesome week! Here are the highlights:

- Ricardo is ON DATE FOR JULY 1!!!!!! It was a bit of a battle, he had a hard week and was really struggling. But he is overcoming his fears and is getting baptized! We had a great law of chastity lesson with him, which ended in him pulling out his phone and deleting anything that could be considered inappropriate. He really is so awesome. The biggest roadblock now will be alcohol. Prayers please!

- Maricela is still on date for July 22, and Andres is still on date for June 24. Lots of prayers please.

-We went on exchanges with sis Wilson and Andersen in their area. It was super great! Contacting English speaking people is still super new to me so it was a fun experience! Then we went on exchanges with Aurora in their area! That's a bit more of my style. Lots of fun tracting and knocking doors and laughing because Hmna Krebs is the best! We went to the library there and I ran into 3 different people I knew from my time in Aurora. Things never change, except for missionaries. :)

- Henrietta: she is our miracle of the week! Her son texted us from Utah and asked if we would help her move some things in her house. The son is a member, Henrietta is not. She was a bit cold towards the church (and her son) at the beginning, but after we got to know her and talked about family history, she opened right up to us. She then started asking super direct plan-of-salvation questions, it was crazy! I've never seen anyone have questions that are so perfectly answered by the plan of salvation. So, our "cleaning the house" ended with all of us cross-legged on the floor drawing out the plan of salvation and teaching her the whole thing! It was awesome.

- We are now teaching Maria's grandson Angel! He is the cutest. When we went to help him get to primary on Sunday, he just said "I know where it is!" And literally skipped the whole way there! That is a stark contrast from the previous weeks, where he hid behind us and won't go in the the primary room. :)

- We had Spanish conference and it was a blast! We learned a lot about using the gifts the Lord has blessed us with, and being more effective with our studies. We gave a training and played a jeopardy game, and as you'll see in the pictures we had some pretty cool judges. And I got to see some old companions!

Ok that's all, have a good week!
Hermana Hokanson