Week 7

I think that my family is going to have to make a trip to Mexico in about 21 months so that they can drag me back home.  Yep I think that sums up how i feel about Torreón right now. I understand a lot more this week why the mission is considered the best 2 years in that, this is the accelerated course for learning about the Gospel and just life in general.

I got put in a trio for a couple of days while we waited for the new missionaries to arrive. I will admit that i felt off with having 2 native speakers and me but it kinda forced me to interact better. 

Christian is doing awesome and he was actually the only one of our investigators to make it to church yesterday. we have also been talking to another member of his family and she seems to be accepting the lessons so far. The fun part with her is that we are going to have to have a wedding before her baptism. It is interesting and here is sorta common.

We have been teaching the ward counsle, as an assingment from Pres Flores and hte stake president. It is awesome to teach them and here their stories. they alsways like to talk about their conversion.

Love you guys,

Elder Hokanson

Week 6

Well i survived to my first 6 weeks. Today is the day of companion exchanges but I get to keep my companion and area for a while longer at least. It was Elder Alvarez's birthday this week and, as with most birthdays, it was another day of work. The funny part was it was his birthday but i got the present, my bag that took a trip to Africa. When he first told me I didn't really believe him but we headed to the airport and there it was. The reason it took so long: the tag was broken. Needless to day though, I was extremely grateful to get it back after this long month.

That ten year old I mentioned last week is named Christian and he is awesome. He is just absorbing everything that we have taught him. We have him scheduled to be baptized on the 23 of Nov. and we are excited for him.

Yesterday was stake conference and guess who got to do a special musical number, the missionaries. Actually it was different because this was coordinated by President Flores and we had a cue in his talk that we all, my zone of about 20, stood and sang.  then durring a meeting we all walked in and sang again. It was fun because it was so unexpected and realy put an amphisis on the face that was missionaries are there to help. 

Love you guys, 

Elder Hokanson