Dear FAmily and Friends,
This past Saturday was pretty disapointing to not hear from Elder Oaks, as he was held in Utah after undergoing a minor surgery for a blood clot, but it wasan amazing experience to hear from President Christensen, from the Presidency of the 70, President Costa, President of the Brasil Area and Bishop President Stephenson. I learned from them that all our questions we have can be answered through prayer and studying the scriptures and words of the prophets. Questions of ``what if this would have happened are not questions God likes. God has a plan and there is a reason behind every event. It is our opportunity to ask, ``How can I aply this doctrine in my life to make me a better person.
Yesterday was a miraculous day. We had 5 investigators in sacrament meeting and for four of them it was their first time. After sacrament meeting I had the wonderful opportunity to baptize 8 year old Gabrieli, because she wanted an American missionary to baptize her and not her dad. As three of our investigators stayed for Gabrieli´s baptism. We asked each one of them how they liked it. Karina, who we´ve been teaching for two weeks said she loved it and that she´ll be baptized next sunday. Ezinobia, who we had never met before yesterday asked a member of the branch presidency, ``How can I be baptized like that little girl?`` The member of the branch presidency said, ``The missionaries will pass by your house this week to teach you.`` Truly the Lord works miracles in the lives of others and our own when we strive to obey all mission rules and commandments with exactness and with a smile on our face. Truly the secret to missionary work is WORK! By the way Ezinobia lives with five more people and her 10 year old son was baptized a wile ago in Curitiba. This mission is amazing and I love and cherish every minute of it!
Thanks for all the love and support!
Amo,
Elder Jonathan Hokanson
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