McKenna in Japan!: 2 became 3!

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Became 3!

This week was a crazy one! 2 blonds became 3 in Okinawa, Japan! :) Stay tuned...

But first... Thank you so much for your letter! And for that fun package! It was so kind of Sister McClune to send me the scarves, flowers and neck coolers! She has a huge thank you card coming! :) Thank you guys for thinking of me :) Thank you so much for everything! I really am so blessed!

The other day while teaching one of our cute American investigators she asked us if she joined the church if she would have any responsibilities. She loves to volunteer, stay active and help others. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. There is no shortness of help in the church and between visiting teaching, feeding the hungry and saving the world there is a lot to do :) Mormons are busy people.

That is exciting to hear that Chelan now has sister missionaries! :)

Feeling tall in Japan!

You are laughing, but we do eat this stuff!

Well, this week 2 became 3 in Okinawa as we welcomed Sister Coles into the best area in the mission! She has been a wonderful addition and we love her! Her companion got an emergency transfer up north so she got to come stay with us for the next two weeks! We were riding on our bikes when the phone started ringing. I hopped off (or stumbled :) and much to my surprise I was speaking to the mission president! He said Sister Coles was coming to Okinawa! We're been filling her in and it has been fun working in a trio and being the three blond amigos in Okinawa. We all hit the ground running and it has been a blast. This week we really focused on inviting everyone to be baptized and setting baptismal dates for all of our investigators. It was challenging, but really successful. We set three baptismal dates this week and our investigators are starting to progress.

Will and I at the ruins.

Sis Flake took us to see some ruins!

Fun trip to the ruins!

Some miracles of the week!:

We visited a less active family that is starting to come back to church. We taught a fun FHE and their little girl prayed for the first time!

Our investigator Sarah wants to be baptized! She is leaving for the states so we are going to have the missionaries come to her. She calls us her angels :) We told her not to worry because there are "angels" in Oregon too who are excited to meet her!

We found 2 new investigators out of our free Japanese classes! And one of the high school students randomly texted us and said she prayed and felt she had help from Heavenly Father! She asked to meet with us :)

I had Burger King for the first time... in Japan :) chicken nuggets and real BBQ sauce! MIRACLE :)

Okinawa is wonderful! I love the people here. They are so kind, loving and patient. I am learning so much and I love being a missionary! I'm just so happy! I know there is a God and that He loves us. We are a part of His family and we can have peace and happiness not only in the life to come, but in the here and now. I love seeing the good in people. This message is for everyone and I am grateful for the opportunity I have to share it with my brothers and sisters in Japan! Don't worry about me :) I love you guys!

Have a marvelous week!

Love,

Sister Hawkins!