HELLO!
how are you how is everything going. the keyboard is a
little different and i only have an hour to write so im just gonna type fast
and get as much said as i can. im pretty jealous you guys are at twin lakes rn
and ive been thinking about how much i miss it and skiing. and all the people
there, ... BUT this place is sooo dang awesome its kinda not that bad of a
trade. i love it here. the food isnt super awesome but its pretty good. i like
it. its also unlimited so no problems there. the first day i made sure to find
the comedor (cafeteria) and the weight room hahahaha. well my companion never showed up so
midway through day two i was taking out of my class and moved to a different
district, and my new comp was the guy i sat next to on the plane!! that was
pretty cool. everybody in that district is going to peru lima north. everyone
in the old district was going to uruaguay. so far ive only found one hermana
who is going to my mission also and then one latino that we talked to who is
from bolivia santa cruz. my district is super duper fun. we have no hermanas in
our district so we are a little crazy but its all good and we are getting
better and knowing the corect time and place.
my comp is pretty awesome. his
name is elder moore. i attached a pic of just me and him. the other one is the
four guys in our room. elder moore is from utah somewhere and plays in the
marching band. he is really good at spanish. he is our district
leader so i go with him to all the meetings and such. they picked the district
leader on the first day in the evening. we all get along great though. its like
my band of brothers and the army of helaman kinda thing. well the first few
days were pretty fun. they were a little confusing cuz we didnt really know
what was going on. weve gotten into the routine pretty good now. we have two
different teachers: hermana gomez in the morning and hermano rosales in the
afternoon they are both from parts of mexico and like 23 or 24 yrs old. they
are super cool. they speak to us mostly in spanish but they know english pretty
good enough to understand us. they speak slow and help us learn more spanish
but one interesting thing they both have said is they are not spanish teachers
they are gospel and missionary teachers, spanish will just come along the way.
i thought that was pretty cool. they have had us speak everything we can in
spanish and we are practicing a lot. we are getting lots better. they tell us
to speak spanish the entire day and as much as possible. about last thursday we
practiced meeting and having a good convo in spanish and then setting up an
appointment. with hermano rosales. so then friday and saturday we began
teaching him and we've taught him monday and yesterday as well. its pretty cool
they have books that help us and we practice with our comps. and elder moore is
pretty good at spanish. we've taught lessons 1 2 and part of 3 he "came" to
church on sunday with us and has been "reading and praying" daily. not for
reals cuz he is our teacher but just pretend. its pretty cool tho and lots of
good practice. i enjoy it a lot.
a typical day here... i wake up with my comp
or any other guy who will go with me and go lift from 5.30 to 6.30. then we
shower and get ready for the day. breakfast usually about 7.15. then we have
classes the whole morning learning about how to teach or what to enunciate
during the lessons. we also have one language class that's on the computers
called TALL we do that for an hour. its cool cuz it teaches you spanish and
grammar but its with church words and principles
and such so we learn more what to say during a lesson. then we have lunch and
then study time in the class room and then hermano rosales shows up and
we learn more and then practice teaching him, one companiship at a time. then
we have dinner and usually a devotional or more practice teaching after dinner.
then we go back to our houses around 9p study and memorize stuff and get ready
fro the next day. I LOVE IT! i can feel the spirit in nearly every class and
just the whole day like a peaceful aweseome feeling. the devotionals are super
duper sweet. and we learn lots from them feel the spirit soooo strong. the one
last night was about how faith brings miracles and how important it is to be
diligent and obedient. he said our faith increases the most during our trials
and struggles however we need to continue building it even during the peaceful
times. it was really good and super spiritual. ive been using both my spanish
and english scpritures and Preach My Gospel and such so its cool to follow along and learn
more from each. so far we have memorized su objectivo, in pmg, primero visión (first vision),
bautizado invitacion (baptism invitation), eter 12:6 and working right now on moroni 10:4-5 all in spanish.
its kinda hard but we are getting pretty good at it.
the weather here is
absolutely awesome. in the morning when we head to the gym its pretty cold
hahah probaly like 50s but theres frost on car windows and you can see your
breath. during the day it gets to like high 70s maybe low 80s but its not hot
really at all. its not humid at all either. during the day me and elder moore
talk in as much spanish as possible. during meals we either sit with our
district or with some latinos to practice more spanish. ohhh also, there was an
earthquake but it was super small and i was walking when the alarms went off so
i didnt even feel it. also there are gunshots, or maybe fireworks or something
that is pretty loud and goes off at night and in the early morning, but we dont
see anything like fireworks or whatever sooo we dont really know what it is.
today we are going to the temple and so i will send more pics of that next
week. oh also since i got changed districts my p day is on wednesday, also
there are super pretty green parakeet birds here that are supper cool looking.
there is this thing called dearelder.com where you can write me and they will print it off and put it in our mail box so
that way i dont have to wait til next week to read what you guys say. since we
only have an hour to write. thats about all i can think of
right now. I love you guys lots. hopefully the lake is super smooth and youre
loving it up. i love it here. i love putting on the name tag every morning and
being a representative of the Lord. i love feeling the spirit every day and
learning how to better teach Gods children here on earth. I love you guys! hasta
proxima semana (until next week)!!
con amor
Elder Sorensen
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