well week two was awesome! we had a lot more time to kind of
settle down since we had lots of personal study times and not so much classes.
we are also teaching two people *our morning teacher and then afternoon
teacher* but like next week i think we will actually start teaching real
investigators or less active members that our teachers invite. our lessons go
pretty good. they are a bit more realistic and tougher questions then the first
practice one. I really enjoy it. Me and elder moore are getting pretty good at
spanish and do pretty well during lessons. our whole district also made a goal to
speak only spanish every day. except for like spiritual lessons where we need
to express our selves or when we are just telling stories and messing around.
its really good practice tho and we are all improving a ton. I love it here. i
also bought a bunch of flashcards at la tienda por 341 pesos on my debit card
just so you know. ive made a goal to memorize 20 new words a day and the cards have been helping me a ton.
we play futbol every day during our gym hour, except for
lunes (monday) when we do service. we are a really good team and we've beat latino teams
like everytime, we haven't lost yet. hahahha its like the highlight of our day.
we all look forward to it.
we have been having tons of super duper spiritual talks and
lessons tho. We have gotten really close as a district. I have numerous things
that i could share but due to time i will pick a few of the best. first we went
to the temple last pday (preparation day) and we are going again today. supposedly we only go
twice while here. anyways our bus broke down on the way to the temple and we
had to get on a different one in the middle of the road ahahah that was fun. the
temple was awesome. it was in spanish but we got headsets. the celestial room
was amazing. i missed you guys being in there with me tho. it made me think how
badly i want to have a eternal family that i can take to the temple and
eventually live with in the celestial kingdom because it would be so sad if we
werent together.
by the way, our classes are like basically exactly like mission prep
just longer. and nearly all in spanish. anyways, one video we watched was
called hope of gods light. we then practiced as if we were teaching that guy.
anyways there were tons of lessons we could learn from it. por ejemplo (for example) we need
to watch what we talk about and how we act cuz we never know who is watching or
whos life could be changed. also we need to follow promptings of the spirit
immediately even if we dont know why. we never know what we could do for
somebody else. another thing our ccm (mission training center) presidente was talking about how mission
presidents only want three things from an elder: 1) personally converted, 2) obedient, and 3) diligent. I have determined i am going to be that missionary. i am
already personally converted. i know this gospel is true and i know it blesses
lives. i know we can repent and become cleansed from our mistakes. i know our Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to return and live with him. i know the
book of mormon truly is the word of god and that it will bring us closer to God
when we read it. I love the spirit i feel here every day. it just constantly
confirms to me that i'm doing what the lord needs of me.
thanks for the emails i really like them. i miss twin lakes. wish i was there.
but i love it here and i know this is exactly where i need to be. I miss a lot
of things from back home and we talk lots about them as a district like songs
music, siblings, food, sports. i miss you guys but im doing good. i stay
busy and push my self to study so i dont have much time to be sad. i hate being
sad hahaha. i still lift every morning and i really enjoy that. i miss
wrestling tho. i still havnet met any wrestlers. i met a latino who is from
bolivia la paz and we talked for a while.
i cant think of much else
oh idk how the dear elder thing works. i think i get
it two days after you send it. i really would enjoy some letters tho hahah but
ill be ok if not.
i love you and miss ya
con amor
elder sorensen
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| Outside the LDS Mexico City Temple |
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| Elder Moore and Elder Sorensen at Mexico City Temple |
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| View of the city on the way to the temple |
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| My breakfast plate in the CCM (Missionary Training Center) |
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| Some of the guys in my district at the missionary training center |
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| Imitating a statue for an exercise gym that is right outside the grounds of the training center. The fence behind me is the CCM fence. |