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2018-08-15: End of Week 4

Well this past week was awesome as always. Elder Bednar (one of the modern-day 12 apostles of Jesus Christ) is coming on 8/24, so that’s super exciting. This past week has been super crazy busy but it’s also been super spiritual. So we are learning a lot more Spanish, like tenses and stuff, and now this week is completely in Spanish--everything is but it doesn’t really seem all that hard. It’s tough and you gotta think a lot. Lots of guys are getting sick here from like a virus or something from one of the new elders. I’m good though.  A guy in our district got it, and we gave him a blessing, everybody. It was like their first time, so they were super nervous but I was able to settle them down and help them say the right stuff. I was so grateful Grandpa Sorensen and Bishop Jones had given me the chance to get a little experience. So at the TRC on Saturday it went super super good. [The TRC (Teaching Resource Center) is a place where you get hands-on teaching experience in a living-room setting. You and your companion teach a lesson you've prepared to a volunteer who is acting like someone who wants to learn more. They can record the lesson to help you see ways to improve your teaching skills.] So we were recorded in one of them and afterwards the CCM (training center) president (President Bennett) called us into a room and supposedly he had been watching it live in a little room, and I guess we had made him cry because he felt the spirit soo strong when we shared our testimonies so that was super duper awesome and really boosted our confidence. He said to keep working on our Spanish, and we are doing great. Also I met an hermana (sister) who is going to my same mission (the only other person I’ve met), and she said a girl from her ward told her to bring skirts that clean easy or can get dirty because apparently we will be teaching 90 percent of our lessons sitting on the ground. Man, I’m soo excited. That’s gonna be so cool, and I can’t wait to teach people. I’ve been working hard on Spanish memorizing 1 scripture a day and an average of about 100 words. It’s really tough, and I am studying every second, walking, eating, everywhere. I’m learning lots though. I’m sorry this one is so short. Most of the days we do the same stuff—language, PMG (Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service) studying, teaching each other. It’s awesome though, and we are all getting lots better. Soccer is still super awesome. All the letters and food in the mail are the bestest. Last Tuesday we (the guys in my district) got 5 dozen donuts (delivered in the mail from friends/family), and we were sooo happy. 3 elders got them; 2 got 2 dozen and 1 got 1 dozen. Then I got 2 dozen a few days later. We just kept eating until they were gone. We were saying, “Well, not gonna have these in Peru (Bolivia for me) so might as well eat another while they’re still fresh.” Hahaha. They are awesome. We love getting mail.
Elder Sorensen

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Elder Tanner Sorensen
Mexico Missionary Training Center
Carretera Tenayuca-Chalmita #828
Gustavo A. Madero
Colonia Zona Escolar
07230 Mexico City, Distrito Federal
Mexico


Taken this morning 8/15/18. It was raining, and that’s the view from our front door.

Me and Elder Godi from Oakland-ish, CA. We lift together every morning, and he is super cool.
He is in my district and the room right next to mine.

Me and Elder Moore, my companion. Just in case you forgot what I look like. Hahaha.

We think we are kinda cool, I guess. Hahaha.

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