This week was definitely a glass half full. Not full because
we didn´t really work as much, but pretty good because I got to study a lot. I
have made a few goals for this cambio/transfer, including reading the entire
Libro de Mormon en espanol, completing half of my Spanish language study book,
and helping 2 people get baptized. If the next 5 weeks are like this past week,
the first two metas/goals will be super easy, but the last one will be pretty
tough.
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| Making pizza! |
Miercoles/Wednesday was like a nacional/national protest
kinda thing. We got a call from our zone leaders the night before telling us we
can do stuff like normal, just don’t wear our tags, so people wouldn’t connect
us to the States and try to … (I don’t know what, hahaha). They also said if
it’s like super sketchy, we could just stay home. Leaving the house without our
tags was kinda weird though. Hahaha.
Jueves/Thursday we made panqueques/pancakes with a recent
convert and her whole family (which includes her sister, who has been a pretty
long-term investigator and didn’t really feel like getting baptized when we
invited her a few weeks ago). It was pretty good, but we were there for a super
long time. After that we went and met with our ward mission leader, and he was
pretty cool. He has been home from his mission for like 10 yrs and seemed
really excited to help us with investigadores and such. After that we went to
the exterminal and received Elder Grotepas and the new elder he is training. So
I’m not the new guy anymore. Also the new elder (Elder Bird) went to the Mexico
CCM and said he brought a ton of mail for me. But for some reason he left it
with the secretaries in Cochabamba, so I will get it week 4.
Viernes/Friday we had district meeting in the morning and
then in the afternoon I made a list of a bunch of past contacts we have that we
haven’t returned to and a few past investigadores I thought would be good to
look for. Well, after lunch, my comp said he had a really bad headache so we
came home, and he slept the rest of the day. So I studied language, the Book of
Mormon in English and Spanish and the Bible. I also drank mate the whole time,
so that was nice. I would’ve loved to work, but I got a lot out of the stuff I
studied.
Sabado/Saturday we went to the fería/market and then lunch.
Then we made panqueques with an investigator. After that we went to a stake
activity. It was pretty fun and the guy with the mic was trying to get people
excited, and it reminded me of high school assemblies. I don’t know why but I
got super excited and started cheering like crazy and getting all the miembros
in my ward excited. Hahaha. It was pretty fun. :)
Domingo/Sunday we had church which went good. We had a few
non-miembros who came with friends but none of the investigadores we have
taught came so that was a bummer. After church, I studied a bunch more and then
we went to the Flia Copa and had a quick Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) and
then made pizza which was super duper good. I got the recipe from the hermana
and am definitely going to try it. That about sums up this week.
Today we played chess with other elders, then futsall a la
estaca. It was a typical Pday, but I love it. Hahaha.
I love studying the Libro de Mormon because it not only helps
my Spanish a lot but also I learn lots spiritually. I love 2 Nephi chapter 4
and the thoughts and testimony of Nephi after all his trials and experiences. I
love how he still chose to be happy and says they were the happiest people. I
love how he chose to trust in the Lord to help him through all things. I know
the Lord gives us hard things to learn and grow. At times it’s really hard to
understand the Lord’s reasons, but if we continue pressing forward with faith,
we can become lots stronger spiritually. Thanks for all the emails. Hope ya
guys have an awesome week!! Love ya and thanks for all the prayers!
Con amor
Elder Sorensen
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| Our pensionista made
us tamales, but it was like a dessert and had cinnamon and such and then the middle was full of cheese. |