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| Editor's Note: Only got pictures of DOGS this week! No idea why. Maybe it's the dog that tried to bite him last week. |
Ok here we go, so last Pday we had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home
Evening) with a familia and the elderes de Betanzos (Elders from Betanzos) went with us. Of course, we
made cookies. Haha! Elder Baros and I made them, and they were super good--almost
perfect. I love cookies. Hahaha. Actually, really I just love cookie dough.
Martes/Tuesday, we had our district meeting in the morning,
and it was pretty good. That afternoon we had citas/appointments with some old
investigadores but they both cancelled, and we had to go to the dentista for my
comp. It was a little bit annoying because it was closed and we waited forever
and finally got ahold of the dentista and he said, “Oh ya, your stuff isn’t
ready yet. Come back tomorrow.” So that was a little annoying since we didn’t
really do any work. We did go to correlation meeting with our ward mission
leader and his wife speaks really, really good Quechua. So it’s fun to talk
with her, and she helps me a lot with pronouncing the words.
Miercoles/Wednesday was basically the exact same as martes.
We went to the dentista and spent most the afternoon there, and then went to
Noche Misional (Mission Night), and my comp shared a video about the beginning
of the church (Joseph Smith, the persecutions, that kind of stuff). Not very
many people came since it was Halloween. We didn’t do anything for Halloween.
Well, actually we did go to the Arcor store that’s in our area. Arcor is kind
of like the big candy company in Bolivia. Most of the candy was way cheap, so
we got a bit. Haha.
Jueves/Thursday was a much better day. After lunch, we went
out to Cantumarca (the area kind of far away, where we found a ton of new
investigadores the other week). We meet with several of the people we contacted
and taught the last week, including the super good family that we found last
week. The dad (Raul, his wife is Nora) is looking for the right church or the
right path to God, so it was super duper awesome to help him find the answers
to his questions. It was awesome because we sat and taught him and his whole
family (4 kids). It was super spiritual, and I loved it sooo much. Well, we
were going to play futsall that night at the church with the young men, and so
we invited the 11-yr-old son. He came with us and then we took him home after,
and then walked all the way back home (since there were no cars or trufes or
like nothing that passes that far out at night). That was a pretty awesome day,
and we were both super happy.
Viernes/Friday we didn’t do much again. We looked for a few
references we had received, but none of them were home or had time. We then
made panqueques with a member family and shared a little message with them.
Then we went to another area to do baptismal interviews (since my comp is
district leader). It was pretty cool to see how excited the people were to get
baptized.
Sabado/Saturday we started our fast with our ward mission
leader. We fasted for help with the investigadores and people we have
contacted. We also went back out to Cantumarca and visited some more of the
people we met last week. We also tried to visit Raul and his family again, but
they weren’t home. We had already invited them to come to church but were
planning to re-invite them and really try to get them to come. So we were a
little disappointed when they weren’t home.
Domingo/Sunday—well, we went to church and right before the
meeting started ... Raul and his wife and the boy who had played futsal with us
showed up!! We were super duper excited!!! They only stayed for sacrament
meeting, but it was still super awesome. After church we had a few citas/appointments,
one of which being with a brother named Hugo, who we had contacted the other
week. Well we got there and he was waiting for us and brought his whole family
(wife and 7 kids). We sat and talked with them, and he is a lot like Raul. He
has lots of super good questions and is looking for the truth and right church.
It was super awesome and his whole family is pretty educated on different
religions since their dad has researched different churches. At first, he was a
little hesitant, but then opened up and started accepting the things we were
saying. We gave them all the Libros de Mormón that we had, and then the brother
took a picture of us and with his family. It was super cool, and they were all
super excited to read it and pray to find their own answers. My comp and I were
both super excited.
I am sooo happy the Lord led us to find these two families.
I am super excited to help them come to Christ and see their lives change. This
is why I’m out here, why I left my family, why I want to learn Quechua. I want
to invite as many people as possible to find the true church and bring more
happiness into their lives. I love being a missionary.
Love ya guys. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! This week was super
awesome.
Wajkutikama!
Hasta luego!
Elder
Sorensen
