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| Elders Bird, Salinas, Sorensen & Grotepas |
Hola everyone :) This week was pretty normal, but still
super duper awesome. I love Betanzos a ton. I did eat a few crazy things. I’m
getting pretty out of shape, and I’m super tired but ... that’s the life of a
missionary I guess. Hahaha.
Well, last Pday my comp cut my hair and did pretty good. Then
while cutting his own hair, the power went out (hahaha), but then after a few
minutes it came back. No worries. It was just funny to see him with one side
cut and the other not at all.
Tuesday/Martes we spent the entire day looking for people.
We looked for the people we had scheduled, and they weren’t home. Then we
looked for the people we had for backup plans, and they weren’t home. Then we
looked for every single other past contact or less active members, hahaha, but didn’t
have any lessons with anybody. Oh well, it was still a super awesome day, and I
didn’t feel the least bit disappointed. Hahaha. Sounds crazy, I know.
Wednesday/Mièrcoles was like the same thing, but we had
Ingles class which several people came to, so that was good. Most people are
either out of town for vacations or for the promotions of family (kind of like
graduations, I think).
Thursday/Jueves we rode bikes out to Tecoya. (I’m still
super out of shape, mainly because we don’t have water to shower every day, so
I really only workout when we have water to shower. Hahaha. So only a few days
a week.) Anyway, we found some pretty good new investigadores out there and had
some super duper good lessons. We also had a Noche de Hogar (Family Night) with
a family that has been recently reactivated in the church. The dad gave the
lesson on the Atonement, and it was super, super good and very spiritual.
Friday/Viernes we went to Potosi for Zone Conference. It was
good and lots of fun too. Each zone did two skits or songs. It’s pretty crazy
but was lots of fun, hahaha. I was supposed to be like an elf guy. I miss
wrestling like crazy, and this kind of sort of made up for it a little bit. President
Montoya (our mission president) gave a super good lesson about pride. It’s a
super interesting topic and like the main thing that can destroy anybody. It is
soo broad and can be found in soo many different ways. A few types that President
listed that I think are interesting are fear of man more than God, our motives
for doing things, and not accepting correction or new ideas. I struggle with
these things myself, but I’m trying to be better, and I would encourage each of
you to do a self-check, to change what needs to be changed and work towards
being a better person and helping those around you, more than yourself.
Saturday/Sabado we went out to Tecoya again, but by car since
we got back to Betanzos super late from Potosi. We were glad we went by car
because the few citas/appointments we had didn’t have time, hahaha.
Sunday/Domingo was pretty good. We taught a class on how to
be better members and help the ward better. I love 1 Corinthians chapter 12 and
the analogy of the church as a ward. I like how it says 'even the members that
seem not needed are the most important'. I shared how when I broke the little
bone under my pinky finger, I thought, “Oh well, it’s the little finger. I'll
still wrestle with no problem.” But I learned that that finger does a TON to
close the hand or grab something super tightly. Kind of an interesting lesson.
In the church or in life, we might think somebody is not really needed or
useful, but perhaps we should look differently and see their strengths and
realize that they are very important and can be more than we think.
Today was a pretty nice Pday. We stayed here in Betanzos and
basically just relaxed. This week I ate chicken feet, heart and something like
the first stomach or something (not all in the same meal). The feet.... ehhh
not super good basically just skin. The heart was pretty darn good. (I actually
didn’t even notice it was heart until I was done eating it, and then the hermana
said it was heart. Hahaha. And the stomach thing was alright. I’m trying to eat
less and lose some weight, but it’s not working too well since I don’t work out
every day. Oh well, I’m growing spiritually, and that’s really more important. I’m
pretty excited for Christmas!
Love ya guys!
Elder Sorensen
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| Potosi Zone Conference with President & Hermana Montoya |
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| Elder Bird, Me, and Elder Grotepas |
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| Studying the Quechua Book of Mormon |
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| Christmas decorations in our apartment |
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| Our Christmas tree/bush. |