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| Elder Sorensen y burro |
This week was a little crazy but super busy and tons of fun.
So Elder Bird, Elder Tellez (de Colombia) and I spent New
Years at the family of their pensionista. We were allowed to be out until like
2a (permission from mission president, kind of relaxed, I know). Anyways, we
ate dinner and played games and such, and then at 12a we lit off a ton of
little fireworks and such and like literally the whole city Potosi was going,
so it was pretty cool. Later we went back to the Zone Leaders house and slept
for a little bit and then at 3a we had to go pick up some elders (who were
traveling from Tupiza for their cambios). And then at 6:30a to take them and
others to get taxis to Sucre. So we didn’t sleep much. After the others left,
it was just me and Elder Tellez. We went to do a few more things for cambios,
and then his companion arrived. Later after lunch, my comp (Elder Vergara)
arrived and we made it out to Betanzos around 6:30ish.
So miércoles/Wednesday (our first day) was pretty awesome.
We had a ton of good citas/appointments. We visited with Vernaldina (an
investigator who basically only speaks Quechua) and later Renaldo (the
Zapatero/shoemaker). They were both super good lessons, and Renaldo is
preparing to be baptized the 26 de enero/Jan. Later we had clase de ingles, and
it went pretty good. And then we met with Virigilio and Remedios (recent
converts) and their family.
Jueves/Thursday we went out to Tecoya on bikes, which gets
us pretty tired but it’s fun and a lot easier to visit more people. We visited
with David, and we are super excited for him because he is finally going to get
married this Saturday, and then probably baptized that afternoon. So we are
super happy. Later we visited with a few less active families and then a
recently reactivated family and one of the daughters (Mery) who might also get
baptized this Saturday. She is super ready; she is just a little worried that
she won’t be perfect after she is baptized, so we are helping her with that.
Viernes/Friday we had to go to Potosi in the morning for our
district and zone meetings. In the afternoon we went out to Lagunillas and
visited with the Flia Wallpa (some are active and others not) so we had a good
noche de hogar (Family Night Lesson) with them. We used the balloon animals and
explained how we have a super grande potential (a dog hahaha, chiste no más),
but we explained how if I didn’t have somebody to show me or a book to show me,
it would be very difficult to make a good balloon animal. The same is with us.
If we don’t choose to follow Jesus Christ (the perfect example), and if we
don’t choose to read and follow the teachings of the Libro de Mormon, it will
be very difficult to reach our full potential as a child of God. Later we
visited Virgilio and Remedios again and were trying to meet with their cousin
Max (who could easily be baptized soon). But he wasn’t there.
Sabado/Saturday we were super duper busy. We met with
Renaldo again. Later we met with Maribel and one of her sons (Roger). Maribel
is preparing to get baptized the 26 of enero also, but she is a little afraid
of talking about it with her husband. After lunch, we met with the Bishop to
talk about things to help the ward better. Then we went on bikes out to Tecoya
again. First we looked for Remberto (who wants to get baptized this Saturday
also), but he wasn’t home. He wasn’t home when we passed by Jueves, soo we
aren’t really sure what think. He also didn’t come to church yesterday, so we
will be visiting him for sure this week. Afterwards we talked with David about
his baptism and a few questions he had. Then we visited several less active
families and got to know them better and shared a little message or noche de
hogar. It was raining. (Oh ya, it has been raining here like almost every day
for the past several weeks. Ok, not every day, but like every other day.) So
the last family we were with took us back home.
Domingo/Sunday only one of our investigadores (Mery) came to
church, so we were a little disappointed. But the primary president was there
with a lesson and activity and everything ready, so the ward is progressing a
little bit :) In the afternoon we looked for a few contacts we had and passed by
a less active family. With the less active family, we had the mom bring her
Book of Mormon, and we just said we are going to read wherever your bookmark is
from the last time you read. (It has been a long time since she’s read). So she
opened her book and we read where she was with her. Read Alma 9. It was really
interesting and super spiritual to read that with her. We knew it was the Lord
who was guiding us what to share, and we were kind of unsure what we would read
with her, but it ended up being super good and extremely spiritual. Later that
afternoon we came here to Potosi.
Today was a fun Pday. We played futbal (on a normal size
field with fake grass). It was super fun. My companion started his mission here
in Potosi, so for lunch we went to one of the families in his old ward. And
that’s about it. Elder Vergara is super cool and a great missionary, so we get
along great. I love Betanzos a ton, but I don’t think he does very much. Oh
well. I love learning Quechua sooo much. Hahaha. I’m starting to understand
better and put a few sentences together. It’s super fun to be able to
understand and speak a little bit. I love it a ton. That’s about it from me out
here in Betanzos :) Love ya guys and hope everything is going good for you.
Les amo
Elder
Sorensen
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| Rainbow in Lagunillas |
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| Sketch--maybe of Elder Sorensen and his companion teaching |