Tanner Sorensen's LDS Mission in Bolivia and Colombia

Playing American Football with E. Wamsley This week was super more awesome!! Hahaha. I know I say every week is awesome. But really, for me, looking back each week, I’m amazed at all the cool things that happened and how often I can see God’s hand in my life. This week was great. Martes/Tuesday we had a super awesome day. It was kind of funny because we had a full day of citas/appointments, but we headed towards each one, and literally all but two fell through. Dang! So we had a ton of time to kill, but we kept working and eventually had some good lessons. We met with a lady named Migelina and her husband Alejandro. We talked with them for a while (kind of mostly Quechua), and then started teaching them a little bit about the Plan of Salvation. It was going pretty well until the husband stopped us and said he was super tired and wanted to go to bed, but that we could come back later. I’m not sure if we did something wrong or what. I don’t know, but hopefully we can help the...

Just messin' HOLA!! Well, this week was super awesome, and we got a ton done. But it was also super, super exhausting. Hahaha. I know it doesn’t make a lot of sense because we are just walking or riding bikes and talking with people all day, but still I’m always tired. Anyways this week was awesome. Martes/Tuesday after our district meeting we went back to Betanzos. After lunch, we went to work. We had several pretty good contacts (that we ended up having good lessons with later in the week). We also had a super good lesson with Silvia and also got to meet her mom and teach her too. We taught about the Plan of Salvation, and it was super cool to help them clarify and learn more about things they had learned from the Bible. It was a super awesome lesson. We also visited with Max (tiene como 15 años), and normally he doesn’t talk very much. (He is kind of shy.) But this time, we tried just being friends and talking with him, and he started to open up a little more and we ...

E. Vergara and Me, E. Sorensen! This week was pretty crazy and a bit different but still super awesome. Martes/Tuesday we did an intercambio/exchange. I went with Elder Pusarico (from La Paz, Bolivia) to Betanzos. My comp stayed with Elder Keate in Potosi. Martes was a pretty good day. We had a ton of citas planned and lots more people to look for, so we were super busy and something awesome about Elder Pusarico is that he loves to contact or just talk to anybody so that was super awesome. We talked to a ton of people. We had a super good lesson with one of our investigadores named Silvia. We taught about the Book of Mormon and how it is the keystone of our religion. I know, without a single doubt, that the Book of Mormon contains the complete truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ and that when reading it and applying the teachings to our lives, we can really live more happily. I also know the Bible is the word of God and contains many very powerful teachings and examples th...

Me & E. Vergara This week was awesome. Of course every week is awesome.   Anyways, martes/Tuesday was lots of fun. I stayed in Potosi and went on like a goofy intercambios/exchange with Elder Keate and Elder Bird (in E´ Bird’s area). My comp went with E´ Keate’s companion in their area. It was a little different being in a trio (three elders not just two like normal), but it was lots of fun. We had several super cool experiences. The coolest for me was when we were teaching a family about the principles and ordinances of the gospel. It was super cool because I was just listening to the other two elders teach, and I felt the Spirit super-duper strong. I was thinking how it’s kind of crazy that here we are in Bolivia, three different guys from totally different places, teaching the exact same thing that we each know is true. It made me think how the things we are teaching, really, truly do come from God, and they are really His words and ideas. It was just another powe...