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| Max's Baptism: E Vergara, ?, Max, E. Sorensen |
Well this week was.... goofy, hahaha. I loved it, but it was
just kind of funny. It made me laugh.
Martes/Tuesday Elder Bird and I went to Betanzos for
intercambios/exchanges and so he could do an interview for Max, who was getting
baptized. It was cloudy all day and pretty cold but only rained a little bit.
We looked for a few people and then went to a cita/appointment with a member
family (Flia Perez). We watched a little Book of Mormon animation, and it was
actually pretty cool and effective. I also felt the Spirit, so I guess it was
good. I’d never used a video in a lesson, and I started thinking how back home,
like every lesson in church or something had a video. Anyway, as we were
leaving, something happened with Elder Bird’s bike, like the gear box was bent
and the chain wouldn’t move. That was kind of weird. So we walked the rest of
the day. Elder Bird interviewed Max, and it went super good.
Mièrcoles/Wednesday in the morning I woke up not feeling so
well. We went and bought a new gear box and then visited with Renaldo for a
little bit, and then we came back home and changed the part on the bike. My
comp and Elder Nieto got to Betanzos around 11a. We finished intercambios and
then Elder Bird and Nieto left for Potosi. We had lunch, and then I slept the
rest of the afternoon. We had a good day planned, and I really wanted to work
but my comp was like no you should rest. I had a fever and kind of slept off
and on all night. I would get really hot and then really cold. It was pretty
weird, and at one point in the night, I found myself sitting like kind of in
the fridge because I was sweating and super-hot. Hahaha. It was weird.
Jueves/Thursday we got up, and I was feeling better. We
wanted to work, so after lunch we biked out to Tecoya to look for some
investigadores and visit with a few member families. On the way there, my comp
ran over some wire, and it got all tangled up in his bike. We took it out and thought
we were lucky it didn’t puncture the tire. Well, like 20 minutes later, my comp
got 2 thorns in his tire and all the air left. Dang. We started laughing and thought
‘dang now what’. We were quiet for a little bit, and then we heard thunder and
saw big rain clouds coming. And so we laughed more and then started walking.
Fortunately the Lord protects and watches over his servants. So we made it to a
member’s house, and he had stuff to patch the tire so we did that. Later (after
visiting a few people) we visited with the Estrada family and are still helping
them get ready for the temple. That day, we taught them about family history
and helped them fill out some folletos/pamphlets about themselves and their
ancestors. At some point we will figure out how to help them put their stuff
online. I thought it was pretty interesting that I had a calling in Family
History at home, and now I can use it to help this family. It was an example to
me that the Lord has been preparing me my whole life.
Viernes/Friday we planned to go out to Lagunillas, but there
were no cars going out there, so that ruined our plans and we laughed again. We
visited a few people in Betanzos and had a pretty good day.
Sabado/Saturday was finally a good day that nothing crazy
went wrong. We cleaned the pila (baptismal font) in the morning and got the
water filling. We came back a while later, and the water was full but it was
dirty. I still haven’t seen the font full of crystal clear water. I think it’s
just the water or the pipes. Max’s baptism was super awesome, and then
afterwards we played futsal with the jovenes/youth. It was a great day.
Domingo/Sunday we woke interestingly. I got up right at 6:27
to my alarm and was walking to the bathroom and then heard something walking
above me, like an animal. Well, our ceiling is a false ceiling with the squares
tiles (like the ones in our dentist office or schools). I clapped my hands
trying to scare it to leave, and then a second later a pig fell into our room
with most of the ceiling tile. That was pretty funny, and it was definitely
different to have a pig fall through our ceiling. (It’s like a pet to our
pensionista.) I got rid of the pig, got ready and then my comp and I gave talks
in church. I would have liked to give my talk in Quechua, but I figured I
should probably just talk so they can understand me, and plus I’m not super
confident in my Quechua still. I confirmed Max and then later in church,
ordained David to the Aaronic Priesthood (the guy I baptized in January). That
was super cool for me. After church it rained super hard and then started
hailing large marble-size balls. It was crazy. I’d never seen hail that big. That
night we came to Potosi.
Today we planned futbal like normal, and I really enjoy it.
This week was crazy but also super awesome, and I loved it. It was cool to see
with something soo good (like the baptism of Max) there was soo much opposition
during the week trying to discourage us. Fortunately I like to laugh instead of
get angry or upset, so it was still an awesome week. I love ya guys and thanks
for all the emails!
Les
amo
Elder
Sorensen
