Ok so, martes/Tuesday we spent most of the day at Daniel’s
house. He’s a member. He told us to be there at 8am, so that’s when we got
there. Well, we kind of just prepared stuff, not really much until like 10a,
and then they gave us a plate of food (like rice, papas/potatoes and pollo/chicken).
Then about 10:30a we actually started working. We had like 5 guys mixing
(dumping water, rock, sand, and cement into the mix). Then 4 guys were passing it
up to the roof in buckets, and then 5 guys spreading it and packing it and such
on the roof. We worked nonstop until 2:30ish (when we finished). I was the one
taking the buckets from the mixer and passing them up to a guy above me on scaffolding.
I actually enjoyed doing real physical work, even though it wore me out. Then
they brought us a soup, and then a plate of arroz/rice, papas and some meat,
and another plate of salad stuff, more papas, and more meat. It was pretty good,
but I couldn’t eat it all. Hahaha. After we got home and cleaned up, we went to
work (missionary work, hahaha). And we found Max!!! I was sooo happy to see
him. We just talked with him about how he’s been and what he’s been up to and
that we miss him and really want to see him at church again. That was awesome
:) Later we visited with Virgilio and Remedios and their mom. We read the story
of Enos, and it was pretty awesome. But then the mom made lots of excuses of
why they can’t go to church on Sundays, so that was kind of disappointing.
Mièrcoles/Wednesday was sweet. We went with the missionaries
from Sucre to Potosi for zone conference. Conference is sweet as always.
President always gives awesome lessons, and I learn a ton from them. Afterwards
we had our interviews with President, which also went good.
Jueves/Thursday we were going to go out to Tecoya, but it
rained literally the entire day until like 6p or 7p, so we mostly just stayed
in Betanzos. We contacted a bit, and it went pretty good.
Viernes/Friday the bishop invited us to eat the traditional
foods for Easter. (Like a soup from pumpkins, a type of corn bread tamale, rice
and warm milk). We cooked with them in their oven (which is made from bricks).
That was sweet. Most people out in Tecoya have brick ovens.
Sabado/Saturday we had more traditional food with Hermana
Daria and a few of her kids and their families. Most of our investigadores
didn’t have time to meet with us or they weren’t home, due to Easter
celebrations. We were invited to eat with tons of members and got very fat,
hahaha.
Domingo/Sunday was pretty good. I thought a ton more people
would come to church (for Easter and all), but it was exactly the same. No more
came than usual. Darn. Right when we got to church, the bishop asked us to give
talks about the Atonement. I was pretty excited because I've been studying a
lot about Jesus Christ and His Atonement and how it applies to me. I have
studied the talk ''Purifying Power of the Atonement'' by Bruce R. McConkie, so
I kind of tried to give my talk kind of similar to that one. I also shared
about the sacrament and how it helps us remember and apply the Atonement of
Jesus Christ. Also this week, I read 2 Nephi chapter 9 and I think it’s
definitely one of my favoritest chapters in the Book of Mormon. I love how it
says we need to ''come unto Christ'' like 4 or 5 times. I am learning how truly
important that is for each one of us. I’m also learning how powerful and
awesome the Book of Mormon is. Apart from the Holy Ghost, I think it’s one of
the most powerful tools we have to bring us to Christ. After church we gave the
temple prep class. In the afternoon we also gave the institute class. Both lessons
went well. I enjoy teaching the classes because I normally learn a lot from
preparing the lessons.
That’s about it from this week :) Besides getting even
colder, we are doing great out here. Love ya all lots!!
Les amo!!
Elder Sorensen
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| Bishop's grand-daughter playing with the fire. This is the side of the oven where they push the ashes out. |
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| Bishop's wife flattening dough and placing in oven to cook. |
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| Bishop's son turning the dough over (using a stick with a sort of nail on the end). |
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| Dough cooking next to the hot coals. |
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| Warming up the fire again to cook dessert. |
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| We pushed the coals over, and then cooked a dessert. |