This week was pretty awesome!! Haha. Well every week is
awesome, but this week was more awesome.
Ok so, martes/Tuesday after our reunions/meetings we came
back to Betanzos and after lunch, we went to work. We first went to visit a contact
that we have talked with several times but hadn’t taught a good lesson yet.
Well, this time she was there with two of her friends, and we had a really good
lesson with them and answered tons of their questions about the Book of Mormon
and such. It was sweet. Later we visited Fernardo (a guy we taught like 2 weeks
ago but we haven’t been able to find since). He has lots of different ideas
about certain topics that kind of get us off track, but he has lots of faith
and really wants to learn more about God. Later we visited Hermana Sofia (a
member) and her friend was there, and we read 3 Nephi chapter 14 with them. It
was an awesome day, and we found tons of new investigators.
Mièrcoles we helped our pensionista and family (who we share
the house with). We helped them because they bought a big, new water tank and a
pump, so now we have water to shower every day. (By the way I think this was
the first week in my six months here in Betanzos that I’ve showered every day, hahaha.)
So we spent most of the day installing the pump and doing the plumbing for it
all. (Thanks to the guys at the mine who taught me all that so well.) We also
did a little electrical work in our room so we could put a heater in our room
(which works great now and we aren’t freezing as much). In the evening we
visited Julia (an investigator) and 2 of her friends were also there. They had
tons of questions for us, and we loved being able to use the words and verses
of the Book of Mormon to answer their questions.
Jueves/Thursday we visited a less active member (that we
recently contacted not knowing she is member). We also went to Tecoya and while
looking for a recent convert (at a member’s house), we found out that one of
the kids isn’t baptized and we thought he was. So now we have a baptism this
coming weekend :) Awesomeness. We also visited the Flia Estrada (Estrada
family) and read in 2 Kings 5 about Naaman--an awesome story that contains lots
of good lessons.
Viernes/Friday we returned to the lady we visited martes
(her name is Teofila), and we found her there with one of the same ladies from
martes and two other ladies. So of course, we taught them and answered their
questions. It was interesting to see them answer each other’s questions and a
few times argue a little bit about things. One would ask a question and then
like 2 others would answer with their thoughts/ beliefs, and sometimes it was a
good answer and other times it was interesting to see how they had some of the
truth but not all of it. It was a very good lesson, and I really enjoyed it.
Later, we went out to Lagunillas (another pueblito/little town). We had a Noche
de Hogar (Family Night Lesson) with the Flia Huallpa. We taught about
repentance, and then I used Captain Lonnie´s little rope trick. Hahaha. It
worked perfectly and they were all blown away. Thanks Lonnie!! That night
(after we got home) we read the Book of Mormon in Quechua (like we do every night).
Viernes we finished reading the Book of Mormon in Quechua, so that was awesome
of course. Kind of funny that I’ve read the Book of Mormon in Quechua and
marked it more in Quechua than I have in Spanish. Hahaha.
Sabado/Saturday we had a good day and in the evening we read
Mosiah 24 with Hermana Daria and 3 of her grandkids (who are all members but kind
of less active).
Domingo/Sunday was pretty good but crazy. In church we sang
in Quechua, like for the hymns and such (normally we do in Spanish). I
shared my testimony (in Quechua) and read and shared a little about Moroni 10:32-33
(those two verses contain a ton of awesome and important truths). In the youth
class, I did the Lonnie rope trick again, and it worked beautifully :) We
taught the temple prep class after church, which also went good. After lunch,
we visited a few members before teaching the institute class. After the class
we came home and studied a little bit and then made cinnamon rolls and waited
for the phone call with our cambios/transfers.
Well it finally came a little after 10p and.... my comp and
I are staying together in Betanzos!!! WOOOOO!! Hahaha. We were both pretty
excited. I’ve been here for 6 months already, but I still love it like crazy.
We are going to be busy this cambio/transfer with Quechua, as well as helping
the ward go to the temple. We had a great week, and it was amazing to see the
hand of the Lord in His work. He really did lead us to find people that are
ready to be taught, and He led people to us who really want to learn. God is
good. I know this is His work. That’s about it for this week!
Today for Pday we played soccer, and then afterwards I
wrestled another missionary (who is from Utah). It was awesome, but we are both
extremely out of shape and I doubt it lasted a minute. Hahaha. But we are both
staying here this cambio, so we will be wrestling a lot more often :) I miss
wrestling like crazy. Hahaha.
Les amo!!
Elder Sorensen