Well
this week was pretty crazy but super awesome. Monday we visited a few families
in the night, and the visits went pretty good. It was super-duper cold though,
but we were happy because we were carrying mate.
Martes/Tuesday
we woke up, and it was snowing. Goll dang. Not what you’d expect in July. My
companion put on Christmas music, and it was pretty funny. We had district
meetings that morning and almost all of us brought mate. Hahaha. Also it is so
dang cold that we could see our breath in the church, during our meetings. That’s
cold. In the afternoon it kept raining and snowing. We went around in our
ponchos and traditional hats and carrying mate in our portamates. We basically
visited all the member families for Waldvogel to say goodbye. It was pretty fun
because lots of families wanted to give him a souvenir to take home and/or a
good meal, and I was just along for the ride so I got lots of good meals and a
few cool souvenirs. It was pretty fun :) It snowed/ rained the whole day, but
we literally walked around mate´ing so it was fun.
Miércoles/Wednesday
we basically did the same exact thing, just with more investigators than
members. We also had a parrillada (barbecue) with our pensionista and her
family. It also snowed and rained all that day too. It was so dang cold. But
the ponchos really help and kept us warm.
Jueves/Thursday
in the morning we sent Waldvogel off to Sucre, and then I stayed with the
Centro elders (Roncal y Moulton). We worked super well and had a good day. I
read Alma 29:14-16 in my personal study that morning, and I really feel the
same as that scripture. I am learning to be happy when others do well and have
success. It’s a good feeling to help and see others get better.
Viernes/Friday
I stayed with the Centro elders again. I really got to see how much the Lord
really prepares people for us to teach. I know we are here doing the Lord’s
work and He is guiding us and the people we teach. It was super cool to see how
ready their investigators were to hear and receive the gospel.
Sabádo/Saturday
I was with Centro elders in the morning, and they had a baptism. It went really
well. I also got to help a little bit in a mission prep class that they were
doing. In the afternoon I went with the Cerro Rico 1 elders (Martin and Lopez).
We had several good citas/appointments in the afternoon, and then they had a
baptism in the evening. It was super cool because I knew the family pretty well,
and my good bud Elder Bird had taught them and worked super hard with them and
just now the oldest girl was getting baptized. It was cool because I knew Elder
Bird had worked super hard with her, but she never got baptized until almost a
year later. It strengthened my testimony in the way that God plans and does
things. Sometimes we really want something and we want it now, but God always
sees the bigger picture and has a better plan in mind. I know we need to trust
in Him more and try to see the bigger picture just like He does.
Domingo/Sunday
went pretty well. In priesthood meeting, we had a super awesome lesson on the
Atonement of Jesus Christ (talk by Tad R. Callister). It was super good to
study about the Atonement of Christ and how His sufferings help and should
change our lives. I know He suffered for each one of us--not only our sins, but
also our weaknesses, our afflictions, and our pains and troubles. I know He is
able to help us in any moment because He knows exactly how we feel because He has
felt the same. It was a super spiritual lesson, and I really enjoyed it. We had
a pretty good afternoon and had a super awesome cita with an investigator named
Fatima. She loves talking about “the word of God” but says she doesn’t attend
any church because she thinks they “all arrive to God.” We had a super awesome
talk with her, and she has TONS of super good questions. She listens to lots of
different churches (including Jehovah Witness), so she has some goofy beliefs,
but I felt the Spirit really strong as we testified about the Bible and how
perfectly the Book of Mormon works with it. It was a super spiritual lesson and
probably one of the highlights of the week.
I
love being a missionary and being a representative of Jesus Christ and His true
church. I love feeling the Spirit all the time and helping others feel the same
Spirit. Last night we got the cambios/transfers, and my new comp is Elder
Vernon from Utah somewhere. A lot of the Potosi zone is changing, so it’s going
to be pretty exciting this next cambio. Besides snow and being cold a lot, I’m
loving it out here. :)
Les amo!!
Elder Sorensen
Sorensen.tanner@missionary.orgSorry, no pictures this time.