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| E. Sorensen & E Vernon atop Cerro Rico |
Hola
hola!!! This week was super awesome. We worked super hard and found lots of new
people to teach.
Ok so,
martes/Tuesday we had meetings in the morning. In the afternoon we went to work
and had a super awesome day. We visited with Celia, and she wants to get baptized
and is so ready. But she doesn’t want to get baptized in August because she
says it’s the devil´s month, and nobody should do anything special in Agosto ...
dang. We are still working with her though. We also visited with Juanita and
were trying to talk with her niece, who is super awesome and was asking us tons
of questions the last visit. Well this time we were answering her questions,
and it was going really good and then her mom (who isn’t a member) came out of
the house and wasn’t really happy with us and did want her daughter talking
with us. Dang that wasn’t very fun. Later we were doing a few zone things and
somebody called me, but I didn’t recognize the name or the person talking. She
was saying we had a cita/appointment for 5p and eventually I figured out where
she lived and we just decided to go down there after we finished the zone
stuff. Well we tried finding her house but ended up finding a guy who turned
out to be a less active member who we didn’t know. So we set up a cita with him
and then eventually found the house of the lady who called me. (Turns out it
was the Castro family.) hahaha. Well we visited with them, and they had invited
their friend Delia and we taught them and got a cita with Delia. It was super
cool to see God guide us to other people that needed a visit or that we could
help. Oh also, we shared Alma 56 from verse 30 to 43 and talked about the story,
and then we asked them how does the story apply to us. I had studied those
verses that morning in my personal study and learned a few things like don’t
follow silly temptations or to stay focused on my goal and not go to the left
or the right. Well it kind of seemed like they didn’t really understand the
story or how to apply it so we reviewed it for them and then asked the same
question and they started sharing about how “there is always a second backup
army to help. Like the missionaries or the members of the church, sometimes we
feel alone and that the temptations are going to catch up to us and destroy us,
but then we always receive help from the missionaries or other members.” WOW!!
We were super happy to see them understanding the scriptures and applying them,
and they really taught me a lot. I love parables because that’s how Christ
taught, and they always help everyone to learn something that applies specifically
to them. AWEOMSE!!! I love the Book of Mormon.
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| E Sorensen at the top of Cerro Rico |
Miércoles/Wednesday
we visited several people in the morning including the brother of Edwin (the
guy who served his mission in California and is super cool). His brother seemed
pretty cool but kind of didn’t want to talk with us. We´ll keep trying though.
In the afternoon, we visited lots of people. We helped Aneceli in her store,
moving and organizing stuff. She was super grateful, and it was cool to see how
God lead us to show up there right when she needed help. We also visited Ana (a
less active member and got several references from her). We also visited
Jhonathan (like 20 yr old less active member) and set up a Family Night to
visit with his whole family, parents, and other siblings. We were going to
visit with the Ala family, but they didn’t have time so we visited with Hno
Martin (our less active ward mission leader, haha). He is a goofy guy and is always
“way too busy”. They needed a visit though and were happy we came.
Jueves/Thursday
we asked our pensionista for references, and she sent us to a few of her family
members. We visited several people that day, but the best was with Hno Bon (the
ward 1st counselor) and his wife. He was like “Wow, somebody remembers me!” Hahaha.
He is from Brazil and is super cool. He works buying silver and minerals from
the mines and then selling them to companies and such. It was super cool to
talk with him about mines and stuff (the little that I know). Well then we
shared 1 Nephi 20:10 and Moroni 7:48 and talked about how we can be “purified”
through afflictions and Christ. It was a super cool lesson, and I was super
happy that they understood the mining analogies and such (most people don’t).
Viernes/Friday
we did service with the Castro family in the morning, and then we went out to
Betanzos and helped the people there. We had a super good day and visited lots
of people.
Sabado/Saturday
we got back from Betanzos and then had a super awesome cita with Delia (from
martes) and her family. They really want to know more about God and churches
and such and have lots of super good questions. That was awesome to see God
guide us to that family. In the afternoon most of our citas fell through but we
did have a good visit with the Magne family. (They are awesome.) Then we helped
at English class.
Domingo/Sunday
we went back out to Betanzos for church. It was awesome. The teachers were all
there and teaching and fulfilling their callings. I was soooo happy for them.
Not as many came as I hoped, but there still was a pretty good number and the
ward seems to be doing great and progressing good. I am so grateful that I
stayed in Potosi and got to see the fruits of lots of labors. God is good...
all the time. And all the time .... God is good. In the afternoon we had to do
a few zone things, and then we had a super awesome cita with one of the
references that our pensionista gave us. The girl’s name is Carla, and her husband
is Gustavo, and Carla’s little brother is Edgar. They had lots of good
questions and really want to learn more and “turn mormones.” Hahaha. They are
awesome. We also had a great visit with the Quispe family. They were
remembering a few hard memories from before and when we got there they were all
crying. We visited with them and read the Book of Mormon with them and just
talked with them, and by the time we left they were all laughing. Haha. That
was super awesome, and we felt really good and blessed to have that
opportunity.
Today
my comp and I got up at like 5:30am, and we went and hiked Cerro Rico (the big
mine/mountain here that is famous). It took us a little less than 2 hrs to get
up and less than an hour to get down. It was pretty awesome. Then we played
wally (volleyball in a racquetball gym). It was a fantastic week. I love being
a missionary and all the amazing things I get to experience while trying to be
a representative of Jesus Christ. I love the Book of Mormon like crazy and
really know it is the word of God and can help us in whatever situation we may
find ourselves in because it leads us to Christ, and He always knows how to
help.
Les
amo!!
Elder Sorensen
Some pictures from a while back:
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| E. Sorensen with ? (Fun to see his interaction with her.) |
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| E. Sorensen with E. Waldvogel |