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| Elder Sorensen & Elder Vernon overlooking Potosi. |
Well... it’s been super-duper cold here
this whole week. It’s been raining and snowing off and on, but we still worked
hard and had lots of fun.
So, martes/Tuesday we had meetings in the
morning. After lunch we had a ton of super good citas/appointments planned, but
literally almost every single one canceled. I think it’s amazing to see how God
closes some doors but always opens others. We had a good amount of time to
contact, and it actually went pretty well. God is good.
Miércoles/Wednesday was pretty sweet. We
had a few awesome citas in the morning with an investigator and later with a
recent convert, who is super awesome. We tried following up on a few past
contacts but most fell through. After lunch we had a great visit with Celia.
She has been an investigator for quite some time and keeps pushing her baptism
to later. But miércoles she told us she really wants to be baptized and doesn’t
want to wait and that she wants to be baptized in September sí o sí. She is
awesome! We had a few good citas planned with some really good investigators,
but they failed us. Darn. We did have an awesome visit with Carla and Gustavo
in the night. THEY ARE AMAZING!!!! They are reading the Book of Mormon
together. They are funny; Gustavo can’t see very well so he can’t read, so
Carla reads but she can’t understand what she reads, so Gustavo listens and
then explains to her what she read. Hahaha. They make an awesome team. They are
super excited to get baptized. God is good. We also had a good visit with the Alá
family. They are an awesome investigator family, but they are progressing very
slowly. We are trying to change from just visits of “talking about the word of
God” to visits helping them to “do what God wants and says.” It’s a little
tricky though. That night we started an intercambio/exchange, and I went with
Elder Lloyd down to Delicias. We were together all day jueves/Thursday, and it
was pretty awesome. He is a super good missionary. We had several good visits
and a bit of contacting that went super good. We had this one visit with the
older mom of a member. The mom actually only speaks Quechua, so the member daughter
and I taught her in Quechua. She told us she was sick and had a lot of problems,
and so one day she went to church and then she got healthy and all her problems
ended or resolved. So she wants to be baptized and come to church always, even
though she understands nothing of Spanish. WOW!! She is super awesome and has
tons of faith and is willing to act in faith. She´s amazing. I also did a baptismal
interview for them, and it was super cool to see them help a family be
baptized.
Jueves/Thursday night we ended the
intercambio and then Viernes/Friday we went out to Betanzos. We had a great day
visiting a few members and having a super awesome lesson with Mery. For my
whole time in Betanzos, we tried super hard to help her be baptized, but she
says she has lots of doubts and still isn’t ready. The same thing happened
viernes. We were able to help her answer a few of her questions, but she still “isn’t
ready.” It taught me that God has a plan for everyone, but everybody has their choice
and that’s something that we can never take away.
Sábado we came back to Potosi and had a
super awesome day. We visited the majority of our investigators, and it is sooo
exciting to see them progressing and really wanting to be baptized. We had
awesome visits with the Flores family, with Irena (a super awesome contact that
is really progressing) and Wendy (the niece of a less active member).
Domingo/Sunday was AMAZING!!! Eight of
our progressing investigators came to church!!!! It was awesome!! Carla and
Gustavo came; they are soo awesome. Our pensionistas “boyfriend” but soon to be
husband also came, and he is super awesome and really wants to be baptized. They
just need to get married. Sara (a super awesome investigator with tons of
questions) also came with her younger sister Noelia. They are amazing. Wendy
also came and is super excited to get baptized. Several other awesome investigators
came. It was so AMAZING. We had a good day visiting several other people.
Sunday night we got our cambios/transfers.
And..... I’m leaving Potosi. After over a year here, I’m headed to Cochabamba. I’m
going to miss it here, but I’m ready to work in a new area and help more
people. It’s been awesome in Potosi, and I’m going to miss Betanzos a ton, and
Quechua, and all the awesome investigators we have right now that are
progressing like crazy. But God has a bigger plan, and I’m only here to do what
He wants. GOD IS GOOD. I love being a missionary and helping people come to Him
and receive His help.
Les amo!!
Elder Sorensen
