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2019-10-28: Rioting

Celebrating Elder Sorensen's 20th Birthday at Zone Meeting
Well..... this week was pretty darn interesting. Basically the president of Bolivia got re-elected (or maybe cheated to do so), and so the people here are super, super angry. Sooooo it was a little crazy and some big mobs were rioting and fighting, so we had to stay in the house the entire week. It was a little boring. We studied a ton. We spent my birthday in the house, but my comp made pancakes so that was sweet.

Saturday we were allowed to leave in the morning and buy a bunch of food for the coming week. We also had a quick zone meeting that was pretty fun. It was good to be out of the house.

Sunday we only had a sacrament meeting. Everyone came in casual street clothes. Then we were allowed to leave the house in the afternoon and work like normal. I guess the angry people were taking a break. It was definitely a weird feeling though. You could totally tell something wasn’t right. We had several good appointments that day, and it was awesome to work again.

This week the people are saying they are going to keep fighting and rebelling until the president leaves. So that’s kind of crazy. Our mission president said we can work this week but only in normal (pday) clothes and not shirts and ties. And we’re to be super careful. It’s kind of crazy.

We are a bit sad. We love this country a ton and just want to keep helping them come closer to God, but they aren’t really in that mood right now. We aren’t really sure how soon this mess will be over and what really will happen. But we know God knows what is going on and that He is watching over us. Pray for Bolivia and the people here. All the missionaries are ok. Nothing has happened with us.

Love ya guys lots!!
Elder Sorensen
Birthday Pancakes

Elder Norton making pancakes for E. Sorensen's birthday

Birthday Cake at Zone Meeting

Birthday Singing


Birthday Cake Surprises


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