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Happpyy Monday!
Welllll... .. the news is. . . I did get quite the surprise yesterday! I will
not only be changing areas,but changing companions as well. I am currently writing to you in my new area
of Santa Elena, Peten! It's about 2 hours from Poptun, and here, yes, it is
VERY hot. My new companion, Hermana Faught.
She will be coming tomorrow really late from Coban. So, tomorrow I will be with another sister who is waiting for her companion
from Coban. Hermana Faught is my first gringa companion so it will be
different! I hope my Spanish still
progresses! Haha. But we will be cleaning the area here, AGAIN. Holy hanna,
every area I have gone to I have cleaned, but It's fun! I have heard only good
things about my branch, the members, the area and my new companion. I am very
excited for the new adventures and miracles that God has prepared for me this
change!
So this week Hna. Guerrero and I
were in a lesson teaching the restoration when all of a sudden, I finished my part and looked at her to
finish. Her eyes got all big and she
just tipped right on over onto the floor. Her skirt fell all up to her head and
she was dying laughing. I almost started crying, I was laughing so hard. It was
probably good cuz' I think the investigators were falling asleep and we all had
a pretty good laugh. I don't really know how it happened but she just kind of
tipped over annnnnnd... it was funny.
So I am LOVING my scripture study lately! I
finished the Book of Mormon in Spanish last week (woot woot woot). I am starting over again and trying to study
it in a different way. This time I am really searching deep and reading every
single reference with every verse! It
seriously is the best thing ever! It takes forever, and after one whole week I
have only gotten to the second chapter in 1st Nephi, but I am learning a lot
about Lehi and how perfect the plan of God is. Also more than ever, the amazing example of
Nephi. I love that guy. I can't wait to meet him in heaven.
Alsooooo this week I got to the
atonement and crucifixion in Jesus the
Christ. It seriously breaks my heart! But all I can think of the describe
my feelings is the hymn 'I stand all Amazed.' That hymn describes so perfectly
how I feel for my Savior. I seriously can't even comprehend the LOVE he has for
us. I'm so grateful for my knowledge of Him and what he did for me.
My favorite experience in sharing
the gospel is to see people change their lives. Last night we visited a recent
convert. Before in his life, he drank a lot and his life was really twisted and
dark. It was SO fun to come and visit him! He was waiting for us, reading the
Liahona. He already had out his Hymn
book and his little notebook where he takes notes during lessons. We had a fast
for him yesterday that he can keep being sober and say faithful in the gospel.
He just told us how he felt so much peace to know he could repent and take the
sacrament and sometimes he feels tempted or frustrated or sad. But then he
prays and feels so much love from our Heavenly Father. I love to see how this
gospel really does change lives!
Truth. . a new truth I've learned. .
. So this week I was studying about the
atonement under the Plan of Salvation section of Preach My Gospel. What I
focused on is the perfect balance that we have between Justice and Mercy
because of the atonement. The atonement is so central in the plan because without
it, we would all be so lost! We couldn't accomplish anything in this life!
Well I love you all
and hope you all enjoyed your superbowl sunday! Also happy happy birthday to my lovely sister Mckenzie.
You are already one quarter of a century old.... So proud of you.
Xoxooxoxo
Hna. Sorensen
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| They braided my hair... this is what happened after. . . |
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| Adios mi companera. . . . |
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All of us missionaries from Rama Poptun!
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