September 21, 2015
My companion is such a
server! She is always doing something for me! I love Hermana Miguel! Almost every night I will be writing in my
journal or something and she will bring me a cup of hot cocoa or a dinner. I
love her so much!
Explain what your new
area looks like and what it is like. Well it’s a lot like my first area: a lot
more dusty roads, buildings, houses and such. l obviously am in Guatemala so I
will always be seeing trees and green. But it’s not as earthy as some of my
other areas unless we go to the far areas. The thing is I’m in more of the central part of Coban, so it’s
more cityish.. if you can call it that. But A LOT of hills. My calves are
bigger than Hercules.
My favorite person in
the ward is Hermano Trigerros. He is our Ward mission leader. Every meeting we
have every week he makes us dinner (Have you noticed how I love the people who
feed me....awkward) and he is always so happy and drops everything to help us.
He reminds me of Santa Claus....
Just to tell you a bit
about what we do each day, usually we try to leave early and do studies in the
morning with one companionship of Hermanas, and then we do divisions with them for
one day. This week I went to Tactic. (YAYYYYY!) with Hna. Christensen from Utah
County (YAYYY!) I love that lady. Also
this week we are planning a sister conference.. it will be lovely... Also, I
just want to say that I love praying! I think that is one of the things that I
have grown to love most here in the mission. Praying. We should do it more I
think. I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of SPECIFIC prayers this
week too mom! Example: we haven’t had investigators in church for a while but
we always pray for them to progress... well, this week we prayed that they
would come. BOOM SHAKALAKALAKA, they came... well, one came, but one is better
than nonnnneee!
Right now we are
visiting a man named Hna Feliciano. He is so great! He makes homemade chocolate
balls out of this nut called kakau here... don’t fret, I WILL be bringing some
home. They are SO good. But he is this 75 year old man with A LOT of questions and
a big desire to follow the Savior. We are excited to see him progress and make
more changes in his life.
My favorite thing that
I learned this week is the importance of leaving everywhere better than you
found it. I have been trying to put that in practice this week. It doesn’t
matter if I’m in the grocery store, talking to a person on the street, or just
eating in a fast food restaurant. Christ left every place he went better than
he found it! I loved that little thought, so I encourage all of you lovely
people to do it as well.
Have a good week and don’t
forget to read the Book of Mormon every day!
Hermana Sorensen
Hi- I appreciate your time spent serving a mission in Guatemala! I am with the Liahona Children's Foundation, and we serve 22 stakes in Guatemala. (https://liahonachildren.org/countries/guatemala). This Summer we are hosting "Nutritours" in Guatemala for people to come participate in our child nutrition screenings and other meaningful service, and do a little sight-seeing. https://liahonachildren.org/how-to-help/nutritours. We would love to tell you more about our organization and have you help us spread the word to anyone you know that might be interested in supporting our work in Guatemala. Feel free to contact me if you have more questions jessicawilkinson @ liahonachildren (dot) org. Thank you for your service!
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