Hey family,
Well I survived the snow storms but it looks like there will be more this weekend! Really, it wasn't that bad, we didn't get too much snow. The wind is always the worst part of the weather, it cuts to the bone. The week was a little harder than some but these weeks are what make the good weeks good. We tried really hard but we weren't able to find any new investigators. With everyone being baptized last month our teaching pool is looking a little slim.
We have been really busy this week trying to get new investigators. We set up street meetings all around our area. Street meetings is where we set up a table full of DVDs pamphlets, ect; and a sign up sheet to have us come.
Nick should be baptized this weekend! If all goes down right and his parents are still cool with it. We asked the mom to pray about it and later she told us that he could do it when ever he wanted. Pray that all will work out!
Patricia is also doing really well. She has really cut down on smoking and should be almost done with it all together. It still might take time for her to get baptized but she is definitely moving in the right direction. She is getting a lot of fellowship from the ward which is great.
Brianna the 9 year old is still looking good for early march. It's not a huge priority for the mom, which is hard because they are so busy and it's hard to meet with them. We are seeing them tomorrow, so we are going to see what we can do.
We had another multi-zone conference yesterday which went really well. Elder Swan and I both felt that our training went really well and we hope that it will make a difference in their mission. Most of our trainings have been mostly about application and different ways they can have success, but this training was more about having a spiritual change and getting the most out of their mission.
Dad asked about the ward. The family ward is really big and has really good attendance. It makes up mostly of artists, people who work in finance and accounting, musicians and students. Almost everyone is a young family who probably won't settle here. The singles ward is about the same but really small. The ward boundaries cover from 110th to the top, while the family ward is 155th to the top. I guess I cover almost half of the island but I never really go down that far.
I don't know what more you want me to tell you about my companion, what do you want to know?
The same kind of card works for my camera, it just didn't copy on to SD card. One of the rules is we can't use headphones.
Doesn't Mandee get strep a ton? I swear she gets it every year.
Hey Greg, how's dancing going?
Deb, glad to hear your fetus is doing well hopefully he will be named after me.
Mom, has uncle John gone to church yet? He was always one of my favorite uncles on your side. Driving around in his convertible, and sega boxing, so sweet! I think that was uncle John. You should send the missionaries to his house. (He got John and David mixed up.)
Well I love you family, I hope all is going well. Keep staying busy and working hard. It is so good for me to hear from you all. I know that I am a really bad writer, but I really enjoy receiving letters from everyone. I can't promise I will do better at writing but I will try my best.
Elder Sorensen
First day
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
2.10.10
Family!
Hey everyone you were right about the blizzard, it was fun getting here. Don't worry about the hand warmers, Debi sent me a ton at Christmas and I found more in my last apartment. I have enough to share. We had a great week and hasn't been too cold as of yet. School and the library is out so I have to use an internet cafe. I won't have as much time.
We had a great week and some great miracles happened for each one of our investigators. Sunday I fasted for Patricia and that night she called us telling us that she wants to get baptized! We went and taught her last night and she set a goal to quit smoking by this Sunday, which is a big step. When we asked her about baptism she said some time in April which is really far but it is a big step for her. With a little more time she will develop a desire to do it sooner but at least now she really wants to do it.
Nick had some problem with court and his family that he was really worried about last week, but again as we prayed about it, everything worked out fine. He is doing really well and hopefully his dad's heart will be softened by the 20th. He has shown a lot more commitment and effort to be baptized.
Brianna, a part member we have, and her sister who just turned 8 finally showed interest in getting baptized. We spoke with the mom and set a goal for some time around the end of Feb or early march. We have been trying to do that since I got here!
Another part member we have, Rosie- the investigator, had some problems with her husband, mike-the member, this past week. As they went to church last week mike asked someone he knew to help him and at the same time we asked someone else to help and these three women became fast friends. Fellowshipping is so important when it come to conversion! I am grateful that this ward is so good at it. That's why we have Nick; still have Patricia and why we did so well last month.
Yesterday we had another mission council with all of the leaders from the mission. My "son", Elder Wilkins, is now white washing and a district leader so he was there. (I trained him well! Lol jk) I guess he is having a lot of success. The council was really good and we set a few goals for what we want the mission's vision to be this year. The rest of the ward is doing well. We had a lot of members invite friends to dinner appointments we had with them which is super awesome! We had one family home evening with a family and their neighbors. The five year old taught a lesson about prayer and gave an example of when a 14 year old boy prayed and saw God. It was super sweet.
Well I've got to run, I love you all! Congrats Mandee on a sweet concert!
Elder Sorensen
Hey everyone you were right about the blizzard, it was fun getting here. Don't worry about the hand warmers, Debi sent me a ton at Christmas and I found more in my last apartment. I have enough to share. We had a great week and hasn't been too cold as of yet. School and the library is out so I have to use an internet cafe. I won't have as much time.
We had a great week and some great miracles happened for each one of our investigators. Sunday I fasted for Patricia and that night she called us telling us that she wants to get baptized! We went and taught her last night and she set a goal to quit smoking by this Sunday, which is a big step. When we asked her about baptism she said some time in April which is really far but it is a big step for her. With a little more time she will develop a desire to do it sooner but at least now she really wants to do it.
Nick had some problem with court and his family that he was really worried about last week, but again as we prayed about it, everything worked out fine. He is doing really well and hopefully his dad's heart will be softened by the 20th. He has shown a lot more commitment and effort to be baptized.
Brianna, a part member we have, and her sister who just turned 8 finally showed interest in getting baptized. We spoke with the mom and set a goal for some time around the end of Feb or early march. We have been trying to do that since I got here!
Another part member we have, Rosie- the investigator, had some problems with her husband, mike-the member, this past week. As they went to church last week mike asked someone he knew to help him and at the same time we asked someone else to help and these three women became fast friends. Fellowshipping is so important when it come to conversion! I am grateful that this ward is so good at it. That's why we have Nick; still have Patricia and why we did so well last month.
Yesterday we had another mission council with all of the leaders from the mission. My "son", Elder Wilkins, is now white washing and a district leader so he was there. (I trained him well! Lol jk) I guess he is having a lot of success. The council was really good and we set a few goals for what we want the mission's vision to be this year. The rest of the ward is doing well. We had a lot of members invite friends to dinner appointments we had with them which is super awesome! We had one family home evening with a family and their neighbors. The five year old taught a lesson about prayer and gave an example of when a 14 year old boy prayed and saw God. It was super sweet.
Well I've got to run, I love you all! Congrats Mandee on a sweet concert!
Elder Sorensen
Friday, February 5, 2010
2.3.10
Hey everyone! How's it going? So Elder Swan and I are staying together in Manhattan for at least six more weeks. They are also doing something weird with the area and we will be covering the singles ward as well. That puts our area down to 125th. There will be another companionship in the same area so it will kind of be "first come, first serve." It should put some friendly competition into the work.
We had a good week; Dora and Darius were baptized. I changed my goal to 15 so I have 11 to go. Nick's dad wouldn't let him get baptized yet which was really hard. He has a more solid date for Feb 20, which will work. Nick's 18 but he wanted to respect his dad and wait until he learns a little more. He is totally ready but I probably would have done the same thing if it was my dad.
The baptismal service went really well except Darius was really scared. We had to close the doors and watch from the back so we could get it done. He was also difficult for the conformation but we got it done and all is well. I think I'm more excited to see the fruits of the gospel in their lives than they are.
Patricia still doesn't have a date. She is progressing; it's just little by little. We set some goals to help her stop smoking and hopefully it will help. We also found a really cool couple on Sunday who are doing really well. They are going to be going out of town for a week which will be hard but they are really excited to learn more. Teddy is also doing really well. He is a ward missionary and has been out with us 3 or 4 times which is sweet! He has really impressed me since baptism.
So with the way we have been teaching I've been staying in good shape. We are so busy we often have to run to appointments to get there on time. Yesterday we found four new investigators and taught 3 lessons with members. We basically ran all day. I need to go upstate to put some more weight on me!
Nothing else is really coming to my mind; it hasn't been much of an interesting week. How is everyone else doing? Greg, when are you going to be done with school? I feel like you've been there forever! Nick, how's your job treating you? What exactly do you do? Deb, how's that baby coming? When do you find out if it's a boy or a girl? I think you should name it Daniel if it's a boy. That's a good name I heard once. Mandee, what's up? How's music? Are you done with the piano? Because that means I get the grand! Ha! How's them boys? Savanna, what's good? Have you beat up your sister yet? I would if I were you. Don't talk to boys!
Well I love you all and let me know what we are doing for a trip. Vacations can be done at any time, babys just come when they want!
Elder Sorensen
hey in your next letter to griff will you put a few pictures from my cards in with the letter? Thanks
We had a good week; Dora and Darius were baptized. I changed my goal to 15 so I have 11 to go. Nick's dad wouldn't let him get baptized yet which was really hard. He has a more solid date for Feb 20, which will work. Nick's 18 but he wanted to respect his dad and wait until he learns a little more. He is totally ready but I probably would have done the same thing if it was my dad.
The baptismal service went really well except Darius was really scared. We had to close the doors and watch from the back so we could get it done. He was also difficult for the conformation but we got it done and all is well. I think I'm more excited to see the fruits of the gospel in their lives than they are.
Patricia still doesn't have a date. She is progressing; it's just little by little. We set some goals to help her stop smoking and hopefully it will help. We also found a really cool couple on Sunday who are doing really well. They are going to be going out of town for a week which will be hard but they are really excited to learn more. Teddy is also doing really well. He is a ward missionary and has been out with us 3 or 4 times which is sweet! He has really impressed me since baptism.
So with the way we have been teaching I've been staying in good shape. We are so busy we often have to run to appointments to get there on time. Yesterday we found four new investigators and taught 3 lessons with members. We basically ran all day. I need to go upstate to put some more weight on me!
Nothing else is really coming to my mind; it hasn't been much of an interesting week. How is everyone else doing? Greg, when are you going to be done with school? I feel like you've been there forever! Nick, how's your job treating you? What exactly do you do? Deb, how's that baby coming? When do you find out if it's a boy or a girl? I think you should name it Daniel if it's a boy. That's a good name I heard once. Mandee, what's up? How's music? Are you done with the piano? Because that means I get the grand! Ha! How's them boys? Savanna, what's good? Have you beat up your sister yet? I would if I were you. Don't talk to boys!
Well I love you all and let me know what we are doing for a trip. Vacations can be done at any time, babys just come when they want!
Elder Sorensen
hey in your next letter to griff will you put a few pictures from my cards in with the letter? Thanks
Sunday, January 31, 2010
01.28.10
Hey family,
Sorry I didn't get this letter to you yesterday; it was a very busy day. Yesterday was probably the most fun I've had on a p-day. I tell you more later, but before I forget; I tried to send out a letter about the trip but failed to do so. I wanted to include a picture from Teddy's baptism but there wasn't a convenient time to print one. I will send it out tomorrow. But in a nutshell; I think we should just put the trip off and go spend time with Nick and Deb. It's not a big deal for you guys to come out here and I'll hopefully be too tired to do anything. We can all visit NY when we are all rich and not expecting babies. It would be more fun if we were all together anyways, it doesn't matter if we are in Utah or NY.
So yesterdays p-day: yesterday was one of the APs last p-day and since Elder Swan served with him and wanted to hang out with him we decided to get together with them. We went down and ate a free breakfast at a hotel, went to the top of Empire State Building and saw The Lion King. What a day! Right? It did cost me a lot of money but I figured I had been saving every penny of what people have given me and this was a good present to me. For Christmas and my birthday for the next few years.
Lion King was super amazing! I had never seen anything like it! The costumes and props and stage were crazy! It was a really good time and even though it cost a lot of money it was so worth it. The ES building was really cool too. The view was awesome and it was fun to point out things that I knew. We also went to the largest store in the world. Macys
Well I don't have a lot more time but this Saturday Dora, Darius and Nick are getting baptized. Nick is 18. Teddy's wife isn't a member, yet. We had a really sad thing happen where Luisaâ's boyfriend called and told us that she wasn't coming back to church. That hurt.
President asked us to give this sick baby a blessing. He told us that we needed to heal this baby so that the mother and father's hearts will be softened and they will join the church. I felt impressed to say an expression of Heavenly Father's love for the baby and that she will grow strong and be a great example to others.
I hope I got all of your questions, oh, Patricia brought the cookies but she hasn't accepted a date yet. We will get her tonight! I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Elder Sorensen
Sorry I didn't get this letter to you yesterday; it was a very busy day. Yesterday was probably the most fun I've had on a p-day. I tell you more later, but before I forget; I tried to send out a letter about the trip but failed to do so. I wanted to include a picture from Teddy's baptism but there wasn't a convenient time to print one. I will send it out tomorrow. But in a nutshell; I think we should just put the trip off and go spend time with Nick and Deb. It's not a big deal for you guys to come out here and I'll hopefully be too tired to do anything. We can all visit NY when we are all rich and not expecting babies. It would be more fun if we were all together anyways, it doesn't matter if we are in Utah or NY.
So yesterdays p-day: yesterday was one of the APs last p-day and since Elder Swan served with him and wanted to hang out with him we decided to get together with them. We went down and ate a free breakfast at a hotel, went to the top of Empire State Building and saw The Lion King. What a day! Right? It did cost me a lot of money but I figured I had been saving every penny of what people have given me and this was a good present to me. For Christmas and my birthday for the next few years.
Lion King was super amazing! I had never seen anything like it! The costumes and props and stage were crazy! It was a really good time and even though it cost a lot of money it was so worth it. The ES building was really cool too. The view was awesome and it was fun to point out things that I knew. We also went to the largest store in the world. Macys
Well I don't have a lot more time but this Saturday Dora, Darius and Nick are getting baptized. Nick is 18. Teddy's wife isn't a member, yet. We had a really sad thing happen where Luisaâ's boyfriend called and told us that she wasn't coming back to church. That hurt.
President asked us to give this sick baby a blessing. He told us that we needed to heal this baby so that the mother and father's hearts will be softened and they will join the church. I felt impressed to say an expression of Heavenly Father's love for the baby and that she will grow strong and be a great example to others.
I hope I got all of your questions, oh, Patricia brought the cookies but she hasn't accepted a date yet. We will get her tonight! I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Elder Sorensen
Saturday, January 23, 2010
1.20.2010
Family,
Your guy's letters pumped me up! Especially good job Mandee! Make sure
this guy isn't just interested because you're pretty. We call that flirt to convert; things do not end well...lol. We had another great week with six people at church, and we had a surprise baptism! We moved Teddy's date up a week so that his wife could attend. It was a great service and a ton of members came even though it was last minute. One of our investigators brought most of the refreshments without being asked it was pretty sweet. That's two in a row!
As far as our other investigators:
Nick is doing really well; he will go down on the 30th for sure! He is
going to serve a mission when he turns 19, which will be so sweet.
Dora and Darius are also doing great. There aunt from North Carolina
came to visit them and prier to that visit we gave her a BOM. She is
going to be reading the BOM with Darius over the phone because he has
trouble reading. The aunt is really cool and we got her address to send
to the missionaries in Charlotte, which is sweet because a few people
from my MTC group went there. They also are looking solid for the 30th.
Luisa and her family aren't doing as well due to a sick little girl.
They could go to church and had to skip out on some of our appointments
because of it. They are still progressing really well; I'm just not sure if they will be ready by the 30th. We shall see!
Patricia is doing better. She came to her second baptism, which always
makes a huge difference. Elder Holland said that 80% of the people who
go to a baptism service usually have their own, so we will get her in!
She still hasn't accepted a date, but she is asking really good
questions.
We are struggling finding new people while we are teaching all of our
investigators; I guess that's a good problem. We need to find more
people so our teaching pool doesn't disappear on the 30th. Elder Swan
and I have been giving a lot of trainings on finding so maybe we can
actually apply what we teach. Lol.
I'm glad to hear that everything is going so well with all of you. Keep
me up to date with how everything progresses. I love you all and hope
you all have a great week!
Elder Sorensen
Your guy's letters pumped me up! Especially good job Mandee! Make sure
this guy isn't just interested because you're pretty. We call that flirt to convert; things do not end well...lol. We had another great week with six people at church, and we had a surprise baptism! We moved Teddy's date up a week so that his wife could attend. It was a great service and a ton of members came even though it was last minute. One of our investigators brought most of the refreshments without being asked it was pretty sweet. That's two in a row!
As far as our other investigators:
Nick is doing really well; he will go down on the 30th for sure! He is
going to serve a mission when he turns 19, which will be so sweet.
Dora and Darius are also doing great. There aunt from North Carolina
came to visit them and prier to that visit we gave her a BOM. She is
going to be reading the BOM with Darius over the phone because he has
trouble reading. The aunt is really cool and we got her address to send
to the missionaries in Charlotte, which is sweet because a few people
from my MTC group went there. They also are looking solid for the 30th.
Luisa and her family aren't doing as well due to a sick little girl.
They could go to church and had to skip out on some of our appointments
because of it. They are still progressing really well; I'm just not sure if they will be ready by the 30th. We shall see!
Patricia is doing better. She came to her second baptism, which always
makes a huge difference. Elder Holland said that 80% of the people who
go to a baptism service usually have their own, so we will get her in!
She still hasn't accepted a date, but she is asking really good
questions.
We are struggling finding new people while we are teaching all of our
investigators; I guess that's a good problem. We need to find more
people so our teaching pool doesn't disappear on the 30th. Elder Swan
and I have been giving a lot of trainings on finding so maybe we can
actually apply what we teach. Lol.
I'm glad to hear that everything is going so well with all of you. Keep
me up to date with how everything progresses. I love you all and hope
you all have a great week!
Elder Sorensen
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
1.6.10
Family,
Hey I had an amazing week and the baptism on Sat was definitely the highlight. We had about 25 non-members at church on Sunday, 10 of which were our investigators! That is definitely the best I've ever done with people at church. Our ward is super missionary focused and as a fruit of that our bishop has a goal of 50 baptisms this year. Last year they had 12. He plans on calling 20 ward missionaries to get it done. That is super crazy! The ward mission leader tried to talk him down a little by which he replied, "Brother, where is your faith?" I love it!
We are finally starting to have to success I've dreamed about my whole life. For the end of this month we have 6 solid more people to be baptized! I have made a goal to be able to baptize 10 more before I go home, but if all goes as plan I might have to adjust that goal. In order to actually get those people baptized I know that I will have to do everything I can and exercise more than a mustard seed of faith. I know it can be done I just have to pray and have the faith that Heavenly Father will protect them.
We had multi-zone conference yesterday at which Elder Swan and I gave a training to our zone. The first presidency's focus is to get all of the missionaries able to have 10 contacts and teach 20 lessons a week. So our training was on how to build an area to be able to achieve the 20 lessons a week. I feel it went fairly well and hopefully we were able to help them. We will be following up with the training at our DLDM this Friday to further help the missionaries.
So we found this super cool family last week who came to church last week. Luisa and her two kids Bryant-10 and Brianna-6. There is also a husband but he works like crazy and is never home. They loved church and felt the spirit strongly both there and while reading the BoM. The kids are both in a Catholic school but yesterday Bryant said, "I have decided that I want to be baptized" lol it was great. After church he also said, "Hey mom, did you know I can be a missionary when I'm 19?" They are a super cool family and I hope everything goes well for them.
Dora and Darius who was suppose to be baptized last month finally came back from their vacation and with a new, stronger determination to get baptized. Dora told us a really cool story on how she was able to quit coffee. It is really hard with Darius because of his ADD but we are doing all that we can to help him and his mom.
Teddy is also doing really well and has improved so much. He has quit drinking tea, just like that and he also has made a lot of progress with his gambling problem. The church has changed him so much and I can visually see the difference the gospel is making in his life.
So the work is going well as usual and all is well here on the battle field of the Lord's work. None of this is easy and I sometimes feel like there are more challenges than success stories, but all is well. I am going to be making some goals for the last six months of my mission to insure that I sprint to the end. I don't want to be comfortable with where I am at and who I am. I must focus on what I can become.
I love you all and hope everyone is ok. Don't worry about not being able to send me an e-mail. Life is really great for me here on the mission field but I feel it is moving to fast for me. I still have a lot I need to do. Thank you for all of your support and all that you have done for me.
Elder Sorensen
PS Thank you all who sent me Christmas packages! I am sorry I can't write to you all personally but know that I deeply appreciate the love you have shown toward me. I have enough candy to kill a person but I really enjoyed hearing from each one of you.
PPS attached is a few pictures from the baptism. This is Nestle and his amazing family who was baptized a few months ago. The kids sung a song, gave one of the talks and one of the prayers, it was pretty sweet. We also had a ton of investigators there who loved the baptism.
Hey I had an amazing week and the baptism on Sat was definitely the highlight. We had about 25 non-members at church on Sunday, 10 of which were our investigators! That is definitely the best I've ever done with people at church. Our ward is super missionary focused and as a fruit of that our bishop has a goal of 50 baptisms this year. Last year they had 12. He plans on calling 20 ward missionaries to get it done. That is super crazy! The ward mission leader tried to talk him down a little by which he replied, "Brother, where is your faith?" I love it!
We are finally starting to have to success I've dreamed about my whole life. For the end of this month we have 6 solid more people to be baptized! I have made a goal to be able to baptize 10 more before I go home, but if all goes as plan I might have to adjust that goal. In order to actually get those people baptized I know that I will have to do everything I can and exercise more than a mustard seed of faith. I know it can be done I just have to pray and have the faith that Heavenly Father will protect them.
We had multi-zone conference yesterday at which Elder Swan and I gave a training to our zone. The first presidency's focus is to get all of the missionaries able to have 10 contacts and teach 20 lessons a week. So our training was on how to build an area to be able to achieve the 20 lessons a week. I feel it went fairly well and hopefully we were able to help them. We will be following up with the training at our DLDM this Friday to further help the missionaries.
So we found this super cool family last week who came to church last week. Luisa and her two kids Bryant-10 and Brianna-6. There is also a husband but he works like crazy and is never home. They loved church and felt the spirit strongly both there and while reading the BoM. The kids are both in a Catholic school but yesterday Bryant said, "I have decided that I want to be baptized" lol it was great. After church he also said, "Hey mom, did you know I can be a missionary when I'm 19?" They are a super cool family and I hope everything goes well for them.
Dora and Darius who was suppose to be baptized last month finally came back from their vacation and with a new, stronger determination to get baptized. Dora told us a really cool story on how she was able to quit coffee. It is really hard with Darius because of his ADD but we are doing all that we can to help him and his mom.
Teddy is also doing really well and has improved so much. He has quit drinking tea, just like that and he also has made a lot of progress with his gambling problem. The church has changed him so much and I can visually see the difference the gospel is making in his life.
So the work is going well as usual and all is well here on the battle field of the Lord's work. None of this is easy and I sometimes feel like there are more challenges than success stories, but all is well. I am going to be making some goals for the last six months of my mission to insure that I sprint to the end. I don't want to be comfortable with where I am at and who I am. I must focus on what I can become.
I love you all and hope everyone is ok. Don't worry about not being able to send me an e-mail. Life is really great for me here on the mission field but I feel it is moving to fast for me. I still have a lot I need to do. Thank you for all of your support and all that you have done for me.
Elder Sorensen
PS Thank you all who sent me Christmas packages! I am sorry I can't write to you all personally but know that I deeply appreciate the love you have shown toward me. I have enough candy to kill a person but I really enjoyed hearing from each one of you.
PPS attached is a few pictures from the baptism. This is Nestle and his amazing family who was baptized a few months ago. The kids sung a song, gave one of the talks and one of the prayers, it was pretty sweet. We also had a ton of investigators there who loved the baptism.
1.7.10
Family,
So the internet wasn't working yesterday so of course I have to do it today during my lunch hour. Sorry, but this is going to be short. Real quick to answer moms questions, yes we did get hit with a snow storm but it's all gone by now. I did get the picture card but both my camera and someone else's showed that the card was blank. That was a bummer; I was looking forward to see it.
This week was good we had a lot of success with different things. We did struggle finding new investigators this past week but we are working hard to find them. Nestly, one of our investigators, is going to be baptized this Saturday; we moved up his date because he was ready. He already passed his baptismal interview so he is excited to make it happen.
We also had two investigators who were suppose to be baptized in December finally come back from vacation, so it shouldn't be a problem baptizing them this month. That was Dora and Darius and the only reason they didn't get baptized was because of some things that the members were concerned about and their vacation.
Teddy, our other solid investigator is doing really well and accepting the lessons really well. We just need to help him get an answer for his prayers and he will be good. He has a date for the 23rd of January.
So as you can see this is an exciting time for me with a lot of success. Things are going really well and I'm doing just great. The mission life sure isn't easy but I see the blessings of it everyday. I hope you are all doing great and working hard to achieve your goals.
Elder Sorensen
Ps: I ate dinner with a sister Sorensen the other day, weird right?
So the internet wasn't working yesterday so of course I have to do it today during my lunch hour. Sorry, but this is going to be short. Real quick to answer moms questions, yes we did get hit with a snow storm but it's all gone by now. I did get the picture card but both my camera and someone else's showed that the card was blank. That was a bummer; I was looking forward to see it.
This week was good we had a lot of success with different things. We did struggle finding new investigators this past week but we are working hard to find them. Nestly, one of our investigators, is going to be baptized this Saturday; we moved up his date because he was ready. He already passed his baptismal interview so he is excited to make it happen.
We also had two investigators who were suppose to be baptized in December finally come back from vacation, so it shouldn't be a problem baptizing them this month. That was Dora and Darius and the only reason they didn't get baptized was because of some things that the members were concerned about and their vacation.
Teddy, our other solid investigator is doing really well and accepting the lessons really well. We just need to help him get an answer for his prayers and he will be good. He has a date for the 23rd of January.
So as you can see this is an exciting time for me with a lot of success. Things are going really well and I'm doing just great. The mission life sure isn't easy but I see the blessings of it everyday. I hope you are all doing great and working hard to achieve your goals.
Elder Sorensen
Ps: I ate dinner with a sister Sorensen the other day, weird right?
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