My E-mail got cut off last week! sorry this is all i have saved, i will write more next week!
Family,
Hey everyone! I have been doing so well this past week and I must have gained 50lbs this week. I'm back into the spanish food and I'm love every bite of it! We get fed at least once a day and I always feel like I'm going to puke after each one of the meals. Mexican, Domincan, Ecuador...Hey maybe I will be able to finally break 150lbs, my life goal! I'm so pathetic...lol
So i am serving in my first branch here in the mission and from what I've seen the members are great. We live in the garage of the Ward mission leader who seems great. The Branch president is a white guy who seems a little overwhelmed but from what I've heard and seen, he is doing a great job. I couldn't imagine being a branch president in a Spanish program.
There are a ton of part member families in the branch and I'm really going to take advantage of it. A lot of unbaptized children. We have been able to set up baptismal dates with most of them and a teaching schedule so things should be great. The Daughter of a recent convert who is 21 will be baptized on the 3rd. Her name is Marisol. Her mom is one of the strongest recent converts I've seen and Marisol has a very strong testimony herself.
We are also teaching a Mexican family who should be baptized the 17th. They seem really cool and they love the missionaries and everything about the church. One of them just had a baby and hasn't been to church yet so we have to work on her. The mom also works every other Sunday but other than that they seem great!
Elder Oppe is from Brazil but he study Spanish in school so he was already fluent
First day
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
We sent Daniel several messages this week. In one we asked his address. He responded to that question but not to the other letters we wrote. For some reason this is the only message we got from Daniel today. His server must have crashed or something. Here is his note:
Just send everything to the office, where you send packages. I live right by the office and go there every week.
New York, New York North Mission
700 White Plains Road Suite 315
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Just send everything to the office, where you send packages. I live right by the office and go there every week.
New York, New York North Mission
700 White Plains Road Suite 315
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
3.17.10
Hey family!
So I got transferred! I am now serving in the White Plains/ Scarsdale area. Now that i am upstate I am driving and around rich people. I'm going to get really lost. I got put back into the spanish program and i will be serving with Elder Oppe from Brazil. He is 3 cycles behind me and I was in his district when he first came into the mission. It sounds like the area is great and they feed us every day. Elder Oppe also says that we have 6 possible people for April. It all sounds good to me! I don't really know anything else yet but i will let you know next week.
So my birthday was one of the best days of my mission, it was really great. Patricia's baptism was really great and every thing went really smooth. She made me a cake and the ward made me a big card it was really cool. Thank you for the birthday package, i should have nice teeth by the time i come home.
The other day we had a lesson with an investigator and Patricia was there and she bore a strong testimony to the investigators daughter. You could really tell that it was from her and something she really believed.
We started praying really hard to find families of three last week and we found two! Last week we had 10 new investigators which was sweet. The Lord really does answer our prayers. I have been praying to baptize a family for some time now and i hope that time comes soon.
Well I've got to run, everything is great! I will let you all know more next week!
Elder Sorensen
So I got transferred! I am now serving in the White Plains/ Scarsdale area. Now that i am upstate I am driving and around rich people. I'm going to get really lost. I got put back into the spanish program and i will be serving with Elder Oppe from Brazil. He is 3 cycles behind me and I was in his district when he first came into the mission. It sounds like the area is great and they feed us every day. Elder Oppe also says that we have 6 possible people for April. It all sounds good to me! I don't really know anything else yet but i will let you know next week.
So my birthday was one of the best days of my mission, it was really great. Patricia's baptism was really great and every thing went really smooth. She made me a cake and the ward made me a big card it was really cool. Thank you for the birthday package, i should have nice teeth by the time i come home.
The other day we had a lesson with an investigator and Patricia was there and she bore a strong testimony to the investigators daughter. You could really tell that it was from her and something she really believed.
We started praying really hard to find families of three last week and we found two! Last week we had 10 new investigators which was sweet. The Lord really does answer our prayers. I have been praying to baptize a family for some time now and i hope that time comes soon.
Well I've got to run, everything is great! I will let you all know more next week!
Elder Sorensen
Thursday, March 11, 2010
3.10.10
Family,
Hey we had a good week, things weren't easy but they never are. I got your b-day
package, thank you so much. I will wait tell tomorrow to open it. I haven't sent the
picture card, Patricia still looks good for tomorrow, and I think for my birthday I will
go out and do some missionary work. I know that's weird but I think it's a great
idea. Lol. We went to the temple today which was great; it's always fun to go to the
temple.
Patricia is doing great and we are planning to have a good baptismal service. She made
all of the plans for whom to give the talks and even made invitations. She has to make a
lot of big changes in her life but at the same time she knows it's worth it. She is
going to fit really well into the ward and be able to make a difference.
The ward had a ward mission training last Sunday which was really great. The core of the
ward missionaries are really excited and trying to do missionary work. Bishop Boyle is
doing a great job leading them and I know that a great work will be accomplished in this
area. We don't have very many solid investigators after Patricia. They all seem to drop
off in one way or another. But I have faith that Heavenly Father has something planned
for us that we can't see.
I don't really know what's going to happen to me next cycle as far as transfers. I
think Swan is going to leave and I will stay but I could go back to the Spanish program.
Elder Swan is a great zone leader and everyone really looks up to him. I don't know if
I will be able to have the same kind of influence on our zone as he has.
We had a really cool experience last Monday. We were looking up some people bishop asked
us to look up before we went home. It was 8:30 and the look up wasn't home but even
though it was late and I don't like knocking doors late I decided to knock the floor.
One younger lady answered the door but didn't know the look up we were looking for. She
did tell us that 5 min before we knocked she got done watching the pbs program about the
Mormons. We asked if she wanted to talked about it and as we tried to set up a time for
latter that week she suggested right then and there. The spirit kind of slapped me in the
face for not teaching when I find. We taught a really good restoration and she had really
good questions. Elder Swan and I both felt like we took the words right out of each
others mouths. Some times it's really easy to see the spirit speak through you and your
companion. We set up another time for Friday morning to meet with her and hopefully all
will go well.
So sorry I keep writing short letters. I'm trying but I had to write a lot to president
this week about transfers. I hope your all doing well and loving life. I am doing all
that I can to lose myself in this work and I'm always trying to improve. I hope you
are doing amazing and have a great week!
Elder Sorensen
Hey we had a good week, things weren't easy but they never are. I got your b-day
package, thank you so much. I will wait tell tomorrow to open it. I haven't sent the
picture card, Patricia still looks good for tomorrow, and I think for my birthday I will
go out and do some missionary work. I know that's weird but I think it's a great
idea. Lol. We went to the temple today which was great; it's always fun to go to the
temple.
Patricia is doing great and we are planning to have a good baptismal service. She made
all of the plans for whom to give the talks and even made invitations. She has to make a
lot of big changes in her life but at the same time she knows it's worth it. She is
going to fit really well into the ward and be able to make a difference.
The ward had a ward mission training last Sunday which was really great. The core of the
ward missionaries are really excited and trying to do missionary work. Bishop Boyle is
doing a great job leading them and I know that a great work will be accomplished in this
area. We don't have very many solid investigators after Patricia. They all seem to drop
off in one way or another. But I have faith that Heavenly Father has something planned
for us that we can't see.
I don't really know what's going to happen to me next cycle as far as transfers. I
think Swan is going to leave and I will stay but I could go back to the Spanish program.
Elder Swan is a great zone leader and everyone really looks up to him. I don't know if
I will be able to have the same kind of influence on our zone as he has.
We had a really cool experience last Monday. We were looking up some people bishop asked
us to look up before we went home. It was 8:30 and the look up wasn't home but even
though it was late and I don't like knocking doors late I decided to knock the floor.
One younger lady answered the door but didn't know the look up we were looking for. She
did tell us that 5 min before we knocked she got done watching the pbs program about the
Mormons. We asked if she wanted to talked about it and as we tried to set up a time for
latter that week she suggested right then and there. The spirit kind of slapped me in the
face for not teaching when I find. We taught a really good restoration and she had really
good questions. Elder Swan and I both felt like we took the words right out of each
others mouths. Some times it's really easy to see the spirit speak through you and your
companion. We set up another time for Friday morning to meet with her and hopefully all
will go well.
So sorry I keep writing short letters. I'm trying but I had to write a lot to president
this week about transfers. I hope your all doing well and loving life. I am doing all
that I can to lose myself in this work and I'm always trying to improve. I hope you
are doing amazing and have a great week!
Elder Sorensen
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
3.2.10
Family,
Hey everyone! We had a good week and finally got some new investigators. Everything is going well.
We finally set a date for Patricia, which will be next Thursday, March 11, my birthday! Pretty good b-day present if I do say so myself. It doesn't look like Nick will get baptized anytime soon because of his father. He just want to stand up to him. Brianna's mom still doesn't think they are ready, so we are working on that. It's kind of out of our hands now.
Transfers are the 17th and I have a feeling there might be some changes coming up for me. President might change me back to spanish or Elder Swan could leave.
The snow storm was pretty bad last week. Not a ton of snow just really wet snow that turned into slush. We got really wet for a few days. It's warming up a bit and things are melting away again. I can't wait for the snow to be gone!
Nothing really exciting has happened in the past week. I met with President Buckner, the stake president, again. That was fun. Mom, do you listen to Glen Beck? I guess President Buckner is on his show a lot and is going to be on tour with him for the next few months.
Mandee and Savanna- what play are you guys in? Aren't you tired of doing plays yet? I feel like that's all you have been doing for the past two years of my mission!
I have had a lot of really cool personal studies on my mission which has been great. I have been really bad at my personal journal but I write in my study journal almost every day which I feel is more important. My testimony and most spiritual moments have really come from studying the scriptures. Last week during personal study I felt a huge desire to baptize a family before I go home. I have baptized a lot of single people and part members but never a full family. I felt the spirit very strong telling me if I do my all, it will happen. So that's going to be my focus. I love the conformation of the spirit telling me what I am doing is right. A father, mother and kids, that's my goal.
So how is everyone else doing? Mom- how are you doing? You always tell me how everything else is, but how are you?
I hope everything is going well and I love you all. I will send my picture card as soon as I can. As you go through my e-mail please purge them, not delete. I guess they don't go away with out purging them. I love you all!
Elder Sorensen
Hey everyone! We had a good week and finally got some new investigators. Everything is going well.
We finally set a date for Patricia, which will be next Thursday, March 11, my birthday! Pretty good b-day present if I do say so myself. It doesn't look like Nick will get baptized anytime soon because of his father. He just want to stand up to him. Brianna's mom still doesn't think they are ready, so we are working on that. It's kind of out of our hands now.
Transfers are the 17th and I have a feeling there might be some changes coming up for me. President might change me back to spanish or Elder Swan could leave.
The snow storm was pretty bad last week. Not a ton of snow just really wet snow that turned into slush. We got really wet for a few days. It's warming up a bit and things are melting away again. I can't wait for the snow to be gone!
Nothing really exciting has happened in the past week. I met with President Buckner, the stake president, again. That was fun. Mom, do you listen to Glen Beck? I guess President Buckner is on his show a lot and is going to be on tour with him for the next few months.
Mandee and Savanna- what play are you guys in? Aren't you tired of doing plays yet? I feel like that's all you have been doing for the past two years of my mission!
I have had a lot of really cool personal studies on my mission which has been great. I have been really bad at my personal journal but I write in my study journal almost every day which I feel is more important. My testimony and most spiritual moments have really come from studying the scriptures. Last week during personal study I felt a huge desire to baptize a family before I go home. I have baptized a lot of single people and part members but never a full family. I felt the spirit very strong telling me if I do my all, it will happen. So that's going to be my focus. I love the conformation of the spirit telling me what I am doing is right. A father, mother and kids, that's my goal.
So how is everyone else doing? Mom- how are you doing? You always tell me how everything else is, but how are you?
I hope everything is going well and I love you all. I will send my picture card as soon as I can. As you go through my e-mail please purge them, not delete. I guess they don't go away with out purging them. I love you all!
Elder Sorensen
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