Week 6: I Feel Like I’m in a Jungle
Guess what! I can still go to the Nats (Nationals) game!!
Tell my friends to look for me on August 2nd on the Nats game! Plus,
Sister Alisa Bench and Sister Hailey Harris should both be there
because their missions are going too!! Crazy huh?!?
So, I'm glad we have bunnies because out here there are wild
bunnies that just run around everywhere!! So I'll get home, let them
out on the back lawn and feel like I'm out here again! Haha, just
kidding they might not make it until the time I get home. Did Karoline
ever name hers? I'm glad jobs are getting done around the house!
It'd better not be too different when I get back... Send me pictures of
all the completed projects. (editors note: we are redoing bathrooms
and laundry room)
So, I don't know if I've mentioned this, but sometimes I feel like I'm
actually in the jungle. Not Maryland. Tropical storms that last five
minutes. Trees. Everywhere. I'm not kidding. I thought there were
lots of trees where we lived. I was very wrong. It's crazy different
out here. I'm not used to it yet and I've been here for a month now.
I figured out that I'll have 17 transfers out here. And the first one
ends August 6th. So then I'll be 1/17th done! Yay! Did you get my
order of food I want at the airport? Haha, just kidding. We can go
somewhere nice when that time comes.
So, recap of my week: Did I mention Fr---- last week? If not here is
a recap really quick: he was out on his porch while we were tracting
one night, and he said he'd be interested. So we told him there were
elders who teach with families that we could send over, but he said
he wanted us to come. So, we ended up going on an exchange
where I went with the elder who was actually in his area, and Elder
Rummler went tracting more in the area with his companion. We
taught Fr---- the plan of salvation and I got to use that kit Sister
Richards and Trevor gave me! Woot! Anyway, the lesson went really
well, and he said he wanted to believe even though it was hard right
then. And now, he's in the very competent hands of Elder Collins and
Elder Humphrey.
I'll find out how he's doing soon. But, cute thing, during the lesson he
had ordered pizza for his kids so it came in the middle and he had his
kids come out of the rooms they were playing in and come eat, and
his little boy who was probably 5 ran out the door and immediately
gave me a big hug! I couldn't help but think about my baby brother
and how much I miss him. I LOVE YOU NICK!!
A lot of what we've been doing in our ward is visiting less active
members and trying to help them understand the importance
of coming back to church and we have to teach some of them
the missionary lessons all over again, so they might as well be
investigators... Haha, oh well. It's super fun to get to know all the
people in our ward, active or not, they're all so
so nice to us and I love hanging out with them! Which is a good think
because this week at some conference President Cooke said he
wants us to start teaching the active members the missionary lessons
too and get them started on their own missionary efforts, which is
great because my first week here we implemented our ward mission
plan! Woot! Plus our bishop rocks and gave us groceries plentiful
enough to help us through the zombie apocalypse so, I don't need to
worry about grocery shopping today. I like being in the singles ward
because we get to do lots of activities with them. One really fun one
is basketball. In general I hate basketball, but it turns out that
sometimes I can drain from half court with ease so people want me to
play, so it's fun to be part of the team sometimes. We have a funny
apartment. Elder Gold tried to gargle peanut butter and we got Elder
Rummler to eat half a raw onion. They're some crazy guys!
We had an awesome lesson with C---- this week! To be honest,
she's super ready. She just needs to get baptized. Which she
will. Eventually. That night we taught C--- we were at the institute
building and President Cooke and the AP's stopped by and looked
around the building and then left. It was weird. We think he's
scheming a mission activity at the institute building.
So, I finally met our investigator K----. She is a mystique and believes
in several different religions. It's weird. But she totally loves all the
stuff we've taught her, so if she didn't believe all her other religions,
she'd be way too down to get baptized. So... That's a thing. Oh
well. We’ll get there eventually.
Time for a Tender Mercy experience:
We were tracting Saturday night after a day of having appointments
cancelled right and left, and were super drained. We knocked on a
door and a white girl I. Here twenties came and immediately said they
weren't interested so we wished them a good night and walked on to
the next house. Then, on our way back to our apartment she stuck
her head out the door and asked if we wanted some water or snacks
or anything. I almost cried. A lot of the time people out here forget
were real people too. When you don't know someone it's easy to
think of them that way, and treat them poorly. This was the first time
tracting that I'd actually felt like a real person that someone cared to
make sure we were okay. So, this week were gonna leave a thank
you note with our number in case she changes her mind.
Hope everything is good for all you back at home! Stay classy Utah.
Love,
Elder Sorensen
Guess what! I can still go to the Nats (Nationals) game!!
Tell my friends to look for me on August 2nd on the Nats game! Plus,
Sister Alisa Bench and Sister Hailey Harris should both be there
because their missions are going too!! Crazy huh?!?
So, I'm glad we have bunnies because out here there are wild
bunnies that just run around everywhere!! So I'll get home, let them
out on the back lawn and feel like I'm out here again! Haha, just
kidding they might not make it until the time I get home. Did Karoline
ever name hers? I'm glad jobs are getting done around the house!
It'd better not be too different when I get back... Send me pictures of
all the completed projects. (editors note: we are redoing bathrooms
and laundry room)
So, I don't know if I've mentioned this, but sometimes I feel like I'm
actually in the jungle. Not Maryland. Tropical storms that last five
minutes. Trees. Everywhere. I'm not kidding. I thought there were
lots of trees where we lived. I was very wrong. It's crazy different
out here. I'm not used to it yet and I've been here for a month now.
I figured out that I'll have 17 transfers out here. And the first one
ends August 6th. So then I'll be 1/17th done! Yay! Did you get my
order of food I want at the airport? Haha, just kidding. We can go
somewhere nice when that time comes.
So, recap of my week: Did I mention Fr---- last week? If not here is
a recap really quick: he was out on his porch while we were tracting
one night, and he said he'd be interested. So we told him there were
elders who teach with families that we could send over, but he said
he wanted us to come. So, we ended up going on an exchange
where I went with the elder who was actually in his area, and Elder
Rummler went tracting more in the area with his companion. We
taught Fr---- the plan of salvation and I got to use that kit Sister
Richards and Trevor gave me! Woot! Anyway, the lesson went really
well, and he said he wanted to believe even though it was hard right
then. And now, he's in the very competent hands of Elder Collins and
Elder Humphrey.
I'll find out how he's doing soon. But, cute thing, during the lesson he
had ordered pizza for his kids so it came in the middle and he had his
kids come out of the rooms they were playing in and come eat, and
his little boy who was probably 5 ran out the door and immediately
gave me a big hug! I couldn't help but think about my baby brother
and how much I miss him. I LOVE YOU NICK!!
A lot of what we've been doing in our ward is visiting less active
members and trying to help them understand the importance
of coming back to church and we have to teach some of them
the missionary lessons all over again, so they might as well be
investigators... Haha, oh well. It's super fun to get to know all the
people in our ward, active or not, they're all so
so nice to us and I love hanging out with them! Which is a good think
because this week at some conference President Cooke said he
wants us to start teaching the active members the missionary lessons
too and get them started on their own missionary efforts, which is
great because my first week here we implemented our ward mission
plan! Woot! Plus our bishop rocks and gave us groceries plentiful
enough to help us through the zombie apocalypse so, I don't need to
worry about grocery shopping today. I like being in the singles ward
because we get to do lots of activities with them. One really fun one
is basketball. In general I hate basketball, but it turns out that
sometimes I can drain from half court with ease so people want me to
play, so it's fun to be part of the team sometimes. We have a funny
apartment. Elder Gold tried to gargle peanut butter and we got Elder
Rummler to eat half a raw onion. They're some crazy guys!
We had an awesome lesson with C---- this week! To be honest,
she's super ready. She just needs to get baptized. Which she
will. Eventually. That night we taught C--- we were at the institute
building and President Cooke and the AP's stopped by and looked
around the building and then left. It was weird. We think he's
scheming a mission activity at the institute building.
So, I finally met our investigator K----. She is a mystique and believes
in several different religions. It's weird. But she totally loves all the
stuff we've taught her, so if she didn't believe all her other religions,
she'd be way too down to get baptized. So... That's a thing. Oh
well. We’ll get there eventually.
Time for a Tender Mercy experience:
We were tracting Saturday night after a day of having appointments
cancelled right and left, and were super drained. We knocked on a
door and a white girl I. Here twenties came and immediately said they
weren't interested so we wished them a good night and walked on to
the next house. Then, on our way back to our apartment she stuck
her head out the door and asked if we wanted some water or snacks
or anything. I almost cried. A lot of the time people out here forget
were real people too. When you don't know someone it's easy to
think of them that way, and treat them poorly. This was the first time
tracting that I'd actually felt like a real person that someone cared to
make sure we were okay. So, this week were gonna leave a thank
you note with our number in case she changes her mind.
Hope everything is good for all you back at home! Stay classy Utah.
Love,
Elder Sorensen
Elder Sorensen LOVES getting letters! Bonus, he will actually write you back!
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