¡FELICES FIESTAS!
How are my love bugs back home holdin´ up!? I am doing great. We had another incredible week of work here in Carmelo!! How were the holidays for everybody? I had such an amazing Christmas...Celebrating the greatest life to ever live, in His service was such a blessing! Not to mention, I got to Skype with the people I love most!! :) I am so lucky. I have the best family and friends in the world..I really believe that!! Although Skype was awesome...I see why they don´t let us Skype every week..the day after is hard. Missions are hard. SO HARD. But the things I´m learning here are things that would´ve taken me a lifetime to learn. In the service of the Lord I am turning my weaknesses into strengths, challenges become opportunities, trials become triumphs, and adversity becomes an adventure!! I love this work, and I have never been so happy. I´m learning so much, and I am trying to just soak it all in and enjoy it..because compared to eternity, my time here is short!!
This week has been awesome..and it went by SO fast. We have been working our butts off, but it´s paying off! We are finding s.o.m.a.n.y.p.e.o.p.l.e. we need more missionaries in Carmelo..haha seriously though! Someone call Tommy up and let him know. When I first got here, we had 12 people show up to church..our number for last week? 52!!!! YOU GUYS! I love that!
TURNS OUT..THE BIG GUY UPSTAIRS HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR....
Let me tell ya a bit about my week. hahaah seriously, all I can do is laugh,
It happened..stepped in dog poop. TWICE. Don´t mind my loafers with the sides cut out!! It got all over my foot...haha seriously, my companion and I couldn´t stop laughing...Next..remember that parasite I told you about? Yeah...I´ll be just fine and then BAM, it hits me like a ton of bricks and I have to go to the bathroom..(I know, I just jumped from an 4 to a 10 on the attractive scale ) SO..we we´re teaching Floriana a lesson and just like that, I had to go...so I used her bathroom because I had no other choice...and guess what. n o t o i l e t p a p e r ..seriously. Luckily, previously I learned the hard way, and I had toilet paper in my backpack. #holla K so then...after I went to wash my hands...and not only did they not have soap..but no running water! a w e s o m e. So I used hand sanitizer and then insisted we go back to the house so I could wash my hands..hahaha nope it doesn´t end there..so thennn...we we visited the old folks home and I was chatting away with this old man who was at least 200 and his dentures fell out and landed on my shoes! a r e y o u k i d d i n g m e? I like wanted to pick them up for him but it was his dentures!! haha I was traumatized but I masked the pain with laughter. Seriously, what was I supposed to do..? Last but not least...we were having lunch with a member and we were having steak (finally, a nice break from carbs) and I was like..where are the forks and knives? Their response..? Üse your hands...k. haha so basically I´m coming home a caveman..sorry Drew! Despite how gross and unlucky all of those things were..They make for some great stories..and some hard laughs!
We had a baptism on Saturday and it was awesome!! It´s the grandma I told you all about in one of my first emails..the crazy one that wiped her face with the bread..Ya with me? Anyway..we had to teach her through images because she has Alzheimers and can´t remember anything..I guess her interview was hilarious..They showed her a picture of Jesus and asked who it was and I guess at first she was like ¨Crazy old man¨ uhh..almost? But after being reminded, she got it right! :) She seriously is the sweetest..I am so happy for her. They don´t think she has much time left, so they´re trying to work something out where she can go through the temple sooner than a year...so pray for her please!! At her baptism she didn´t want to go in the water and she was calling everybody the N word hahaha..so that was entertaining..(Oh, the N word isn´t bad here..seriously everyone says it so casually..) Once it was over she felt good and bore her testimony to all of us. She loves us so much, and we love her back.
Okay...so the saddest thing! We can´t teach Mario Jose, Pedro, and their mom anymore...they moved out of our area. (since I know my mom and grandma are reading this) The real story? We found out that Mario Jose was in jail for murdering two police men! WHAT!? I seriously don´t think he would ever harm us...he loves us..But we got word that we can´t teach them anymore. Maybe one day, when some hefty elders come in, they can teach them! I just feel bad because these people NEED the gospel.. Seriously they deserve it. They´re such good people, but I guess right now just isn´t their time. Pray for them!! :) (jeeez I´m such a missionary, ¨pray for them¨ ¨pray for them¨ änd them...and them..¨ but really though, do it)
New Years!!! Are you guys all so pumped for tonight!? All my girls geting all dressed up and sparkly and what not!? JELLY! But not really, because I love every single day here...we get to stay up til 12..WHHHAAA! That´s like unheard of! But I hear the fireworks are awesome, so I´m excited for that. We´re going to a members house for a BBQ (the same members house that we were at for Christmas) they are so nice and always take care of us missionaries! The best part is that they´re less active so we get to teach while we´re there..They are starting to trust us, and they love us more every single day..I think they´ll be really strong members pretty quick here! Anyway, tis the season for Metas!!! GOALS!!! My resolution is to become more Christlike. So every month I am going to study an attribute and do all that I can to obtain it. I´ve done some studying, and have found some scriptures to go with every attribute.. I´ll share them with you all the first of every month, and you can do it with me! (If you want!) I chose PATIENCE for January..Scriptures: 2 Nephi 10:17 Romans 8:25 Alma 17:11 Romans 15:1 Ether 12:27 and Alma 34: 40-41 I set some other goals too, and I am excited to work towards them! 2013 was hands down the best year of my life..finished my Junior year of school, got my patriarchal blessing, traveled, met my two baby cousins..the big 21...and now I´m on a mission! How did that happen!? So many things to be excited about!! It´s crazy to think that I will be in Uruguay for all of 2014..I´m the luckiest.
Well, I´m going to go now..Oh we had changes yesterday, so we got a new Elder..He´s from Arizona and is as white as they come. I´m no longer the newb!! Hearing him try to speak Spanish reminds me of my first week here..tragic haha. I just want to give him a hug (don´t worry, I wont.) It really puts it into perspective how much Spanish I have learned in six weeks. The gift of tongues is real!! Heavenly Father has blessed me tremendously. Speaking of the gift of tongues, I taught Sunday School in church on Sunday and taught about the gifts of the spirit..it was fun to get to share my testimony about that! I love all of you so much, don´t forget to write. urugoest@gmail.com Send me letters throughout the week to that email! :)
Food for thought: ¨Doubt your doubts before your doubt your faith¨
Now Playing in the Ciber: ¨Walk Like an Egyptian¨
Con Amor,
Hermana Sorenson
I SAW HERMANA BACA AT A CONFERENCE. Oh, and we matched!! (It must be that cousin telepathy)
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