April 10 2012
Hola familia
It is good to here that everything is going well and that you guys had a good break. Everyone sure is starting to grow up. It is crazy. It is also good to see that grandpa still has a little bit of hair left. ha-ha.
The work is moving forward here in Mexico. Everyone has been out on vacations this week. It is Semana Santa, so everyone who's a catholic had left on vacations. They don't have any money, but they some how still left on vacations! Who knows how they do it, but they did. So the streets have been extremely empty here in Mexico. It's so weird, its the largest city in the world, but its been empty for the last few days. The only people that didn't leave are either Jehovah witnesses or Catholics, most of which just want to bible bash. It is really kind of annoying, but we have been able to find some really cool people.
We had one baptism this week her name is Luz Maria. We have been teaching her on and off for about 2 months now. She know that this church is true, but for some reason still wanted to make sure that the Jehovah witnesses weren't true. With Elder Lopez we dropped her, but when we were looking new investigators to bring to the general conference we went to check on her. She came and had an awesome experience. It gave her the courage to say no to the Jehovah witnesses and yes to us :) it was sweet. She is the most humble person you will meet and has a desire to learn about the Gospel. I just can't explain how humble she is. She also has 3 iguanas! They are sweet! They are about 4 feet long and then there is a small one. She keeps them in these tiny cages but routinely lets them walk around her house at different times. She let me take a picture with them so I'm sending you a picture. The iguanas are really tame too. They don't bite, and love being petted. She also had about 16 little birds and about 8 turtles. Her house is tiny! It has 2 floors about the size of our living room. The down stairs is where they the animals live. Ha-ha it is crazy. I have decided when I get home I'm going to buy an iguana.
I read a talk about giving thanks by President Monson. It is a great talk. It talks about how powerful it is to give thanks. For example when Christ shared the bread, he first gave thanks for what they had and then they were blessed with more. So that's been one of my goals - to give more thanks. So remember in your prayers to give thanks for what you've received and then the Lord can bless you with more. A great place to exercise that would be with grandpa. I am positive you pray for him every time you pray, i know i do, so be sure to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for the strengths that Grandpa has received, he looks great in all the pictures.
Love you forever
Elder Sorensen
It is good to here that everything is going well and that you guys had a good break. Everyone sure is starting to grow up. It is crazy. It is also good to see that grandpa still has a little bit of hair left. ha-ha.
The work is moving forward here in Mexico. Everyone has been out on vacations this week. It is Semana Santa, so everyone who's a catholic had left on vacations. They don't have any money, but they some how still left on vacations! Who knows how they do it, but they did. So the streets have been extremely empty here in Mexico. It's so weird, its the largest city in the world, but its been empty for the last few days. The only people that didn't leave are either Jehovah witnesses or Catholics, most of which just want to bible bash. It is really kind of annoying, but we have been able to find some really cool people.
We had one baptism this week her name is Luz Maria. We have been teaching her on and off for about 2 months now. She know that this church is true, but for some reason still wanted to make sure that the Jehovah witnesses weren't true. With Elder Lopez we dropped her, but when we were looking new investigators to bring to the general conference we went to check on her. She came and had an awesome experience. It gave her the courage to say no to the Jehovah witnesses and yes to us :) it was sweet. She is the most humble person you will meet and has a desire to learn about the Gospel. I just can't explain how humble she is. She also has 3 iguanas! They are sweet! They are about 4 feet long and then there is a small one. She keeps them in these tiny cages but routinely lets them walk around her house at different times. She let me take a picture with them so I'm sending you a picture. The iguanas are really tame too. They don't bite, and love being petted. She also had about 16 little birds and about 8 turtles. Her house is tiny! It has 2 floors about the size of our living room. The down stairs is where they the animals live. Ha-ha it is crazy. I have decided when I get home I'm going to buy an iguana.I read a talk about giving thanks by President Monson. It is a great talk. It talks about how powerful it is to give thanks. For example when Christ shared the bread, he first gave thanks for what they had and then they were blessed with more. So that's been one of my goals - to give more thanks. So remember in your prayers to give thanks for what you've received and then the Lord can bless you with more. A great place to exercise that would be with grandpa. I am positive you pray for him every time you pray, i know i do, so be sure to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for the strengths that Grandpa has received, he looks great in all the pictures.
Love you forever
Elder Sorensen
