Rain, Rain Go Away!

Hey y'all!

This week has been very rainy! Rain is fun and all, but I miss sunny days in California! 

I got my new companion and we've had a good time! She might be my last companion, which is kinda blowing our minds! 

We're trying to have 30 good contacts a day and it's been kinda hard! But we were able to meet some cool people! 

A very eye opening experience happened on Saturday. We went into Starbucks to get a drink (no coffee of course) and we started talking to a homeless guy. His name is Freedom and he's one of the coolest guys I've met! He doesn't have much, yet he offered to get US something to eat or drink. He told us his story and it made me realize that God really loves all His children and wants the best for them.

With Easter and General Conference coming up, I am very excited! Y'all should totally watch General Conference this weekend on lds.org or on BYUtv. We get to hear from our living Prophets and Apostles! We will also get to sustain a new Prophet and First Presidency! It's at 10am and 2pm (12 and 4 pm on the East Coast) on Saturday and Sunday.

I know that Jesus Christ is real and He really did die for us. I know that on that Easter morning, He really was resurrected. And because of Him and His sacrifice for us, we can repent and be forgiven. We can also love again and be resurrected just like Him. 

I love this gospel and all the people I get to meet! The Lord loves you and so do I! 

Sister Sorensen 

1. The members we live with have a whole bunch of rose bushes in all different colors! I love roses and I was literally the happiest human when they gave us a vase full of beautiful pink roses!!! 

2. Sis. Mecham and I! 

3. A rattle snake in this member's house! They have a literal zoo! 

4. A chameleon! 

5. Sis. Mecham and I yesterday! 

6. Random, cool lizard. 

7. I don't know the name of this lizard, but it's poisonous! 

Its been a pretty great week!

Hey y'all!

Its been a pretty great week! 

TINA GOT BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!!! It was so awesome! She's so adorable and the ward was so great! It's been a long time coming and it was a great day! 

We saw some cool miracles. We're trying to help our ward with visiting members that don't come a lot. There was one man who seemed pretty cool, so we stopped by and had a great visit with him. We told members that we were going to visit him again and they were shocked! He's starting to open up more and he said he might come to church!

Steve is doing good. We've been trying to get a hold of him and one day, BOOM! We were walking down the street and he was on the other side, yelling for us. He's like, "When are you coming over!?" we're like, how about in 2 hours? He agreed and we had a lesson mostly on the Book of Mormon. 

We also ran into some really cool people on the street! One woman stopped us because she recognized our name tag! She's interested in family history! Another day we ran into 2 guys waiting for the bus. One isn't too interested, but he's really nice. The other one might be a member, but he doesn't know where his records are! So we're going to meet him this week :) 

Transfers are tomorrow and Sis. Smith is going to Pasadena to finish someone's training. Sis. Mecham is coming here and she just got out of training. So I'm her Dad! It's great being a Dad ;) Sis. Smith and I think my new name should be Mac Daddy. 

I have a testimony of hard work. I know that hard work truly brings blessings. It doesn't only apply to missions, but everyday life. The Lord cares about all the things we do. When we do our part, the Lord magnifies our works. 

Love y'all! 

Sister Sorensen 

1. My shoe tan ;) 

2. My new shirt from Mexico! 

3. Zone picture!

4. PI day at BLAZE! 

5. Sis. Smith and I messing around. 

6. Danise <3 she's s'cutie!!! 

7. One of the pictures from the baptism! 

1. Sis. Smith and I a community meal

2. SIS. SAFELY! COOLEST FAM BAM EVER! 

3. Hertzler's! 

4. Lamb's! 

5. Tina's Baptism! 

6-7. Pretty flowers! Claremont is beautiful! 

Smartphones and Swap Meets

Hey y'all!

Its been a kinda slow week. Plenty of rain and lots of appointments falling through. But, it's a new week and things are looking up! 

Tina is going to baptized on Saturday! Sis. Smith LOVES St. Patrick's Dat, so she's pretty excited about that. Tina is so ready! I'm so excited for her! 

We were able to run into 2 investigators on the street that we haven't seen in a long time! It was a great miracle! 

Another miracle was being able to find Carol. We're trying to clean up our records and we felt prompted to stop by her. She's been praying for us to stop by! It was awesome. I love her already! 

We had zone conference on Tuesday and we have smartphones now! It's been an adjustment, but it's really cool! We also had some really good instruction about being better missionaries. 

We went to an indoor swap meet in Pomona today. It's so strange, but it's so cool! I got a homemade shirt from Mexico there! There's so many things from Mexico in there! It's cool. 

I have a testimony of prayer. I know God is listening to us and willing to pour out blessings! We just have to talk to Him. I'm grateful that He listens to me and cares about me. 

Love y'all! 

Sister Sorensen 

1-3. All the selfies on our new phone.

4. Shirt I got a the swap meet! 

5. I got a Tongan dress from one of my trainers awhile ago and I just tried it on! 

6. It's been super rainy here, but we're livin'!

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Hey y'all!

This week has been so crazy that I can't even begin to describe! Missions are just so much fun! :) 

Tina is doing awesome! Ah I just love her so much! <3 we hope to see her more this week. 

Jeff and his family are great! They always have such great questions. I love them! 

Steve is doing pretty well. We hope to meet with him more often and get him to church! Everyone needs the spirit of church in their life! 

Danise, a recent covert, is about to hit her year mark! She's so cute! 

We also got to meet with this 80 year old member named Goldie. She's so cute! <3 she's been doing a little missionary work herself and now we're teaching her friend, Tim! He enjoys hearing us read from the Book of Mormon. 

We met this cool guy named Erik this week. We had a return appointment on Saturday and he wasn't there. Turns out he got called into work and he apologized! That doesn't happen too often! Praying he will meet with us and not get called into work!

We've had a ton of rain recently. Luckily the sun is out now! We've been freezing! 

Coolest miracle: it was POURING rain on Friday and we were walking to an appointment. As we're walking, this woman flags us down and told us her car ran out of gas right outside of the gas station. We helped her get some gas and such. She ended up putting some gas in a water bottle, just enough to get her into the station. After the whole ordeal, she thanked us and tried to pay us. We declined and explained our purpose as missionaries. It was really cool being able to help her!

I have a testimony of the Book of Mormon! It's been a great source of comfort, especially with all the craziness going on. I was reading in Alma 26 yesterday and these verses really stuck out to me:

"26 But behold, my beloved brethren, we came into the wilderness not with the intent to destroy our brethren, but with the intent that perhaps we might save some few of their souls.

 27 Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success."

Although missions can be hard sometimes, it's been amazing! I love helping people come closer to Christ. I know that it's not really me, but the spirit working! I'm so grateful the Lord has comforted me during MY afflictions and comforts the people we teach with their afflictions. 

I love and miss y'all! I hit 14 months yesterday! It was also a year ago that Micheal from Monrovia was baptized! I miss his sweet spirit! 

Sister Sorensen

1-2: Sis. Smith and I had to be Skyped into District Meeting, so we had to take selfies! 

3: me! Trying to get a better FB profile picture.

4: Coco is a 2 year old that is so crazy cute! She wore a unicorn helmet backwards! 

5: Sis. Smith and I after we walked in the rain. 

6: a cute snail cause why not! 

7-8: Nora and Lila being all cute!