September 28, 2016

Hey yall

This last week has been pretty good! Its been about a week and a half i guess, so i will start with

last Monday! It was actually really boring! All we did was email and shoot around a little bit! It 

kinda sucks being far away from other missionaries! Tuesday we did service at this food pantry 

thing, and its crazy about ever 3rd person that walks in there always says "Oh ya i used to visit 

with you guys" Its kinda funny to see how everyone recognizes us just from the name tag! We 

also visited with our ward mission leader about how to work with some of the less actives, and

 im pretty excited to start his plans! Wednesday we had district meeting, and It was one of the 

best district meetings of my mission! It also had nothing to do with anything i prepared either! 

We talked about Baptizing converts, and not investigators, and everyone was participating, and 

it was just a really good meeting! Thursday was a pretty slow day honestly not to much exciting 

happened! On Friday The same company that does the food pantry we help at had there huge 

monthly outside food pantry, and we helped out there! They have a pretty cool system! Its like 

an assembly line drive through! My job was to load watermelon into peoples cars as they drove 

by! It was a blast! It went on for about 3 hours, so that was a ton of Watermelon!  Saturday we 

had a bunch of service, mostly just helpping out members of the ward, and there wasnt any 

crazy stories there either, mostly yard work! Sunday was Fast and Testimony meeting! It is 

funny to listen to some people up there! This one guy talked for 35 minutes, and i am not sure 

he even said anything about his testimony! People are crazy lol! Monday was district meeting, 

and this one was pretty good! We talked about the Book of Mormon! It was good, but not nearly 

as good as the one before! Tuesday We did service at that food pantry again, and after we 

drove down to St. Robert! We are on an exchange with the zone leaders! It is kinda funny! 

President Loveland said no more going with other missionaries for zone and district activities, 

so we are on an exchange that just includes our pday, so we can play basketball together, so 

its kind of funny! Last night was Transfer calls! I am staying in Sullivan, I am still District Leader, 

and I am getting a new Companion! His name is Elder Durrant! I dont know much about him,

but I hear he is a pretty cool Guy! I am really excited for him! Well I hope yall have a great week 

I miss and love yall

Elder Sorensen

September 19, 2016

Hey yall

This week was a pretty good one! On Monday we really didnt do to much! We spent most 

of the day at a youths house! He is that one that got in the car accident a while back, he 

still has to be home all day for a few more weeks! It was pretty good to see him! On Tuesday 

we had a pretty normal day! We have been going to a bunch of Less actives houses, and 

trying to get in and see why they are not coming to church! Sullivan was made a ward in 

January, and everyone wanted to become a ward! As soon as they became a ward they

 took that as the end goal, and kinda stopped coming to church! We have been struggling 

to get them to come back, but we are going to keep working on them! On Wednesday we 

had a zone training in St. Robert! It is about an hour away from us! Zone Training meetings 

are just a meeting with the whole zone! They are ran by the zone leaders! It was a pretty 

good meeting! We talked about how we need to baptize converts, and not just investigators! 

It was way cool! We also talked about the importance of the Book of Mormon! One thing we 

talked about is that if you read form the Book of Mormon every single day! Your testimony 

will only get stronger and stronger! It was a way good meeting! I dont know if i have told yall 

this, but President Loveland has shut down all zone activities on Mondays for a while! We 

have a very competitive/athletic/fun zone, so after the meeting while we were eating lunch 

there was a little trash talking going on, and well to make a long story short it turned from 

talking to a parking lot two hand touch football game in shirts and ties! It was a BLAST!!! 

I had so much fun! I really enjoy our whole zone! Thursday was a slow day! We did a lot 

of the same things we did on Tuesday! We had a little bit more success, but not a ton, 

but Thursday was my 14 MONTH MARK!!!!! It is crazy that I have been out for that long! 

Its been crazy how fast time flys by!  On Friday we went out to Owensville! It is a town in 

our area that is 30 minutes away! We visited some Shut ins that live out there! They are 

so fun to visit with! On Saturday we had a Media Referral in St. Clair 20 minutes away, 

also in our area, and also the other direction of Owensville! The guy was super cool! He 

wasnt to interested in taking the lessons, but he was interested in what we had to say, 

so that was way fun!  We are going to try back with him later this week! Yesterday was 

really good! Sacrament meeting was really good! This member spoke about missionary

work, and how he was brought into the gospel, and it was really good! Then the 2nd 

counselor in our stake presidency spoke! His name is Joseph Smith, so that is kinda 

funny! he did a really good job though! I really enjoyed his talk! After Sacrament meeting 

Elder Wilde had to go to St. Robert! He had an interview! It was pretty cool though! I got 

to talk with our zone leaders! I really enjoy our zone leaders! Elders Anderson, and 

Reynolds! They are both a ton of fun! Well that was my week! I hope yall have an 

amazing week! I love and miss you

Elder Sorensen

September 12, 2016

Hey yall

This week was a pretty good week! On Monday we went down to St. Robert and played

basketball with the zone on Fort Lenerdwood! It was so much fun! We played with all the 

army guys! It was so much fun! On tuesday we went on Exchanges with the Salem 

Missionaries! I stayed in Sullivan and Elder Walker came up with me! See God really 

does have a sense of humor, because in Salem the two missionaries names are both 

Elder Walker! It is kinda funny! Anyway the Elder Walker that came up with me is really 

awkward! I am not saying this to be rude, but he didnt say a single word to anybody 

that we taught! I think President Loveland knows he is kind of hard to get a long with 

because he has been out 11 transfers, and has had 11 companions! He is a good kid 

he is just a little different! On Wednesday We had district meeting, and we exchanged

 back! It was good to get Elder Wilde back! I am not sure if we are going to be doing to 

many more exchanges this transfer! Thursday and Friday were both kind of slow days! 

I usually write in my planner something cool that happened everyday, and i got nothing 

for those two days! They wernt bad days, just nothing exciting happened! Saturday we 

had a meeting with our Ward Mission Leader! We talked about what we can do to help

 the missionary work speed up a little here, and it was a pretty good meeting! We are 

going to get some Ward Missionaries called! It is going to be good! On Sunday I got to 

give a talk in Sacrament meeting! I got to speak on What Is A Testimony! It was weird 

i actually felt comfortable speaking in front of everybody! Now I am still no public speaker, 

but i wasnt scared, so that was really weird! Other than that my week was pretty normal! 

I love and miss yall so much! 

Elder Sorensen

September 5, 2016

Hey everyone!

How are y'all doing? I have had a pretty good week! Last Monday wasn't to exciting we just
 stayed in Sullivan, and shot around at the church! It was kinda fun, but it defiantly would
have been better with other people there! On Tuesday we spent most of the day at our ward
mission leaders house! Elder Wilde has a pinched nerve in his back, and our ward mission
 leader is a retired Peramedic!  He was working with him! I was kinda bored there because
I basically just watched him stretch and stuff, so it was kinda lame, but after a while his kids
came upstairs and they are all in high school, and they are way fun! That made it way better!
On Wednesday we had a Zone conference! There were 3 other zones there! It was pretty
fun! Most of the focus of the meeting was about working with members on getting referrals!
It was a pretty good meeting! It was a little long! It went from 8:30 to 4ish! It was way cool
 to see some missionaries though! Elder Thompson my 2nd companion was there, and so
was Elder Gray! Brandon from Cassvile was there as well! The car ride was kind of long as
well! It was a 2 and a half hour ride to get to Springfield where the meeting was at! It was
kinda a long day! On Thursday my bike came, and I got it all put together! I am not able to
send pictures this week, but next week,I will try and remember to send a picture of my old,
and new bike side by side! It is way funny! On Friday we drove out to a town that is at the
edge of our area, and it is like a small retirement community it seems like! We visit 3 houses
there, and they are all shut in families! They are way cool to visit! The youngest one is 77
and the oldest one is 92! The guy who is 92 actually came to church this Sunday, and stayed
for the whole 3 hours! He is actually in really good shape he just has a bad heart, but his
name is bill woods, and he is so cool! We ate lunch at one ladies house out there, and I don't
think she cooked the hamburger all the way, and so early Saturday morning I threw up, it
doesn't help that my allergies have been acting up as well, so Saturday morning was a little
rough! Then for lunch some members took us to Chinese! I had to eat something, but I felt
like crap, so I had a little bit of food, and then a member from one of elder wildes last areas
came and took him out to lunch after that as well which means I went with  him! I felt awful,
so I didn't eat anything, and then we went to go have a meeting with our ward mission
 leader, and his wife bought us McDonald's, so I was not feelInc to hot most of Saturday!
By Sunday I was feeling way better! That was my week! It was pretty good! Today I am going
to St Robert here in a little to go play basketball on the military base down there with our zone!
 It's is going to be way fun! I miss and love y'all so much

Elder Sorensen