Hey everyone!
So today i am writing my email since tomorrow all of the
internet points will be closed for New Years.
Well its kinda crazy to think that it has already been a
week since i got to see all of your wonderful faces, time flies here in the
mission! This week has been really great and full of good laughs, smiles, games
and last but definitely not least, VERY spiritual lessons! I love Christmas
season because everyone is just so joyful and open to hear messages about
Jesus Christ and all of the great things he did and still does.
We had another lesson with an investigator that has a
baptismal date for the 18th of January and it went really great. He befriended
a member here and they have been dating for a little while and now they are
thinking about getting married! They both want to get married in the temple and
be sealed which is a miracle to say the least! But there is one, rather large,
problem standing in their way... he smokes about 2 packs of cigarettes a week
(which is weird because we have never smelled smoke when we were around him).
We didnt figure this out until about a week ago when we had a lesson with him
about the Gospel of Christ which went great like they always do with him!
(infact when we asked him if he would be willing to prepare himself for baptism
on the 18 of Jan. he said, "I'd even be willing to get baptized
tomorrow!")! But after the lesson, as we left his apartment to get a ride
from him to our house, he pulled out a cigarette and began to smoke. So the day
after christmas we had another lesson with him and decided to teach him the
Word of Wisdom :) He TOTALLY accepted it!
The next sunday he came to church and we were very happy to
see him and the family that he wants to join with the little 5 year old boy,15
year old boy who is a HUGE help with missionary work and the mom who is another
great support for him. I was surprised that they came to church because they
were going to go to his vacation house in Sardinia but they decided to come to
church instead and then leave after church! In Gospel Principles taught
about "Charity" and i thought it went really well and i got a
complement from our investigator on my language (who doesn't love compliments
on the language ha). Then after sacrament the mom of the family asked if i
could give her a blessing of comfort (im still not exactly sure for what reason
but my best guess is safety while they travel). Once i finished she started
talking to us about Her bf (our investigator) and how he went from smoking 2
packs a week to only 6 cigarettes! Its still kind of a larger number but it is a
lot of progress! He told here that he is a lot happier and that he can tell a
good change in his life. He's awesome
Well that is pretty much it for the week, thursday we
go back to firenze for zone conference again! Oh and tomorrow im going to a
little place called PISA! Leaning Tower here i come! lol I love you guys and
pray for all of you every day. Can't wait to hear from you next week! Buon
Capodanno!!!
-Much Love, Anziano Delgado
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