October 30, 2013

Another Great Week!

Ciao i miei amici!

So this past week has been GREAT! We have been having some good lessons and success for sure! We have 2 new investigaters and they are doing awesome so far! One in particular is so amazing! we read a little bit of 1st Nephi with her and talked about what we read and she totally understands so much! Then at the end of the lesson we invited her to baptism and gave her a date for the 30th of November. She accepted it and we also got another appointment to meet with her tomorrow! I can't wait! We are also having a really good time doing member lessons with the branch president. He has a really cool game plan of how members can do missionary work so we go with him over to all the families, have a little lesson and then he presents this plan. Oh my goodness it is such a help when the members join in on the Work of Salvation!

So yea i am having a BLAST here in La Spezia! My companion and i get along really well! He grew up in Compton but then moved to a smaller town near LA im not exactly sure the name though. He has been out for almost a year now and is pretty good with the language! The other Anziani that we are rooming with are really fun as well. I dont even need to do abb workouts because we are constantly having a good time in our apartment haha. Im not sure if my comp. is related to Cheech Marin but ill ask him after email and get back to you on that next week lol.  He is from a part member family. He used to be Catholic but was baptized into the church when he was 10. We are having a great time here in Italy and i have a feeling it's only going to get better :)

 Haha so the other day we were asked to go to the church and clean out the baptismal font because whoever used it last (which was 6 months ago) forgot to drain out the water. So we get there and drain it out and there is MOLD everywhere! hahaha so we got to scrubbing and did the best we could but there is still quite a bit around the stairs that lead into the font... GROSS! Haha we might need to wear some radiation suits when we baptize our investigators lolol.

So my testimony has grown immensely since the start of my mission. And one thing in particular that i have really gained a strong testimony about is the announcement made this last July, "Every Member a Missionary". I have seen blessing after blessing come from member work here in Italia. They have had such a huge impact on helping bring Heavenly Father's children unto this wonderful Gospel. And one simple way that i have seen members here in Italy do missionary work is by giving simple acts of service. "And CHARITY suffereth long, and is kind... Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail-- But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him" (moroni 7:45-47). When we show others the "pure love" of Christ they will feel it, and it may even help then come one step closer to accepting our message. 

I love this Gospel and the many ways that it has blessed my life and touched the lives of others not of our faith. I know that even little acts of service can go a long way. "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass." I love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for all of the many acts of charity he performed while he was on the Earth, and I know that as we do the same we will  truly be a LIGHT unto the WORLD. 

Thanks for all of your wonderful emails I love them so much and they always make me so happy! I love you guys so much and cant wait to hear from you next week! tell Dallin he is a stud for me and to keep it up in soccer but more importantly in SCHOOL! haha love you guys! take care!

Much Love,

Anziano Delgado