Hey Everyone! This week has been soooo great! so this friday
we have a baptism for a 13 year old boy and he is bravisimo! The work here is
going so well and our inverstigators are really progressing. we have 3 other
investigators with baptismal dates and they are doing really well with the
lessons they just need to start coming to church! Im really getting better at
the language and being able to say my thoughts. monday we had an AMAZING lesson
with one of our investigators with a baptismal date. right when we got there
she offered us a bunch of fruit, gelato and water and we were starving and
really couldnt say no ha. we were sitting outside on her balcony and it was
starting to get dark so she lit a few little candles and we continued on with
the lesson. when we got to the end we asked her if she could close our meeting
with a prayer and she said of course (her prayers are the BEST)! So in the
middle of her prayer i started to feel something getting really warm and
bright. I opened my eyes and the wind had blown one of the candles into a
napkin and totally lit the whole thing on fire! Anziano Allen and i were trying
to put it out and then our investigator says "non fa niente!", which
means pretty similar to dont worry at all! and then she just went back to
praying while we quietly tried to put it out hahaha. But like for real though
her prayer was amazing! the spirit was so strong that it started a fire!
;)
This week has been a really
relaxing week as well. i got to play the piano a couple times in between
lessons at the church which was REALLY nice. i really wish i could learn new
songs but i have no time its sad but at the same time i know that missionary
work is 10 times better :) I really wish you guys could feel what it's like to
be in a lesson where the spirit is so strong and you can tell the investigator
knows that what he/she is feeling is something they never felt before. whether
they say it or not the look on their face is enough to make everything that we
do so worth it. Ahhh its just so amazing here doing this work! i know i have
probably said this in a letter before but it is so amazing how God prepares
people to hear this Gospel even in a country like Italy where the Catholic
religion is so huge. anyone who ever thinks that italy is nothing but a seed
planting mission is so wrong. these people want to know God and want a
relationship with him like the members of our church has. I LOVE IT! Not a week
goes by that my companion and i have a conversation about how amazing italy is
and how lucky and blessed we are to have the opportunity to serve here. I love
this gospel and the blessings that i have seen come from it in my life and the
lives of so many others. i can really see how our Heavenly Father plays a role
in everything and everyones life. I know that this church is the true church on
the Earth today. I KNOW that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that
from reading it a man is able to come closer to God than that of any other
book. I love my savior and redeemer Jesus Christ and his example of selfless
love and charity when he atoned for the sins of the world. i am so grateful for
all of you and the examples you have been for me to serve a mission. i couldn't
have done it without you!
I love you guys so very much and
thank you for all your wonderful emails and pictures! I can't wait to hear from
you next week! Stai retto i miei amici! (stay rightous my friends). Ciao belli!
A Really Cool Alley
Sirmione
Laggo de Garda
A really old/ cool looking bell tower
My half-eaten Gelato
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