Ciao Tutti!
So this mission is moving forward, just as life always does. it
moves forward! its great, i dont have a ton to say this week, but i do want to
say that i love the mission! i love the people, and i love this opportunity!
its hard to describe why i love it, cause its been a lot of hard and difficult
times and happy times as well, but i do love it! i love this work! And i love
this gospel. It just makes sense! and i know its true.... so yeah! its true!
cool events that are happening, we are on track to have some
baptisms coming up. The two brothers and their mom are really starting to love
church and the lessons that we give and really just love us, its cool! I will
say they are my friends haha they are cool! and the coolest part is that they
are so open to the spirit and gospel. Agustus, the older brother is the one who
came to church first. He came alone and stayed for the whole thing, i wasnt
sure how he would like it because ti be honest its 3 hours... our branch is
old... and well hes young haha, but i should have more faith because after the
first time he came to church we had a lesson with his family later that week,
and he bore his testimony to his family on how the second he walked in he knew
this was his church. he said he felt something and he said he just knew... he’s
awesome! so that family is really cool.
this week we met this guy from napoli, Michele. he is so cool.
first i love how people from Napoli speak, they are so rhythmical and poetic in
the way they talk. i wish i could talk like him. im pretty sure i sound super
american when i speak italian haha but thats ok! but he came like agustus came
to church alone and he like agustus i thought would not like it as much as i
wanted him to, but once again i need more faith cause afterward the next day he
called to set up the appointment and he explained that he loved it, so we have
a baptisimal date with him! i love seeing people feel the spirit its fun! so i
guess the story of them is to trust in the Lord! and trust that the holy spirit
will testify to everything you need to know!
There are other cool stories but they will have to wait, this
next week im a bit nervous cause i have to talk again, that part im not so
nervous for anymore, but my new president, president Dibb is coming to our
small branch so im just a bit nervous for that for some reason. we dont have
much communication with the office or president here in Ancona cause we are
literally hte furthest away, sometimes i forget there are other missionaries
all over italy haha. but yeah! i love you all! i pray for you all! pray for me!
ciao!!
Sunset from Ancona, Italy
Finally..Here is Ty's tribute to Shorty that he asked me to include. I promise he did.
Shorty!!!!
:( when I read that my heart dropped a little bit. I’m so sorry, i did love
your little dog! she was always sleeping and i also loved that haha. but That’s
sad, I was for sure all the dogs would be there when i got done with the
mission... and now hersheys GF is gone. oh shorty! I’m sorry toni! life is
stupid sometimes... we know that probably more than we should. there is a
saying that the Italian people always tell me when i ask them how they are
doing, alot of them say "sempre va avanti" which just means life
always goes on. its not the happiest response people give but to be honest its
the most true answer people give me sometimes. life always goes on, even after
hard things, stupid things, and fun things. life now and always will go on.
thats just how life is, but we grow and we learn from every situation. and if
there is a group of strong people in the world who can overcome anything, its
my sisters! your strong!
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