I'm on a boat

 Hello everyone, I hope everything is going well! 

Things are going well here in Como, it is somewhat hard to remember everything that happened the past 2 weeks but I will do my best to remember.
-We had interviews, and got to have them at the mission office
-Had another p-day in milan, this time visiting hard rock cafe, the duomo, and some other shops🤩
-One of the street vendors was actually a member of the church and showed us the missionary cards she had in her cart to give to customers
-This p-day we got to go on a 2.5 hour boat ride to Bellagio! (saw the house of gucci villa)😌
-Our ads are still exploding after 2 days having to be down because I caused a fraud alert🥳

We had a great exchange this past monday. We were on the train back from switching comps when I sat next to a woman and felt like we should start talking. So after a little hype up talk to myself I started a conversation. And it was great! Then the woman asked if I was with the other american sitting across the isle. She then joined the conversation. The only problem was that the woman didn't speak english, and the girl didn't speak italian. But I was happy to translate. Then the woman went off the train, but asked for contact information first. Then another girl came and started talking to us as well. As we got off the train the american shared contact info with my companion for the day. And the second girl just walked around with us for over an hour. She opened up a lot and wanted help in changing from her past. She has a very hard life, and was so thankful for us just being nice to her.

It was such a great reminder of what we are doing out here on missions, and what we do a disciples of Jesus Christ. We help others. Physically & spiritually.

With all that said it was a very good discussion and filled us with fire to take us through the whole exchange. 

Love you all! 





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Transfer 1 in Piacenza

Hello everybody! I know it's been forever but things have been so crazy here that it's been hard to even think about this email. As my last email said, I am now in Piacenza. This area is so far the craziest place that I've been, which is really nice. With not having the most time left I have tried my best to give this city my all. We are a branch here, but less than a year ago it was a ward. So we know its possible to get back haha. I know many people have been praying and helping so lets see what some of that looks like. •In the past transfer we have had 77 people from the street or referred agree to meet with us again! (Not saying they all did but they we're still taught a little bit more about Jesus Christ and his gospel) •We now currently have 3 people with a baptismal date (and a few more praying about a date) •we've had 35 people come join us in church over the past 6 Sundays •Many members have started returning after they took a break for awhile or just used ...
Read more

Temi & Israel

Image
I have already written about the people who were baptized this past week but as a little reminder: Temi and her 3 kids were invited to come to church in the middle of Febuary and have come every week since. We were able to give her the Book of Mormon on that first Sunday and explain a few things about our church and set up a return appointment. Israel and her other sons found friends in the primary and, for the first time, found a church they wanted to keep coming back to. As they kept coming, they truly became a part of the branch and are known by all. They were baptized just a few days after Israel's 8th birthday and enjoyed celebrating with the whole branch. It was a great ceremony and it was so amazing seeing everyone come together. Our primary played a big role. We had them give a special musical number and a few kids talked about their baptismal experience. We had a couple of talks given by the primary leaders that know Israel really well and I think it helped them feel so sp...
Read more

Christmas Tree is Up

Image
Well, we only have one more week of this transfer. It is only 5 weeks. We will find out if I get a new companion soon. Things are going pretty well! We have our 2 friends on date to be baptized. One just passed their baptismal interview this week. The other has been a little harder to contact🙁...I also have an old friend, from when I was back in Bressanone that lives in Trento, who has decided to be baptized! He is my best friend here in Italy and I am so happy to see how close to Christ he feels! We are praying that I will be allowed to go be there for his baptism.  While this transfer was short, it is still surprising how fast it has be end of next transfer is in 2024. How are we already so close to the end of the remember? Starting 2023 and realizing, it would be the full year that I would be here in Italy. And it felt like a very daunting task. But in the end it has been one of the best years and I can't believe how fast it's going. While I am close to where I trained the ...
Read more