Elder Holland

Ciao cari amici!

Venice

 Mamma mia this week was a whirlwind and one that I'll never forget. We travelled so much and got tons of things done! It's great serving with Anziano Minnoch. We are having such a good time here in Bologna! We took a trip up to Venice for Pday today and it was super fun as always.

 

Pizza next to the Venetian Canal

 

Beautiful Venice

President Allen and his wife came here to teach with us and interview Austin for his baptism this Friday! The Allens are honestly the best. 

The sisters passed us 2 awesome people that we are now teaching. One guy is from Peru and the other is from Persia. I'm excited to see how things go with them.

 

On Sunday the whole Milano mission traveled to Milan to meet Elder Holland, one of the 12 apostles. Before the meeting began he shook all of our hands which was so cool. He didn't stand up at the pulpit to talk to us, instead he walked around which made it a much more spiritual and personal experience.

 He touched a lot on the importance of obedience and having the spirit in our efforts to find people. He said that obedience isn't just the first law of Heaven, but also the first law of everything. One thing he said about the spirit was "You can't see the spirit but you can see the effect. You can't see wind but you can see it shake the leaves." That is so true. You can't really describe what the spirit looks like but you know it's there and you can see it positively effect people's lives. The spirit is real and obedience allows it to be more present in our lives. 

Gelato with Jerry

 

My trainer and my trainee.  It's the whole family!

 

Part of the August 2015 MTC zone!

 

It is the most awesome thing in the world to teach people and see them turn their lives around. I love how this gospel doesn't just give people the hope to become better, it actually provides a way for people to become the best. 

  

I love you all so much! Ciao!!

  

-Anziano Hogan