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| Me and the amazing Anziano Vasquez |
I had another great week here in Bologna. Some really amazing things happened as we just continued to work hard and try our best.
It was 4th of July last Monday. There weren't any beachside fireworks or parties like at home, just nice classic missionary work to celebrate. We did get lunch at a place called "American Graffiti" with our district where we obviously got burgers and fries to be as American as possible.
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| 4th of July lunch |
President and Sister Allen arrived in the mission last week and they are definitely what this mission needs. I was able to meet them on Monday and they are seriously the most loving, energetic, and spiritual people ever! Today(Wednesday) we traveled up to Mestre to meet them again at a zone conference. He talked a lot about how this mission has so much potential for success and the Lord will move it forward.
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| New president and his wife! They are awesome! |
Sadly, this was Anziano Vasquez's second to last week, so we made it a goal to teach 21 lessons. After much hard work, prayer, and planning, we were able to reach our goal. This last week we were able to find 2 new investigators, and set a baptismal date with Temime for the 20th of August. One of the new investigators is a man named Alessandro who is a pizza chef/ holistic healer/ and professional musician, who actually came to us asking for a Book of Mormon. Everything went really well when we met with him yesterday and hopefully we will see him at church this Sunday.
A new family of 5 just from Sri Lanka just moved into the Bologna ward! They came to our family home evening we had on Friday night and they are the coolest family. It's great to see the work moving forward here in this city. This Saturday we will receive new transfer news so that will be exciting.
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| Part of my MTC district/zone |
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| Family Home Evening |
The clear lesson that I've learned in the mission is that working your hardest and doing your best will always bring you something. I heard of something called the "miracle fence". Where you work and work and work and boom, you are given a miracle. Climbing the fence signifies all of your hard work, and at the top there is a miracle.
The mission is seriously the best. It's not always easy but you learn a ton, you change people's lives, and very importantly, it will change your life. The mission will only change you as much as you let it change you. It's really such a huge blessing. I'm so grateful to be able to continue my mission where I was called!
Love you all!
Willy
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| Italian countryside |
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| Rocchetta Matei |
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| Visiting Rocchetta Matei with some members |
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| Rocchetta Mattei a fortress castle 45 km from Bologna |
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| Inside a Rocchetta Mattei (from the 80s) |
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