This was the most busy and insane week ever! The weather here literally switched from super hot to cold within just a day so that was something interesting.
On Thursday the new Elders got here in Bologna and we helped them move into our apartment. We spent a good while building new beds and dressers and in the end everyone was situated. The new elders here are Anziano Jensen and Anziano Young from Utah. They are super great and fun to live with. We have had to split the work between us four and it has pushed us all to hit the streets with more of a desire to find more people to teach and its been working! Some really sweet things have happened to us in the last week.
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| The new district. The guy in back making a weird face is Anziano Jensen whom I live with... |
Church on Sunday was crazy as always because now there are 6 missionaries in one small ward so I think the members are loving it.
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| Saying goodbye to Sister Taylor |
We have done lots of finding and door knocking which has brought us a couple new people to teach. While Anziano Minnoch and I were doing door knocking in an 8 story building we finally got let in by a super nice Nigerian family. We are seeing them again this week so that was all a miracle.
We had such an amazing lesson the other day with Salvatore. His desire to be baptized is so strong but unfortunately he is held back by his addiction to cigarettes. This member we brought with us used to smoke 3 packets each day but quit completely in one day after having fasted and prayed and received a testimony of the church. Salvatore is on the same path and we will also fast and pray that he is able to quit. I believe that everything will work out.
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| Salvatore and me |
There is lots more to talk about but unfortunately there's not much time. I want to share something I've thought about a lot recently. We all have our own cross to bear or rather trail to face. The best thing we can do while facing these very difficult moments is accept it and try our best to choose to be happy. We shouldn't continually ask the "why" but rather the "how" can I take this trail and move on.
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| Beautiful Bologna |
I love my savior and I love teaching others about Him. This church is true everybody!
Love all of you
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