Our Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Ciao everybody!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween! I was surprised to see how many people were celebrating it here. Sadly, the day after, my companion and I woke up super sick so we stayed in all day and all day today as well. I hope we can get better asap because being sick on the mission isn't very fun. There were 2 earthquakes last week but we are totally okay! We felt the one on Sunday and it was super scary. We are on the 6th floor and everything was rolling back and forth. We are alive!!! No need to worry.

On Friday, me and Anziano Minnoch, along with 16 other missionaries including the mission president and his wife, went to Ferrara to do a full day of finding. It was a pretty sweet experience, and at the end of the day we had a testimony meeting and dinner with the branch members. In total everyone taught 24 people and found 9 new people for the elders to teach. We all fasted the day before and thats probably why we had so much success. 

On Saturday night we had a super awesome ward Halloween party with a haunted house and tons of food! It was also super cool because lots of members brought their friends and we met lots of new people. 

The work here is moving along and we cant wait for our baptisms coming up for Max, Salvatore, and William!

Well the mission is really amazing. There are some days which feel like will never end and most days that feel like it went by too fast. I came across a quote from Elder Holland which reads “There really is light at the end of the tunnel. It is the Light of the World, the Bright and Morning Star, the ‘light that is endless, that can never be darkened’ [Mosiah 16:9]. It is the very Son of God Himself.” In those moments where it feels like a trial will never pass, we must always remember it will and that our Savior is our light at the end of the tunnel. He didn't suffer for just our sins but for all our trials too. This life is a life to be happy! Not sad. I love life and I love all the great things I get to do each day. Have a great week!

-Anziano Hogan