First week of the fortnight:
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| I love getting post - picture from my 2 year old Cousin |
Giovedì
.. We began by popping in to see V. With V we spoke about the Christ-like
attributes again :) She is doing well and is really progressing. She has come
to church for about 6 weeks in a row now. She is awesome. After V, we popped in
to see R.... Who is preparing for her baptism! We spoke about some
commandments. We need to finish all the lessons and make sure she remembers
everything, so she can get baptised on the date set for her. I don't know how
much I've told you about R.. The other Sorelle found her through some random
lady who had no interest in the gospel.. At the moment.. but they found R, who
is the sweetest, happiest, tiniest Sardinian lady of 85 years. She is the
absolute cutest. Out of all of our investigators, she is the only one who comes
on a weekly basis for all 3 hours. When I was with Sorella Roberts we figured
that she was our most progressing investigator, so we prayed a lot and spoke a
lot about her and had a conversation with her and she wanted to be baptised, so
we set the date with her and she was so so happy.. Anyways we are now working
really hard, seeing her practically on a daily basis, cus she just wants to be
baptised. She wants to take that step with God and she is just so so genuine
and so so sweet, so hopefully if all goes to plan she will be baptised on my
(potentially) last Sunday here in Cagliari (6/11/15), so PLEASE pray that all
will be well with her interview and baptism :) Anyways, after this, we headed
home for pranzo, lingua, then headed out to see R. I always feel so good after
seeing her. She is awesome! We read a verse from the Book of Mormon and then
discussed it. Then we headed straight to see L, a less active member. She is so
sweet! We spoke about prayer, the scriptures and the importance in going to
church and used the knife and cup visual. Then we had English course :)
Venerdì
.. We began with weekly planninggggg :) then we saw R first thing in the
afternoon, then met A at a Gelateria for a lesson. This is the day I tried
walnut gelato, which is now one of my top faves. I mean, I don't serve in the
Italy Rome mission for nothing.. Haha ;) Well, we taught him about the gospel
of Jesus Christ and it all made sense to him and he agreed to pray about it :)
After that, we headed straight over to AM. We taught her about the Restoration
and watched the film. It was so good to finally teach her a lesson... She still
had a ton of questions, but we told her this time that she just needs to listen
and that she would find answers if she did just that. It went well and she
understood :) Oh, awkward story moment ...
So,
Sorella Rossi and I are waiting at the bus stop... and I get my English/Italian
dictionary out and try to test her on English words and myself on Italian
words... Then this man comes and stands next to us just as I read out the
Italian version of the word 'pocket knife' all loud and proud. He looked at us
both like .. what the freak .. and then when he saw my dictionary he burst out
laughing hahahaha Then he got on the bus and kept looking at is and laughing hahaha.
Sabato ..
We began at the chapel with M speaking about the Plan of Salvation. It went so
well and she absolutely loved it :) The rest of the day was taken up with
finding and making calls. In the evening we met with the Anziani and the other
Sorelle and did a gesso in town. We basically just had written "GRAZIE A
LUI" and we were showing the ‘Because of Him’ Mormon message. :) It went really
well, (once the Hare Krishna’s had passed by). After that, the day was over.
How interesting.. Oh no, actually .. here is a real funny story of our trip
home from the gesso. There was this drunk man who Sorella Rossi and I saw a few
days before. When I say drunk I mean absolutely out of it. He had like a
McDonalds straw through his nose.. I mean, at least this time he was dressed. Yeah..
Anyways, he is on our bus and he starts talking to the Africans .. Kind of in
English kind of in a language I don't think anyone in this world has ever heard
hahaha Then the bus (after his loud shouting and talking) went silent and he
sings at the top of his drunk croaky voice "Yellow Submarine"... IT
WAS HILARIOUS, CUS HE KNEW ALL OF THE WORDS HAHAHAHAHAHAH us missionaries were
DYING. It was so funny, oh my gosh, I wish I’d recorded it! Then he said
something else, which was hilarious, but I'll tell you about that when I get
home haha. Never a dull moment!
Domenica
.. church, obviously. The talks were awesome. Something that stood out was
Fratello D’s talk when he said "The gospel of Jesus Christ doesn't change
our situations and that which we face, but what it changes is the way we face
them". After sacrament meeting, I was in primary for both hours, cus I was
helping with the music :) I LOVED IT. Italian primary kids are just so much
cuter than any other kids! Haha, love it! After lunch and language study we saw
G and started up Personal Progress with her. It got me regretting not doing it
as a teenager and I have actually started now :) I use like the first 10 mins
or so of my study for it :) Then after that, we met A and read more of
the ‘For the Strength of Youth’ and she made Fufu for us, cus Rossi has never
eaten it. She actually liked it, which surprised me! Then we had plantain (in Italian
it is platano) – like a giant banana? Boh. We had it with a really spicy soup!
Lush. Although... I've learnt to love spicy food being in the mission and that
was basically our day!
Lunedì ..
We did shopping, I've started sharing shopping with Sorella Clark :) We eat
similar things and our companions would rather buy their own, so we did kind of
a split when we spent shopping and it was GREAT, CUS IT’S SO MUCH CHEAPER AND
WE GET MORE FOOD AND I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE TO EAT WITH. I hate eating alone,
it's so sad, but now I have someone :) :) :) My buddy Sorella Clark haha! We
did that” We went to the piazza just to download our emails, then typed them up
at home. It's better this way, cus otherwise we wait outside in the cold where
the wifi is close to our house or we travel forever to get to church.. Well, we
don't travel forever, but it's p’day and who has time on p’day to wait for buses?
Not me! So yeah, we did that! Then we went shopping a bit and had to leave to
get the bus early, cus we had a family home evening set with la famiglia L.
They live a little bit lontano, but it's the cutest little town! They are a
super brava family. There have 3 boys who are absolutely adorable, especially
their youngest who is 7! He is the sweetest little kid and he says the sweetest
sweetest prayers! Sorella L is the Relief Society President. We did a lesson
about being the light to our friends and sharing the gospel and using the
knowledge that we have to help our family and friends. We began with a little
game where we got them to draw their family, but we turned the lights off, so
they couldn't see anything. Then we got them to do it again, but we let them
use a torch. It was really fun and the boy loved it :) They are awesome and
it's sad, cus they're wanting to move to America, waaaaaaaaa. I love them. They
then fed us dinner. The typical sard pasta, which was real good and like a
salted cupcake, so a savoury snack. It was real good. Then for the dolce, she
made ginger cake and also aubergine cake. YUM! Then they took us home.
Martedì
.. Began with M and taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ. It went well. After that,
we saw R again. We are just going through the lessons with her so thoroughly!
She is doing well and just wants to learn! Then we had lunch, studied and
headed straight out to V. We spoke about how each of us are of value and of
worth and that here in Cagliari we need her talents, testimony and abilities in
order to build up the Kingdom of God. We used the scripture in 1 Corinthians
12. :) After V, we were running late, so luckily the other Sorelle were able to
cover for us and teach S! Then we did English course! :)
Mercoledì
.. We headed off to see C! :) She made us a hot chocolate. The Italian hot
chocolate is different to back home; kind of like a hot chocolate pudding. It's
real good. I'll sent some home – hopefully this week! :) The lesson went well.
We are on the commandments now, but still not really seeing much progress :( I
feel like this with most people we are seeing. I love them so much and they
have a desire to learn, but the action part; such as actually coming to church,
or committing to a baptismal date or reading the scriptures is what seems to be
hard for them! Help! Then we headed home for pranzo, (C lives so far awayyyyy) ..
then studied Italian.. Thennnnn saw R :) She made little cheesy breads for us
and gave us pear juice (one of my faves :) We spoke with her about the
Atonement. Sorella Rossi found an awesome quote from a testimony of Elder Packer
found in the Liahona from Dicembre 2015. After R, we received a call from L
telling us that she had bought us some oranges and tomatoes. We went over and
began from the start with the Restoration. It went well. Although we got to the
"God sends His Son, Jesus Christ to earth" part and she was all
"okay grazie Sorelle per il pensiero... Fai tu la preghiera Sorella
Robertson?" We were like errrrm okayyyyy.. I guess we'll finish it next
time. Hahaha .. She offered us some tomatoes to eat here and now, but Sorella
Rossi can't eat them.. So we kindly declined and told her we'd eat them at home
(I'd eat them at home) and then she disappears and comes back with a plate all
full of cut up tomatoes and she's all "c’monnnnnn Sorelle, eat them now!"
.. and so my comp is all 'I'm fasting" and I'm all... "Errrrr okay
haha." What an experience. L is so sweet! :)
Giovedì
.. We headed over first thing to see A. Another less active who we are working
with. SHE IS SO CUTE. She's the sister who always gives us food; like she
literally goes through her cupboards and gives us whatever she has and refuses
rejection haha. She is the sweetest! Well, it was also really interesting, cus
Sorella Rossi is friends with her granddaughter who is in Salt Lake serving a
mission. It's such a small world. I feel like it would be like this for me if I
served in England. It's kinda cool... but not as cool as serving in the Italy
Rome mission, so I'm not even jel. She made these cute Sardinian dolci and made
us a tropical tea. The good kind. I'm quite a fan of fruit tea these days. It
was real good with a spoonful of sugar and a slice of lemon haha. I feel like
such a granny! After that, we had a last minute change in schedule, so we
changed our day a little and had an early lunch, so we could fit in the other
things in the evening. After lunch and studies, (the Sassari Sorelle came too,
cus there was the conference on venerdì). We thennnnn headed to the church to
help C with her translating... Then we received another cancellation from
someone we were supposed to see afterwards... Soooo, we headed to town and did
another gesso with the Anziani and the other zone missionaries. That was our
day.
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| Last Conference in Sardegna |
Venerdì
.. We headed straight to church for our interviews. I feel like just as I die
my interviews with President get better and better. I love President. He is
truly an inspired man and he is so right for this mission! After interviews, we
had the Leadership Council. It went well :) Then we had the Conference. The conference
was awesome! Anyways, after the Conference, Fratello C had made dinner for us!
:) Then we did the scambio with the Sassari Sorelle. I was with Sorella
McPheters in the evening, so we saw R, taught her the law of chastity, then
went to see B and spoke about missionary work and then met with G and did some
Personal Progress :) Then on the way home we had a scambio treat from
McDonald's. Hot choc :) That was basically our day! In the evening, Sorella
Littlefield was chasing after Sorella Clark (they were in the MTC together) and
the quote of the week is Sorella Littlefield "YOU COME HERE YOU DIVINE
SOUL. I’M GONNA RIP OUT YOUR NOSE HAIRS" hahahahaha so gross, but it
cracked me up!
Sabato ..
I spent the morning with Sorella Littlefield. We couldn't get any appointments
with anyone, so we went to Quartu to do some less active finding. Some of them
were 'busy', some 'don't live there anymore', some of the addresses don't even
exist... So we went to do street approach and headed home. Wasn't the most successful
morning I've had.. Va bene! Then they left and me and Rossi did weekly planning
and saw R.
Domenica
.. Wellllllll the house was empty.. It was just me and my comp.. So we got one
bathroom each, which was heaven!!!! Got ready and headed to church :) set up
the chairs and then it all began. The primary did the presentation and did a
really good job. They are so cute ah!!! After the presentation, I was playing the
postlude music and Fratello D comes and waits for me to finish and asks if my
companion and I can join the mission prep class that he runs during gospel
principles, so we said yessss. We assumed it was to translate, cus usually the
Anziani translate for one of the African members... but they were there too and
we were like boh why are we here booooooh. Anyways, Fratello D, in short words
is an inspired man. The whole lesson was just for me. There were points that I
cried and I haven't cried in a lesson since being at home and even then it was
years ago. He spoke first about companionship unity and then he spoke about
when he was finishing his mission and how he felt etc and I just feel exactly
how he explained. He explained how as a missionary you have a purpose every day.
You recite your purpose every day; everything you do has a purpose, or at least
should have. You're with someone who shares the same beliefs as you all day
every day; everything you are expected to focus on is all about the gospel of
Jesus Christ; everything you do is for others. It's just an experience of a
lifetime. Then you get home and your focuses are different. You aren't
surrounded by these kind of people anymore all the time, every day. You have a
different purpose and before you find it, you're out there searching for it..
Everything's gonna be different .. and I just started getting a little down, as
he was saying all of this and yep, it made me sad, but then he said how all of
this doesn't have to end etc. but yeah it was something I really needed... but
then at the end he (unexpectedly) turns the time over to me.. and is like
"and now we are gonna ask Sorella Robertson to share her testimony... and
I was like .. "On missionary work?" and he was all "Whatever you
want; it can be on cheesecake if you wish" haha, so sassy .. and I was
like blown away, cus I hadn't felt so emotional for such a long time and then I
was asked to bare my testimony and I was just so overwhelmed.. but it went
well. I don't even remember what I said, but it went well I think. :) After
that, we had Relief Society and Priesthood together, I sat with A. I LOVE HER
and the E family. I LOVE THEM TOO! Vescovo C did the lesson all based on
"With small and simple things, great things come to pass" and spoke
also a lot about the family :) E was all emotional too with me, cus we get
transfer calls this Saturday and she knows I'm leaving and so yeah, it's really
sad, cus I love everyone here and I am like 97% sure I'm gonna be death
transferred. Anyways, we got the bus home, ate, then did journal writing. After
that, we went to correlation, then we waited around for the youth to come to
the FHE we planned for all the young people... but no one came AWKWARD. So we
went with the zone leaders to do a gesso. It was actually a really good one! We
just wrote with the chalk "chi sono I mormoni?" .. and it was so easy
to speak to people that way, just cus it was kinda casual, but led onto a
gospel conversation really easily! So that was fun!
Okay
literally that is it for the week. I love you all tons! I love you so much AHHH
and miss you too. See you real soon! BIG KISSES. PS I CAN’T BELIEVE I GOT MY
DEATH PACKET WAAA
Transfer
calls his Saturday too... Where will I die? Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Last week of second to
last transfer:
Heyyyyyyyyy!
I don't think I have anything super exciting to tell you, at least anything
that you don't already know, so I'll start with the .....
Lunedì
lowdown...we did spesa and email first thing and then we went 'Christmas
shopping' / sard shopping, because I knew that I'd be getting transferred soon.
Then we met with the Anziani and went to see the flamingos / beach! After that,
we did a little more email and headed over to K. We found her doing area book.
She met with the missionaries previously, but it just wasn't her time back
then. It was just a lesson 0 and we got to know her a little. We decided with
her that we will meet with her twice a week; once to do the missionary lessons,
to help her spiritually and the other time to go through the programme. After
that, we went to a school. So a few weeks back we received a call from a guy
who knew the Sorelle from before (they must have helped him out at the school
before, who knows when) and he asked us to come. We met him at the front of
Auchan and then got in a taxi to the school. This is like a night school.. Open
till midnight. (Isn't that nuts?) So we went and then basically taught a class
full of 20+ year olds, English... So that was really interesting! It was a good
experience. I'm sad I probs won't ever do it again, but it was cool
nonetheless. Some really good potentials in the class too :) so it was a really
busy day, but that then took us up to going home to plan!
Martedì
.. So today was awesome! We went to church first thing to meet up with D and
his sister or mom, D. We met him doing a gesso last week when all the
missionaries were down for zone conf.. He was on the street too playing the
violin for money and Anziano Draghi spoke to him and got his number for us. We
called yesterday to confirm too and all was well, but we got there and they
weren't there, called them and they hung up, so that was a big fat bidone if
ever I saw one. Anyways, who ever let bidones ruin the day? We headed straight
to L’s house, cus it was her birthday and so we heart attacked her door.
Everyone here lives in apartments and so we had two doors/gates to pass by,
which is always the struggle if you ever wanna do something nice and secret for
the members haha, but we always find a way. To get through the gate we just
rang a random person and just asked if they'd let us in and they did? So much
trust haha. Then we got to the door of the apartment block and luckily someone
walked past inside and let us in, so that was a relief! We heart attacked her
door and then headed straight to R! R is adorable. We began with pranzo; started
with tomato pasta, then had a hamburger, then we had brought some options
for her baptism dress and she tried some. YOU WOULD ALL FALL IN LOVE WITH HER,
she's the cutest little person ever; oh my gosh I just love her! She chose the
one she liked. We did a lesson, went over the interview questions again .. Cus
she's old and forgets things, but wants to be baptised so bad, so yeah! Then
headed straight to C. We got there and spoke about the importance of the
restoration and what it means to us individually and then she made us hot choc
.. theeeennnnn we headed straight over to the chapel to see S. We did that
lesson with R, one of the coolest members ever and began the Restoration.. I
say began, cus we didn't get the chance to get past the Life of Christ. After
that, we did English course. It went well and at the end we showed them the
Mormon message Christmas video from last year (He is the Gift) .. and it went
really well. A few of the students made comments and it was awesome! I got a
little chance to try out "Mary Did You Know?" on the piano :) I love
it, more Christmas music videos / music would be awesome, that way I can listen
to stuff in the apartment, cus although I have an iPod, I don't have speakers
and I haven't had for the whole of my mission hahaha. I would just use my comps
speakers and now I have a comp without speakers, so it gets quiet.. I've played
the ‘Mary Did You Know’ by Pentatonix’s a ton of times. I'm not bored of it yet,
but I'm worried I'll get bored haha. :P After, we headed home on the bus with
the Anziani .. never a dull moment. They're so funny! THEN THE SORELLE CAME
HOME WOOOOOOOOOOO I've missed them!
Mercoledì
.. Today we had DDM first thing, cus we had to move it, as the Sorelle were in
Palermo to pick up Sorella Clark’s permesso. It was awesome! It was all about
developing talents.
Anyways,
after that, he got us to write down 3 talents that we have (ourselves) then we
each had to write one about one another. Apparently I'm funny! Haha who woulda
thought?
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| How the district see me! |
Talking about that, after DDM, we did transfer predictions then
Fratello C made lunch and during lunch one of the Anziani told me I was a 'bro'
hahah bro-zoned. Then when I asked him what made me a bro he was like "I
dunno, you're kinda just like a bro, like masculine I guess?' and I was like
kinda offended and kinda not. Haha anyways, then I was asking him how I'm
masculine, cus I'm not masculine in any way (secondo me), but then he was like
'yeah, just cus like you get along super well with the Anziani like we're all
friends and you get on with the Sorelle too, but you just like connect with
Anziani' or in other words boh. That's basically what he meant, but I'm sure
they're not the words he used hahaha. So that's fun, I'm a bro. Anyways, after
that we headed over to R’s with the ZL’s for her interview and SHE PASSED WITH
FLYING COLOURS WOOOOO. She was so excited! Her little face :) Then we taught
her a lesson, which went really well. After that, we popped in to do a
spiritual thought with V, which was awesome. She seems so much happier these
days :) THEN WE GOT TO SEE ONE OF MY FAVE FAMILIES WHO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
SEE EVER SINCE I GOT HERE, but one got ill, then the other got ill and it just
never seemed to work out, but woooooo finally we got into their house haha.
They live super far away, so the ZL’s had to pick us up from Quartu, then drive
us there. We did the ‘He is the Gift’ spiritual thought and all wrote one thing
that the Saviour has done for us; went around reading them out and then
challenged them to think of one new thing every day. Then we had dinner with
them .. so lush mmmmm. Then they drove us home. I love this family. I'm super
sad, cus it got late and I never got to take a picture with them, but it's okay,
cus I'm deffs gonna come back and visit them! Then that was our day! :)
Giovedì
.. Today was awesomeeeee. I did a scambio with the Sorelle Di Cagliari. I began
with Sorella Clark, one of my faveeees! We had an appointment with a lady
called C who she found doing area book. It was their meeting her and she was
GOLDEN. We planned originally to do the Plan of Salvation, but then things led
to The Restoration. She had so many questions. She asked how she can better
herself. We testified a lot of prayer and then at the end she offered one of the
most amazing prayers I've ever heard an investigator offer! It was super
sincere. She asked Heavenly Father to help her to pray even more sincerely that
she may strengthen her faith and relationship with him. She was just adorable.
I'm so happy for the Sorelle! She's absolutely golden! After that, we made some
calls, then swapped over to normal companionships, cus we had a lunch apt with
La Famiglia S.. It was awesome. They are the family Chris stayed with when he
came here and they told me I can stay whenever I want to so YEY :) After that,
we came home and swapped again. I was with Sorella Chandler. We did language
study then saw E and R. It was awesomeeee and they have these tiny little
kittens and they're just the cutest little things! Then we had English course.
I got to speak to each of the Sorelle and things are going well. Then we had
English course and that was our day :)))
Venerdì
.. Today was good! We began with weekly planning, much to my happiness.
Planning went well and after that, we went to see K. This woman is so humble
and ready. We are gonna do the missionary lessons and also go through the stop
smoking programme that the church has created. We began today with The Restoration.
It went really well. She remembered a few things from the missionaries before,
but we got to explain it more. We were able to talk with her about the spirit
and how it works. We also explained why we don't pray to Mary and she had a few
other questions, but she seemed quite satisfied with our answers. :) After
that, we headed over to R to finish off her lessons before her baptism TOMORROW
yeah, it was changed back to tomorrow last minute, cus Bishop called this
morning and said we couldn't do it then, because there will be some kinda
fireside.. So yeah! R is super excited and it works out better this way, cus
she will get the Gift of the Holy Ghost this Sunday and won't have to wait a
week...cus that's how they were gonna do it. It went really well and I've not
seen such an old lady so happy and sassy and funny and full of life since Nana
B, so it's just so awesome! She would actually be really good friends with Nana
B .. I can just see it! You'd love her. She's the best!!!! After that, we came
home and made some calls. Had success with a few people who wanna see us!
Anyways, I need to sleep. Notte.
Saturday.
The longest morning ever. We did our studies and as usual, we opened our calendar
for day 5 (it's like become a ritual, brings us together Hahahah)! We then
found out about the changes within the zone, but still hadn't received
anything... So we headed to the chapel, cus we had a lesson with C aaand as we
were waiting for her, Anziano Pingree called (AP) So, time for a low down on
things on the island. I am gonna go to Caserta to die with the greenie of
Sorella Hamilton (Sorella Nelson), who my family met on their vacation in
August .. haha that's weird!
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| So my final transfer means, I'm back on the mainland! |
Sorella Battezzato comes to replace me (just like
she did in Ragusa ha), the Sorelle stay. Williams leaves to Siracusa and a guy
comes to replace him..... and the poor poor ZL’s stay and get another guy, so
they're gonna be in a trio, which is super weird, cus they were just blown in
and the works pretty hard sooooo boh. Anyways, Sassari stays the same. Beesley
goes to Pescara (I’m jel) and Mercado leaves after only 4 weeks of serving here
and Haroldsen stays and gets Anziano Scott. I'm aware that this all means
nothing to you haha, but this is my journal, soooooo I'm gonna write it anyway
ha. When the members ask how I feel it's hard, cus I'm really sad and I'll miss
them. They're all incredible and this city is absolutely lush, but I know it’s
my time. The lesson with C went well. We helped her with translating. Then we
shared a message about Christ :) After that, we headed for pranzo and lingua,
then finally saw B after all this time! :) She is so awesome. She is literally
like a member. I'm gonna miss B a lot! She just seems to me like a member
already. She said the most beautiful prayer asking Heavenly Father to bless all
the missionaries with success, thanking him for his teachings! She is one of my
faves! Gosh, I have to come back here for her baptism!! After that, we headed
straight to the Chinese shop to buy white socks for R, then to the church! SHE
IS SO CUTE WOW WOW. HER 3 nieces came and helped her out with everything, asked
a ton of questions and it was just awesome. Mamma, it was the most incredible
thing I have ever seem. An 85 year old woman entering the waters of baptism. So
many people would have us believe that they are too old to change. R is nothing
like that. She is so awesome. She knew what she was doing and I've never seen
such a determined little old soul in my life. You saw the pictures and how
happy she was! The service was beautiful. Lots of members came. We had F and C
give the talks (she chose them, cus she loves them and she went to their
wedding a few weeks back). They did awesome talks. There were a lot of member
involvement. EVERYBODY loves her! We did a musical item (the Sorelle) and
Fratello D performed the ordinance (with the assistance of Anziano RASBAND). As
she entered into the water so slowly with her dainty tiny little feet, the
spirit just filled the room! She went down first time. It was incredible .. and
we all helped get her ready; me, my comp and her nieces :)
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| R's Baptism.....happy days! |
THEN we had asked
her last week if she wanted to bare her testimony during the closing of the
service and she said no, but Fratello A who was directing asked her and she
said ‘Yes’! She got up and said 'Devo ringraziare il Signore per il mio
battessimo .......' Then she was silent for a few seconds, looked at Fratello A
who went to prompt her and said “Ora non mi vengono le parole" .. which in
English would be something like 'Now the words aren't coming to me" haha Then
she came down and sat back with us. IT WAS SO CUTE, just a huge confirmation
that this gospel is for EVERYONE OF ALL AGES. She is such an example to me! I
love her ahh!!! :) and that was our day! So awesome! Good news all around :)
I'm so happy!
Domenica
.. Today was great. Man this ward is awesome! We got to church and did the
usual. I got to leave the ward with my testimony and then the members bore
their testimonies, many about Thomas S Monson. Then Sunday School was all about
charity. Then Relief Society was all about temples! I was so sad to say goodbye
to the members. Honestly, the members here are incredible. Their perspective of
the gospel is on point and I've said this before, but I've never seen reverence
like it anywhere else. I'm so grateful for their example; that I had to thank
them for it as part of my testimony and I told them how I've never experienced
such reverent, peaceful sacrament meetings! :) ALSO, a side note: IMPORTANT
SIDENOTES. 1. M (who I haven't seen forever, who we used to teach .. came to
church to say goodbye and stayed for the whole of sacrament meeting. :) Then 2)
R’s confirmation was just awesome. She was a little late, so we did it after
the ordinance of the sacrament, but it was absolutely beautiful and she is just
so happy! Fratello D did it and it was awesome. He mentioned how Heavenly
Father has saved her to be baptised at this time in her life and how precious
she is. It was just an absolutely amazing experience. Everything about R is
just incredible! After all of this, first we headed to the bus stop, then the
Anziani came and told us that there were some members who had prepared pranzo at
church and had spare to feed us too, so we all headed back (all but Anziani
Williams and Bertoldo) and ate with Fratello C, F, C and their kids. It was
awesome! Then we went home. I sorted some bits out, then we headed over to A.
We shared the Christmas video from last year and wrote down one thing that we
are grateful for (one thing Christ has done/does for us). It went well. We all
went round the table sharing what we wrote. We got to her and she started
singing what she wrote. I think it was an African Redeemed Church song from
before she joined the church... I don't know, but it was hil. I got her to do
it again and I recorded it. I LOVE THAT WOMAN. I'm gonna miss her so much.
After that, we headed to town to do a gesso with the others (but not the
Sorelle). It was a Book of Mormon gesso and went abbastanza well considering;
although it wasn't my fave topic just cus it was harder to grab the attention from
them, but it was cool, We had like all the Books of Mormon in all the different
languages and wrote in the middle "Would you like a free copy?" .. so
it was cool. Then we headed home, planned, called the DL and the Sassari
Sorelle and called it a night :)
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| Gesso |
.. and
that was our week. I'm so sad to leave the people here. They are incredible.
This city is gorgeous and the work I've been able to do here has been awesome!
However, moving to another city was also an answer to a prayer.
ANYWAY, IT’S
PDAY ... MY last one in Cagliari.. That's not happy .. that's sad, but I'm
gonna go make the most of it, so I love you all so so so much. I'm so excited
to go to the Napoli zone and try this pizza that everybody talks about! My
companion sounds hilarious and she was trained by one of my best friends, so
I'm sure we will love each other! I cannot believe it's the last transfer! So
sad! So exciting! I will fly out to Rome Wednesday evening and
hopefully stay with SORELLA ROBERTS IN ROME 6 HOPEFULLY ;) .. then I'll get the
train to Napoli on Thursday morning.
The
church is true. God is so patient and merciful. Christ is our Redeemer.
Never forget that they both love you all .. and so do I!
You're all
in my prayers. Keep being amazing and I'll see you SO SO SO SOON!
Baci e abbracci
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I went to
say goodbye to B and she had got me the cutest Pandora charm.
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| I will remember Cagliari and the people with so much love x |
