Or ''the miracles this week'' for those not learning Italian
😂.
Alright first things first:
Pizzas eaten : 13
Gelato: 8
Books of Mormon : 8
Quindi, questa settimana is full of
miracles. Nothing huge like healing a blind man's eyes or helping the lame to
walk but other things that were huge to me. First off I should tell all of you
this: finding people to teach is hard. If my companion and I sit down on a
bench to teach the people sitting there, they move. If I manage to stop someone
on the street with some broken Italian they listen and then show me their palm
while walking away after I mention that we're missionaries and I'm not asking
for directions. Now I'm not complaining but I'm just noticing that some people
are much more prepared to hear the gospel then others. I don't know if I told
you this but my companion and I are the only missionaries in Castellammare di
Stabia where we live. But people love to tell us that they're talking to the
other missionaries like us. At least they're nice about telling us no. But this
week most of it was full of zone conference with the mission president,
interviews with him and then a free guided tour from a person that we were
teaching (pictures to follow) so we didn't have much time to find new people.
But Saturday and Sunday (they do weeks from Monday - Sunday not Sunday -
Saturday here) we didn't have to stop a single person. They all came to us with
questions, thinking we were either TJ's or police officers (this happens many
times a week and more often than you would think) and then realizing that we
weren't what they thought they asked us their question anyways which turned
into a great gospel discussion with follow up appointments from almost all of
them. Someone even offered to take us out to eat at a five star restaurant this
week on them because they work there. So I'm eating very well in case you were
worried, but there's no need to be. But one person who said I could use his
name, Daniel, stands out far more than all the others. Daniel is Christian but
non-denominational so when we met him we were talking with another person named
Bob (more pictures to follow) and Daniel wanted us to take his picture with the
two people he was with. He asked if we were Christian and we said yes. He
grabbed my companions hand and asked us to pray with him, so the six of us
(Bob, my companion, Daniel and the two girls and then myself) held hands and
said a prayer in Italian and then one in Spanish. After that we just had an
hour of sharing our beliefs with one another. Then came Sunday where we had a
linger longer (fun fact they serve you so you don't wait in line) and then we
headed to the Vista (boardwalk) and sent Daniel a text to see if maybe we could
meet up before he left on Tuesday (he works on a yacht) and he said that night
was great for him. So we went and met him and for two hours we talked about
what we believed, asked each other what our goals in life are and then why we
believe in God just to name a few of the things we talked about. Some days you
need to scrounge for the opportunity and some days it asks to say prayers for
you.
Now, to answer the questions that I was
asked all week:
1. My shoes and suits are holding up alright but I was
looking at other suits here in Italy and the store I went to, their biggest
suit was too small for me. Yay.
2. If you want to see all my photos please send me a link or
invitation to a cloud account where I can share them. It's hard to find wifi
otherwise I would put them on Facebook.
3. The food is so good here and so ridiculously cheap I'm
surprised to be losing Weight honestly.
4. The people here are genuine. Whether that's good or bad
is up to you. They care very much about their friends and very little about
what they don't like.
5. The funniest thing that has happened to me since I got
here would have to be when I got to zone conference and showed the presidents
wife a time lapse video of me drinking 2 litres (half gallon) of water in a
sitting and her saying she does the same thing but then challenging me to drink
more than 2 litres in a sitting because it was impressive.
6.im
serving in a branch of about 18 active members and six missionaries. Four
senior couples and then my companion and I.
7. My language is coming along, I can understand most small
children now 😂 usually. But they speak a lot faster than I
can.
8. I've knocked on a total of 12 doors since I've been here,
all on the same day because nobody answers doors they just talk through them
and they all claim to have just gotten out of the shower. Every time.
9. Every Thursday I help out at Càrita's (charities) soup
kitchen and Make something different every time. It's pretty awesome helping
out and diffusing arguments amongst the people we're feeding with prayers. True
Story 😁
Well that's all I have for the moment,
I'm going to vesuvius today, in fact I'm on the bus right now as I'm typing.
Pictures to come!
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