Well, Dad, it's funny you mention last Friday's appointment. It ended up being what is called a "bidone", which means dumpster. Lessons get that name when we don't actually have the lesson, because they never come to the appointment. :/ We called him several times, but he just never picked up. Oh well. But the other lessons and visits we planned went swimmingly! Anziano Bennett was so easy to get along with, he's great! And he's super hilarious!
The Sri Lankan family is doing alright. Things are getting a little hard for them in different ways, but I'm amazed at how much they believe in the church already! They are SO strong, and they even gave us a referral for a friend who lives in Palermo (on the other side of Sicily), which the missionaries over there met with, and their friend liked it a lot! So cool!
This past week has been super hard on me. I was feeling kind of like Kalyn did, I guess, where it got hard to be happy. Satan sucks. Just saying that right now. But ever since Sunday, it just got super hard for me. Last night it kind of came to a head, and I just felt so stressed and whatnot, I thought I was gonna pop a blood vessel in my head or something. And I could feel a huge pressure on my chest. So before going to bed, I said my prayers and went to bed. I'm not entirely sure how much was coherent, but it worked. I climbed into bed, and after a minute or two, the pressure just ebbed away, and I felt calmed down enough to get a decent night's sleep. Heavenly Father loves us enough to help us out, even when we may not feel like we deserve it. I know. :)
Ok, I WAS going to tell you some interesting things we did this week, but I just took out my agenda now to remember, and it turns out I grabbed the one from LAST transfer. Oops. So, you'll just have to take my word for it that I DID have some good experiences, but I can't really remember what happened yesterday afternoon, let alone last week. But some things come to mind: yesterday afternoon, in fact, we met with a guy from the middle east, who speaks Italian very well and very clearly. We're pretty sure he has some connection to Judaism, because he knows the Old Testament like the back of his hand, but he also has a strong testimony of Christ. Cool thing, he has a Bible in Hebrew. I dunno why I told you that, I just thought it would be fun. :) Not so cool thing, he has a STRONG belief that Saturday is the sabbath, not Sunday. It's especially hard in Italian, because both Saturday and Sabbath are "Sabato". We'll see where this goes!
Ummmm, other than that.... I'm good to go. I still haven't got those cookbooks yet, unfortunately, because we haven't had time to go to a bookstore or anything. Plus, I'm kind of dying here, because I haven't had any opportunity to practice my songs I have on the piano. That really blows. BUT! (if you buy 3 completos, it's only 3 dollars!) There are some songs I've heard here that I would love it if you could search for music. If anything for after the mission. It might be helpful to look them up on iTunes or something beforehand so you can know what to look for in the music. Anyway, they are:
"In Christ Alone" by Owl City (This one is cool, because the band is actually really big, and then he did this song)
"Anthem to My King" by Octappella (I don't know if there's music for it, since it's a cappella, but it is freakin amazing. To make sure you have the right one, Google the words. It starts off "Holy Father, with humble voice I raise an anthem to my King/May the heavens find a way to hear the words I cannot sing")
Anyway, if you could find sheet music for those (or ask Kaden to, that'd be good too), that'd be AMAZING. If not, I'll still love you...........maybe. :)
It's great to hear how everything's going at home, I love you all!
Vi voglio tantissimo bene!
Anziano Walker
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