Gosh, this week has been rather slow, but the day's went fast. Unfortunately, not a heck of a lot of cool little stories to tell. Either A) I haven't been looking, B) I've been slowing down on my passion for wanting to do the best I can here a bit, or C) a combination of both. I think, unfortunately, it's C. What's been hard is that none of the people we needed and wanted to see last week could or would, so we ended up just seeing a looooot of new converts and less-active people. Which is good, yes, but then it's hard to get anything across that they need to hear. Why, you ask? They talk. It's like a national pasttime here. After some lessons, I come out feeling so dang crappy 'cause I couldn't get a word in, except "Ci vediamo" on my way out, or if they ask me to say the prayer. What's funny, though, was one person we talked to said to me "You need to talk more if you want to learn the language," and then continued on for something like 20 minutes about something that they thought was relevant. Ironic, huh? When that happens, I just end up feeling like crap. You guys know that I have always had a hard time fighting for places in conversations, but here it's just impossible. The thing is, I CAN talk in the language now, and I'm learning more and more how to hear it, but I never get a chance to show people that I can... Situations like that make me wonder why Heavenly Father called me here, where it seems I would be the MOST useless...
Ok, ranting aside, there was something pretty cool that happened Monday. Actually, it started last Sunday, when this one guy, named Andrea Perdichizzi, came to church. He's been a member for about 8 months, and less-active for about 7 of them. Apparently, he didn't like how the leaders did things for some reason, or he thought they were not following commandments enough. I dunno. But he came to church last Sunday, and he wanted to talk to us the next day. So we met up, and he told us (after talking like most Italians, but it was better with him) that he realized that not coming to church just hurt him, so he wants to become fully active again. That was cool! And he came this past week too, and this Monday we saw him again, and he walked in and asked how much was 10% of 60, and then tried to give US 6! Haha! But we showed him how to pay tithing, and he told us it was his first time ever doing that! He's great!
It's so much fun to hear how you're all doing! And especially with Kaden, that's awesome! Keep tearin' it up! And Cameron, I can understand about Ms. Kennicutt (that's the teacher's name, right?) She can be a little.... blunt. But the shop classes are incredibly fun, I'm glad you enjoyed it! As well as the volcano, that sounds sweet! I wanna go! And Cole's sounding good with the campout, that's cool that he liked it so much. I'm psyched to see how fast he gets through all the requirements for everything. Here's a little competition for you: get to be a Life Scout before I finish my mission. Deal? I bet you I'll win! :P
Mom and Dad, I always love your thoughts in your e-mails. Especially the advice you both gave for the guy from Israel. I dunno, we DID explain a lot of that before, but we can try some of it again and the new stuff. But I think what it's gonna come down to is us just testifying, and trying to pump spiritual feelings into the room. We haven't seen him since I last wrote, though. And Dad, your thoughts on "Come Thou Font" were great! I had looked up before what the Ebenezer was, but I never found where. That's cool! And then how you tied it with Ebenezer Scrooge, haha!
Anyway, I love you all, you're great!
Anziano Walker
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