Ciao President!
This week we've gotten a lot of new people to visit with, and quite a few new investigators! We found two families, both of which are super nice and listen well (for Italians), and one of which is a hard-core Catholic, but warmed up to us as we visited with him. The families though are really nice, one of them (Carlo, Adrianna, with two daughters Laura and Beatrice) invited us to lunch this Sunday (over in Capoterra, so we're also taking the opportunity to see some other contacts around there too, like Massimo), and the other family, which is a little more heavily Catholic, (Roberto, Giulianna, and two daughters as well) live next to a strong member, and said she could come over sometime too. Sweet!
This week was hard working for Less-Actives, but we had a dinner last night with the Relief Society President, and we are planning on working together more to help focus the members on working with them a little more. Mainly, connecting ideas between church and personal visits, so that "church" isn't just a once-a-day thing. We are mainly thinking about how to work up a desire in the members to take a more prominent role.
Thanks for everything you do President Kelly, and I'm excited for this transfer! It's definitely gonna be different, like you said.
Ciao!
Anziano Walker
Hiya family!
Ok, with the Zone Leader and District Leader thing, we don't always stay District or Zone Leader, we find that out every 6 weeks, after Transfer Calls. Which just happened this Saturday. I'm staying in Cagliari, but Anziano McIntyre went to Palermo (everybody that left from the island left yesterday). Now we're just waiting for the new companions to fly in on Thursday. Who is my companion? Well, his name is.......... actually, I don't even know yet, because I'm TRAINING! Holy snap, District Leader, Zone Leader, AND Training. AND next week I have to go down to Messina again to (finally) pick up my Permesso. So my new (in every sense of the word) companion will meet me, we'll start up HIS Permesso work, and then basically right after I'm leaving him for probably about 3 days. Crap.
And this week has been freakin' nuts too, because we're dealing with moving everybody off and getting people here. Every companionship on the island is getting changed somehow. All four Anziani companionships are losing one and getting one (the one's who are staying on the island are staying here in Cagliari until Thursday), the Sorelle in Cagliari lost one (they were a trio, and the oldest one, Sorella Cojan, just finished her mission and is heading back to France), and the Sorelle in Sassari are coming down Thursday to pick up a brand new Sorella. It's really weird to see how young everybody is. I'm now the oldest Anziano on the island, and the second oldest missionary (mission age wise). The Sorelle in Cagliari are now starting their 3rd and 2nd transfers, and everybody is is about the same age. There will be one missionary coming in to Sassari who is one transfer below me, and is the other Zone Leader. I was a little stressed about logistics about getting everyone around where they need to be, but it's working out so far, and at the end of next week it'll be relatively normal.
So with Anziano McIntyre leaving, I GET TO DRIVE THE CAR! When we have it every other week! I've been practicing, and it's so fun. Two words: Stick-shift. It. Is. AMAZING. I am so thankful I learned how to work the gears on a motorcycle, because that helped out a ton. The only thing I'm working on now is to not stall in 1st gear. I'm getting a lot better, already. After a day. Awesome!
Anyway, with these families I told President about, I'm super excited. They seem really cool. We haven't seen Francesco's dad again (that was the one I said warmed up to us), and Gianluca was cool. We saw him yesterday so Anz. McIntyre could say goodbye. It seems like he sees us as just friends, but we left a teeny spiritual thought about prayer at the end, maybe in time with him. And Enrico..... well, he still wants to get baptized, but he is nowhere near ready. He's got a mental handicap, and so some stuff we say doesn't register, and he still thinks SUPER evangelical, and quotes the Apocrypha in lessons, which got one of the members we were working with a little worried. Us too, when he explained it. But the good news is, Enrico even realizes he's not quite ready. Plus, he doesn't come to church. Kind of impossible to get baptized without 3 weeks in a row in church.
But yeah, that's what's up right now. I'M GONNA BE TRAINING!!! Anyway, I love hearing about what's going on at home. Kaden: DO IT. Go to Australia. Pay for every-freakin'-body. DO IT. That's so sweet! And for all of you, good to hear you guys are getting active! And Mom and Dad, good luck with your race in a little bit, I'm super impressed hearing what you guys have done!
Ciao ciao!
Anziano Walker
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