Ciao President
This week has been slow in lessons, but we've been
looking all over to see if we can find out if the less-actives on our
list want to come, or if they've moved, or whatever. And we've been
trying to see our investigators. Enrico wants to get baptized, but
neither of us feel as if he understands the Church, the teachings, and
the Book of Mormon yet. And he even says so. Although, we've seen some
people these past few days that seem to have some curiosity in knowing
more about us. They live out in Capoterra, though, so it will be a
little difficult to see them on the weeks without the car. However,
we've figured out the bus schedules out there, and we'll see how that
goes.
Thanks for everything, President!
Anziano Walker
Hi fam!
Ok,
Mom, before I forget: that money was spent on tires for the car. And
the huge amount before that you asked about but I never said what it
was, in L'Aquila? I had run out of mission money, and was using personal
money for the bus and groceries. Nothing interesting.
And, 2 requests for the email next week: the Branch
President's wife here requested a recipe for your chocolate chip cookies
and rolls. What can I say, I enjoy them so much, I can't help talking
them up here as well. :) And I would also love an opportunity to make
them here, so..... cookies and rolls, ok? Don't worry about translating,
I'll work on that (Google translate stinks)
We met a few people finding in that Capoterra these
past few days, which is 30 min. by car. One of them, we saw the son on
Monday, and he said his parents weren't home, so we could come back the
next day, and we set up an appointment for 6 the next day.
Unfortunately, we had forgotten that we had set up with a member to go
to a few houses with him in the afternoon. But Tuesday, at lunch, the
member called in sick, so we took the opportunity to go see this kid,
Francesco. He let us in, saying his dad was on the way home. We talked a
bit, and then the dad walked in. To be honest, I don't think HE would
have let us in if HE had answered when we knocked. However, after
talking a bit, he was totally down to revisit with us another time,
muahaha! I think the main problem we have here is that people think
we're Jehovah's Witnesses, which is HUGE here. But they have a bad rep
here as being overly agressive against Catholic beliefs, or.....
anyone's beliefs. I dunno. All I know about them is that one gave me
chocolate when we knocked on her door in L'Aquila. :) But once he
learned we weren't them, we talked a bit, and this guy is super strong
in his beliefs, but is ok to talk to us. Sweet!
The next guy, we found Tuesday, before that. We had
gotten to the area a little early for our appointment, so we continued
doing house in the area. We found a guy working at a dolcerìa (sweet
shop), he came out to talk to us, and we learned he was actually an EX-
Jehovah's Witness, but was actually very curious to get to know us. He
said we could come by and chat Friday morning. AWESOME!
The next guy, we found last Friday, while looking for
less actives in a city called Quartu Sant'Elena. This guy, Gianluca, saw
us on the Street, stopped US, and talked a bunch. A lot of, "Hey, I
want to become Mormon, how do you become Mormon?," and so on. He even
answered his phone right there and said, "Hi mom, I'm here talking to
Walker, and he just gave me a Book of Mormon, you want to become
Mormon?" At this point, I was busting up, almost. His girlfriend was
just kinda off to the side. We're not entirely sure if he was joking or
not. BUT, he passed us 2 times in the car after that, same day, and said
hi, still funny. I dunno, I think I explained that bad, but it was
really funny. He does haircuts, so we went to his house to get a haircut
and talk with him about the Church. Still a little confused, but he's
awesome, and super talkative. It's fun!
Other than that, just pluggin along. It's funny you
guys mention an "Always positive attitude", or something, I don't have
that. I try, but it doesn't happen. I think something may be wrong with
me, but I'm trying. I'm trying to get rid of my stinkin' perfectionist
attitude, but it's hard. I'm trying to cheerfully go down the Street,
all the time, and WANT to do work, but it's hard. Sometimes, I feel like
I'm just doing work just to stay out until 9, to avoid having to really
think or something. I don't like that. I'm not perfect, in the
slightest. And I especially have hard times getting along with each of
my companions. Every. Single. One. The one it was best with was Anziano
Stewart, but I just had a huge perfectionist attitude, again. Man,
unloading a lot, here. I feel bad right now.....................
But today was fun! We went up to a place nearby called
the Devil's Saddle, with a student from English Course from forever, a
fun member, and a friend of their's, and the Sorelle. It was a nice
little 30 min. hike, and with an absolutely GORGEOUS view. I've learned
that that's my kind of tourism. Museums and such are nice, but getting
out and having a nice little day hike is my PERFECT idea of a P-day.
Along with writing letters. Fun stuff!
Well, have fun.
Ciao!
Anziano Walker
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