Ciao Presidente!
This week has been interesting. To start off, the 2 new investigators we got are Antonio Melis and his sister Fabiana, the guy who we were meeting at his house for english and I mentioned that I was feeling iffy about going for too much longer. But, We've had some solid lessons with them, and they realize that we're not teachers of english, just practice. And they both really do have good questions about the church and our spiritual thoughts we give, which always end up with us staying at least a half hour longer to talk some more. They even said they would try to come to church (but not this past week because they already had something planned with someone else). But they are super great!
Also, we are trying really hard to continue to see our investigators we have. Yesterday, we saw Agostino at the hospital (his wife is a less-active, he asked for a blessing for a tumor a while ago), and he was really appreciative of the visit, and we're planning on going back tomorrow. We heard from Gianni that his eye surgery went well, but his eye is bugging him, and we can't come for a bit. He was happy to see we left a note for him though, and a Restoration film. We heard that Gino is also in the hospital, but we don't know which one. But we are giving him to the other Anziani here to teach, so they can have some ground to start on possibly. Monday night we were able to see William and Cristina again (the children of S.lla Pistidda), and had a nice little lesson with them, even though babies were crying and so on. Other ones that we have not been able to see are Salvatore Ibba, Vanessa, and Carlo.
And yesterday was full of miracles as well, a lesson with Efisio (an investigator of 5 years who wants to get baptized but can't due to problems with family and his rest home), which was great because he hasn't been allowed out of his house the past like 2 months, and then we have this lesson (on tithing because of some comments he made in Sunday School), and he tells us that he thinks the Spirit finally found a way into his brain to tell him that tithing is from God. And then we got another investigator, Cristiano, who seems golden. He is really searching for the right path, he has studied a bit about various religions, he's curious to learn more about us, and he was able to recognize the feelings he had as the Spirit when we expained that. It's great!
I'm also in a good mood right now because I recently started a new way of studying the scriptures that is helping me learn a ton. I'm highlighting all the times in the scriptures where it names Christ, whether as a name, pronoun, or title. This is really helping me see a lot of things I didn't expect, like different prophecies and promises, just how much the Book of Mormon and Bible testify of Him, and even how sacred his name is kept in the scriptures. Also, I'm learning a lot of questions I have too, like how to make sense of Mosiah 15, which really confuses me a bit. But I'm thinking a lot about it, and really trying to understand in a way I've never seen before.
Thanks President!
This week has been interesting. To start off, the 2 new investigators we got are Antonio Melis and his sister Fabiana, the guy who we were meeting at his house for english and I mentioned that I was feeling iffy about going for too much longer. But, We've had some solid lessons with them, and they realize that we're not teachers of english, just practice. And they both really do have good questions about the church and our spiritual thoughts we give, which always end up with us staying at least a half hour longer to talk some more. They even said they would try to come to church (but not this past week because they already had something planned with someone else). But they are super great!
Also, we are trying really hard to continue to see our investigators we have. Yesterday, we saw Agostino at the hospital (his wife is a less-active, he asked for a blessing for a tumor a while ago), and he was really appreciative of the visit, and we're planning on going back tomorrow. We heard from Gianni that his eye surgery went well, but his eye is bugging him, and we can't come for a bit. He was happy to see we left a note for him though, and a Restoration film. We heard that Gino is also in the hospital, but we don't know which one. But we are giving him to the other Anziani here to teach, so they can have some ground to start on possibly. Monday night we were able to see William and Cristina again (the children of S.lla Pistidda), and had a nice little lesson with them, even though babies were crying and so on. Other ones that we have not been able to see are Salvatore Ibba, Vanessa, and Carlo.
And yesterday was full of miracles as well, a lesson with Efisio (an investigator of 5 years who wants to get baptized but can't due to problems with family and his rest home), which was great because he hasn't been allowed out of his house the past like 2 months, and then we have this lesson (on tithing because of some comments he made in Sunday School), and he tells us that he thinks the Spirit finally found a way into his brain to tell him that tithing is from God. And then we got another investigator, Cristiano, who seems golden. He is really searching for the right path, he has studied a bit about various religions, he's curious to learn more about us, and he was able to recognize the feelings he had as the Spirit when we expained that. It's great!
I'm also in a good mood right now because I recently started a new way of studying the scriptures that is helping me learn a ton. I'm highlighting all the times in the scriptures where it names Christ, whether as a name, pronoun, or title. This is really helping me see a lot of things I didn't expect, like different prophecies and promises, just how much the Book of Mormon and Bible testify of Him, and even how sacred his name is kept in the scriptures. Also, I'm learning a lot of questions I have too, like how to make sense of Mosiah 15, which really confuses me a bit. But I'm thinking a lot about it, and really trying to understand in a way I've never seen before.
Thanks President!
Anziano Walker
Hey guys!
Man, this week has been crazy, and fun! It was cool to be in 8 at
church on Sunday, and in 10 at District Meeting Monday. Nuts! Oh, to
answer Dad's question about the wards/branches: there are 3 other
branches on the island, where each of the missionaries are (Oristano,
Sassari, and Olbia), but as far as I know, Cagliari will be the only one
that becomes a ward. The others are just way too small to sustain all
the callings that come. But we're flying to Rome Sunday morning, and
then flying back Sunday evening. All 18 missionaries on the island.
Nuts.
Let's see, what did I not mention in my letter to President? I took
a bit of time to write that because I was so excited about the week and
all the work we did, and I knew I was gonna copy that part to you. But
yeah, this past week has been nuts. Oh, and that Cristiano guy? We found
him Sunday evening, after the Mostra. We had 10 minutes left when we
dropped off the Mostra at the appartment, so we decided to do a little
bit of finding before planning. We went out, and within 5 minutes we
found him, and had a decent conversation with him, and set up an
appointment for yesterday. And he was SUPER great in the lesson, even
giving a really meaningful prayer at the end. Sweet!
But yeah, that's kind of my week. The new Anziani and Sorelle are
fun. There's one Italian Sorella, Sorella Caramia, who's fun because she
hardly speaks any english, and it's so rewarding to be able to have a
full on conversation with a missionary like that. The new Anziani are
both really funny and great workers, with an Anziano Davids being an
especially good example for myself, I feel. He's one transfer ahead of
me (we knew each other briefly in the MTC, which no new groups can say
anymore (there's no overlapping time in the MTC)).
Well have fun this week, and I love hearing about all that's going
on! Cameron, way to go on going to that Order of the Arrow thing, that's
super cool! Kaden: I can tell you from experience: you will have less
hard conversations with Mom and Dad if you make a goal to finish your
eagle project in 2 months, and then focus on beating that goal. Cole:
YOU'RE GONNA BE A DEACON, OH MAN THAT'S SO COOL! HAPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY
IN A FEW WEEKS!!!!! =D Mom and Dad: I love you! =D
I love you!
Anziano Walker
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