well to start off, last p-day we went
and saw the terni waterfall. only to find out it was TURNED OFF. yes. the
WATERFALL was turned off............... like....... do they have a faucet up
there or something? no.. i dont get it.
anyway..... it was still really
beautiful......
it was super fun too cause GIORGIA
got to come cause she finally stopped working from 8am-8pm everyday! AND! she
came to church on sunday!!! which was the best thing that has ever happened to
me. i've been in italy 4 months and never seen her in church. it was GREAT.
there were legit talks in church too. about sacrifice.
a member (francesco) brought up an
interesting point that there is only ONE thing that we can truely sacrifice to
God, because got gave us everything. nothing we own is ours. our money, our
things, even our time is God given. the only thing that is 100% ours is our
WILL or our agency. we always have the choice of what we do and if we sacrifice
our will to God, this is the greatest sacrifice.
loved his talk.
still attempting to learn how to
cook. its a good excuse to get lessons haha... 'but how are we supposed to
learn to cook italian food if you dont teach us?!' we went to rita's house for
the first time in months. we had a fantastic lesson about temples and then she
taught us how to make tomatoes with rice (perfect- vegetarian and gluten free!)
it was super fun. i love being able to build relationships with all these great
people. rita is so funny.......
'that's not how you peel a potato!!
oh....... your poor husbands..........'
we arent sure what happened with
Anna... she suddenly moved to another city and doesnt want us to see her
anymore....... its really sad.... i freaking love anna... i think she just felt
pressured by corada (the member she was living with) because anna kept telling
us over and over that she knew the church was true, but then was having a
really hard time quitting smoking and i think corada might have just pushed her
to hard. things like this are difficult. no one can expect someone to change overnight.
its a process. for all of us..... anyway... she'll come around one day.. she's
just not ready yet. and patience is a virtue. (really..)
also in church on sunday was maureen.
okay.. she is this skinny african woman from nigeria (speaks english.. best
thing ever..) and she randomly showed up to church with her 2 kids so we went
to visit her yesterday and turns out she had met with the missionaries like 2
years ago, her sister is a member and she knows the church is true and wants to
be baptized. so we set a baptismal date with her for the 27th of october. the
one problem is that she is living with the father of her children but he has
been going through a divorce with another woman for the past, who knows how
many, years and so they are not legally married. SO we are praying for a
miracle to happen..... PLEASE pray that she will be able to get married to her
companion before this date! she wants to be baptized so bad and be able to
raise her children with the gospel but cant unless she gets married first. so
pray for her!! haha...... okay but i just have to tell you all.... if you've
ever seen the cartoon Thumbelina, she is LITERALLY the mother toad from that
movie. its perfect. im serious.
well.. we visited maria again this
week. my favorite one haha...
'ma chi é?' (who are you?)
'sono sorella sudweeks.' (i am
sorella sudweeks)
'eh?!' (what?)
'sono sorella sudweeks!'
'AUGURI!' (more or less-
CONGRATULATIONS!)
oh my gosh... so funny.......... she
cracks me up every time........ BEST old lady ever.
okay.. gotta write president now.
transfer calls are in 3 days. and i am freaking out... its fine.... we'll see.
i'll let you konw next week whats happening.
LOVE YOU ALL! vi voglio un MONDO di
bene!
ciiiiiiiiiaooooooo
sorella sudweeks
1594 - waterfall
1619 - tomatoes with Rita
0204 - Giorgia, Ivs and Suds
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