One month down, and my first transfer almost over... That is
beyond crazy. I really only have like 15 months left, and 11 transfers! I
thought time flew at home, but here it seems like our days are hours, and our
hours days at times. When we have a full schedule though i am just oh so happy.
(: Miracle this week is that we were teaching this mom. Only her and i kind of
thought she fell off the side of the planet because we hadn't heard from her,
and she didn't come to church. Anyway, we ended up setting up an appointment at
her house. We go over expecting to just teach her, and than her son and
daughter walk in the room, sit, and listened! We got three new investigators in
one day! Set a baptismal date with the mom, and with her oldest son who is 19.
This family is soo elect. They are from Ecuador, and i am just so thrilled to
be teaching them. I in all honesty love this work. It is hard when i think of
home, or start thinking about what i would be doing otherwise, but when i work
there comes this happiness that i cannot explain. Basically when we are not
happy, or loving the day, we talk. And talking makes everything great. We get
to share this amazing message with SOO many people every day. I was telling
Sorella Egbert last night that i don't even really need a PDAY because i am
just so content with what we do every day. I am not going to lie, i wake up
some mornings when the alarm goes off, and the last thing i want to do is get
up, exercise, and get ready for the day, but than i just realize the opportunity
that i have to be able to get up, and talk to people about why i am so dang
happy all the time. I just love it here. I miss home, but i wouldn't miss this
experience for anything. In Sanremo it is basically spring year round so it is
mid November and i am wearing a short sleeved shirt. Its reallll nice. Sanremo
is just like how you imagine Italy to be. Old, and just beautiful. We started
teaching English this past week in church.. I do the conversation class, and
only one woman can really have a conversation in english so i talked to her.
She is actually very curious as to why us missionaries look so happy. She said
that it is in all our faces. She has never seen a mormon sad.. and we have a
look of peace that no one else has..and than she asked if she could come to
church! She is waaay catholic, but they wont let her divorce her husband, so
she doesn't like that because she says God knows her heart. And He does! She is
just so great. We wont have a baptism this transfer but we are hoping on at
least four this next. We have the best branch here. I realized the difference
in our wards (branches) here than at home. They are a family here. There is a
unity between them that i have seen nowhere else. It is amazing. And they are
my family here. They feed us every day, and basically take care of us like
their kids. Sorella Egbert continues to teach me with her wiseness every day..
she is like a pretty girl version of Yoda... Haaaha, but it is really so true.
A thing that i do miss all the time is the temple. As we walk around i see
people in the perspective of if they were all in white in the temple. When i
see them that way, it just really changes what you think which is probably
fairly judgmental, and it turns into how Christ sees them. I am just so very
grateful and happy to be here. I have changed so much in such a great way. And
it has only been three months or whatever it is now.. Sorella Egbert always
makes fun of me with my weird OCD's that i have, and in return she gets made
fun of.. We attempt at Yoga sometimes, but it usually just ends up with us on
the floor in crumpled messes laughing. I forgot that i am a Sorella missionary
the other day and i totally smacked her in the arm.. she looked at me like i
had just professed that i was a JW. We also have problems with going over to
members houses and they make enough food to feed 6 people instead of 2.. and
the prize word is, Manga, manga..!! and we always follow the command of an
Italian woman, who at any moment could eat me alive.. At least i do. Sorella
Egbert has learned how to say no after eating for an hour strait. I have yet to
learn how to say.. no, i am going to be very sick and throw up on on floor if
you feed me more, but i am very grateful.. Ohh, man. There is just too much. I
will never be able to explain in words or these emails how it is here. Heavenly
Fathers hand is in everything.. In fact, Sorella Egbert said, that we are his
hands.. and as crazy as that is, it is true. We are messengers that were called
by a literal Prophet of God. I told that woman from english class that that is
how i am here, and she just stared... i do not know whether it was in wow, that
is amazing.. or this 20 year old girl is patzzo, but none the less, it is true.
I love this gospel. I love this work. And the people are just amazing. Amazing
in faith, and in love. They really have the love of Christ in them.. i learn
from them every day. Thank you for all the fun things, and emails, and love,
and just everything!! Ohhh, so very much appreciated. (:(:(: but really.
And i was thinking about eternity... (the brilliant and amazing
thoughts of a missionary.. haa) picture this. A time where we are all together.
Our family, and just those moments where we are so happy just being together (
the ones that make me miss home) and than picture that but x's it by like
100000. That is eternity with Heavenly Father and Gesu!
Love SORELLA WOODSSSSS!
.. and Sorella calls me strange..
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