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| Saying goodbye to Felice |
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| Waiting in the airport to get our new companions |
Ah I am so happy right now
and just loving life! I admit, I was not too that excited to have
more sisters in the apartment because in Pescara with four sisters it
was always such a big mess and there was never time to do anything.
BUT THESE SISTERS ARE THE BEST. Okay first, there's Sorella Rost from
Cali. Who is a PROFESSIONAL cook! She loves cooking and takes care of
all of our meals. Plus, we decided to eat healthy—so I'm eating the
yummiest food without gaining weight! And then she's teaching me how
to make everything! She's so cute and awesome. Then we have Sorella
Udall from Arizona who is our Greenie and is crazy, awesome, perfect.
She is just like that Greenie from the RM who is so excited about
everything, wants to take notes on everything, has unbelievable
amounts of energy, etc. It has been really fun having a Greenie
around to remind of us that excitement we all felt when we first got
here. But she is so funny... like she asks to get up at 6:28 so she
has time to say a prayer before we exercise, she sings “love at
home” all day long, before she got here she already planned our
first shopping trip, she wants to plant flowers to brighten our home,
sweeps our apartment every day (because of the missionary books says
to do that), and all this stuff. She's a hoot, but we love her. Then
there's dear old Patterson! It's great because are such good friends
already and we both want to give our all to the mission. This
is just too good to be true.
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| Planning |
Okay so Patterson and I
made a goal to always be ready with a baptismal invite for every
lesson we go into. Then the Lord knows we're always ready and doing
our part and it's just up to him. I honestly didn't expect we would
use them too much...but every single lesson we've gone to...the
spirit has prompted us to use them!! Let me tell you about some of
them...
Sandra. If you
remember a couple months ago we already invited her to be baptized,
and...she screamed into our face and told us she will never be
baptized. But she's the mom of a member and still our friend so we
still go over every week. She has still been coming to church and
reading the scriptures each week. We've still some small changes and
her asking some questions; she was really interested in the temple
and wants to go. So anyway I take Patterson over to meet Sandra and
we do a lesson on repentance with her...and then it just turns into
the whole gospel. I just knew we had to invite her again...but I was
so scared! I said a prayer for help and we started talking about
baptism. Then she said how she doesn't remember her baptism at all
and she would like to do another one as an adult because it would be
more special (WHAT?! Last time she said she would never get baptized
because she respects her dad's decision for her to be baptized too
much). So I invited her again and this time she said “non ancora.
Vi dico quando.” (not yet, I'll tell you when). Then she said she
wasn't ready, her son said she needs to stop smoking first, and we
decided next time we will help her stop smoking. But this is a huge
miracle for me and shows me how much the Lord can change hearts. We
still have a long way to go, but Sandra went from a “NO MAI!”
(NO, NEVER!) to a “not yet.” Speriamo bene!!
Lucia Farina. We
invited her to be baptized last week and she was unsure about it so
we asked her to pray. This week we were teaching her the plan of
salvation, but it turned into talking about the holy ghost. She said
how we could see how happy we are and she seemed really interested
in the holy ghost and wanted that for herself. Again we felt the
impression to invite her to be baptized...and she seemed really
unsure about it. We asked her if she has ever been baptized before
and she said no I still need to be baptized (this gives us a lot of
hope...because even though she says she loves her church—there's a
reason she hasn't been baptized yet). She's at a point where she has
two choices before her and she needs to choose. We asked her to pray
about it and we've been calling her everyday to see how it's going.
She hasn't got an answer yet. I really believe she's going to get
baptized one day! The Lord just has his own time and when she's
ready—she's going to get that answer!
Flora. Our cute
Philippian. She has been an investigator a long time of the sisters
and wants to get baptized....but works Sundays so can't ever come to
church. We went to go meet her and again we felt prompted to talk
about baptism and to be bold about it. We bore testimony, talked
about the blessings of baptism, told her how important it was, etc.
She really wants to be baptized...but she doesn't want to quit work.
We also talked about prayer a lot and asking him for more faith and
help. She seems to really want to pray and figure everything out!
Even though done of
these people accepted...we are so much closer to having a baptism. I
have learned that as we really prepare...the Lord will use us and
help us accomplish our desires. There's never a reason to be shy
about inviting someone to Christ and that we should keep inviting
and inviting and inviting! I love this goal and I plan to keep it up
for the rest of my mission!
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| An inactive teaching all of us to wash our faces with fruit! |
Vi voglio bene!
Sorella Knudsen
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