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| Cambio with Sorella Mistura |
So I'm writing
on the internet a little later today because I got way sick last night! It was
seriously the weirdest thing...I was sitting in a broadcast for the ward when
all of a sudden I felt really hot, but then SUPER cold. I was shivering and achy
all over. They took me home and I just laid in bed so cold and dying. Then the
other sisters came home and they had exactly the same symptoms as me. None of
us could sleep because we had such a high fever and were so cold (haha as an
attempt to stay warm the other sisters heated potatoes in the oven and then put
them in their beds haha). The weirdest thing is that we all got sick at the
exactly same time with exactly the same thing, except sorella Patterson. The
other sisters ate lunch at a member's house, but the only thing we had in
common was some Reeses that the members gave us and all of us ate them, except
Sorella Patterson. So we're thinking those Reeses were spiked or something. Haha
IDK! But now we are being commanded to stay in for a couple of days.
How are my
investigators doing? Well...not so great. Most of our investigators can’t, or
don’t want to see us or they have stopped progressing so we’re thinking about resting
almost all of them. We had one really
great investigator, Angela, who has changed so much and has been progressing so
much...but she called us this week and told us that she got a job...in Olbia so
we can’t teach her anymore. That was seriously so hard to hear because we have
worked so hard with her...and now she is leaving us. But I'm sure God has a
plan for her and hopefully the Elders in that area can visit her. Sandra is
still making progress though! She's cutting down on her cigarettes and during
testimony meeting...she went up and gave her testimony! I mean it wasn't quite
a testimony with all the “I know this is true” stuff but she went up and talked
about things she was learning and just told everyone how grateful she was for
this church and the sister missionaries who are teaching her about the BOM. It
was such a tender mercy for me to hear. Even if a lot of people have chosen not
to hear the gospel this week...Sandra bore her testimony in church.
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| Encouraging sticky notes to help Sandra stop smoking! |
This week my
testimony has really grown a lot about the BOM and the power of it. This week I
chose to focus on telling everyone about the BOM in my finding…and you know
what…I found a lot more people interested! Telling people about the book made
them really curious and once I told them we could come and give it to them for
free and explain it…they gave us their address! It amazed me how easily it was.
I was thinking about this and I really realized how big of a difference the BOM
makes for religion. The thing that sets us apart from being just another
Christian church is that we have this other book of scripture that tells us
everything we need to do. Without it, our church would be nothing. And only by reading
and praying can someone get an answer. I have to admit, when I first got to
Italy and suddenly I was this little 21 year old girl telling all these people
about my church when they were all convinced that there church was true, it
gave me some doubts. Who was I to tell everyone their church was wrong when
they seemed to have great reasons for why their church is. Then I remembered
the BOM and how I knew that it was true. And because of that I know everything
else. I am here because I know the BOM is true and I have felt the love of God
through it.
This week I
learned to always follow promptings. For example, this we were walking home from
English course and I felt like we should stop at this place and get pizza. Haha
I wasn’t even hungry, but all the other sisters easily agreed so we went into
this pizza place…and we converted the whole place! Well kind of, but everyone
in there was seriously so prepared and asked us all these questions and they
want to come to church and take the lessons and everything. So always follow
promptings.
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| Sisters from Cagliari. |
What Miracles
have I seen? This week I saw a lot of miracles with God placing people in my
path to talk to. This week I have really tired to talk to everyone that I could
and I met so many awesome people who were so ready to hear the gospel. Also, a
lot of the people already had a connection to the church…we met this guy who
actually helped build the church, another who had a Mormon girl stay in his
house for two months, and all these people who knew members. It’s cool to see
how God knows when we’ll go out and do ricerca (finding) and he’ll make sure
that certain people are placed in our path.
This week was my
year mark which was so crazy. HOW HAVE I BEEN GONE A YEAR?? It just made me
think a lot about my mission and make some goals to make the rest of my mission
even better. I realized just how blessed I’ve been to be able to serve here and
how much I love it here. Even on the worst days where everyone rejects you, you
are tired and nothing goes right…I still love being here, because that’s how
great it is to be a missionary!
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| One year mark...they made me a cake! |
Random culture
bits. The other sisters and I have this thing called Italian points…where
whenever we take on an Italian habit…we give each other points. Out of all the
sisters…I’ve been getting the most points but probably because I still wear my
winter jacket (in Utah when everyone would be wearing shorts…Italians are still
in winter clothing). Sassari is filled with ambulances! I seriously hear an
ambulance every 20 minutes outside our apartment, I think people get sick a lot
more often here or something. Worst three words to hear as a missionary: vi
chiamo io. Which means I’ll call you. Which basically means I actually don’t
want to hear anything, but I’ll give you a call if I change my mind.
Oh, oh yeah last
week for Pday Sorella Mastino took us to Stintino which has the most beautiful
beach I have ever seen!! It was so blue and I felt like I was in a dream! Also,
Sorella Mastino is probably my favorite member ever. I didn’t think she would
be, but the more I get to know her the more I just love her. She got baptized
as a young girl and seriously spends all her free time doing things for the
church. She calls inactives everyday, makes food for everyone, tells everyone about
the gospel. She especially does a lot for us missionaries! She comes to lessons
with us, takes us out for Pday and today she came over to give us all medicine
when she heard we were sick! She is so awesome!
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| Stintino |
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So transfers are
this week. AH. I have been in Sassari for almost 6 months and I love it here
and I could so do another transfer. But I kind of also feel like it is my time
to go. So we will see. Guesses anyone? I will get the call Saturday morning so
I will tell you Saturday night! Crazy! Ah.
LOVE YOU ALL!
CAN’T WAIT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS!
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