It was the week of lasts…kind of... So me and Anziano Stewart got the calls about
transfers and he had to leave. So we found ourselves doing a lot of member
visits, which means a lot of lunch and dinner appointments. We had like 7 this
week! And the Italians eat soo much food because they really only eat one meal
a day. Needless to say we ate well this week. Anziano Stewart made a lot of
friends here. He is a good missionary and I learned a lot from him.
Transfer day comes and we get the call that the apartment
in Caltan is not ready so they have to stay in Messina another week. (The
apartment really is not that big). The next morning we get a call from the
Anziani going to Enna (the other city that is opening up on Sicily) and their
apartment is not ready. Because Messina is close to their city, they are
staying with us another week as well. So we have 4 extra Anziani staying with
us this week. They find themselves doing a lot of finding. Also! Both of these
sets of Elders are training. Anziano Stewart’s greenie is called Anziano
Stephens. He is just a country boy from Spanish Fork, Utah. And the other
greenie is called Lazarte. He is from Argentina but has lived in Italy 8 years
so he speaks fluent Italian. I feel bad for them because we don’t have enough
beds, blankets, or pillows...
So I met my new companion, Anziano Cicon. He seems like a
good man. Does things differently than I have seen them done but certainly
knows his purpose as a missionary. He is a little serious but that is probably
good. I think I could learn to be more serious. He is a good teacher and uses
Preach My Gospel to a T.
So with 6 Anziani in the house it has been pretty dirty
because it’s small and eveybody is living out of their suitcases. The kitchen
is not really built for 6 people but we a getting by. It is very hard to
concentrate with 6 people and 4 of them not knowing what they can do though.
They have done a lot of Area Book and finding. Also! Anziano Stewart doesn’t
have a phone so it has been hard to organize things.
We had a little Miracle Moment though. We were doing
street finding and we worked our way up into a canyon so we decided to knock an
apartment building. So we go into it and we do 7 stories and nobody is home so
we are about to give up but we do one last door. The guy opens up and
says he has been waiting for us. (Naturally we thought he was excepting
somebody else but we went in anyways). Turns out we had called him that morning
doing area book but he didn’t answer. So we go in and he sits us down and says
to start from the beginning. So we gave a patchy version of the Restoration and
now he is an investigator. Pretty cool man.
So we just heard that the Enna Anziani may stay up to 3
weeks. We will see.
President just made a rule that we cannot play soccer
with members or investigators. That’s a big deal. Lots of people are sad.
Transfers were chaos because an AP stopped being an AP 2 weeks ago because he
couldn’t handle it so the Rome ZL stepped in. Crazy times. Crazy times.
Ciao Ciao Ciao Ciao.
