So we managed to kick out all those other Anziani this week and they made their way to their cities. Apparently their new apartment is the same size as the church in Messina! They have to do church in their apartment but it is huge! They said that the place where they study and eat is the size of 2 5v5 soccer fields. Massive. We are going to do exchanges there in a few weeks to help them out with the work because they have no members.
We were able to have a few lessons this week as well with
our investigators! We met with Valentina. We were able to have a nice lesson in
the park about why she was meeting with us and she said she didn’t really know.
So we were able to get things straight and point her towards the gates of
baptism. It was a good lesson and she cried a little bit and we explained to
her taking steps of faith.
We also met with our African investigator Cristian. We
don’t really know what to do with him but he is just so spiritual and prepared
to drop. He is 24 and loves God. He lives about an hour from the church and
cannot speak Italian. He lives in a super small house with about 20 other Africans.
He is from Nigeria. We love teaching him because he just has not doubts about
God and Christ and faith. However, he cannot read, which is a problem. He
expresses sorrows about why God has never given him the ability to read but he
has so much faith that it never bothers him. He is awesome but there are no
English speakers in the ward... We love him.
Tomorrow we are having a Halloween Party with English
class! There is a lady from Columbia who has been coming to English course
about 5 years who is planning it for us. She is great and loves Halloween. I
said before that nobody here likes it but there are a few people who do and the
English class said they wanted a party!
I felt really foolish this week... I was trying to say
don’t be discouraged to somebody... but I said don’t... toot... The two words
are scoregare and scoragare. I don’t know how to spell it but it is one letter
different and I felt super foolish but I eventually got my point across. Oh
boy... There was no going back after that one.
Today we are going fishing with a few students from
English Course! There is a good shore fishing spot here close and then we are
carving pumpkins for the party tomorrow and playing volleyball. It
should be fun!
That’s about my week. We are working pretty well together
when we teach and do finding as well. We have a lot of goals for the transfer.
