What was coolest
thing you saw this week?
Well... I saw a lot of cool stuff this week. Every day we
walk near this huge Roman Aqueduct (they are everywhere but the one we walk by
is like 60 feet tall and miles long.. broken up in parts but super long). While
walking by it I saw there was a small piece that had broken off and I was
tempted to take it as a trophy. But I didn’t. I am sure if I did nobody would
care considering there are ruins everywhere and they literally have kids
playing on top of them but I feel more honest this way.
I saw a grown man cry in a lesson with him this week. I
got to go in the countryside to where bishop lives. Lots of beautiful churches
and buildings and stuff like that.
What was the best
thing you ate this week?
At the bishop’s house they invited 3 families over to eat
after church (classic Italian meal that lasts for hours and has like a million
different courses). I had some sausage that was grilled on the bishop’s BBQ by
one of investigators that was really good. That was a really fun day as well.
What was the
hardest thing you did this week?
We had an activity in church this week where a
nutritionist came and spoke. It was all really hard Italian and my Italian is
not the best...still kind of frustrated about that... but for the whole night I
had no clue what was going on, even after the activity talking with people and
it made me sad. I don’t know why but the language is still super hard and I haven’t
quite caught on how to learn it.
What was your
miracle of the week?
We did a lesson with an African man who is a High Priest
form Nigeria. He has been living here for like 2 years but he is like most
immigrants--they are always bouncing around from place to place. In the lesson
he expressed how much he misses the church but is scared to come back and
scared he has offended God. It’s kind of cool how we all can have the same
fears and regrets whether we are an investigator, member, or high priest and
how repentance is there for everybody. Swag.
Any plans for
Thanksgiving?
Listen, I have been trying to plan a big thanksgiving
feast for District Meeting this week. I don’t know why but this district is
less than enthused about doing one. Not really sure why. In any case I will
cook a small chicken and mashed potatoes for myself if nobody else does. Oh!
This is cool. We asked for permission to do a Zone Activity of paintballing and
surprisingly enough President approved it. I think he is just so used to me
asking for permission to do stupid stuff that he eventually gave in this time.
So today for P-day we are getting everybody together on the North side to go
paintballing. Pretty sweet.
Well.
