Ups & Downs

What was the best thing you ate this week? 

We have a South American investigator and all this week we have been trying to duplicate the rice he makes. The trick is frying the rice in oil before boiling it. Makes it super good. You have to fry it to the point that it is well cooked but not burned. That is what I have found. However the real trick is having good rice in the first place.

What was the hardest thing you did this week? 

This week I felt super bad. We messed up big time. We had planned a dinner at our member’s home and we were bringing our investigators to come eat at her house. We were in a lesson and we got the news that our investigator couldn’t come and we forgot to tell the member we could not come. We got a call that night from the member who was super sad and tore a strip off us, and for good reason. They had been cooking all day for this family to come and on top of that they said that took out a loan to buy groceries (yeah... seriously...). I felt super bad. We got home super late because we went to drop a note off at their house.

What were your duties at church yesterday and did you have any investigators? 

We had one young man named Marco come to church yesterday. He is... different. He is the son of a member in Sardegnia who has never met missionaries before and his dad gave us the referral. He is a good lad and is always down to meet with us. He has a baptismal date for next month.

What was your miracle of the week?

This is the miracle and also one of the saddest things that happened this week. We were doing street contacting (like we always do) and we started talking with a family. They were super cool and in the end we exchanged numbers (I think this is the first time I have exchanged phone numbers with a family on my mission. Crazy.), but after we exchanged numbers and started walking away the phone started freaking out and in the end it turned off and the number was not there anymore.... :( So the miracle was that we exchanged numbers. Hopefully we see them again! Rome is really big so it will take another miracle.

Volleyball with the district.