tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67951364210473470692024-03-05T03:28:05.139-08:00Elder Nathan KelleyJust another missionary and his blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-53178614413449071682015-05-26T13:29:00.001-07:002015-05-26T13:29:37.033-07:00Goodbye to Rome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-58661649665337704112015-05-10T19:44:00.001-07:002015-05-10T19:44:54.047-07:00Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-60565183842473565982015-05-04T10:43:00.003-07:002015-05-04T10:43:43.536-07:00Duke<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey guys! I just emailed a few days ago so this email
might be a little shorter. Today we went to a beautiful little island called La
Maddalena. It is in our area just to the north and just south of Corsica. It
was really cool. We went hiking along the coastline of the island. The water
was soo blue! The island is also very, very laid back. There used to be a
branch of the church on that island when it was an American military base.
There is an Anziano in our mission who was baptized there. But the Americans
closed it and the branch got consolidated into Olbia. I believe we have a few
less actives there. It was an awesome P-Day. This area is an absolute
playground. Soo many tourists!<br />
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This week we found a family and were able to teach them a lesson. They called
us actually to get lessons. It turns out one of the 8,500 pass along cards I
have given out this transfer actually worked! They are awesome. Mom, dad, 26-year-old
son, 22-year-old daughter, and a 16-year-old daughter. It was a good first
lesson as well. I hope we can see them again soon. I want to do service at their
home. It was destroyed in a flood that happened here about 1.5 years ago.<br />
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The branch here is great. Small, small. They do their best. One of the most
incredible men I have ever met is here. His name is Duke Tanner. He served a
mission in Korea and owns a Bed and Breakfast on Costa Smeralda. He is awesome.
Right now he is working to put his life in order so he can be baptized. It
takes a lot of humility to do what he is doing. We go do service for him once a
week and help him out. His B and B is the most beautiful place I have ever
seen. His parents live in Utah and his brothers live in Salt Lake City. He
really makes me feel like I’ve done something as a missionary.<br />
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As things are winding down I can't help but wonder if I helped anybody these
last two years and not just stopped 10,000 people on the street and annoyed
them. Duke gives me hope for missionary work here. He will be so clutch for
this branch.<br />
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Well that's about it for me this week. I will see y'all Sunday at 4.
My time. Ciao.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-63178522051303423402015-04-30T10:01:00.000-07:002015-05-04T10:48:43.557-07:00Mission Conference with Elder Bednar<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey guys! I am doing really well here in Olbia. For the
past 3.5 days we were in Rome for a big conference with all of the missionaries
in our mission. It was chaos but the conference part was really instructive.
Elder Bednar came and gave us a training about many different things. It was
interesting because he didn’t come with a prepared theme. He just asked us questions
and we asked him questions. We talked for about 30 minutes about the use of
technology in our mission but mostly we talked about life. It was really good.
Elder Teixera the Area President came, as well as the head of the missionary
department. I think this new technology thing will be a big change in how we do
missionary work. It was really fun to have this as my last zone
conference. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are working with a lot with kids here in Olbia. This
week we were introduced to 3, 20ish-year old kids who want to learn more by
their 16-year old friend. I love working with kids because they are way more
open to learning and they are really curious. But it’s hard to find kids
because they think they are to cool most of the time or are scared of us. But I
love teaching kids. Sometimes I don’t understand why they are afraid us when we
are usually younger than them or the same age and have literally the same
interests. Patience I guess. They will get their chance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also met this man who is part of group of people who
searches for truth in all religions, especially manifestations of Melchizedek.
They believe that Christ is the savior and the prophet of prophets. The guy we
met loved the Book of Mormon and I am excited to teach him more about the
Priesthood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love Oblia. It is a cute little town. I love the
cheeses here as well.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-26560010605890300692015-04-20T06:11:00.003-07:002015-04-20T06:11:38.404-07:00Beautiful New Area<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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I got transferred because I told President I wanted to
work hard my last transfer. So he sent me to this little tiny city to shape it
up. I am really happy to be back in a small city. I have missed serving in
branches. The missionaries are kings. The surrounding area is super beautiful.
Koby Bryant and the former Steve jobs have their yachts parked to the north of
us. The water and beaches here are incredible. The people are super funny and
speak like nothing I have heard before (Not like Italian at all, or French.).
The people are all farmers or boat workers. There are a million sheep on the
island as well. We can see Corsica from the north part of our area. It is a fun
little town though. The branch is very small and it is going to take some hard
work to get it moving but I am ready.<o:p></o:p></div>
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travel to your new area.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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The city we are in is small and it feels a lot like California.
Modern. Palm trees. Beaches and what not. There is not a lot of old here
(unlike Sicily or Rome). There are old walls and towers everywhere though.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The people are funny. They speak strange and the dialect
is unreal. They are more closed and cold than normal. The island is super green
and the beaches are awesome. We are actually going hiking today to a place
called Golfo Aranci. Should be really cool. <o:p></o:p></div>
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where you live and work.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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The church is literally next door to the house which
makes things really nice. The branch is about 7-10 people. More elderly people.
We are going to baptize some young people though. There are a lot of youth here
in the city. <o:p></o:p></div>
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favorite conference talk and why?<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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We didn’t get to watch all that much of conference and
the session we did see was in Italian so it was a little hard to follow. I want
to reread the conference talks. I will get back to you on this question in a
couple of weeks. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday I also got to meet on old investigator. His
father lives here and he came here to visit his dad. I got a referral out of
him that we are going to pass by soon. I am really excited to work. I was sad
to leave Rome though. There were a lot of good friends there. I will go back
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They are super cool. One is 16 and was found through English course. Super
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-13191864635933013202015-04-13T11:12:00.000-07:002015-04-13T11:12:12.941-07:00Headed to Olbia<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has been a good week in Rome. This week we got our calls and I got transferred to a place called Olbia in Sardegnia. It is a really small town but very beautiful. I am really excited to go but sad to leave Rome. We had some good work going here. To get to Olbia I have to take a plane down to Cagliari and then a train to Sassari and then a bus to Olbia. It will take a long time. But it should be really fun. This city is super famous for its beaches and all the rich and famous park their boats there. You can also see Corsica from certain parts in our area. It is a really small branch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anziano Maxwell will be in my new district. It is us and Sassari. I am really excited to work hard ina small city again. I have missed it!</span><br />
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-64593270626688339152015-04-07T05:13:00.001-07:002015-04-07T05:13:37.047-07:00Late & Short<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey guys. Sorry my email is late, but we had our deep cleaning yesterday because it was Pasquetta (an Italian holiday). So today we are going to a place called Tivoli. It should be really cool.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our work here kind of tanked last week and we dropped essentially everybody. We are hunting for new people!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-40353252167318484922015-03-30T05:33:00.000-07:002015-03-30T05:33:28.206-07:00Families<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rome is too big to really have any traditions,
unfortunately. I loved Easter in the small town of Sciacca. That was seriously
the most memorable experience I have had on my mission. There might be some
Easter traditions that people do here but we don’t hear much about them. The
people on this half of Rome are all from Pakistan, Afghanistan, India,
Bangladesh, China, Peru, Russia, Nigeria, and Ghana. It’s nutso. So this side
of town has lots of different traditions. I am looking forward to conference
more than anything. We are planning on making some Napoli Pizza and watching
conference. We are inviting all the members who want to come to come. We will
see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we had a lesson with a less active Peruvian
family. They cooked a really good turkey and rice dish! We have been trying to
meet with this family for about 2 months now and eventually one of our members
was able to work some magic and convinced her to let us all come over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We did a lesson with a referral we got from Salt Lake
City. From the office they said he has just been married and has met Mormons in
the past and is looking for something more in his life. He is having some
marriage troubles and wants to learn more about how Christ can help him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were super excited! So we get there and within 2
minutes he is screaming at us telling us everything that he thinks is wrong
with our church (95% of which was the Catholic Church, which he must have
thought we were or something). We eventually calmed him down enough to pray
with him but right after the prayer he got super heated and started going off
about nonsense. So for 30 minutes we tried to calm him down but he just kept
yelling at us. We eventually had to tell him that we had to leave. Wow... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We were able to meet with a family! They have been coming
to English course. They are really nice. The father however may be the coldest
most Catholic man I have ever met in my life. Anyways... I will give an update
on how that goes but it was really hard.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-65417491407040040242015-03-23T10:30:00.000-07:002015-03-23T10:30:06.123-07:00Baptismal Date!<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah, Anziano Kenney is still my companion. He is great.
We are doing good work together. We both finish our missions together as well.
I am wondering if I will stay here in Rome with Anziano Kenney next transfer or
if I will go someplace else for 5 weeks. We will see. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week our homie, Mamun accepted a baptismal date. He
is awesome. He was Muslim but we converted him. We have been working with him
about 2 months. He is really cool. Unfortunately his family is not very happy
about it. I hope so bad that he can make friends with the members here and get
baptized. We went out to eat with him and our member who was Muslim as well
this week. The member is from Egypt. It was really good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We taught a less active who just moved here in from
Afghanistan (He used to live in Sweden and was baptized there). He was also Muslim.
But we started doing family history with him and it’s really cool because he
comes from a land where there are no members of the church. He is currently
living here as a refugee because he cannot return home or he will be killed.
There is a pretty steep barrier language when we teach him though. He is really
cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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church and also some investigators and everything didn’t go as well as it could
have. But I guess if the cool new people can make it through a day in church
like that then they can make it through anything!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had a conference with Elder Teixeira this week. He
will speak in general conference in a few weeks. It was a really neat
conference. He talked about leaving behind the culture that our mission has had
for the last 20 years (He has been working for the area for a very long time.
20 years. Wow.). It was cool.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-1411157974600056032015-03-16T05:02:00.002-07:002015-03-16T05:02:54.409-07:00Indian Party<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What was your best experience this week?</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we were able to teach Mamun the restoration lesson! It was super cool because he is from a Muslim background!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We ate some Indian food at our English course student's house at his birthday party. It was super fun. Everyone was in their traditional Indian clothes and everyone was speaking in Punjabi. It was really cool to be there. They are very very Hindu.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have the mission conference coming this next week! That should be really awesome!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-6267422071154205972015-03-09T11:39:00.003-07:002015-03-09T11:39:43.463-07:00Swagger<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hey Family!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am doing good here in Rome. Our work is kind of slowing down a bit. But we are praying for finding new people to teach! The transfers went well this week. There was a bit of confusion because some zones put people on trains one day early (without telling anybody) and we had to figure out some of those problems. Other than that it was a good week. Yesterday in church we had Ward Conference. So all of the Stake leaders came and taught the classes and what not. It was really awesome. We have some good leaders for the stake. Sadly we didn't have investigators come. We were supposed to have like four! The weather is starting to heat up though!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-21465477471890646732015-03-02T11:52:00.002-08:002015-03-02T13:59:04.629-08:00This is My Mission<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week for P-day we went to Centro with all the
missionaries who are about to finish. It was really fun seeing the Coliseum
(for the 50th time) and all the other sights here in Rome. It was really
relaxing and really fun to reminisce with all of my mission friends about
exchanges and transfers and all the other awesome things in the mission. For
the last 2 days the missionaries come up here to kind of hang out until they
report to the mission home for their final night. This group of missionaries
has been really awesome to me. Lots of good friends. I have essentially done my
whole mission with these guys so it’s sad to see them go. But I will see them
on the other side in a few months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Who was the most interesting person you
talked to this week? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We did finding this week and found our way into this
ghetto with tons of Indian and Bangladesh people. Not a soul there spoke Italian,
but I can tell you there were a lot of interesting things to see and smell
there. Fishes and curry. Children running amuck, burning down trash cans and
the lot. We met some really nice people and we actually found a lady from Peru
who was a member there but moved here and did not know the church existed here
in Rome. So that was actually really cool!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also met with a Nigerian Family this week. They live
in this housing complex of Iranians, Pakinstani, Ivory Coast, and Palestine
peoples. We started doing a lesson in the big community dining room but soon
after we started we got bombarded by all the kids from their different
countries. They thought we were so cool because we were from America. Man... We
really are super lucky to live where we do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>What was your best lesson of the week and
why? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We taught a lesson to our homie named Marco. We taught
Word of Wisdom and he didn’t even question anything. It felt way too easy... I
was a super junky teacher but he accepted everything without a question. I hope
it will be that easy for the rest of the commandments. This will be really cool
if he gets baptized.</span></div>
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<i>What are your overall feelings about your
mission so far?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was a little frustrated this week because I have worked
so hard to see baptisms and see people change. Missionary work is really frustrating
because you never see the results of your efforts. I was really sad because
that guy that was baptized here a few weeks ago hasn’t really come to church or
quit smoking. I was just really frustrated because all I want to do on my
mission is see people change. I was sad because I feel like all of the people I
have worked with have not really done that. Va be. I try at the end of every day
to say that I have done my best and it is really all up to them. I really just
want to form some personal relationships with people and see them change. I
also really want to leave these areas better than how I have found
them. These past 2 years have been very hard. I have learned a lot. I
still have a lot of work to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was also thinking a lot about the city of Sciacca. I
have never worked so hard in my whole life as I did in that city and never saw
anything really come from it. I want to go back there to Sciacca and do
something. That branch needs some help. I felt like I was so young and didn’t
know what I was doing there. I want to go back and make a difference. I don’t
know why I was there when we both couldn’t speak Italian or teach. We worked
sooo hard though! Man we tried soo hard! They just barely saw a baptism there a
few weeks ago. The first one in almost 7 years. Man... I love that city.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I guess my overall feelings are that I have worked soo
hard… I really want to form some personal relationships with people and in the
end see people change. Time is running out and I am doing my best. #swag</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-57909847161317758202015-02-23T07:33:00.000-08:002015-02-23T07:33:02.747-08:00Ups & Downs<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What was the best
thing you ate this week? <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>What was the hardest thing you did this
week? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>What were your duties at church yesterday
and did you have any investigators? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-40884286561185970292015-02-16T10:08:00.000-08:002015-02-16T10:08:14.883-08:00Preaching & Translating<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What was coolest
thing you saw this week? <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we organized a party for English course. It was
super fun! It was a pancake party. Literally all we did was made pancakes, play
games, and had country music playing in the background. But they all loved it!
They also really enjoyed the pancakes. We made syrup and had bananas and all
the other fixins. It was good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Who was the most interesting person you
talked to this week?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well... We got invited to come "preach," as he
put it, to this house full of Bangladeshi men. It was pretty fun. We got to the
house and it was in this weird little back alley where the street was literally
3 feet wide and smelled heavily of curry. But we go into the house and there
were 4 men living in an area about 6 feet by 10 feet with twin size beds on
both sides of the walls and a small, 2 foot pathway between the beds. We sat on
their beds and talked about God. These 4 guys are living here in Italy alone,
with their families still in Bangladesh. They had awesome Indian accents (we
spoke in English). But after the lesson they invited us to come again next week
to "preach to their 8 friends.” So the next time to see them we will be
preaching to the masses. It’s gonna be sweet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This Sunday we both were super ill and we didn’t
have any appointments planned. But we worked our best that night for 5 hours. Didn’t
really get any numbers. Got yelled at a lot. Got harassed by a lot of gypsies
and wandered our way into this Arab ghetto where nobody spoke Italian. Super
scary. But we survived the night. We also met this pretty cool man and had an
awesome conversation, but in the end he gave us the "I will call you"
answer. Meh...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>What was church like yesterday? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was like the first time in church that it was
somewhat relaxing. I had to translate. Haha. I really enjoy translating because
I can really only hear about 40% of what they are saying so I have to make up
the rest. Telling random stories and citing random scriptures. It is impossible
to follow the lessons. But I really enjoy translating. I hope the other people
enjoy my translations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we taught this old man from Peru whose grandson
was baptized a month ago. He doesn't speak like any Italian so I just brushed
up on a few Spanish words before doing the lesson. The only words I really know
are Jesus Christ, People, Fasting, and God. But all we did was bear testimony
and watch the Restoration film in Spanish. He loved it. It was really funny
but also super cool because we had 0 clue what each other was saying but in the
end it was a good experience.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-29579241009881371412015-02-09T06:39:00.001-08:002015-02-09T06:39:24.829-08:00Lots of Lessons<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we had our P-day cut short because we have to meet this Filipino woman at a town very far away. However, we talked with Bernie, the Book Store nun, and got to go inside the Vatican museums and all sorts of awesome stuff. (She saved us over 300 Euros in free tickets and backstage passes. She is super awesome!) However, I am sorry that this email is going to be super short.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has been an awesome week. We are teaching a lot of people. Especially Filipinos. I love working with Filipinos. Also, our Zone is doing super well. The most number of lessons I have seen my whole time here in Italy. Granted Rome always teaches a lot of lessons, but still!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ciao.</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-73950097557334101792015-02-02T04:49:00.000-08:002015-02-02T04:49:49.877-08:00Lots of Work to Do<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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Fabrizio, his baptism and his son.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So the baptism went really well. However... Me and
Anziano Kenney smelled cigs on him a few minutes before the service and saw him
sucking on tons of mints so we pulled him aside and asked him if he had been
smoking. He said no. There were about 60 people at his baptism and there was a
lot of pressure on him... Woof. So we went on with the service. However, a few
days later we talked with him and he is still smoking. :( He is meeting the
Bishop pretty regularly to see if he can get the Priesthood. It is a little sad
because he is holding back his family back a bit. We are going to work with
them a lot because we set the date for one of the boys for the 21st. We hope
that he can make it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we went to a less active’s named Peter. He is Filipino.
He is the head chef at a restaurant and we ate there. SUPER GOOD! He gave us
lots of food and every single person in there was from the Philippines. So
essentially everybody knew us in there as missionaries. His restaurant is right
in Centro so we are going to eat there like every PDAY.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hardest thing you did this week?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were super busy this week with Zone Conferences/Zone
Leader Conferences/Interviews and I also did a baptism interview. We were busy
running around Rome like all week long. It is nice that we can finally start to
do missionary work again. We have a lot of people that we are working with.
There is a lot of stuff to do here in Rome. There is such a big difference
between Rome and South of Italy. It is crazy. I don’t know what it is. Whether
it is the culture, the people, religion. But missionary work is just so much
easier here. The south is super awesome. I miss it a lot. But things are super
different here. It is a completely different world than Lecce or Sciacca. The
mentality of the people is so different. In the south people were really
content with how things were. They didn’t want to better their lives, they just
wanted to be happy and eat and sleep (not a bad life) but the further north the
more work there is to do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We met a man on the train this week from Bangladesh (the
east side of Rome is where all the immigrants live. Sooo many immigrants.). We
exchanged numbers with him and tried to meet him but he said he was busy. He
then suggested we come over tonight because his whole family would be home and
we could come "preach to them." So that should be fun. He spoke a
little English. A little Italian. We will see how it goes.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-26114775418782359612015-01-26T05:37:00.002-08:002015-01-26T05:37:21.248-08:00Fabrizio is baptized!<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are having a busy P-day today. We had to do service helping a member move this week, so we don't have all that much time to email. But it was a good week. I am really liking Anziano Kenney. He is awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fabrizio got baptized. The service went by really nicely and a lot of people came. We got a phone call from his son saying he wants to be baptized soon as well. So we will be working with him a lot. I am doing well here in Rome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry for my super junky emails...</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-26507061179168191262015-01-19T13:04:00.002-08:002015-01-19T13:04:54.511-08:00Potential baptism! And transfers.<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we received a text message from our one investigator, who said he is wanting to be baptized. He is the husband of a new convert. It was super out of the blue, especially since we were about to give up on the man. But he just felt that his wife was happy in her choice, so he wants to now follow her. So he is quitting smoking and will be baptized..... Pretty neat!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also, this next week will be transfers and I will be getting a new companion. Also, the whole house will be getting changed up. Not really sure why, but President is moving around a lot of people this transfer. It will be good because it feels like the missionaries are starting to slow down.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am really excited for my new companion. He is from my group and is super cool.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, that is about all for me this week! Ciao!</span>Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-13131219869355447082015-01-12T06:07:00.001-08:002015-01-12T06:07:37.659-08:00Runs, Scuffles and Splits<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The New Year’s run was awesome! I ran about 58 minutes. I
was actually surprised at how well I did. I did not win. There were people that
ran the 10k in like 28 minutes. Pretty crazy. It was fun handing out some pass
along cards and what not along the way. Super beautiful run as well!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for 4 weeks now... But this week he gave us 3 dropped appointments. It made me
sad. But...it happens I guess. We have a lot of other people we can pass by in
the meantime, but he actually has potential to progress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well this wasn’t this week but last week I got into a
little scuffle with a Gypsy kid. He got onto the metro and immediately all his Gyspy
friends started making a distraction to steal stuff. This happens all the time
so people don’t really pay attention, but this one kid start putting his hands
all over my bag and coat trying to rip stuff off and it took everything in me to
stay calm. We just pushed him away and gave him a stink eye. The thing about
those Gypsy kids is if you push them they will bite you and scratch you and spit
on you. There are lots of anziani he have had blood drawn from them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eads. I was with Anziano Eads. They did not really have anything for us to do
while we were there, but me and Anziano Eads found a really awesome family and
another man that they can start teaching. I hope they do something about them
because they really were pretty awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-70471590817220689982015-01-05T05:27:00.000-08:002015-01-05T05:27:02.934-08:00Shortest Letter Yet...<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am doing well. I am happy that the Feste are finaly over and things can get back to normal.</span><br />
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-34955080016012979092015-01-02T06:16:00.000-08:002015-01-02T06:16:48.898-08:00Christmas!<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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1 o clock. Well... Nobody invited any of the missionaries over in our ward for
Christmas so we decided to take our talents downtown where we had tons of fun!
We had dinner at a fancy little restaurant next to the Spanish Steps. It was
super pretty with all the Christmas lights in Centro. We also had permission
from President to stay out till 10:30 so we went and saw everything
there was to see downtown. Coliseum, Vatican, Piazza Nervona, Piazza del Popolo,
Castel Sant Angelo, Trevi, and essentially everything else. Best part was
Centro was completely empty because everybody was home doing Christmas parties
so the streets were super quiet. Very strange. But super cool. That was a very
good Christmas eve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Christmas day was in the church. The Bishop had a bunch
of families over all day and we all played board games, ate meat all day,
played ping pong and foosball, opened presents, skyped. It was a gay ol’ time.
That evening we also watched Frozen. THAT MOVIE IS AWESOME. Maybe it is because
I have not seen a movie in a long time but I really enjoyed it. We were allowed
to watch two movies. But... We liked Frozen so much that we watched it twice!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also. President granted permission for us to run this 10K
in Rome Centro called NIKE WE RUN ROME. It is sweet. It goes past Piazza Del
Popolo, Circus Maximus, Coliseum, Villa Borghese, and all that jazz. He said we
could run it because we said we would make Mormon.org shirts when we ran. I am
super excited. The race is New Year’s Eve. And on New Year’s Eve President gave
permission for us to go see Romeo and Juliet the musical. Should be pretty
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well... Not really. We did our best. We were able to meet
a little bit, twice, with a man named Robert but this week was a bit harder to
meet with people. However this whole next week we are pretty busy with stuff to
do which will be very nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-16939920843420000522014-12-25T09:26:00.001-08:002014-12-25T09:26:23.324-08:00Merry Christmas from the Rome West Zone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-15157996157073075822014-12-22T07:18:00.000-08:002014-12-22T07:18:31.418-08:00Merry Christmas!<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">President turned the Midnight Mass down this
year. :( Needless to say we are all a little sad... Bernie, the book store nun,
asked for our address because she said she is sending a letter with something
very special inside. I hope it is not those tickets we asked for :(... We
should get the letter today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we did go caroling at Piazza Del Popolo
right on Viale Del Corse (the shop with all the super nice shops like Armani,
Max Mara, Gucci, and what have you). We did it with a bunch of missionaries and
young people. It was a super good Christmas memory, especially because the
streets there are super decorated with lights and many people are shopping.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we visited a member who was excommunicated
about ten years ago and dropped off the face of the earth. But a bunch of
things have happened in his life that have made him want to find God again. So
he called us up. He was a really good guy and really seemed sincere in all his
questions. But the cool thing about this guy was his home. Wow. It was a very
nice home that was on in the penthouse of a building right next to Aqueduct Park
(A large park... Very large, nice park... That has this huge aqueduct running
through it). I have not had that good a view of Rome since maybe climbing
Castel Sant Angelo. It was incredible. We are going to try to meet with him
regularly to help him come back to the faith.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday, my goodness, we ate lunch at a member’s home.
This member loves to cook and she had been preparing for 3 days because a
former missionary from Austria and his family was coming to visit as well. So
all of us went over there and it was such good food! Pasta alla Bolognese, some
super good meat, parmigiana, spinach roll things, mozzarella di
bufala from Campana, and many other good things. Then we went caroling
with a member to a few houses and at every house they gave us more to eat and
at the last house they made us stay for dinner. It was another huge meal with pasta,
meat, salad, potatoes, and mozz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So we had to send a package home for Anziano Budd and we
had to wait at the Post Office for hours. The Post Office here is pretty much a
joke anyways, but during Christmas it was terrible. We eventually get to the
counter and try to send this package (It was super small that had a few letters
in there) and he said that it was too heavy to send and that the system would
not accept the weight. It was super, super light! Then we complained a bit and
he reentered the info and then said it should cost about 17 bucks to send.
Ridiculous. So we chose a different package much bigger than the previous one
and sent it for like 4 bucks. I think the post man was trying to hustle us if
you ask me. We left right after that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we went with a member named Billy to go visit
the Young Men. Billy is from Nigeria and is the Young Men’s president. He is
awesome. Does not speak much Italian. He is very scatter brained, but he loves
the young men that he serves and he always tries to help them. I have seriously
learned a lot from Billy. But we went to go visit the young men this week and I
really saw how much of a difference a good Young Men’s leader can make. Billy
lives way outside of Rome but still comes in to see his young men very
frequently. He can’t communicate with them but you can tell how much he loves
them. I don’t think the YM really appreciate him now but his example is going
to stick with them all their lives. Billy.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-10764353317981862772014-12-16T05:42:00.000-08:002014-12-16T05:42:06.258-08:00Created by Aliens?<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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interesting person you talked to this week?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We met a man who had a very strong belief that we are all
created by aliens but at the same time believed that the aliens were created by
God. In the end the aliens govern us, however, we can all be saved if we talk
with God. He also believed that Mormons were of the devil (assuming now that he
believes in devils) and that their whole purpose was to destroy the family.
Classic. Meet these kind of people every day. He was classic. He was trying to
carry this huge dresser up a flight of stairs (he being about 4 feet tall) so
we offered to help him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a normal day of church for the most part. Nothing
really interesting. Oh! The other Anziani had a baptism this week so they confirmed
them in Sacrament meeting. They had been stressing about that all week long
because they didn’t speak Italian very well and had to give the blessing in
Italian. They did a good job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week we had a meeting for all of the Zone Leaders.
President is a good teacher and he talked about how Zone Leaders need to be
confident in receiving revelation for their zones and what not. This week we
also had a combined Zone Conference with Napoli and I was able to see Anziano
Lewis. I served with him in Lecce. He is such a champ. I really love him a lot.
He gave his dying testimony and I was super happy to be there for it. He is
such a goofball. Awesome missionary too. I also was able to hear Anziano Zito’s
death testimony. So I saw 2 companions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think my miracle of the week would be the Christmas party
that we had. There was little to no planning on anybody’s part (the
missionaries were not a part of the committee), however the party actually went
pretty well. Lots of people showed up, maybe about 70, and there were a lot of
good things to eat. I also dominated in Ping Pong if anybody is wondering. We
had a lot of non-members come and it was pretty fun. I also wore my Christmas
sweater.</span></div>
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Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151847241644022937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795136421047347069.post-80023960011942819182014-12-08T06:27:00.002-08:002014-12-08T06:28:18.481-08:00Ward Missionaries<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How did the
missionaries ever get to know a nun at the Vatican?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So the week before I got here the Rome 3 missionaries met
a nun named Bernie at the Vatican because she said half of her family is Mormon.
She said she has a lot of nephews who served as missionaries and what not. My
first week here we went back to talk with her and she said she would hook us up
with free tours because she emailed her nephews saying she met some
missionaries here and they told her to be nice to us. She is super awesome. She
is going to try to get us tickets to the midnight mass at the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday in church a member from the stake came to teach
all the ward missionaries (This is the first place I have been in that has
actually had ward missionaries) how to be good missionaries. He was super
energetic and made everybody there really excited about missionary work. He
just talk about how ward missionaries have the calling to look for chances to
bear testimony and to always be prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We ate this cake at a member’s house that was really
good. She kept calling it Ploom Cake. Plum cake? Didn’t have any plums in it,
but it was really good. It was just a simple yellow cake with a little glaze on
top.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What was your miracle
of the week?</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are teaching a member’s little boy who is ready to be
baptized the missionaries lessons. He is awesome and this week we did a lesson
with one of his friends about the ten commandments that was really fun. It
reminded me of Lecce because there I was the young men’s advisor. I really like
teaching the youth. It’s a lot of fun and does not have to be so serious.</span></div>
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