Hey listen, so it has been a good week here in Messina. Ciccio entered the waters of baptism. We had quite a few lessons. We were able to meet with a lot of less actives, and I made pumpkin bread.
We had Ciccios baptism on Friday. It went really
well. We spent most of the day filling up the font for the baptism at 5:30.
Ciccio was 25 minutes late and we were sweating bullets he wasn’t going to show
up. But he did. We got him all dressed up in white and had the services. Anziano
Cicon baptized him and it was a spiritual experience for all those who
attended. Heavens opened up. Angels ministered unto us and what not. Pretty cool.
But right after he got baptized and changed he took off! I literally shook his
hand right as he was headed out the door! But he said he really liked the
baptism.
However... Sunday at church... Our man Ciccio
didn’t show up. Needless to say he missed getting the Holy Ghost… So we went to
his house to find out where he was and his mom said that that morning he felt
ill. Took a bunch of meds. And fell asleep in his bed where he was for the next
12 hours after that! I was a little disappointed in him that he didn’t come but
what can you do? We are working hard with him to get him to understand the
gospel. He is a great kid but just has struggles understanding some things.
We have Zone Conf next week. Tomorrow I should
say. There we will hear our man President Waddoups speak and pick up the
transfer’s worth of mail! And XMAS packages. This year for Xmas, Reggio is
coming over and we are doing a big 5 day Christmas scambio. With P Day, 3 days
of Italian Holidays, and then a scambio at the end of it. We are making the
plans for it now.
The whole city is decked out in XMAS lights. It looks
really cool.
We are still teaching, still preaching, and still keeping
on here in Messina. Thanks all.
Ciao Ciao.
