End Of August
Wow, this week has been incredible! So busy but amazing! So when I wrote last, I was in Palermo. So we spent most of p-day in Palermo, then left and finished it out in Trapani. I did an exchange with Anziano Gemmell (who is from New Zealand) he is a young trainer so they really needed some help. So we had finding planned for all that evening (3 hours). So I asked if there were some members close by we could stop by and share a thought with, and there was a little ways away, so we started to make our way there while talking to EVERYBODY. On these exchanges you really have to be a super missionary and set the bar super high! So literally everybody!
So we got some numbers and passed out a bunch of supplies, and by the time we got to the house Anziano Gemmell was just so excited to talk to everybody! This family that we stopped by was awesome!! They are probably in their late 50's, no kids at home, but another less active member was at their house which was even better! They just loved the spiritual thought we shared and loved us! So they really wanted to feed us, but nothing was ready yet. So we went out and did finding for about 45 minutes and gave out some Books of Mormon and got some more numbers! So we really saw some instant blessings for getting out and working!
This family was awesome!!!! Found out he had mafia ties back in the day, and heard their conversion story, not to mention the amazing food! Shows how important it is to help build the members and build those relationships with them! The next morning we left Trapani to head to Sciacca. And on the way there, the gas light came on, we were in the middle of nowhere, soon the gas light started to blink, and there was no civilization in sight, we were pretty scared! But ended up putting into a gas station just in time!! haha
We did exchanges there with another struggling companionship, I was with an older missionary this time that is just alittle "tired" we like to say. We taught a lesson and did more finding. It was awesome because we were there for lunch so we really got to reinforce the study times and things like area book that I think will be really good for them. That night, we headed back to Catania so we could catch our flight Friday morning!
On the flight I sat next to a man from Perth, Australia, and was hear in Italy because his son was going to come over and play professional rugby!! And he seemed pretty interested in the Gospel as well! We got back to Rome and had a lunch appointment with a member that fed us SO much, and fed us the most delicious eggplant which is now my favorite food!! Then Saturday was spent catching up, and we got a call from some sisters in Rome that locked their keys in their house, so Anziano Kasper and I had to go break into their house for them, it was pretty awesome!!! We used xray paper and shook the door and it just popped open!
Sunday in church it was finally full again, everybody is back from their vacations! And as missionaries we are doing a musical number in a couple weeks for church so we practiced that! Then the coolest news of the day, they announced that they are splitting the Rome Italy Stake!!!! So that means, on September 15 Elder Ballard will be here to do that and there is a pretty good shot he will meet with the missionaries!!! Monday we were preparing for some conferences this week and we are in Terni right now doing exchanges here until Thursday. Last night we had a lesson with a man who is getting baptized in September and it was way awesome!! Then a couple hours of finding and we met some really cool people and had lots of success!
Today for p-day we might be heading up to Perugia to go to a world famous chocolate factory, where at the end of the tour you get all you can eat chocolate!!!!! YEA!! I am so happy I am here and so blessed to have the opportunities I am having. I love y'all so much!! Have a great week!!
Vi voglio bene!
Anziano Bird
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