Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a great New Year! And also today is "la befana" which is the Christmas witch and it is just as popular as Christmas! So the past 2 weeks have basically been a huge party! So this has been a very very eventful week here. At the beginning of the week we had the chance to go with the branch presidency to visit the family that got robbed, and it was really cool to see everyone come together and serve and do everything they could to help this family out during that hard time.
Tuesday was New Years Eve, and we were supposed to be in early but the buses stopped and we were stuck forever outside of Napoli, so we had to have a member come pick us up, but since we live in Napoli he wouldn't drive us home because he was too scared! haha It gets really crazy here during this time, and we were told that 6 people died in Napoli last year during New Years. And it was crazy, they throw fridges and all kinds of stuff off their balconies, and we even got on a youtube clip of somebody throwing fireworks at us! haha Ill have somebody send y'all the video! It was an interesting night to say the least.
The next day we are not allowed to leave the house until 6, so it is one of our cleaning days, it did feel good to clean the house, but is always a long day in the house! haha And transfer calls were not supposed to be until Saturday, but we got a call Thursday during lunch that said Anziano Hansen was being transferred, the next day! haha So I was going to be without a companion for a week! It also happened 2 days before our baptism, so it made everything really really crazy!
But Saturday, despite all the craziness, everything went perfectly at the baptisms, and it was one of my favorites on the mission because he was so prepared and it was just an incredible experience. And he wanted me to baptize him and it was really amazing. And the next day at church I was also able to confirm him which was also a really cool experience!! So it has been a wild weekend but one of the best in my mission!! And so for the next couple of days (before my new companion gets here) I will be just bouncing around the zone and doing exchanges with everybody! So it should be a lot of fun! I am out of time, but I love y'all and have a great year!!
Love,
Anziano Bird
Mosiah 18:8-10 - Think about your baptism
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