Ciao Mama!
First off, I hope you're doing okay! I bet that was extremely difficult, and I wish there was a way that I could have helped out as well somehow. It's comforting to know that Dad takes as good of care of you as anyone could. He does not sound as if he is doing too well either. It sounds like Sawyer and I need to work harder and reap some extra blessings this week. The little Russian lady is doing great by the way! We are going to see her tonight before English class and invite her to be baptized again, she is so nice and loves to see us, so we just need to get her to realize the spirit I am sure she has felt as she has read the Book of Mormon. Speaking of which, she has already read to 2nd Nephi! Also, we have met some awesome new investigators, Stefano, an awesome guy who we taught and is very interested in the church. I feel like we just need to help him understand why baptism is something necessary, and also Joelma, a Brasilian girl who actually called us and asked us to come and give her a blessing. She said she would love to meet us again, we just have to wait and see if she is staying in the hospital longer or going home, so this has been quite a great week in that sense!
A little downer though, Jackson's baptism didn't happen last week. The day of the baptism he got an opportunity for work, so he went to Venizia for the day and would have come back too late, so we canceled it. We are hoping he will be in Padova this saturday, but we do not know for sure. We should know tomorrow. He has such a large desire to be baptized! It just seems like his situation is getting a little more difficult and intrusive on his progress towards baptism. I see it as a trial of faith, for both us and him. I know whether he stays in Padova or not, he has expressed his desire to continue to meet with the missionaries, which is comforting to me.
I knew about that e-mail actually! Sister Huntsman asked me for your email, because she had recorded the song. I am grateful to have helped in that small way, and I love how the ward here loves involving the missionaries in functions like these. The Plan of Salvation is such a comfort, it gives a meaning to the losses we have, and with it we can find more growth from the difficulties.
Happy B-day Padrone!! (which means boss, but literally it means big dad, you can choose whichever definition you want, it's your birthday after all)
That is awesome about Jack giving a talk! And also, goals=progress! That is one thing I have seen since coming out. When you have a goal to work toward you can measure your work. So that is great that he has that goal! My one bit of advice is to take goals seriously. If you don't work towards your goal hard enough, you know you did not work as hard as you could have, and I dislike that feeling that I could have done more. Everyone does, so work hard at those numbers! So whether you make it or not you can say you did your best. That is my overall mission goal, to be able to say in prayer that I gave all that I was capable to the Lord that day. It's a tough one, ma speriamo bene dai.
I love you mom! Hope you and dad feel better soon. As always , I will continue to pray for you all, have a good week! Know that you're all loved here in Italy as well!
Vi voglio bene,
Anziano Vaclaw
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