Ciao mamma!
That is crazy about Brooklyn getting her call here! What is even funnier is that somehow Anziano Lefler's family knows her family, so he got an e-mail saying the same thing, and I was sure I would hear about it from you. Haha. But that is awesome! She is going to love it here. I mean, how can you not, it's Italy. But yeah, I am feeling all better, and this week has been full of experiences for me.
Speaking of small things, this week has been full of those. For example, this week we were riding our bikes when we saw a guy outside his car and he seemed like he was trying to fix something, so we asked if we could help. He asked us to push the car for him so he could get it started, so we pushed it and sent him on his way and we went back to what we were doing. It was a neat little act of service that we were lucky enough to find. And then not two days after, the river flooded (because of all this rain), and a whole neighborhood was put in what was basically a pond of knee deep water. So the vescovo called to tell us that a member had, and I quote, "a water problem" so, thinking that it was a leaky roof or something, I went in shorts and a hoody, because I actually left all my casual pants at the MTC.. I think I have forgotten to mention that. Anyways, we get there to find the whole street is knee deep in water, so we went and bought trash bags to tie around our legs and we went in and helped them move stuff in their house to higher ground so it didn't get damaged by the water. It was great, because it was a part-member family, and it really gave us a chance to speak with the husband and hopefully an opportunity to visit and continue to help them in the future. But these small things are really making me feel grateful for my mission, and that I am able to help people in both the temporal and spiritual things.
Speaking of helping with the spiritual things, this week we ran into one of the coolest people I have met yet on my mission. She is probably 50ish, and she is from Russia. But we ran into her on the street and at first she ignored us, but then after I said that God wants us to be happy I asked as she kept on walking, "Cosa la rende felice?" (I love that question by the way, people love talking about what makes them happy, and they almost always say their family), so anyways I asked that, and she stopped and replied as I thought she would, her family, friends, etc. So we started talking and she sounded more and more interested because she said it had been a very long time since she had talked about God or really cared all that much. So we made an appointment to meet her at church with a member and went on our way. We met her at church and the member made all the difference! She really opened up to the member that we brought, and it went really great! We haven't been able to set a baptismal date, but we have asked, so now we are just praying that she receives a witness about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. She said she will read and pray, so we are hoping for the best. It is true though, you can only bring people as far as your own conversion, so personal progress is key.
I usually respond paragraph by paragraph, so I just read about the service, but that is awesome! Service is great, and it is important to take advantage of as many service opportunities as you can, as missionaries we are supposed to look for those, but it still seems like we cannot find enough of them. That is great that Jack is involving Hunter in all those things, nothing wrong can come of that. That reminds me of a girl in our ward who invites her friend over to church all the time. We wanted to invite her to be baptized, but she doesn't think it is the right time. We will probably invite her as soon as the mom comes over as well. I always feel like me and my companion have to hold each other back not to because we do it with so many other investigators.
I will be sure to remember Grandpa in my prayers, I know Grandma will make sure he doesn't keep working like he probably wants to be. That is awesome though! Mama mia, these new cousins.. Sawyer is right, and it has only been 3 months for me!
Over here it has been rain rain rain rain rain, with a bit of fog. You can just tell them all that they aren't missing out on much. Haha. Oh, by the way, we are baptizing Jackson this weekend! I am super excited. I will be sure to send a picture. First baptism, I was worried it might never come. Just the other week we were teaching him about Alma 7:11-16 and he said afterwards, "I need to be baptized, but we have not been able to do it yet, when will we be able to do it??" But we are finally doing it, we have had to push it back alot. I am super excited.
I did get my valentines package! And I loved it!! I was just telling my buddies Gage and John how much I missed Reeses! Thank you so much. And Anziano Briand says thank you for your Christmas package! It was the only one he got, so he was very grateful, and it meant a lot to him. I have an awesome family, and am grateful for your support to me and that bit of support to him. I love you all, have a great week!
Ti voglio bene,
Anziano Vaclaw
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