Ciao Mama!
My week has been great! Now that all the New Year's festivities are over a lot of our investigators are back in town! So this week we have been having a lot of appointments. We actually have not been able to meet with the people we came across while finding yet. Because of the New Year's week thing they do here, both of them said it would be better if we contacted them afterwards, we have called them though and should be meeting the boy on Thursday and the mom with her family on Friday. So that is exciting for us. I also need to do a better job of keeping a journal, I know that tons of stuff happened this week, but when I get here I feel like I am not describing things as well as I should because honestly it is just hard to remember what happened even 2 or 3 days ago. Without my planner I would be lost.
We have done a lot of lessons with our favorite member Edison though! He is the awesome guy from Brasil that I think I mentioned before. It was funny because this week, everytime I see him he says something about my "southern accent." And he seems to get a kick out of some of the things I say. I did not think I had one, and he agrees it is not that strong, but the funny thing about it is that his English accent sounds like the main character from Despicable Me! So we both get to enjoy listening to the others accent. We take him with us to teach Jackson a lot, who is doing great. In fact, this week we are going to talk with the Bishop about him getting baptized, so that could be coming up soon, or not. Whichever happens, I know that the Lord has his purposes for some obstacles being there.
The go-kart racing sounds like a blast! I am really surprised that he only beat Jack by a little bit. Jack must be a natural born driver. Make sure it does not get destroyed for at least another year or 2. I cannot believe I have been out here for a whole transfer already, I thought people exaggerated when they talked about how time flies by. I do not want to think I am already 1/16 done! I know that may not sound like much, but to me, that means now I am only left with 15 transfers, I want to make sure I have nothing to regret about any of them.
I am glad to hear that the whole situation with Aunt Stacey went well, when I think about serving others selflessly I think about Dad. I hope all the Burkinshaws are doing alright, especially Uncle Jeff. I loved Uncle Jeffs talks that he gave me in that letter, I actually took them out and taped them into my Preach My Gospel, they are great for missionary work. I know! That OU game sounds like 1 in a million. It will probably still be on DVR so dad can watch it every year or so. It sounds like there is a lot of snow over there! It stinks because there is no snow here, just cold air and long bike rides. All the lights are down now, so the evenings look a little less beautiful. I hope I stay in Padova for another couple transfers, the members here are starting to seem as close as the members back home, almost. Maybe that is the case wherever you go.
Oh boy, I hope you guys acted more normal for Emily when she came by. Haha. Just kidding, I am sure she had tons of fun. It is good that Jack is getting practice serving by doing things like shoveling snow! More than anything, a love for serving others will be what prepares you for a mission. Me and my companion are trying to come up with ward service ideas, I wish I had more opportunities to do things like that. Little acts of service are something we are both on the look out for. Anyways, I hope everyone continues to have a safe and fun New Year! I hope to fill you in on more things next time, with a journal and all to help me remember.
Ti voglio bene, Anziano Vaclaw
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