Allora,
It was a great week we had here in bella Italia. Thursday was a little rough with appointments falling through because people are getting sick due to the change in weather. It's turning into fall here! My favorite season is on the way! So we got to do some finding work which I've always liked doing anyways.
Friday was a great day full of programming for the week, a few appointments with cool members and some house, knocking doors.
Saturday and Sunday were filled with conference! A cool story...
So we have been trying to get Jantina to start her family history right? She was so excited and had her brother send down a bunch of papers and information about her family. At this same time, this weekend, we were trying to figure out how we were going to get her up to Pisa for general conference (we all have to go to pisa to receive the satellite broadcast). Either members were staying and watching it at home on their internets or they just didn't have room in the car. But, this brilliant inspiration came and we decided to ask the single lady who's in charge of family history work for the branch, if she could take Jantina on Saturday for the RS General Session. So... we called her and she said she just needed some help clearing out her car (cause she's in the middle of moving) and then there would be abbastanza space in the car for all of us to go together. Saturday morning we did a little service and helped her clean her car out and then had it all perfectly set up so that we'd drive together to Pisa (about a 25 minute ride from Livorno), and they could just talk about family history work together! And the miracle is, is that it happened just like that! We all drove together and I told them to talk about family history work and they did! haha. So Jantina and Elena (fam history lady) got talking and set up a time to meet in the church to start Jantina on her family history! Yesterday was the big day... We met at the church and Jantina got started on her family history! So cool to sit there and watch her do it! Anyway... Conference... so many wonderful talks given! So many goals I have made not only for now on the mission but also for after the mission as well. Sis. Beck was pretty bold and blunt about how the importance of mothers and families! Mamma mia! I really enjoyed them all. We have yet to see that last session of conference but hope to be able to soon.
Besides the conference days, yesterday was my favorite day of the week. Nothing really special happened but just tons of little things that made me so happy. For example... little things like talking to the old bar man about all of his soccer pictures that were hanging up all over the bar while one of my comps was in the bathroom... noticing an old Italian man making something in a little dark room on the side of the street (so cool! We went over and talked to him and he was making a big old fishing net! He showed us how to do it and showed us how it was used to catch the fish.)... having Jantina do family history... teaching English class to our huge class of like 20 people and having them actually have fun... me doing the little spiritual thought at the end of English class to 30+ people (preaching to the masses!) and introducing the Book of Mormon to them all... and then finding out at family night that one of our new investigators who's named Rita and from Peru and who we found in the park randomly, is actually related to Carla Gomero (the intactive we've been working with!) Crazy... just lots of cool little things!
The mission is incredible and filled with so many cool experiences. I'm grateful to be out here right now and I'm having one of the best times of my life! As always, thanks for everything.
Love you all,
Sorella Boynton
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment