.... I mean that in the best possible way.
I am so grateful for the chance to take on new responsibilities and train Sorella Margheriti in the area. She is picking everything up so fast and we get along SO WELL. I feel like I am really able to be myself and to have fun, and because of that I have more energy and desire to work harder. I feel like good things are ahead this transfer! I hope we get to stay together for more than one transfer. I absolutely love working with her! We finally made a branch mission plan, which hopefully means that we will be working more effectively with the members.
I am so excited for this coming week, we are busy and we have lot of finding to do. I am so grateful for the scriptures and Preach My Gospel (hereafter known as PMG), I am studying the Christ-like attribute of faith this transfer and I know that the Lord is going to give me experiences to apply what I am studying. I hope that means that I will be able to get over my hesitations and fears when it comes to finding and really try to talk with and teach as many people as possible.
This week was just slow...I spent a day and a half in Rome, most of it at the train station, waiting for new companions and dropping other companions off. We can't ever be alone, as I was with a group of 4 anziani for like 3 hours just waiting for other sorellas to show up so we could leave. That was awkward. Also, I can't talk to guys my own age anymore. I will go to invite someone to English course and I am just...bloccato (stuck. awkward, etc). It's good in the long run; I appreciate the awkward....It’s really funny :) Halloween is celebrated here, but it is solely for spooky things. Princesses and cowboys are saved for Carnival, then they do the whole weekend, so Oct.31- Nov 2 is a holiday. So everything shuts down.... I LOVE ITALY -_- (I really do :)
Keep praying for Laban, he moved his baptismal date again to the 22nd of November, but they finally announced it in church yesterday!!! Speriamo bene. We are working our way through the fifth lesson in PMG, and we talked about the priesthood last night. It is so incredible to see the Spirit working in people to soften and change their hearts and to testify of truth. We asked him to share his testimony at his baptism, and he said he would think about it, but every time he says that he ends up coming around and saying yes. It is so incredible!
The work here has been really slow, and this week was a mess with transfers, two holidays (Halloween and Giorno dei Morti), having Slla. Patterson say goodbye to people, and getting Slla Margheriti adjusted to Roma 5. But we have some really incredible potential investigators who just keep popping out of the woodwork so there are lessons to teach and eventually people to baptize. It is really great to have someone with new experiences and ideas to help move and refresh the work. I have a testimony of transfers and change in general: If you include the Lord in all your decisions, and follow His Spirit, change is ALWAYS for the best.
I am so grateful for the chance to take on new responsibilities and train Sorella Margheriti in the area. She is picking everything up so fast and we get along SO WELL. I feel like I am really able to be myself and to have fun, and because of that I have more energy and desire to work harder. I feel like good things are ahead this transfer! I hope we get to stay together for more than one transfer. I absolutely love working with her! We finally made a branch mission plan, which hopefully means that we will be working more effectively with the members.
I am so excited for this coming week, we are busy and we have lot of finding to do. I am so grateful for the scriptures and Preach My Gospel (hereafter known as PMG), I am studying the Christ-like attribute of faith this transfer and I know that the Lord is going to give me experiences to apply what I am studying. I hope that means that I will be able to get over my hesitations and fears when it comes to finding and really try to talk with and teach as many people as possible.
This week was just slow...I spent a day and a half in Rome, most of it at the train station, waiting for new companions and dropping other companions off. We can't ever be alone, as I was with a group of 4 anziani for like 3 hours just waiting for other sorellas to show up so we could leave. That was awkward. Also, I can't talk to guys my own age anymore. I will go to invite someone to English course and I am just...bloccato (stuck. awkward, etc). It's good in the long run; I appreciate the awkward....It’s really funny :) Halloween is celebrated here, but it is solely for spooky things. Princesses and cowboys are saved for Carnival, then they do the whole weekend, so Oct.31- Nov 2 is a holiday. So everything shuts down.... I LOVE ITALY -_- (I really do :)
Keep praying for Laban, he moved his baptismal date again to the 22nd of November, but they finally announced it in church yesterday!!! Speriamo bene. We are working our way through the fifth lesson in PMG, and we talked about the priesthood last night. It is so incredible to see the Spirit working in people to soften and change their hearts and to testify of truth. We asked him to share his testimony at his baptism, and he said he would think about it, but every time he says that he ends up coming around and saying yes. It is so incredible!
I am so grateful to know that my job as a missionary is to be worthy of the Holy Ghost. To invite others to make the changes they need to develop faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repent, be baptized, and receive the Holy Ghost so they can enjoy the blessings of salvation and exaltation. Everything that I ever learned growing up is finally changing from knowing all the right answers like a history test, and knowing in my heart from experience that they are true principles. The gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth, and every single person can know for himself if this is God's will, whether or not they believe that God even exists. We are all His children, and He loves us and wants us to return to Him after this life, so He has blessed us with everything we need to be able to learn and do what He has asked and set as the requirement for exaltation. I am so grateful for this ''change of heart'' that I am experiencing, and that I can feel the truth of the gospel growing its roots deeper and deeper into my heart.
I love you all so much and I can't even describe how much I LOVE being a missionary! I know the last few emails have seemed kind of down, because this is hard, but I know that my Heavenly Father loves me and He doesn't ask us to do things that we can't do. Even if we don't know how we are going to do them, ''I can do all things with Christ which strengtheneth me.'' (Phillipians 4:13)
I pray for all of you! Have a great week!
I love you all so much and I can't even describe how much I LOVE being a missionary! I know the last few emails have seemed kind of down, because this is hard, but I know that my Heavenly Father loves me and He doesn't ask us to do things that we can't do. Even if we don't know how we are going to do them, ''I can do all things with Christ which strengtheneth me.'' (Phillipians 4:13)
I pray for all of you! Have a great week!
- Sorella Decker
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