Literally nothing to report this week. Our investigator who
had seizures in church last week is still in the hospital, we went and saw him.
He is doing really well, they haven't found anything wrong with him. They just
don't want to let him go till they find a cause for such an unusual event. I
mean, he drinks and he smoked for YEARS, but so does every other person
here....so that doesn't really make sense.
We also went to a first birthday party for the son of one of
our members, Monica. It was really good, her mom brought this super cute girl
from Ecuador who lives with her sister, and we just chatted with her the whole
time. She lives in another ward's boundaries (the ward that Slla Barazoto is in
right now, actually :) and she totally wants the gospel. She has had some CRAZY
challenges in her life, and she just kept saying, "You are happy, aren't
you?" It made me glad to know that she could see our light shining. We are
hoping to meet up with her today while we are in Rome!
We also taught Noemi finally, we had a really7 good lesson
and finally got to the bottom of her fears and doubts. She has such a strong
testimony, but she is terrified to act because she hasn't put all the pieces
together that show that she knows the church is true. She is waiting on a big
confirmation. SO we are going to keep working with her through that, I am
really excited for her.
I am studying virtue this transfer, it's been really cool to
see how much power God gives us over our "mortal condition" when we
choose to be obedient to Him. When we try to control our thoughts, we have more
power to teach and feel the Holy Ghost, which makes it easier to continue
living the commandments. It has been a really big blessing already, even though
it has only been a week!
I just feel happy and light, and I am really excited for
this upcoming week. There are so many good things waiting to happen here, so
many blessings that the Lord has in store, and I am so grateful to be a part of
His work. I love being a missionary so much! I still don't feel like it's real
that I am out here and doing this. I am definitely not capable of it on my own.
But I can feel the power of the Atonement helping me overcome my weaknesses and
imperfections. All the "mancanze" ("missings"...it doesn't
translate) that I have are filled in by Christ's love and His perfections. I am
so grateful to know that my Savior loves me. My favorite part of being a
missionary is being able to help other people understand and realize that they
are children of God and that He loves us. That is the foundation of my
testimony. I am a daughter of Heavenly Father, who loves me. And I have 9 more
months to show Him just how much I love Him :)
I love each of you so much! I am so grateful for our family
and for the plan of salvation. You are all so important to me and I am so sorry
that I suck at writing each of you back. I am trying to be better about that.
Have a wonderful week, I love you, and I miss you all so
much!!
Love,
Sorella Decker
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| Emperor Augustus, on capitol hill. It's the heart of Rome, a piazza designed by Michaelangelo. We stumbled on to it by accident trying to find Piazza Venezia. |
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| SPQR! La Lupa Capitolina, symbol of Rome |
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| Bocca della Verità |
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| Roman forum |
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| cute little side street :) |
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| artisan gelato: green apple and cinnamon, pear, and caramel cream :) BEST GELATO I HAVE EVER HAD |
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| Outside a random church we went into. There was a really cool thing inside where you look down onto this piece of glass in the floor, and under the church there was a statue/scene of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. We couldn't take pictures inside, but it was really cool. |
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