Ahhh!!!! I can't believe Jocelyn's in the hospital!!! She could be having the baby right now as I'm writing! Let me know as SOON as it's happening!!! She looks so great, so beautiful, and so huge! From the size of her, I'm guessing the baby will be 8 pounds, 5 ounces. I hope she's coming presto!!
Well the biggest piece of news is that I found out about transfers!! I really didn't know what to expect this time around since both Sorella Haslem and I have been here for the same amount of time and I just got finished training her. But it turns out that I will be staying in Collegno and Sorella Haslem is getting transfered to Milano to be with her MTC companion, Sorella Holloway! Neither of us were expecting that one. I know she is going to be so great!! We started this journey together here in Collegno and I am amazed at how much she's grown and taught me! I don't know who my companion will be yet because I'll be training again! I think it might start with an "H" though, because president was about to tell me on the phone but then remembered that I wasn't supposed to find out yet. :) I am so excited to stay here, especially since we have Pietro's baptism this Saturday! He was really sad when we told him that Sorella Haslem wouldn't be there because she was getting transfered. It took a while to console him about it, but now I think he's okay. :) It's just all in the Lord's hands and a testimony that he always knows best!
Other happenings from the week... We had a first lesson with a man named Cesare on Sunday and I think it was one of the more spiritual lessons I've had on my mission. Well, they've all been spiritual, but this one was particularly so. It was reall happenstance how we met him in the first place. We were just hurrying to do our email on P-day and he stopped us on the way because I guess he had seen our name tags. He had a lot of deep questions about life, and we ended up getting his number and the number of his friend who joined him later (who we also taught and is really elect). As we were sitting with him in the park on Sunday I could recognize that he had such a tender spirit, but very deep at the same time. He was so interested in our message about the restoration and had never heard anything like it before. It just seemed like the perfect atmosphere with the perfect spirit and I felt like I was able to freely bear my testimony to him.
We also met a lady named Rosi who is kind of a miracle because she actually had met with missionaries almost thirty years ago with her husband before he passed away, and I guess hadn't had any contact with the church until we met with her. She still has her Book of Mormon and remembers the spirit of peace that the missionaries brought into her house all the years ago. she is such a kind and tender-hearted lady! I just know that every single person we meet and talk to is not a coincedence! It's amazing how many people in Collegno have met with the missionaries once or twice before, or who just happen to have a Book of Mormon. We have definitely made our mark here, and it's not done yet! I'm so excited to still be a part of the work in this city and be an instrument in the Lord's hands. We're here to witness miracles!
Vi voglio tantissississimo bene. I'm looking forward to being an aunt in just a few short hours!!!!
Love,
Sorella Lyman
