Pietro's Baptism

Ciao!!!!!

Baby Carolyn is SOOO CUTE!!!!!! I am so happy that everything went well and that Carolyn is happy and healthy. Someone hold her a good long time, just for me. :)

Biggest news from this week- I got a new companion!! Her name is Sorella Hoffman and she's from Dallas, Texas. This is her first transfer, which means I'm training again! We actually found out when we first met last Thursday that we're distantly related because her Grandma's a Lyman traced back to Amasa Lyman! Can someone tell me how we're related to him again? Anyway, Sorella Hoffman is amazing and already has a much better idea what she's doing than I definitely did in my first transfer! She's already taught me so much.

The other big highlight from the week is that we had a baptism!!!! Hooray!!!! It was the best baptism ever. The ward loves Pietro, and he loves them right back. As the bishop was doing the welcome to the ward after the ceremony he actually walked off the podium to give Pietro a huge hug (which Italians don't normally do) and then went back up to finish what he had to say. Pietro also prepared a little talk to give and it was so heartfelt and beautiful. I absolutely loved seeing him coming out of the water completely spiritually reborn. It's the best feeling ever!

Our focus right now is that we're really trying to find new people to teach. We're running a little low at the moment and so we're really trying to fill up our investigator pool. It's amazing still, how many miracles we've seen. It always seems like the greatest miracles come with the very last ounce of effort that we have. For the past few days we've been talking to lots of people and have not had lots of success, but both on Sunday and Monday at the very end of the day before we got to our apartment was when we were actually able to receive the numbers of people who were interested! I guess that's the miracle fence (a mission term)- when you've worked so hard for such a long amount of time and the real miracle doesn't come until you think you've given your all. That's when you need to give even more!

We're about to enter the month of August when most everyone will be going on vacation to escape the heat, but that won't stop us from going out and doing the Lord's work!

Vi voglio tantISSSIMO bene. Tanti tanti auguri to Tom and Jocelyn! Have an amazing week!!

Love,

Sorella Lyman

A picture of Pietro's baptism. Pietro is in the middle.