Cara famiglia e amici,
Come state?! Com'é andata la vostra settimana?
It's been such an amazing week! We've seen a lot of miracles. After Pietro's baptism we hit kind of a slump, but to make up for it we found five new investigators! We actually found all of them in the span of two days and there was a lot that lead up to it. But first we had a lesson with a man in the park who we had met the week before on the bus and actually called us a few days later. It was such a spiritual lesson and we invited him to baptism with a date! Later in the evening we went to a member's house in Rivoli to meet with another lady who has actually met with a lot of other missionaries in the past. She is now starting up again after about a nine month break. The next day we decided to pass by a man who we had met on the bus a few weeks before who we weren't able to get a hold of by phone, and we were able to teach a lesson to him, his wife, and his grand-daughter. She was especially interested and practically snatched the Book of Mormon right out of our hands. It was definitely 24 hours packed with miracles. Now we just have to maintain them all and help them progress!
It's amazing how the Lord is in this work. Especially with the man we taught in the park. We feel that he really needs the gospel in his life right now. When we presented him with a baptismal date, he flipped it around by asking why we talked to him on the bus in the first place. Sorella Hoffman simply said that it was because we felt like he needed to hear this message. I think it really rang true with him.
Something I've noticed in my mission is that my mind will focus on specific things about the gospel that I feel really strongly are exactly what all of the people we teach need to hear. Right now I feel like it's the atonement. Before it's been the Book of Mormon, or the three pillars of reading, praying, coming to church, or having Christ as our foundation, but right now I feel like the atonement is what everyone really needs to hear about. It's the glue that holds it all together. It's the reason we do everything in the church and the reason we have for continuing with good cheer in this life. We have such a precious knowledge of this gift which enables us to live, learn, progress, and have a family here and in the eternities! As President Wolfgramm said at a zone conference once, everyone with this knowledge needs to fall on their knees and thank God that they have it. And then we need to accept and apply it in our lives! What a blessing to know and believe that Christ is our savior!
Along with the beauty of the gospel, we've also seen some beautiful sights this week in our cute little town of Rivoli! Collegno is full of so many hidden gems, besides having the best ward ever! I love it here so much!
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