Wow, what a week. Actually, yesterday is sort of the climax of the whole thing. With bikes comes the added intensity of any wind or rain and yesterday there happened to be a HUGE storm right as we were out trying to get to an appointment on the other side of town. So in other words, WE GOT SOAKED!! Seriously, I've never been more wet in my life. Even with my rain coat which I discovered was no match at all for this storm. Bascially it's just really fun riding around on bikes come wind, rain, or shine as long as we're doing the Lord's work!! We showed up at our members house dripping head to toe and spent about 30 minutes drying off and changes into the clothes that they graciously gave us. :) The picture is attached. Yep, with purple crocks and all.
So yesterday was definitely a day to remember. You really just never know what to expect. That's what makes life so fun, and a rollercoaster at the same time. Other highlights from the week are that this past weekend we had stake conference! There were a lot of members and missionaries that came from all over the area including Bergamo, Reggio Emilia, Bolzano, Mantova, and others. There were a lot of super strong testimonies, including a lot by the youth about temple attendance. It was espeically cool coming from this group of youth because the temple is about 6 hours away and in a completely different country. Their priorities are straight and tesitmonies rock solid. And practically the whole conference was about missionary work! Woohoo! There was also one talk that I particularly liked speculating what would have happened if Romeo and Juliet had grown up in homes focused on the temple. Very interesting and thought provoking! I love being able to develop new insights being in such a culturally abundant city!
As far as the actualy work in Verona, I feel like it is going pretty well. We have a lot of investigators who we've found through families in the ward- a lot of them members of the family who haven't been baptized. We're slowly working with them, piano piano as the Italians would say, but I really do have faith that they will all be baptized! If there's one thing I've learned it's that it's all in the Lord's timing. I've met so many members in the wards that I've been in that have taken four or five years, if not more to decide to be baptized. And they are all some of the strongest and stalwart saints I have ever met! One of my favorite things is to learn about members conversion stories. They are always so inspiring!
Do you know what else is really inspiring? Grab a friend, have them choose a number 1-531, flip to that page in the Book of Mormon and tell them pick a verse on that page. And then you have to apply it some way to their life and the gospel. It's something that Sorella Willis and I are trying in our finding work and in lessons and it's always an adventure to know just what we're going to get. And the cool thing is that there's always a way to apply it- that's the power of the Book of Mormon!
Have fun with all your adventures this week... there's a surprise around every corner! ESPECIALLY this week! (buon Halloween! :) )
Lovelovelove,
Sorella Lyman
Juliet's balcony!
The colosseum
Rescued from a rainstorm
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