Buon giorno tutti!
The
miracles never cease in Collegno, or in Italy for that matter. I can't
believe it's been an entire year and that we are already getting close
to the holiday season. The time goes too fast! Like i say all the time
P-day always just sneaks up on me and here I am writing my email home
once again. i also can't believe that I've been in Collegno for almost
four transfers. That's six months! Thinking back to my very first day
with Sorella Haslem seems like forever ago- a whole lifetime ago. But
that's just how the mission is. The MTC seemed like a lifetime, my time
in Milano seemed like a lifetime, and now here in Collegno seems like a
lifetime, yet it's all gone by so fast. I've grown here in different
ways than I did in Milano. It's hard to explain how, I just know that
Collegno will always have a very special place in my heart because of
all the amazing relationships I have made with people and the
experiences I've had. I wouldn't trade them for anything.
One of those relationships that I love and treasure is that of
our investigator who we met at the beginning of last transfer who is
now getting ready to be baptized on the 28th of September. The miracles
that we have seen with her and her family have been unbelievable. She is
such a great example for me of her unwavering faith in God and
especially the power of prayer. We basically just teach her like she's a
member because she has been so prepared to receive this message her
whole life, and now is just the right time. Along with helping her come
into the gospel we have also helped to reactivate her son who now lives
in Torino and has been less active since he joined the church back in
the 90s. Ever since he moved out of his mom's house to Torino he always
asked her if there was anyone from the church who had come looking for
him since he wasn't able to go to church anymore. It wasn't until we
rang her citofono 2 months ago that he finally got back in contact with
the church after years of waiting for someone to come along. There
really are lost sheep out there that we need to gather back into the
fold! That is why this work is so important because we never know when
our influence and effort is going to have an impact. Now he is coming
back to church, his brother is beginning to open his heart to the
gospel, and the mother is getting ready to be baptized. E bellissimo!
Besides that, we are still having a surge of lessons and
people to teach. Last night we actually ran into one of our
investigators who we hadn't seen in about a month because he had gone to
Salerno to be with family for a while. Well yesterday we ran into him
and his brother while walking back with one of our members from an
appointment we had just had and we ended up having a lesson and being
able to explain more about the gospel to his brother who is genuinely
interested and open. It was such a blessing because this investigator is
so enthusiastic about sharing the gospel and we wanted so badly that
his family know about it to. And then we just happened to run into him
and his brother with one of our awesome members. The miracles never
cease!
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