Cari Miei!
Ciao Ciao Tutti!
Nic says, Ciao.
Well, it’s been a fun week. My pizza intake has spiked during this last week. Ha-ha last Wednesday night, Anziano Blaga and I got some pizzas and then Friday (April 6th, Jesus Real Birthday) we bought another one and we made a pact that every year on April 6th we would eat a pizza to celebrate. So for the rest of my life I know what I will be doing on April 6th.
Oh and also we are working on finding a member who loves us enough to let us use their comp with web cam to Skype for mother’s day! I will keep you all updated!
So this Sunday it was Easter! Pasqua! And we went over to the Famiglia Sicali for lunch. The wife is from Germany and so we had some Potatoes and gravy with some meat and we ate a lot of it. Also we had some Colomba. It means Dove in Italian but we didn’t really eat a dove, it’s just a cake type thing shaped like a dove. They eat it at Easter. It was pretty good. Also we ate lots of chocolate and other goodies.
Then Monday (Pasquetta, The day after Easter where everyone gets together and eats) we went to the house of Roberto Sinigaliese and we had Pizza's Forno e Legno. That means in one of those old brick ovens with wood and fire and they are Italian Pizzas and he runs a pizza place so they were really good. And we ate (as the people who came from the ward, about 40 of us) 100 pizzas. So yeah...It was awesome. And his house is out in the country side. It is a little outside of Asti, which is a province of Alessandria. And so it is just surrounded by rolling hills and vegetation. It was incredible and we played some games. And we talked and laughed with the ward. And that really took all day. So we did not work...it was basically a vacation day. Ha-ha the only reason that we justified ourselves in going was that there were some non members there we talked to and the less active that we are working with. So we got them involved and it was really good.
Anyways, it’s been an okay week. Once again we have found a couple potential investigators but, we still don’t have anyone making progress. We have a few rays of light shinning in though. A family
that we visit often and are good friends with us want to have a family home evening and bring their niece who they think will accept and who is willing to meet with us. So that could be something. And we also have another possible good referral coming out of the woodworks. Other than that, we just continue to work and try and find someone and try and seek referrals from members, there actually could be some success from our English class that we teach at the church every Wednesday night. But that is a slim slim chance. So...we will see.
Things here in Italy are good. I think that things are finally setting in motion. Anziano Blaga always says that the Lord is the Paymaster and he will bless us for our work eventually. So maybe things are rolling. That’s what these last 2 or 3 days have felt like. Things are looking up and we finally are seeing some people who are genuinely interested.
It’s a hard work and I've changed a lot. That is something I was thinking about this last week. How much I have changed. The MTC seems like it was 1000 years ago and life before I left on the mission, I look back on who I was and think about "Normal Life" and I don't even recognize that the person and life I remember was mine. It seems like I have the memories of a stranger. It’s a weird thing to look back and see a stranger with your memories....or that is what it feels like. That’s how much the mission changes you.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Mother’s day and seeing how much
you have all changed!
Miss you and hope that you all are reading and praying. Good to hear that things are looking up. Remember the words of the Prophet from the last conference. Slow down a little and do the things that matter. Spend more time as a family.
Really quick, we were teaching a family about reading together and family home evening and I want you to know that I bore testimony of how important this is. We were never perfect, but the times that we DID have scripture study and FHE, I remember almost all of them. And they are special memories. So spend time with one another, its precious time that you can’t replace for anything.
Love you all so much and can’t wait to hear more from you.
Love,
Anziano Memmott
Ciao Ciao Tutti!
Nic says, Ciao.
Well, it’s been a fun week. My pizza intake has spiked during this last week. Ha-ha last Wednesday night, Anziano Blaga and I got some pizzas and then Friday (April 6th, Jesus Real Birthday) we bought another one and we made a pact that every year on April 6th we would eat a pizza to celebrate. So for the rest of my life I know what I will be doing on April 6th.
Oh and also we are working on finding a member who loves us enough to let us use their comp with web cam to Skype for mother’s day! I will keep you all updated!
So this Sunday it was Easter! Pasqua! And we went over to the Famiglia Sicali for lunch. The wife is from Germany and so we had some Potatoes and gravy with some meat and we ate a lot of it. Also we had some Colomba. It means Dove in Italian but we didn’t really eat a dove, it’s just a cake type thing shaped like a dove. They eat it at Easter. It was pretty good. Also we ate lots of chocolate and other goodies.
Then Monday (Pasquetta, The day after Easter where everyone gets together and eats) we went to the house of Roberto Sinigaliese and we had Pizza's Forno e Legno. That means in one of those old brick ovens with wood and fire and they are Italian Pizzas and he runs a pizza place so they were really good. And we ate (as the people who came from the ward, about 40 of us) 100 pizzas. So yeah...It was awesome. And his house is out in the country side. It is a little outside of Asti, which is a province of Alessandria. And so it is just surrounded by rolling hills and vegetation. It was incredible and we played some games. And we talked and laughed with the ward. And that really took all day. So we did not work...it was basically a vacation day. Ha-ha the only reason that we justified ourselves in going was that there were some non members there we talked to and the less active that we are working with. So we got them involved and it was really good.
Anyways, it’s been an okay week. Once again we have found a couple potential investigators but, we still don’t have anyone making progress. We have a few rays of light shinning in though. A family
that we visit often and are good friends with us want to have a family home evening and bring their niece who they think will accept and who is willing to meet with us. So that could be something. And we also have another possible good referral coming out of the woodworks. Other than that, we just continue to work and try and find someone and try and seek referrals from members, there actually could be some success from our English class that we teach at the church every Wednesday night. But that is a slim slim chance. So...we will see.
Things here in Italy are good. I think that things are finally setting in motion. Anziano Blaga always says that the Lord is the Paymaster and he will bless us for our work eventually. So maybe things are rolling. That’s what these last 2 or 3 days have felt like. Things are looking up and we finally are seeing some people who are genuinely interested.
It’s a hard work and I've changed a lot. That is something I was thinking about this last week. How much I have changed. The MTC seems like it was 1000 years ago and life before I left on the mission, I look back on who I was and think about "Normal Life" and I don't even recognize that the person and life I remember was mine. It seems like I have the memories of a stranger. It’s a weird thing to look back and see a stranger with your memories....or that is what it feels like. That’s how much the mission changes you.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Mother’s day and seeing how much
you have all changed!
Miss you and hope that you all are reading and praying. Good to hear that things are looking up. Remember the words of the Prophet from the last conference. Slow down a little and do the things that matter. Spend more time as a family.
Really quick, we were teaching a family about reading together and family home evening and I want you to know that I bore testimony of how important this is. We were never perfect, but the times that we DID have scripture study and FHE, I remember almost all of them. And they are special memories. So spend time with one another, its precious time that you can’t replace for anything.
Love you all so much and can’t wait to hear more from you.
Love,
Anziano Memmott
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