It is 4:54,
we just finished with a lesson, the bus should be coming any minute
now... When BAM. There it is: the massive M1B bus headed towards the
stop. And we are booking it- full on sprint, hair flying everywhere,
mission skirt picked up to keep from tripping (or looking less foolish).
Whether its for buses, trains or getting to english course on time, we
are usually running. Oh mission life...
We had a really great, productive week. We taught some great
lessons. Gennaro, (old man) one of our investigators who has been taking
the lessons were 6 months now refuses to come to church because needs
to walk his dogs, but he claims he is reading and praying. We decided to
start the lessons over with him, so we taught a great lesson on the
Restoration. The Spirit was really strong, he agreed to really pray and
find out for himself. He offered a powerful pray on his knees and then
he told us that he couldnt come to the church for lessons anymore. And
told us: "Its not you, its me." and broke up with us... dangit. Well, it
needed to happen anyway, wer are just glad that we didnt have to do it.
One day Gennaro, one day.
We also taught Peppe. He is this old short man with the biggest beer
belly. He has been taking the lessons for a while and almost got
baptized but his family refuses to let him because of the law of
tithing. We still share spiritual thoughts with him. Well this last week
we met him in Campi Flegrei outside on a bench. The three of us sat
there and talked about the gospel. He had been a bit angry because we
arrived late yet again because there was a strike that had delayed all
the trains. But, he pulled out red wrapped gifts of chocolates for each
of us. This is perfect, old, beer belly man gifting us with Christmas
gifts= SANTA.
We saw wonderful Amaglia again! Amaglia is absolutely golden! This
time we shared the Restoration with her. It was a powerful lesson as she
just listened and took everything in. Then she ended the lesson with
the prayer as we all knelt. It is amazing how strong the Spirit is when
we share the story of Joseph Smith and to see the light of Christ touch
them. We will meet with her again tomorrow! Sorella Viazzo and I just "floated" out of the lesson; we were so happy! We even did our jump up and down "clyde" huddle.
Pina, another long time investigator, has not been progressing. She
reads and comes to church every so often but she is not progressing
towards baptism. We did a great lesson on the Restoration with her and
her husband. When baptism came up, she said that she wants to wait for
her husband. It was a drop lesson with her but it went really well. We
ended the lesson with a prayer on our knees. It was really powerful. As
we left her house that day she really opened up to us and just cried
over the frustration she has with her sick husband. I hugged her and
just had this sudden amount of Christ like love for her. We were able to
tell her that God loves her and knows her. She was so touched. The more
I am on my mission and the more comfortable I am teaching Italian, the
more I see the influence of the Holy Ghost in our teaching. Its really
cool!
As we were waiting for the bus, we had a crazy African man ask us:
"I want to serve God, I only need a white wife- can you help me??" And
bam the bus was there within 10 seconds, we hopped on and were safe. SO
MANY BLESSINGS!
We were given a referral for an African woman, Maria. We then got 3
referrals from her. We taught her and her friend, Benjamin. They agreed
to be baptized when they receive an answer from God. So good.
The work is so surprising every day, but it is so good. Love you all and praying for you!
Sorella Clyde
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