Rimini!!! :) What a great little (big) city! I am loving it here; we are working hard and seeing so many miracles. The work of the Lord is so wonderful, I am so thankful to be a part of it.
The weather here is AMAZING, oh my goodness it has been a wonderful break from the 2 weeks of straight rain in Udine! But, I still miss that place. It is weird how you grow so close to people in such a short time when you are teaching them the gospel. Sometimes I will find myself thinking about how to help these people all the time, and then stopping and being like "whoa, I actually really care about these people...about strangers." But then I realize that they aren't strangers, they are my brothers and sisters. I am so thankful for the opportunity to help my family grow :)
So my companion, Anziano Strang, is from Canada....yikes. haha just kidding! He is actually in my same MTC group, so we have a lot of inside jokes already. He is hilarious though! We are basically always sarcastic to each other when we talk, cracking jokes about everything. It is a good time. The other day we went on for about 10 minutes one night about..what was it....I can't rememeber! Something about like singing the national anthem at an event and just holding every note out for 7 days, and then totally singing the wrong word at the end. It was so funny.
I am really thankful that I have been blessed with so many different interests and talents; it helps me to be able to get along with a lot of different types of people. For example my companion doesn't like sports at all (what!?), but we still both have a big interest in music. So we find things to talk about anyway. The mission is so great that way-you learn how to get along with different types of people.
Transfers are next week, so I will probably be going to a new city again, (haha just kidding), but that would be intense.
We also had to ride another 12 hours worth of trains yesterday to go pick up my companion's Permesso di Sojourno from Bergamo, so we are still a little bit in travel shock. But we have seen that the Lord puts people in our paths when we least expect it; even on the trains. I am so thankful to be a missionary!
Miracle: We had a few wonderful miracles this week in Rimini! It has been a really wonderful city, I am excited to serve here. The miracle I woud like to share this week happened last Sunday. We had just finished church and had a few appointments planned, but when we tried to call them, both fell through or rescheduled. We went to our one appointment that was confirmed, only to hear that he was no longer interested and just showed up to tell us. So we were feeling a little down on our luck. But we kept a good attitude, and my companion reminded me about the miracle fence. So we kept working hard. We met 3 wonderful potentials on the street, 2 of which we set up a new appointment with already, and were even let in during casa! (That's the first time ever for me.) We were let in by a wonderful Albanian family- a mother, son, daughter, and the "nanny" person that helps the mother take care of the home. They were very nice, gave us a drink and we explained part of the Restoration to them. They accepted the lesson gratefully, but didn't commit to another appointment, rather telling us to just stop by sometime. So next Sunday we plan on stopping by and bringing a Book of Mormon for them. This miracle was such a spiritual-booster, and the beginning to our successful 4 lesson night! The Lord's hand is truly in this work. He just likes to stretch us and grow us a little before the miracles. For we receive no witness until after the trail of our faith.
Everything is going great! I hope everything is well at home, you are all in my prayers always! I love you all and thank you so much for your prayers and support.
Love,
Anziano Wilson
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