Buongiorno a tutti i miei cari amici!
This week has been so wonderful! GENERAL CONFERENCE!!! That is definitely the first thing that comes to mind when I think back. What an inspiring conference! It is so wonderful as a missionary; I feel as though the Lord has special things during the sessions that He wants to tell His missionaries, and I felt so many wonderful impressions as I pondered and listened for answers to my pre-written questions. The answers always come! What a blessing it is to be able to listen to the servants of God called to lead us in our day! One of the sister missionaries that is serving here in Rimini is a convert to the church. She was baptized just 3 or 4 years ago... the only one in her immediate family I believe. It was really a privilege to hear her reactions and testimony about the conference...how much it means to her. She just kept saying things like "We are SO blessed to be members of the church." and "My mom is ready to hear the gospel!" and "So many people don't even know that this exists!" It made me really start thinking about how very blessed I have been in my life, and how blessed we are. Out of the billions of people on the earth, only 15 million have this knowledge. Only 15 million know where we came from, the real reason we are even here, and where we are going! We are so blessed. What a wonderful opportunity we all have to serve...to provide others happiness not only for the here-and-now, but for eternity.
We are seeing so many miracles, it is marvelous! We have been working hard with Morris and Cristian and Peter to overcome their present challenges, and get them back on the path towards baptism. The Lord has blessed us all so much, and has been guiding us to many who are being prepared! The gospel truly changes lives.
It is HOT outside! Besides the fact that it was a rainstorm this morning...I think summer is just about here. Which is going to be....awesome? Very hot! But Rimini is so beautiful, I am so blessed to be here!
The weeks just kind of mesh together on the mission, it is pretty weird. Time marches swiftly on! It reminds me that I have to cherish every moment of this short two years I have to serve the Lord.
Miracle: This week we had an amazing miracle! We were blessed with a wonderful referral from Crotone in the Rome mission- a mother, Elisabeth, father, Salvatore, and 4 little kids all under the age of 7! A family! We met them in the church (they drove 30 minutes to meet us there!) this past Monday, and had a wonderful first encounter. They are both familiar with the Restoration, already have and have read a little of the Book of Mormon, and have a LOT of questions! Missionaries love questions! Their little kids were a little rambunctious, as are all kids, but polite and sweet. And they got so excited when we pulled out a picture of Jesus, and when we said we were going to come to their house to teach them more. Little children are so close to our Savior. We also found out that they live in the same town as our District President, President Caramia! So we contacted them and their son who is a returned missionary is going to go with us to the next lesson we have with them tonight! Families are so wonderful; it is such a blessing to teach them!
Everything else is wonderful! I just love being a missionary! I was reading my journal the other day from when I was in the MTC and I realized two things. 1) I was SO bad at Italian, haha. and 2) The mission has blessed me so much to come to a knowledge of my Savior. I love Him so much, and hope to give my full heart and soul in showing it through service to others. What a blessing to be here among the Italians! I love you all and thank you for your support and prayers. I always remember you in mine!
Love,
Anziano Wilson
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