Buona tutto!!! :)
Well, so this week has been amazing! :) Things are going really well; Rimini is just so great! SO many tourists are coming to visit now, but the upside is that I'm basically fluent in Russian by now. Also we saw another seagull attack a pidgeon and fly off with it in it's mouth recently....so that was a thing. I didn't even realize that they....did that. What is happening in Rimini!
Anyways, things are going really well! We have been working hard and seeing miracles! Our district meeting was really good this past Monday, our district leader talked about how 99 degree water won't boil, no matter how long it stays 99 degrees. It's that extra 1 degree (celsius) that allows it to boil. It's the same thing with missionary work. We can give 99% for as long as we want, but the real miralces won't occur unless we are 100% ready and have 100% of the faith required to perform them. I have been really trying these past few weeks to just give up everything that I want, and really focus on doing what the Lord wants, because I really do know that He wants what is best for me anyways. And there have been lots of struggles, lots of imperfections, but I really have been seeing a difference in...well, everything! I just love being a missionary! I can't believe a year has almost passed already, time needs to slow down, I have a lot more work to do! But our district leader is hilarious, he was like "so, it says in Preach My Gospel that as a district leader I'm not supposed to do a few things...and make quotas is one of them....but that's kind of exactly what I'm gonna do! We are striving for 100 miracles this transfer, so call me up every night to tell me about your miracle stories, and I'm going to write a list!" We are pretty excited about that. The day after he said that I was on a companionship exchange in Forlì, and we saw so many miracles. I was humbled as at the end of the day I looked back at all the little things that I wouldn't have noticed, that really the Lord had done for us. He puts so many people in our path, it is wonderful!
I recently learned how to change a bike brake cable! We bought it at the store and my companion was like "do you know how to change that?" and I was like "I assume I know how..." And i did! I felt pretty proud of myself. They should have a bike repair crash course (pun intended) for each new missionary. But I never realized how simple bikes really are...we repair the brakes a lot.
As far as our investigators go...Cristian is still awesome. Not making a ton of progress, unfortunately, but I recently asked President Dibb what he thinks we should teach him, and he gave me some really good ideas! He is a really good man, just has a lot of struggles right now. Thank you all for your prayers for him!
Morris is doing great! He has come to church 4 times in a row now!! He is a champion!
Stanley is still busy with school, but reading and praying on his own each day! He is one of the most sincere men I have ever met!
Our activity was a HUGE success!! Members brought their friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was super fun, and the spirit was definitely felt. Fratello Saliaj was way too good at being the guy in the great a spacious building though...he got like 10 out of the 30 people to let go of the rod!!! Oh mhy goodness, he got them so bad. "here, take my hand, I'll help you out, okay, that's it, lower your head..come with me...HAHAHAHA" And another 10 got tricked by the "fake" line we put, leading off the wrong way when it split off. They were a little upset about us being tricky like that. But everyone loved it! And the food contest was greatt!! mmmmmmm! Italy :)
The sisters got an awesome new investigator, the cousin of the elder's quorum president in the ward. She is so sweet and nice, and she LOVED the activity, especially when she was blindfolded! Quote of the night came from her: "Come on! Come with me, this is the way out! Let go of the rope!" -Fratello Saliaj. Her reply: "Sorry, I don't talk to strangers!" ...actually, that quote ties with the one from Fratello Bazan "get thee behind me, satan!!" hahaha.
Miracle: One of the greatest miracles this week happened while I was down in Forlì on a scambio. We had just finished walking 45 minutes or so to centro (because Anziano Taylor's bike was being repaired), and we decided to stop by a member's shoe shop to make sure everything was going well and to see if we could do anything for her, since she is a recent widow. We talked with her for a few minutes, while one of her customers, waiting for his shoes to finish being repaired, listened in. As we were heading out the door we introduced ourselves to the man, gave him a smile, and told him that if he ever needed anything, to ask the owner of the store, and she would know how to contact us, and we went on our way. As we were out talking with people on the street, we had some wonderful experiences, and we soon received a call from Sorella Rossi, the owner of the shoe store. She told us that a few minutes after we left, the man waiting had asked her about the church, and asked if he could take with him the copy of the Book of Mormon that she had on display on a table in the shop! He said he was interested to read it and learn more about Jesus Christ. It really struck me that even though we didn't say hardly anything to him about the church, he felt something different as we spoke (or at least, I hope so!) and wanted to know why. He was very kind, and we are expecting great things from that!
Everything else is going really well! We are working to get our current investigators to progress, so that we can more thoroughly involve the awesome members here. We are also trying to meet more often with the members to strengthen them even more. They are all excited to do the Lord's work! I love you all and am very thankful for all that you do and are! I love you all and wish you a wonderful week! I remember you always in my prayers!
Love,
Anziano Wilson
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