Well, this week I don't have like any time to do email, so this is probably going to have to be short. Anziano Smith is going home today!! And his train is in an hour and he still needs to pack... :/ Missionaries...
But anyways, this week has been GREAT!! Morbegno is so strange...but so great! It is literally a huge, 10,000 member family here! Everyone knows each other and actually says hello to each other. We have been working hard to become a part of the family, and if you ask me, the missionaries here have been doing some great work, because everyone loves us here. Basically every person in town is either a potential investigator, current investigator, or a past investigator...needless to say, we get so much free stuff! We passed by a fruit shop the other day (one of the expensive ones that missionaries never go to), and the lady that works there was just like "Wait!! Wait one second! *goes to the back and comes out with a huuuge bag of fruit* Here ya go!" It was awesome...and super yummy!
Let's see, the highlight of this past week was definitely when we DID A CONCERT IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH....not a big deal. More on that later though, in the miracle of the week!
-We have been doing a lot of service lately, that is a big thing that the missionaries do around here, and this past week we painted a room in one of the members' houses. She is a recent returned missionary from England, named Cinzia, and neither of her parents are members of the church. She is super awesome, and it was great to go over there and get to know them while serving them. ...by the time we finished we had paint allll over ourselves! By the way, my companions volunteered me to paint the ceiling...so that was fun. I was covered in paint. And then we taught someone a lesson in those same clothes! He was like "why are you so dirty?" and then we started a conversation about how missionaries do service and everything! It was great!
-So August 15th is a huge holiday here in Italy...everyone is off work and travels and parties and everything....and the day for the missionaries to set baptismal dates!! At least for us! We met with one of our Brasilian investigators, well, the only one we have, named Beto, and he is super great! He had read Alma 32 about faith and highlighted a ton of scriptures and asked us so many great questions. He is so sincere and just wants to learn and increase his faith! We invited him to follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized on the 14th of September...and he accepted! He is awesome, and we are expecting great things from him!
-I gave a talk this Sunday on prayer. I mentioned how in a house with a billion kids, prayer is one of the best (if not only) times we can feel peace in our house :) The Italians laughed and were just so shocked as to why anyone would have more than 3 children.
-Cinzia's boss wants us to come over in a few days to do some gardening work at his restaurant...and then he wants to feed us lunch! So that's a deal! His wife started asking us questions too about who we are and what we do and everything...now she has a Book of Mormon and a lot of questions! She started asking us all these questions and we were finally just like "here, this Book has the answers! And we will meet later in the week to talk about it!" She was excited about it...so that was awesome!
Miracle: This week's miracle was AMAZING! I mean, how many people can say they sung hymns in a catholic church in Italy? So basically, we have been trying to organize something like that for a while, with no success, and finally we told one of our investigators about it...and she just called the Arch Priest of Morbegno and arranged a meeting! So we set it up! It was awesome! Anziano Smith has been playing the piano/organ since he was 6, and so he played all sorts of famous classical songs, and we mixed it with some hymns as well. I sang "The Spirit of God (Italian)" "Nearer My God To Thee (English)" And "I Am A Child Of God (Italian)", accompanied by the organ. It was an incredible experience. And don't worry mom, we had one of our investigators record them on her iphone, so I will get those from her and bring them home for the fam :) But we had a great turn out, like 30 or 40 people, and we found 4 new investigators! Not to mention there were some less active members that showed up, and really felt the Spirit. it was really a special experience for all of us!
Well, I apologize in advance for the short email and that I can't respond to anyone this week. Know that I love you all and remember you in my prayers! We are working hard and the mission is the greatest thing in the world! I wouldn't trade it for anything! Thank you for your prayers and support, I have the best family and friends in the world!
Love,
Anziano Wilson
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