Anziano Jolley 5/26/10

Cara Mia Famiglia,
Allora, Stiamo faccendo un digiuno d'inglese. Ma voglio scrivere
questa lettera in inglese.

First of all... I love grandpa. I'm sad to hear that he's passed, but
I'm content to know that he's gone to a better place. It puts what we
teach in a more poignant light. We teach the plan of salvation, but I
don't often think about what it truly means.

This week has been amazing. Starting last thursday, we found 7 new
investigators before Sunday. And almost all of them are ready to hear
the Gospel.

Our investigator Ilmi dropped us wednesday night, but then on Saturday
came back, ready to hear the gospel. We taught him Sunday, and he
hadn't drunk a single beer, and had smoked only 4 cigarettes. Pray for
his strength, please! We also set a baptismal date with him for the
26th of June. I'm quite excited about that.

Vivian is getting baptized next week on the 5th of June. I hope and
pray that it'll go through. She has questions about laying on of
hands, but she should be alright.

I found an investigator a while ago that I may have mentioned named
Luis. He's Argentine, and he's asking all the right questions. We
taught him on Thursday? maybe friday, and after we taught the
apostasy, he asked, But... how can I know which church is right? We
just smiled and kept going. He came to church on Sunday and was very
happy to be there.

On Sunday, as we were walking to the church to teach a lesson about
half an hour later, we were going to just make phone calls and I
stopped a guy on the way, asking if he spoke english, because he had a
London England shirt on. He said yes, and we asked him where the
street our church is on was. We knew the way, but he took us there. We
then asked if he wanted a tour. yes. then if he wanted to know more.
yes. We teach him, and he asks if our spirits our immortal. He then
asks if that means we lived before this life... get where this is
going? His name is Paolo.

Basically, we're doing wonderful out here in alessandria. I'm enjoying
the work, and we're seeing a lot of success. Our Zone recently set a
goal of seeing 50 baptisms before the end of the year. There are 8
companionships, which means that we need to find, teach, and baptize
something like 7 as a companionship before december. The way things
are looking, that's VERY possible. I'm way excited. The Lord is
working miracles for us and through us.

We went to Asti, and went to the duomo there. It was cool.

Vi Amo!
Anziano Benjamin Jolley