Subject: Festa Della Repubblica
Dearest Family,
Today is the Festa della Repubblica (sp?). This means that everything is closed, everyone is in their house eating and sleeping with their family. It's kind of like the Fourth of July in America, except that instead of celebrating declaring independence, it's celebrating when America established the Italian Republic after they liberated it. Also, less fireworks and American flags.
This week has been a good one. Today, we set a baptismal date with our argentine friend Luis. He's great. Also, we ate a really good italian meal with some members.
Yesterday, we taught a family, of a lady named Grazia. She has 4 daughters and 2 sons, all married, with children of their own, and some grandchildren. They are all asking the right questions, and we gave them a Book of Mormon. I'm really excited for them. They're a really big family that loves to talk about everything, including religion. They're all catholic, but not practicing. It's kinda hectic teaching them, but a lot of fun.
Monday, we had district meeting, and my first scambio. I went to Vercelli, where Anziano Zippro was my companion for a day. We did some casa, and then taught one of their investigators. We then taught an Italian class... who'd have thought I'd be TEACHING Italian a month into Italy? Not me.
Sunday, we taught this really wonderful lady named Rita. We've taught her before, so I may have mentioned her, but whatever. We taught her with a couple members, because it was right after church. One of our members suggested a blessing... this woman barely knows what baptism is, and we're teaching her the Plan of Salvation, and we explain what it is, give her a blessing, and she feels really good. I'm excited for that. She's great. We're going to try to set a baptismal date with her tomorrow, which I'm 90% sure she'll accept.
On Saturday, we found a very loquacious lady doing casa. We went in, her husband sits there, we say about three words, and for the next 45 minutes we hear her entire life story, so far as religion is concerned. We then try to teach her something, and it takes another 45 minutes to teach her a 2 minute overview of our message. She's great. But that was a long time to teach only a little tiny bit.
On Friday, we talked with Vivian about her baptism, she was interviewed by our District Leader during scambio, and she's getting baptised this Saturday. This week, we also finally got the chance to talk to our dry mormon friend Fernando. He's been coming to church for several months with his wife, he just hasn't been baptised yet. We're holding the interview on friday, when we do our other scambio, and then hopefully we'll baptize him on Saturday too. I'm way excited. My first baptism! That's what we're here for. As soon as we got off the plane, our President asked us, "they told you this is a baptizing mission, didn't they?" It's true. I'm excited to see how things turn out.
Thursday was a funny day. We taught this guy that we met on the street, looking at his backpack, of dragon ball z. We complimented it, then talked with him, and he invited us in. He then gave us a book based on the Bible, and the teachings of Padre Pio, about the second coming of Christ, and the events leading up to it. He talks about "another messiah who will come and prepare the way for the second coming, who Elijah will help"... Little does he know, he's actually talking about the PAST, not the future. Clearly, his "Messiah" should be said "Prophet", named Joseph Smith. If we teach him again, we're going to talk about that... maybe. He's a character. Also, I severely dislike Padre Pio.
In summary, we've had ANOTHER week of miracles. It's been fun. I've been out three weeks. I can't wait to see what my mission looks like in 6 months, when I can actually speak Italian.
I love you lots!!
--
Vi Amo!
Anziano Benjamin Jolley
Dearest Family,
Today is the Festa della Repubblica (sp?). This means that everything is closed, everyone is in their house eating and sleeping with their family. It's kind of like the Fourth of July in America, except that instead of celebrating declaring independence, it's celebrating when America established the Italian Republic after they liberated it. Also, less fireworks and American flags.
This week has been a good one. Today, we set a baptismal date with our argentine friend Luis. He's great. Also, we ate a really good italian meal with some members.
Yesterday, we taught a family, of a lady named Grazia. She has 4 daughters and 2 sons, all married, with children of their own, and some grandchildren. They are all asking the right questions, and we gave them a Book of Mormon. I'm really excited for them. They're a really big family that loves to talk about everything, including religion. They're all catholic, but not practicing. It's kinda hectic teaching them, but a lot of fun.
Monday, we had district meeting, and my first scambio. I went to Vercelli, where Anziano Zippro was my companion for a day. We did some casa, and then taught one of their investigators. We then taught an Italian class... who'd have thought I'd be TEACHING Italian a month into Italy? Not me.
Sunday, we taught this really wonderful lady named Rita. We've taught her before, so I may have mentioned her, but whatever. We taught her with a couple members, because it was right after church. One of our members suggested a blessing... this woman barely knows what baptism is, and we're teaching her the Plan of Salvation, and we explain what it is, give her a blessing, and she feels really good. I'm excited for that. She's great. We're going to try to set a baptismal date with her tomorrow, which I'm 90% sure she'll accept.
On Saturday, we found a very loquacious lady doing casa. We went in, her husband sits there, we say about three words, and for the next 45 minutes we hear her entire life story, so far as religion is concerned. We then try to teach her something, and it takes another 45 minutes to teach her a 2 minute overview of our message. She's great. But that was a long time to teach only a little tiny bit.
On Friday, we talked with Vivian about her baptism, she was interviewed by our District Leader during scambio, and she's getting baptised this Saturday. This week, we also finally got the chance to talk to our dry mormon friend Fernando. He's been coming to church for several months with his wife, he just hasn't been baptised yet. We're holding the interview on friday, when we do our other scambio, and then hopefully we'll baptize him on Saturday too. I'm way excited. My first baptism! That's what we're here for. As soon as we got off the plane, our President asked us, "they told you this is a baptizing mission, didn't they?" It's true. I'm excited to see how things turn out.
Thursday was a funny day. We taught this guy that we met on the street, looking at his backpack, of dragon ball z. We complimented it, then talked with him, and he invited us in. He then gave us a book based on the Bible, and the teachings of Padre Pio, about the second coming of Christ, and the events leading up to it. He talks about "another messiah who will come and prepare the way for the second coming, who Elijah will help"... Little does he know, he's actually talking about the PAST, not the future. Clearly, his "Messiah" should be said "Prophet", named Joseph Smith. If we teach him again, we're going to talk about that... maybe. He's a character. Also, I severely dislike Padre Pio.
In summary, we've had ANOTHER week of miracles. It's been fun. I've been out three weeks. I can't wait to see what my mission looks like in 6 months, when I can actually speak Italian.
I love you lots!!
--
Vi Amo!
Anziano Benjamin Jolley
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