Fwd: A new transfer

From: Benjamin Jolley
Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:22 AM
Subject: A new transfer

So, in case you were wondering, we didn't get transferred. We're here until at least Sept 22. Returning to my travelog, Thursday, we went to Kobe's, and he said "I want to do everything you guys ask me to do. If you ask me to come to church, I'll come to church. If you ask me to be baptised, I'll be baptised." That was intense. We gave him For the Strength of Youth as part of a lesson on following the prophet. We then went to Issac's house, the member that accompanied us. We met his family, who are quite lovely. Then we did some finding work, and then we taught George, one of our less actives. He is an interesting man. Got baptized in Holland, and then moved here. He hasn't had work in nearly 8 years. And now he finally found decent work.

 

Friday, we went out and worked with Fratello Borelli all day long. We went to Maryam's, a really sweet nigerian member who's pretty active, then we saw where the new church building will be here in Reggio. It's a much better location, and much more obvious. I'm pleased. Then we ate lunch with the Borellis, and then we went and taught Franco, who is an interesting guy. Then we went to Salome's, and taught them tithing. They accepted it full heartedly, and just said, yeah, that's true. We'll pay it. CRAZY! Then we went and met one of our assigned less active families, the Nuredini's, from Albania. They have apparently had serious troubles since the economic downturn. And hence, they went less active. We talked more or less about the church's welfare program.

 

Saturday, we started going to Kobe's, and he said he was busy. So we looked for a member in Cadelbosco, a tiny town nearby, and placed a Book of Mormon to a man on the bus home. Then we went to teach some of our less actives, who weren't there. darn. And then we went and contacted a referral, this legit young man named Federico, who we had met through his dad Roberto a few weeks ago. (The guy with a bunch of guns). He said he'd read the Book of Mormon, and wanted to talk about God. We'll go back tomorrow.

 

Sunday, we went to pick up Gilbert for church, and he was already in church! Hurray! Some of our members came back from vacation, so I met Katya and her sister Tonia, who are an investigator and new convert respectively. Yay. After church, we ate pizza with Danso, who's in the bishopric, and he explained some things about how he got to know the church. He loves the hymns like I do. They are legitimately my favorite part of church, when I feel the spirit the strongest. Later, we visited Lucy, one of our new converts, and then Abraham, who really just needs to come to our church and get baptized. He understands basically all of the doctrines. Then we found a man named Ludovico, a Jehovah's Witness that accepted the invitation to read the Book of Mormon. That makes him the most elect JW I have ever met. It makes me excited.

 

Monday, we cleaned the apartment, gave Sorella Jones a blessing of comfort, and searched for members in Parma. Tuesday, we had zone conference in Modena, where they gave us DVD players.

 

Today is P day, and we're going to have a good one. I love you all.

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