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| VI VOGLIO BENE!!! |
I hope last week was wonderful for you all because it was amazing for
us :) Today we are celebrating Thanksgiving with the Foggia Sorelle! It is
going to be great. We have mashed potatoes, apple pie, chicken, vegetables,
home-made bread. It is going to be so wonderful!! Next week expect pictures!
We have been
listening to tons of Christmas music. Sorella
Mikesell has a Barbara Streisand Christmas CD. It is so funny! I love it
:) Mom and Dad, I got your package. I love the CD it is great. It has been
so long since I have heard musicals so as soon as "The Impossible
Dream" came on I freaked out :)
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Thanksgiving, Sorella Mikesell, Sorella Mitsvotai, Sorella Rossell
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This week has been miraculously. I felt like exclaiming like Ammon and
praising God.
"And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren,
which say thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great
reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we started from
the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?
"Blessed be the name of our God; let us sing to
his praise, yea, let us give thanks to
his holy name, for he doth work righteousness forever.
"I do not boast in
my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is
full, yea, my heart is brim with joy,
and I will rejoice in my God.
"12 Yea, I know that
I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast
of myself, but I will boast of
my God, for in his strength I
can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in
this land, for which we will praise his name forever."
(Alma 26: 1,8, 11-12)
So many miracles have happened:
Last week I wrote you and I told you about all the miracles that Marina
experienced. This week it just continued. We met with her last Tuesday. Not
only does she keep her impegni, but she teaches us. We don’t teach her. We
asked her to read 1 Nefi 3. She read it and came prepared. We asked her what
she thought. Her answer was that "Each of us has a mission in this life,
but God will help us. And He will send angels to protect us. Nothing is
impossible with God."
Sorella Mikesell and I just sat flabbergasted! Eventually I responded
and said "Exactly." She then explained how, when you read the
scriptures, you must apply them or nothing will come of reading them.
We asked her how she feels about the Book of Mormon. She feels that it
is true. "Otherwise you would not be here in Italy telling me about
it!" She wants to know more about Joseph smith and we asked her to pray
about him and to read 1 nefi 1.
Whenever I see Marina she glows now. She came to church again this Sunday
and she loved it. After gospel principles she pulled me aside and said that she
prayed and she wants to tell us her answer but there were too many people. So after
sacrament meeting we went to one of the primary classrooms to talk. She said
that she prayed and felt peace. She still will not accept a baptismal date but
she knows that this is the right path for her.
She then took us outside and introduced us to her husband. He was super
nice and clearly he knows she is meeting with us. We were worried about how he
would react but he seems super chill. We want to teach them together!
The miracles just kept coming this week. Another one of our
investigators, Cecilia has a baptismal date and she came for 2 Sundays now, to
all 3 hours of church.
When I first saw her per strada I thought she was crazy. She was
walking in a group with us with dread locks and bright yellow pants. But then
something told me to go and talk with her and I really did not want to. But it
would not go away, so as we were passing I smiled and said hello. She immediately stopped us and explained that
she has friends who are members of the church, a few of our African members.
She wanted to talk with us, but did not know how to contact us.
As we started teaching her, she started to introduce us to all of her
friends and the Restoration just clicked. She told us this week that she had
been looking for the way God wanted her to take. She prayed about Joseph smith
and she felt this warmth and light! She wants to get baptized. She is so funny.
And she has been one of the biggest surprises of my mission.
Another miracle was Marjana .The Poggiofranco Sorelle, before they left,
met an ex-investigator again. We finally got a hold of her and went to go see
her and now she has a baptismal date as well. She loves the Book of Mormon and
the church. She has a sister who is a member in Albania, and she is from
Macedonia (COOL! AM I RIGHT!?) She is
ex-military and works as port portral so she is very intense, but she means
what she says. And she loves this message.
These are just a few of the miracles. Not to mention all the
investigators we finally contacted from the Poggiorfranco Sorelle. Including a
new investigator who has a baptismal date for 4th of January, and many more. I
know we still have a lot of work to do with these people, but Bari is
exploding! I know that God is doing a great work here among these people! And
it humbles me. But I am so excited for all of them. I love you all and I wish
you a happy early Thanksgiving.
Sorella Preston
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