what we did! So some highlights of the week were: Scarf Woman, The
Gesso, and Ilaria.
SCARF WOMAN
We are still seeing the fruits from our finding day last week! Sorella
Clark and I were going to an appointment but when we got to the bus
stop we found out that we missed our bus! We were really confused
because we were even early, but it had come earlier. We had to wait
like 25 minutes for the next one so we decided to walk down a few
stops so that we could talk with people and do some finding. Remember
the bus stop I talked about last week? The one where I was told to
open my mouth? Well, we ended up at that stop just waiting for the bus
when an old woman walked across the street and said "I've been looking
for you!" We met her the week before at that same bus stop. Our
conversation started with Sorella Clark complimenting her scarf and
then of course we told her about what we do and what we believe in and
why we're here. When she saw us again she was so excited. She said, "I
have something for you" she reached into! her bag and pulled out the
scarf she had worn and gave it to Sorella Clark! She'd been carrying
it around for a week! We asked if we could visit her at her home and
she said "it would be an honor." So we're excited to stop by when we
can. That goes to show that you never know how much your small and
simple testimony can touch someone. She had been thinking about us all
week because she recognized our light, amazing!
THE GESSO
I've think I explained Gesso's but I can't remember. So basically
every week we go to us this place called Centro which is like a big
outdoors shopping center and we set up a bed sheet and draw on it with
chalk something that would go along with our theme for that night
(gesso=chalk). Then we all (we have 8 missionaries in this city) stand
there and hand out bigliettini (pass-along-cards) and talk to people.
This week we did an English Course Gesso to publicize our course that
we teach twice a week. Okay wait first of all you need to know that my
companion is what I call an "old-man-magnet". I'm sure you've all
heard the rumors about the creepy old men here in Italy and I'll just
confirm them for you right now. It's really not that bad here though
in Cagliari compared to other places. But basically as soon as they
notice that you're a young American girl they will not stop trying to
flirt with you hahaha. And for some reason they especially love my
companion. So we were at this gesso and my comp has been In This city
for a while now, so these groups of old men kept coming up and talking
to her because they go on the same walks with each other every week
and she's always there doing the gesso. Then a new group came up to us
who she hadn't met and they were especially enthusiastic. One of them
started talking to me and saying that he saw a tv program about
Mormons and it said "if you ever meet a Mormon ask them this:" and
then he started going on about us having tons of wives at the
beginning of our church and now it's a sin and just stuff like
that..mind you he was also a little drunk. While he was talking to me,
my companion was talking to another one and then all of the sudden he
grabbed her and tried to kiss her! She screamed and pushed him away
and then he went for me and I was like NOOOO. He's like "why can't I
just kiss you beautiful young girls? Is it because you're Mormon?"
HAHAHAHAH It was hilarious and terrifying at the same time.
ILARIA!!
Okay so we were in assemeneni which is a town pretty far outside of
Cagliari. We met a less active who is kind of..difficult and were a
little down afterwards. We had planned to do some finding out there
afterwards but it was cold and we windy and we just wanted to go home
and do area book and make calls. But then we decided that we needed to
stick to our plans because we'd prayed about them. We talked to a few
people but nothing really happened. We finally got back on the bus but
then Sorella Clark felt like we should get off of that bus and wait
for another one. So we got off and went back into the cold and waited.
There was the cutest girl there and she had the prettiest eyelashes so
we complimented her eyelashes and got into this whole conversation
with her! She was so interested in what we were doing and to learn
more about the Book of Mormon. We set up an appointment with her and
taught her on Sunday!! She is soo wonderful!! I don't have a lot of
time right now so il talk about her more next time but she is soo
prepared for this gospel I love teaching her!
LETTER TO PRESIDENT
This week we continued to progress in working with our newly found
investigators. We have high hopes for all of them and are working
really hard to teach to all of their diverse needs. In fact, one of
the women we are working with does not believe in God or Jesus Christ
as a God, which I assume is not very common here. She does believe
that everyone has some kind of a spirit and that there is some kind of
higher power. So we have studied the stories of Ammon and Aaron when
they taught the two Lamonite kings and are trying to follow their
examples.
We also found another woman and began teaching her this week! She has
so much faith and curiosity. She was a teacher for the Catholic Church
a while ago so she really knows her doctrine, but she loved all of the
things we taught her and asked many questions. She was so excited and
grateful when we gave her a copy of The Book of Mormon, she asked,
"can I pay you for this?" She already has a little bit of an
understanding of the importance of this book and I know that it will
continue to grow as she prayerfully and humbly reads it. She told us
that she thinks that it was by no coincidence that we met her, and I
know that to be true.
I love you all!! Thank you so much for everything!! ❤️
Finally some pictures!
1st pday here
Some super cool pastries. They have shops like this everywhere and everything in there besides like the pink stuff is all edible
The graffiti here is hilarious
The buildings are so cute I love them
