On Saturday we received transfer calls and there are some big changes
happening. Sorella Battezzato (My STL) and Anziano Zappattini are
dying (finishing their missions) so we took them to the airport that
morning. So we're obviously getting another zone leader but other than
that, the rest of the Anziani are staying in Cagliari. Sorella
Biccherri (Sorella Battezzato's companion) is going to Ragusa and
Sorella Clark is going to be the STL in Rome 2! She will be follow-up
training my MTC companion, Sorella Rushton. I'm so excited for them.
And the crazy thing is that Sorella Rushton's trainer, Sorella Tingy
is coming here to be my follow-up trainer! The past few days have been
very stressful for me because obviously, I'm the only Sorella staying
here. Less sisters are coming in this transfer as the ones who are
leaving so President had to close down some areas, including one of
ours. So from now on there will only be one companionship of Sorelle
in Cagliari instead of two. We are taking over all of their work which
meas that I have spent the past few days just learning and organizing
their work with ours. I have to transfer all of our phone contacts to
theirs, combined all of our area books (we have like 6 right now) into
1, and learn everything I can about the people they are working with.
The hard thing is that we are on a time crunch. Sorella Biccherri
leaves Wednesday morning and Thursday morning for Sorella Clark. They
need to pack and get everything ready to go, plus they want to see as
many people as they can before they leave so we are beyond busy trying
to fit stuff in. In a perfect world, I'd be able to go and meet all of
their investigators and less-actives with Sorella Biccherri, but we
don't have time so I have to figure out how to get to their homes
myself and just pray that they're stable enough with their testimonies
to let us continue to teach them. Our area is pretty big and not easy
to navigate, but I've never had to worry about it because Sorella
Clark has been here for 7 months and knows everything and everyone.
It's going to be a struggle for me but I've been memorizing bus routes
so hopefully I can figure it out somewhat. And I get to worry about
setting up our schedule for this week after Sorella Clark leaves. But
no worries! I will have Sorella Tingy and God by my side to help me
with all of this! It's going to be so good for me too! I'm super
scared but also really excited for this change. I know it will bring
great things for all of us.
Our miracle this week was Daniela. She was our investigator who told
us she didn't want to meet with us anymore and kind of just
disappeared. This week the Anziani actually ran into her and said that
she is doing so good and would like to start meeting with the
missionaries again. They later told her that Sorella Clark would be
leaving this week so she called us and asked if we could meet her
yesterday!! She was so happy to see us, and she's doing so well. She
didn't go back to smoking or her boyfriend who was not a good
influence, she runs every morning, and she just so much happier and
sure about herself. We had a family home evening to go to right after
so she came with us. For the spiritual thought, we asked one of the
members to share her conversion story. It was perfect! Afterward
Daniela said that she felt like that testimony was for her. I am so
grateful for this experience we had with her. Everything lined up so
well to be exactly what she needs right now. I'm so glad to be in
contact with her again. She will be there for a ward family home
evening that we're doing tonight as well!
Tons of funny things happened this week, and now especially because
for some reason, being in a trio makes everything funnier. But
probably the best one for this week was this:
We were on our way to a lunch appointment when Nigerian man walked
past and said "hello." Africans love talking to us because we speak
English-actually everyone here who speaks even a little English love
using it on us. So we said hi and started talking to him. We invited
him to church but felt it best to not exchange numbers because 1. He's
a refugee so we can't really teach him until he becomes legal and 2.
He kept saying "you are so beautiful," and stuff like that haha (we
get this all the time.) Then he told us that he doesn't have work
(which is not uncommon here) so Sorella Clark said "can we pray for
you?" He's like "you are a good woman. You are the woman I would want
to present to my family like this is my love, this is my wife." After
that we got outta there real quick. Hahahaha so now we have a joke
that Sorella Clark is engaged to a Nigerian man. Oh and what's even
better is we saw him again today! We tried so hard to avoid him then
he saw us and yelled "hello Sorella's" we turned around and yelled hi
as we speed-walked in the other direction. 😂 la vita.
We're preparing well, loving life, and really just taking in every
moment before they leave me. I'm going to miss them so much. The house
is going to feel so quiet without 4 sisters. It already does with just
one missing. We were like a little family, we sang and prayed together
in the morning, ate lunch together, and prayed together at night. Ah I
just love them so much and am so excited to hear about all of their
adventures at BYU, in Rome, and in Ragusa. 💕
I love you all, thanks a ton for everything that you all do as members
in the church! As missionaries, we are in need of strong, active
members, keep firm in the faith and share your testimonies! Do what
you can to serve others and help the missionary efforts in your wards
and spheres of influences!
La mia città
This is Sorella Betty Ancis. She's the best member ever.
We were at the train station on our way to the airport when we saw this family. They were headed to a wedding. The culture is so rich here it's amazing!! These are traditional "sardo" clothing that are all hand-made and they pass done for generations. They only wear it for special occasions like weddings.
