Man it has been a crazy few weeks! There has been quite a bit going on! Last week was super busy!
So let me first talk a little bit about Torino. It is the ghetto. Period. Haha it's crazy but it's way fun-- it definitely spices things up a little bit. We have a really pretty view from our balcony. We can see the hills and the mountains from the paramount movie logo (well at least when it's a clear day) and it's pretty! It's really nice because the church is literally right behind our house!
So white washing is crazy too, there was still basically no one so we had to start it all over. There were these two guys with baptismal dates, one named Michael.We hadn't even heard from him. There is also this other crazy guy named Fabio who I'm pretty sure has something wrong with him (ha) so we're not even sure he can get baptized. But we'll see what happens. We need to find out more about him. So those were our investigators when we got here. There were 2 baptismal dates, and because we dropped one, there was only one. So, now, we have 6. :) so let me just say we've been a little blessed haha.
So it all started on our first day here. We got a referral from a less active lady. It's her sister who has been having some family problems and wanted us to go over and bless her house or something. She said she knew that we had something special and knew we could help. So we go in to this sketchy looking apartment to see this lady we've never met, thinking she's probably kind of crazy, when it turns out to be this beautiful, humble amazing family! They've definitely been having some problems, especially with their son, but I wont go into details. It's a family that is just falling apart and is one of the lowest parts of their life. We asked if they could have one thing for their family in this time what it would be, and they said more faith, which is not a normal answer. So we talked for a little and explained the atonement and the power it has to help each and every one of us, and they said they were willing to do whatever it takes to strengthen their family.
So we had a cool lesson, went back the next day and found some more stuff out, talked a little more and what not. Then, the scambio (exchange) miracles start coming out. Anziano Glowa and I from Montreal Canada (He knows Trisha Fletcher) had one of the best exchanges I've been on.
We meet up and talk a little bit about our day and what not, and I explain to him the lesson with the family, but we didn't really talk about what we were going to do. We were basically unprepared (not good?) haha. So anyway we teach a couple lessons, then we go to this family, planning to talk about the book of Mormon and watch the restoration film. It was such an amazing lesson! For not being prepared, we just completely followed the spirit, we were just going off of each other, bearing testimony, promising blessings, finding out who they are and telling them what they need to hear, it was so cool!
And the cool thing is that we incorporated the restoration in with it and it made it even more powerful! In the end we invited them to be baptized (just the husband and wife) and they both accepted! They are such cool people and seriously need help right now. It's cool that we happened to meet them for the first time-- our first day haha. It was awesome.
So that night we finish up, and then the morning we have another appointment with the newlywed husband of another less active member. Yet again, we had planned something totally different because we didn't know the guy, and we just followed the spirit and changed it up, and set a baptismal date with him as well! So we set 3 dates alone in less than 24 hours before we even re-exchanged it was way cool.
We had a lot of fun on the scambio, too. Anziano Glowa and I get along super well. So anyway, Guisi and Pompeo, and Max are these 3 new dates. THEN on Monday, we have an appointment with this guy we talked to on the street named Tokumbo, from Nigeria, and we set a date with him as well! My comp was super stoked because he had missed out on the other 3. So we set one with him, then after lunch we go to teach this referral that was a guy the sisters in my district had been teaching that had moved up to Torino, and we ended up setting yet another date with, yes, Elvis Presely. hahaha. That is legit. That's his real name haha, and he's from Guinea.. It was a super awesome week and those are now our investigators! 60 hours of knocking doors the first week finally payed off haha.
So that's the investigators, but there's also a little news about our district. It is so cool! We have the biggest district in the mission, 10 people, 2 companionship's of sisters, and 3 of elders. Its HUGE! But it is so cool! The past 2 district meetings I've had have been the best of my whole mission. They have just been super strong. At the first one, all we did was talk about our miracles and problems with investigators and what not. I didn't get to do any of my trainings or anything, but it was the strongest and most helpful meeting of my life ha, it was so cool! Everyone was just helping each other out and bearing super strong testimony and it helped everyone, it was a little different than normal but it was so great! Then a couple days ago was really good too. I absolutely love everyone in my district! They are all so great! I'm super grateful to be able to work with these people!
So that's about the most of what's been going on lately, and I'm almost out of time so I better get going. I hope you all have a wonderful week and a happy Mothers Day!
Arrivederci!
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