Well, to be honest it hasn't been the most eventful week! We went up to Trento for a district meeting the other day which was pretty cool! This week in church we had like 40 American students who are doing a study abroad come, it's so weird to talk to Americans again, I kind of forgot what it's like haha.
From the weekend on, we've had constant rain...Sunday night we were about 20 minutes away from our house for an appointment, and after we finished we walked outside and it was pouring like crazy! And of course we had our bikes, so we prepared for the ride of our lives! We quickly went to the train station to check some things and every one that was waiting inside looked at us like we were insane haha -it literally looked like we were pushed into a pool (we were soaked). It was a lot of fun though. It was definitely one of those memorable mission moments.
Well, I am honestly still just drained ha, every night I hit my pillow and it feels like I wake up 5 minutes later, there is just no rest- but I love it! And I know it's because we're doing a great thing! I'm so grateful that i can be here right now, its building me and helping me out so much, and I'm learning so much about who the Savior is for me personally and my own individual relationship with him. These past couple weeks I've done a lot of self reflecting and meditation, and I really feel like I've come to know myself a lot more. Things I am doing well, things I need to change. And most of all, it helped me to remember again the great satisfaction that this gospel brings, and the huge impact is has on changing lives. I may be dead tired every day, but I am constantly happy! I don't care what problems arose that day, whether it's battling through the rain, having doors slammed in your face, whatever it is, I am just completely content. Because that's what this gospel does! Twenty years from now most people are going to be looking back on the things that they didn't do, disappointments, or regrets. So why wait until tomorrow to laugh about it, when you can just laugh right now and move on? You need to throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. That's what its all about. This experience has truly changed my life, and I'm sad that it's winding down! I know this is the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it's reality. It's not just something we do, something we read, it's something we live. Something that pushes us, and teaches us. It heals us and brings us joy. You can never live it up too much!!
Well I'd better get going now! We got some Verona sight seeing to do haha. I hope everyone has a great week! a presto!
Brian
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