Week 40

(Week 10 Bari)

Picture of a baptism that happened in Battipaglia which is close to my past area Caserta!!!  Sooooooooo pretty!!!

It's another Monday here in the Italy Rome Mission! Another wonderful
week has come and passed and here I am writing all my cari! We had a
super killer week here in Bari. We saw literally sooo many miracles
that I now really realize how little of part missionaries play in
missionary work. 


Italian graffiti.  Saints and Santa Claus.

Last transfer Sorella Taylor and I randomly met a Peruvian girl on the
street while asking for directions. She told us her mom is a member so
we got all the contact information to go see her. Now, Sorella Jones
and I have been to see them three times! We discovered that not only
the mother, Edit, is a member, but also the girl Antuanet is as well!
When we went to visit them this week we met little Camilla who is 11
years old (just like Carli!) and is not a member! She is seriously a
miracle! We had an awesome lesson on the baptism of Jesus Christ and
halfway through she turns to us and says, "Jesus wasn't Catholic
because the Catholic Church didn't exist back then." Haha she is so
smart and we are excited to teach her the lessons. 

We had an incredible Family Home Evening at Sorella Magno's house this
week. She is a rockstar and invited our investigators Maria, Lidia and
Giani all to come along with a member Sorella Spagnoletti and the
Fitzner senior couple. It was so great! We sang songs, taught about
prayer and then as we were eating our dolce, Giani started asking some
deep questions about the Restoration. We had explained these things to
him in our previous lessons but when it came from Anziano Fitzner,
Giani actually listened! Senior couples are so underappreciated! They
do so much not only for the wards, but for missionaries AND their
investigators! Giani respected the seniority of Anziano Fitzner and we
were able to continue our FHE. 

Funny moment, at the FHE Maria was told how we are baptized and
freaked out because she thought she would be naked! Haha, luckily her
concern was quickly resolved with pictures of Sorella Magno's baptism.

Maria is on FIRE!!!! Maria loved the FHE, and has been telling
everyone that she needs to be baptized! She came to the baptism of the
other Bari Sorelle and 100% felt the spirit. As Rosa, the girl who was
baptized, was sharing her testimony at the end, Maria turns to us and
just keeps saying this is true and such a "Bella cosa". She later went
up to Rosa and says, "I'm going to be baptized! How do you feel?" Rosa
told her how great she felt and Maria was just beaming like a child
holding a giant gelato! Maria is seriously doing so so well! She is
reading the Book of Mormon and just has the biggest desire to know for
herself the truth of these things. 

Baptisms all over Italy happened this week! One of the happiest emails
I've ever received came from a past companion Sorella Robertson. She
told me that a girl Luana from Caserta, my past area, was going to be
baptized that Saturday! We had found her standing outside the church
one day and we invited her to English course. She came that night and
kept coming. After a couple courses we noticed she showed a lot of
interest in the spiritual thoughts so we got her number. And then...
We both were blown out of Caserta... We had left notes for the next
Sorelle about her, but I had no idea how the work was going or if
anything ever happened with her. I'm sooooooo grateful I was able to
play a tiny tiny part in helping Luana find this church! Miracles
happen and now she is baptized and confirmed into this beautiful
church! 

The church is true everyone. We are all in the same team in this
amazing work. Have an amazing week and don't forget to pray for
miracles! 

Ponderize scripture: Alma 51:21 

Sorella Carrie Nelson


Sunday night Mostra!  We had so much fun doing this with all the youth!!



Sunday pranzo with Sorella Spagnoletti.





Yummy!!

Rosa from the other ward was baptized!!  Here she is with the youth, the sisters, and senior couple.

She is soooo beautiful!!!  Happiest day for the Liberta ward!

Little notes, little notes..... This is one of those little notes we left for the Sorella who were transferred into my last area Caserta after I left about the girl Luana who we had first met outside the church one day.  She is standing on the right in the white shirt.  Fun to think about her.

Picture from friend Denis who is still currently in my last area Caserta.  It's a picture of Luana's baptism.