Sorella Nelson: Week 71

(Week 18 Rome)
Another great week in the Italy Rome mission!
We've been super blessed with 2 new investigators this week! When I
first arrived here in Rome here were three investigators and two of
them didn't want to see us anymore and then we found out the third
one, Anastasia, had moved to Ukraine. Well...she is back!!! She is a
wonderful wonderful mother of a 1 and a half year old boy and she
wants to be baptized, but she has just never really felt ready. She is
so so wonderful and explained she had never really read much of the
BoM so we are sure as soon as she has and prayed about it she will be
READY!!

We did a scambio this week with the other Sorelle in the house and it
was so wonderful! Sorella Carver is a rockstar and we were able to see
some miracles! We met so many amazing people throughout the day that
we knew we were just touching lives everywhere we went! It was
amazing! We were able to teach a woman named Cristina who is just
amazed at the fact that we are out here trying to convert Catholics
that she realized our message must be pretty important! IT IS!!! We
are excited to see her again :)

Little tender mercy: we were sitting near a young man on the bus and I
told him I liked his glasses to try to get a conversation going and he
immediately says, "You aren't Italian. Nobody here smiles at strangers
on the bus like you do." SMILES WORK MIRACLES! We had such a wonderful
conversation with this young man and are hoping to see him again! We were
talking afterwards about how the people on the bus always say ciao to
us and smile back at us when we get off and we were just so grateful
to have the privilege to "Be" this message.

Gaetano sta bene. We taught this dear man literally in a tree. In our
favorite park there is a tree that just separates and you can stand
inside and branches surround you so when it was windy and cold we went to
talk in the tree! Strangest setting ever! He is so great though. His

Having a lesson in the famous tree in the park with Sorella Cardullo and Gaetano. It was so windy so Gaetano said, Let's go to the tree!"

prayers have turned into some of my all time favorites. He talks to
Heavenly Father straight up and tells Him things he is struggling with
and what he promises to do. He even explained why he isn't baptized
yet. During one of our lessons this week without his family he just
went on about how grateful he is to have met the Sorelle and learned
all these wonderful things. Even if this dear man is never baptized it
feels good to have helped his faith grow.

We are excited for another week!!!! Sorella Cardullo and I are just on fire
and ready to see the Lord's hand wherever we go!
D&C 123:17
Let us do everything in our power!
Sorella Nelson