Ciao tutti! Come state voi!??
So Issy and Jack are done with school. I'm so jealous! Sometimes I wish there was a summer break to look forward to... Non c'e. Mannaggia! But I have other landmarks to look forward to. Like.... My 6 month on a mission mark!!! Or my one year left mark!!! The 6 month happens on the 16th, and the one year left mark on the 20th Sooo, one year from Monday, and I'll be home! Crazy right?!?
So, you aren't going to the reunion?
You NEED to let me know IMMEDIATELY when Jack gets his call! I'm freaking out!!
This was pretty cool. We have been struggling really hard with our teen investigator. She really wants to be a 'supernova'. She wants to be Ariana Grande. We finally made a bit of a breakthrough when she expressed concerns about her dreams and how they contrast with the gospel. She has wanted to be a singer forever. And now that she is learning about the gospel, and accepting that it is true, she worries that her dreams might become out of reach. This came after a lesson where we decided to write out our life goals, and share them. So, she left with some pretty superficial goals, like become a singer, or a dancer. Then, she called us, and said that she wanted to meet. She showed us her goals, and they had changed dramatically. They still had become a singer/dancer, but she had added some like 'marry a guy that loves me forever', and 'have a good family'. It was so cool. Then, the whole time, she asked us questions about behavior and standards, as in how we would act in a certain situation. She really wants to have what we have, and I think the connection to the gospel is not to far away. We are going to hammer it home next visit.
This week, we had a lot of down time, because appointments kept falling through. There is never down time, so we ended up doing in active finding, and past investigator finding. We went through our entire area book, which has all the schede (don't have an English word for them... But they are information about people who took the lessons in the past...), and organized them by year, who to call, who to let cool off, who to give to the Anziani because they are old and single men, and who to throw away because there is no phone number, last name, address, and no friends/people they met at church we could contact. It looks so good now! So we started calling people, and we have a couple of appointments, so fingers crossed! As for in active finding, we didn't find anyone who lived at their listed address until last night. He might be crazy, but his mom is really sick, and he is going through a rough time, so we'll send the Anziani over. It was so cool, we said a prayer with him right on the street!
So, that's what's been happening. Keep me posted!
Vi voglio bene!
Sorella Hills
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