First, this is week
five in the transfer - so today is the last day you can send mail to
guarantee that I will receive it before Transfers, so after today, no
more mail until we hear about transfers! Get your transfer guesses in
:)
Second, welcome to the family the newest baby girl
edition in Rachel's belly! I could not be any more thrilled or excited!
Keep the family growing (cough cough Tammy and Richard cough cough your
turn) because lets be honest, the Alleys make the best babies!
Third, okay mission details. We met with Valentina
and Cristian twice last week, and they are elect people. They have been
prepared and are ready for the restored gospel. The second time we met
with them, Cristian said, "After we had the first lesson, i felt more
peace and serenity than I have ever felt before. I liked it and I want
that always." I was like, "1 point for team Holy Ghost!!!" That is the
best part of this mission, seeing the joy and the happiness that the
gospel brings people. INCREDIBLE!!! So Cristian was able to come to
Church on Sunday
and he stayed and participated in all 3 hours. The branch accepted him
immediately, put their arms around him, and welcomed him to the family.
Before the end of the day, members had invited him to FHE, set up our
teaching appoints with them, and had a barbecue planned with multiple
families! MIRACLE! Later that night, we took Valentina a BoM in
Bulgarian (she is from Bulgaria) and by the next day she had read 16
pages. Haha That is more than I read in my study each day. hahahaha Go
Valentina! This Monday
we had a lesson with them and they had a list of prepared questions.
Thankfully Emilio came with us and was able to explain the Melchizedek
Priesthood and the Urim and Thumbimim (haha, Cristian asked what it was
and I have never heard it before in Italy and I am sure I looked like a
deer about to get hit by a nice manly truck...) We are set to teach them
again today and on Friday.
Also, they have asked if they can be baptized sooner than the 27th!
Pray for them, because they are ready I WILL NOT LET THEM FALL TO
SATAN!!!
Later that night on Sunday
we visited La famiglia Scarpulla (he was the catholic priest before
converting) and we did a fun little experiment with them. They had to
get a hard boiled egg through the mouth of jar without destroying the
egg, apparently impossible. But thanks to the generousness of the
sorella, if you light a few matches and drop them in before placing the
egg on top, the need for oxygen will squeeze the egg through the
opening, without hurting the egg. We likened (hard word) this to the
Atonement and the need for the Savior. MONEY LESSON!!!! They loved it.
Afterwords, Fratello Scarpulla said, "every Sunday
I look forward to taking the sacrament and seeing you sister
missionaries." To which my heart leaped out of my chest and bounced into
his hand. Yes folks, I love this cute grandpa and she is hands down the
classiest woman in all of Italy! He is also an artist and showed us a
picture he painted with his wife as inspiration. in his words, "Every
woman should have two different lights in her eyes, the light of Christ
and the light she feels from the love of her husband" (hard to
translate) Feel that, ya that is your heart tingling at that cute
statement. The bar has been raised fellas.
In other news, nothing else new really happened, and
it was normal week here in Rimini. Sorry this is a tab bit boring but
details seem to have escaped me noggin. I love you all and wish you best
week of your life!
xoxo Sorella Alley
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