But miracle time. We were tracting last Friday night
in a paezzinni (little town) close to the church. No one was out
(naturally, it was frigid) so we had to resort to knocking doors.....by
that I mean ringing bells on the gates. No one was having it. So the
last one we rang before heading back was a success!!! An older man, once
we stated we are not the local Jdubbs, invited us in for "one minute"
to get warm. The first time I have ever been welcomed into a house! Well
we talked to the older man and his wife, shared Ether 12:27
with them and then bore testimony. They invited us back and we taught
them yesterday the Restoration. My very first successful casa story!
Took 8 1/2 months but I was thrilled! Well, Mimo and Angela are being
prepared to accept the gospel, and I am going to help them along. Wooooo
Well, my new companion is Sorella Madison Smart from
Draper. She is 19 but has a rock solid testimony. She was fortunate
enough to be trained by a native italian (I must apologize to Sorella
Burkman for handicapping her lingquisticaly) so she speaks very well.
Very humbling for you know who. She is not confident in her teaching
skills so we balance each other's weaknesses well, funny how the Lord
knows us. We are planning on working hard this transfer because she has
never had a baptism. It is about time she had one! Funny story: I here a
crazy popping and sizzzling noise in the kitchen and i meander my way
in to see what is happening. Well there is Sorella Smart barely holdng
on to a pan of smoking oil and egg plant. The oil got a little to hot,
and she tried to "cool it off" with water.......now chemistry wasn't my
best subject but........I do know flaming oil and water dont mix.
hahahaha thankfully I had baking soda that took care of the problem
right away, then we put the emergency numbers on the fridge. hahahaha
Another good belly jiggler. We stopped a young many,
probably about mid twenties, on the street. He was on the way to the
gym and gave us a number to call. Yesterday we called to find this
Guiseppe and set up a return appointment. Turns out, he gave us his
girlfriend's number and she was NOT PLEASED that we wanted to talk to
Guiseppe. hahahaha I thought I understood Italian well enough but
apparently when an angry girlfriend is screaming in Italian all i get
is, "IF YOU CALL AGAIN I WILL KILL YOU!!!" Oh, okay, sorry to interrupt
your day......love, your local single female american missionaries.
Smooth move, Guiseppe.
Thank you for the prayers, letters and laughter each week! Seriously, keeps me going and loving the work. I love you guys!
Sorella Alley
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