Training......

So not much happened this week. We are working hard, just no solid investigators but that is ok. Anziano West and I are still getting used to each other. He is a cool kid. He reminds me a lot of Aaron. We have been working well with the American branch. We went to a family home evening and it was really cool because it was for all of the single soldiers. It went really well and I was able to connect with one of our less active soldiers that is assigned to us. He is really cool. I like him. He likes the Seahawks but that's okay. We talked a lot about football. He told us a lot about his war experiences. It was crazy. People in the military see some crazy stuff. But it was cool because he told us that he was coming back to the church because he knew it was true and that it was still apart of him. He couldn't deny what he felt about the book of Mormon and so he is coming back to church. Its really cool. Other than that. Not much is happening. Well I hope you all have a great week! Ciao! Vi volgio bene

Basta means basta!

So this past week was a little hectic. So on Saturday around 14:00, president called us to ask if we were going to the stake conference. And we told him we had not planned on it, but then we followed up and asked if he had wanted us to come to it. He told us yes. It was starting in an hour so we immediately left and went to the train station to catch a train. We get to the city, Pordenone, around 17:00. We then walked to the church and got there at 18:00. We are there for an hour of the conference and then it ended. Our mission president wanted to interview 2 of us(me and another missionary). We are in the same city but we are not companions. THe only problem is that we didn't have another train until 22:44 so we were stuck in Pordenone for awhile and we wouldn't get home till around 23:50. So our president decided to send my comp with another missionary(Anziano Castagno) back to Vicenza and I would stray with Anziano Jaramillo, the companion of Anziano Castagno. Well we get interviewed and we then go out for pizza with president. After that we got dropped off at the train station. Well the only problem is that when we got there we saw that our train was cancelled. So we got stuck in Pordenone. We called president and told him the situation. He came back and picked us up and then he took us to a senior couples apartment where we stayed the night. We went to conference in Pordenone on Sunday and then we went home. It was crazy! We found a man named Frank. He is really cool. He comes from Nigeria. He has met with us twice and at the end of the last meeting he asked us if we could meet him the next day...obviously we said yes. So we are going to meet with him today. Its really good because he is the only person that we have as an investigator. So there is an american military base here in Vicenza and we can get on the base and get stuff at the commissary. We got so much Americana soda its great. Well I hope you all are doing well! I'm doing great! Have a good one! Vi volgio bene! Ci si sente!

It is well....in Vicenza!

Alright so I did not write last week so I will make by writing this week. I am doing well! I am in a city called Vicenza! There is an american military base and so we cover the Italian branch as well as the american branch. So we have 6 hours of church on Sunday. Its crazy! The crazy part of all of this is the amount of English and Americanness that is around me. I have consumed more american food in the past few days than I have in 22 months. It is crazy! All I have to say is that american cheese is an abomination. Other than that I do like some of the american food. I'm sad to have left Firenze. That city is very special to me and I cannot WAIT to go back!!!! All of the young men were sad to see my comp and I leave. Some of them came to the train station to see us off. It was cool! I am training as well. My comp is Anziano West and he is from American Fork. He got to spend to time with two of my companions while I was in the hospital. MY companion Anziano Christensen left Firenze as well and he is in the office helping the office clean up all of the mess that is happening. There was so much change in the mission office at the same time and they need help to keep everything in order...so he went there. Its weird to not be with Anziano Christensen, we were comps for so long. But its cool, I like Anziano West. He is cool. We get along well. The past few days we have spent getting everything in order. We had nothing. No materials to proselyte...no food, no stamp to mark our materials, no maps, no bikes, no knowledge of the area. It's been fun. We have gotten everything in order expect the bikes but other than that we are good. We have ac in our apartment! Its awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you all are doing well!! Love you all!

30 LESSONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we taught 30 lessons this past week! IT was crazy!!! The assistants called us because they didn't believe that we had done it! Im really tired now! So I talked with one of the assistants and I will be leaving next week. Where to I have no idea. Anziano Money, my last comp, is assistant and I asked him where I was going to die(finish my mission) and he was like well where do you want to finish?? So I told him some places so hopeful I will go to one of them!!! We had a cool miracle, there is man, Agostino, the boyfriend of a member, who we have wanted to see for a long time. Well he happened to be our 30th lessons. He pulled us aside after Church and told us that he wanted to talk to us. He then told us about all of the problems he had and how he wanted our help!!! HE wants to get baptized but wants to get rid of the problems first. What was really cool is that he realized what was wrong in his life, he felt the difference from when he went to Church and when he didn't, then he realized before he could be baptized he had to change! He is sooooo ELECT! It sucks that I will leave before he gets baptized. But that's okay. We did lose some investigators that I liked but it was cool. Other than that all is well. I will find out Monday where I will go, so that will be crazy!!! Love you all!

Ferragosto, vacanze, mare....all things we cant do

So this past week was a little harder for us because there was ferragosto and everyone went to the sea but that's okay. We still did fairly well for having had all of that happen. This week we have decided to go for the goal of teaching 30 lessons. In this mission 30 lessons is something very difficult to do...especially considering the distances and what not. This goal has really pushed us this week. We are at 12 lessons right now and we will be at 15 tonight(the number of lessons that the mission has set as a goal for everyone to teach each week...We are ahead of schedule!) We have had to a scambio with our young men because we had 10 lessons set up on Monday. It was soo much fun. We are going to very busy for the rest of the week. Enjoy the pictures....one is me with my cool hair, one is with me at Livorno, and the other one is the black that my comp gave me. I guess 3 transfers together is too much for...just kidding. What really happened is that we were playing basketball and my head hit the back of his head and I got a black eye from it.

Where am I.....?

This past week was a doosy! We ended up doing 3 scambi. I was with the Anziani on the other side of Firenze, the Anziani from Livorno, and the Anziani from Pisa. We left Monday morning and we got back a few hours ago. It was crazy! I cant remember where I have been nor what I have done. The temperature is cooling down which is really nice. Our week was good. We ended teaching 18 lessons which was good considering we only 3 and 1/2 days to do it. We got a new investigator named Fredy. He is a 19 kid from Perù. He is so cool! We will see him again tomorrow. The work is going realllyy well here. Its going to suck to leave. So there is a good chance that I will open a new area and train next transfer. I'm not too keen but its ok. Tomorrow is Ferr'agosto which means there will be no living soul in the streets of Firenze. Pretty much its a day where EVERYONE goes to the sea. So it will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. I'm pretty sure not much will happen. We went to an outlet mall earlier today and it was ridiculous. There were stores such as Prada, Gucci, Armani, etcc....and did I eat a slice of humble pie....Everything was insanely expensive. There was a suit that was discounted from 3000 to 2, 500. It was crazy. MY comp and I felt out of place.....however we were dressed nicely enough that people thought we worked there :). Anyways, have a great day!

I'm tired....

So we have been so BUSY! We ended up teaching 20 lessons last week which was crazy! I haven't done that since I was with Anziano Boscia! We then drove to Milano met with the President then we went on a Scambio with the Assistants, one of which is my old comp Anziano Money. Driving in Milano was probably the craziest thing I have ever done. There was one street that I drove down that also was a tram trolley railway. You could slide all over the place. It was crazy. While in Milano Anziano Young told me that we were going to teach a man named Omar. He said that he was a little weird. I then started to ask him questions about Omar. He started to sound like a man named Omar that I taught over a year and 5 months ago when I was in Milano. We got to the appointment and it was HIM! It was crazy! I taught him n my 2nd transfer and then I go see him in my 14 transfer! It was crazy! It was really cool. m Everything is going well. There have been some crazy changes that have been made in our mission. Mainly just little changes that are effect a lot of what we do. I'm really tired. Driving takes it out of you. We went to a place called Boboli gardens today. It was owned by the Medici family here in Firenze. It was a HUGE Garden. I'm pretty sure I will open a new companionship and train next transfer. That will be fun. Enjoy the pictures of my comp and me. The karate picture was in Boboli gardens