Wow! What a week it has been. We've been
busy here in Prato and as Dad would say "aaaand loving it." This past
week, President Dibb asked us all to redouble our efforts to start off
the year right. We promptly accepted this challenge and set to work. We
taught a bunch of lessons the first couple days. Then all of a sudden,
we saw that our goals were not that far out of sight. So we really
pushed the last few days to reach our goal of teaching 15 lessons, and
we did it!!! Touch gold comes through again! We got some really good
lessons with some members, got a really awesome new investigator and oh
yeah, did I mention, taught 15 lessons???? That is the first time I've
done that and it was awesome! I was looking back at my Genova days,
where we taught 4, 5, maybe 6 lessons a week and I can't believe how
much has changed and just how much I've grown. I'm really grateful for
my time in Genova. It really taught me to rely on the Lord and to not
get discouraged when the times are tough.
So as I was saying, this week has been crazy. It has literally rained every single day this week. And one of the days, it
poured ALL DAY LONG. No joke. It was ridiculous and we are just trying
to not get completely soaked everyday. And on top of that, my bike has
been broken all week, so that's super fun. My tires have been completely
bald for a transfer or so, so I finally decided to get some new ones.
But while installing them, we found out that about 10 spokes we're
broken on my back wheel. So after popping a new tube in about 5 minutes
(a new record I might add. Popped it without even riding it), we decided
that we couldn't fix my wheel by ourselves, so I brought it to our bike
guy who said he would fix it. Turns out, he couldn't fix it, so he sold
me a used one that actually worked. The problem was that it was too
wide and didn't fit on my bike, so I had to bring it back again and he
fixed it for me (free of charge). After that, I tried putting it on
yesterday and it wouldn't tighten. And when we thought it was tight, it wasn't and it slipped out of place before I even got to our gate to
leave. So this morning, I re-tightened it, and it seems to be working
now. Let's hope it doesn't break on me while I'm riding it. I really
don't like bikes, but I kinda have to get used to it. And now I know how
to basically build a bike because I've fixed so many things on mine.
Also, to add to all these trials this week, I got
sick again. I'm done with being sick. But this time, I was throwing up
in the middle of the night, so that's awesome. Meno male, that is past.
It was just for that night, but it sucked. I think I am just permanently
sick. I can't shake this cold thing. Oh well, It doesn't stop me from
going out and preaching the word of God. So my spiritual message this
week comes from this crazy week I've had. There was a challenge issued,
and we tackled it head on. We were met with a ton of adversity:
sickness, bikes, rain, bidone and yet, we didn't let that discourage us
and we pushed on. In fact, despite all of this gunk that happened, we
remained diligent and reached our goal. I know that this is the Lord's
work and that he blesses his servants. I have seen the Lord's hand is
this work so much this week. I'm so grateful for my savior and his help.
He is so patient with me and I have seen so many blessings as a result
of my sometimes slow diligence. I'm not perfect, but I know that through
the savior's sacrifice I can slowly become more and more like him.
Never give up, even though everything looks bleak, don't ever give up.
The Lord will always provide.
OK, random comments now. So my tiramisu I made for
new years, we gave to a member family here and when we visited them this
week, they told me that it was amazing. They started asking me how I
made it. I honestly have no clue how, except luck, lots of failed
attempts, and of course, my Hawaiian shirt. So hopefully, I will have at
least one thing mastered when I come back home. haha
So I got the Sudre's package this week, so thank you
so much for that. I loved the cookies and the Reeses. I miss making Christmas cookies at their house....and then promptly eating them. haha.
I also found out this week something really cool. So
in Italian, the day's of the week are Lunedi, Martedi, Mercoledi, etc.
So lune means moon. Marte is Mars, Mercolerio or something like that is
Mercury. I found out that is literally lines up with a planet each day.
So cool right????? I don't know if that's kinda old news for some
people, but it was super awesome for me.
Thank you so much for your letters this week. Thank
you for the eulogy, I'm excited to read it. Also! Mom, Aunt Mary wrote
me this week and she said that she couldn't find my blog, so could you
help her out with that. Thanks. I really hope some of the rain we have
here can get to you guys there. That drought sounds crazy!!! I guess it
wasn't just a famine of hearing the word of God like Amos said. Keep me
updated on that, and I want to know about the super bowl when it
happens. I can't believe Peyton has still got it. That's awesome for
being how old he is.
Any who, thank you all again so much for your letters, love and support. I cant wait to hear from you all next week!
Speriamo per la pioggia!
Anziano Langlois
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