Good news!!!!! There are going to be
pictures today!!!!! WOHOOO!!!!!! I finally got the computer to read my
card, so I'm going to send about the past 5 months worth of pictures.
hahaha. I hope you enjoy them.
Back to this week. Well, life as a trainer is
fun. I have to stay on my toes a little bit. Anz Johnson is a fun kid,
crazy, but fun. He's pretty confident, even when he doesn't know what
he's doing. haha. For example, he just starts talking to random people
even though he doesn't really understand them. He runs across the street
to talk to people. He leads us up the wrong mountain in Lecco. You
know, the usual stuff that trainee's do. haha. Let me start with that
last experience. So as you know, last week, we were in Lecco to go hike
the mountain again. Well, turns out, we were all following Anz Johnson
(don't ask me why), who has no idea where we were going, so we ended up
taking the complete wrong path and ended up on a completely different
peak which was twice as tall as the one we wanted to go to. The view was
amazing and I loved it, but boy was that a hard hike. We were dying. It
was pretty much rock climbing at certain parts. It was pretty steep. I
felt like a mountain goat. You know, minus the weird rectangular pupils.
Anyway, it was super fun and I will send some pictures of that.
In other news, we celebrated Anz Salmon's birthday
on Monday. We threw him a surprise party at district meeting, and he
reacted in the typical Salmon manner.....no expression. I love him. He's
so funny. Then today is Simona's birthday, so we planned with her
husband to throw a surprise party at the bar they own. We are going right over
there after internet. So expect some crazy pictures next week. Continuing with the theme of birthdays, we visited a girl in the
hospital this past week for her birthday. Her mom is a member and she
wants to be baptized, but can't for health reasons. But, the ward threw a
party for her at the hospital and it was really fun. We used that
moldable plastic that Peter bought me to make her a dolphin because she
loves the ocean. When we came back the other day, she was talking about
that little dolphin more than the guitar that some members bought her.
My heart was touched. She is such a great girl, and I want to help her
as much as I can. I like going to visit her because I can practice my Spanish. I'm remembering more and more, but they just like that I even
try. haha.
In fun, random news, I looked at my family tree on
familysearch.org the other day and I found out some really cool things. I
never knew when our ancestors came over from France to Canada, or where
they were from, but now I know! They are pretty much all from Normandy,
and they came over in 1600 something. I learned that we have a lot
of Nicholas Langlois' on dad's side of the family. Crazy stuff. I thought
it was really cool. Genealogy is fun stuff. I wish I had done more
before my mission. Oh well.
Now, in way of miracles. I've got a doozie for
you. At the end of our day, we were coming home and we were about to
walk in the door of our palazzo, when all of a sudden a man comes
running up and asks us if we are Mormons. We said yes and then he asked
us if he could have a Book of Mormon, because he wanted to read it. We
gladly gave him one and got his phone number and name. We were totally
shocked, but he said we could call him whenever. So I called him the
next day and set up an appointment to meet with him. We met with him
Monday morning on a bench. Turns out that he is pretty much our
neighbor. He lives just down the street about 30 seconds away. He is
really interested in reading the Book of Mormon and he loved the message
of the Restoration. He is very excited to learn more and when I showed
him the pictures of my family on my "La Mia Famiglia" booklet, he
started looking through it and got really excited when I told him about genealogical work that we do in the church. He is excited to come to
church, meet with us again, and start researching his ancestors. It
really was a miracle! The Lord does prepare people to accept the gospel,
and sometimes they find YOU!
In baptism news, we have the baptismal interviews
for the 3 kids of the De Simone family on Saturday, so we are praying
that all goes well. If so, then we have 3 more baptisms coming on the
26th. Pray for them please!! Especially for the oldest son. He is really
bravo, but he doesn't want to be pushed into this, so we are praying
that he can receive an answer about baptism, the Book of Mormon, and everything. I
know he will, I just don't know when. All will be done in the Lord's
time, so I'm not worried.
Life sounds pretty crazy back at home right now.
Basically everything is coming together at the same time. That's usually
how Satan works, so just keep being strong, and "all these things will
be for your good", as the Lord told the prophet Joseph Smith.
I'm super jealous of your awesome vacation, it
sounded sweet! Between Lizzy and Dad, I literally felt like I was there.
haha. I can't believe how old Jude is getting. He's going to be
completely different when I get home and Ellie will be huge too! So
will Atticus!! Holy cow! Life goes fast when you're gone for 2 years!
haha. Speaking of Atticus, I'm super happy to hear that all is going
well and that he is at home. Mom will have to send me some pictures of
him.
In news of the mondiale, I'm sad that Argentina
lost, because I wanted Messi to win his first world cup, but I'm happy
that Gotze scored the winning goal, because I really like him as a
player. He's young and he's good, so he deserved it. Soccer kinda goes
on standby for the next month or so, and then it kicks right back up, so
I'm excited. haha.
Lizzy, yes, I do remember the Turnbow farm. I was
big enough to remember certain things like Linda crashing the 4 wheeler
with all of us on it, or me and Dallas going out on the 4 wheelers and
finding a new born calf and the dreaded Idaho farm flu that destroyed Dad and Jason. haha. Good times. Hey, I'm super pumped that you
loved BYU. It's so awesome, I tell you. I love BYU so much. It was so
much fun and I know that if the Lord needs you there, like he needed me
there, you will get in no problem. You're a smart girl, so keep using
your head. haha. I miss Slab so much. I'm pretty sure it still some of
the best pizza that I've ever had. The Eric is way too good. When I tell Italians that I have a pizza named after me, they die laughing. They
think its hilarious. I don't know why, but they do. haha.
Well, I love you all so much and I hope you all have a
great week! Life in the mission goes on and so does life back home.
Keep on reading conference talks and putting them into practice! Those
are the words of living prphets who speak with God and Jesus Christ. How
could we ever go wrong listening to them! haha
Vi voglio bene tutti!!
Anziano Langlois
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| Anziano Parker and Langlois |
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| Anziano Salmon |
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| Baptism of Nelson |
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| Baptism of the De Simones |
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