Well, its been quite wet here in
Pavia during the month of July. Between our 2 baptisms this past Saturday and the really weird summer that we've been having here. So
usually, its really hot and gross at this point, but it hasn't been like
that recently. It's been rainy one day, then hot the next, then rainy
again, then cloudy like today and basically all of the Italians are
going crazy. They need their sun. haha. I'm appreciative, because it
hasn't been that hot, so we're not dying outside.
Any who, lets talk about that baptism we had this
past week. Two of the kids got baptized this week. The father baptized
one of them (soooo cool!!!!!) and Anz Salmon baptized the other kid. We
keep joking around because I've given Anz Salmon a confirmation and a
baptism now. He says that I'm just paying him back for how good of a job
he did at training me. haha. I took a lot of pictures and I wanted to
send them today, but we are at a different internet point today, because
our other one was broken. Go figure. haha. So next week. But we are
super excited here in Pavia. I can't believe how long I've been here,
however, I can't believe how fast its flown by!!! We are almost done
with this transfer! That's crazy!! The other thing I was thinking about
was the fact that the Lord has blessed me so much here in Pavia. I've
had 5 baptisms now in 5 months. That's crazy. It's just like I said when
I left Prato, I know the Lord needs me in Pavia, and now I know why
exactly he needed me here. The Lord works in strange ways, but He sure
knows what he's doing.
In other news, we are really good at throwing
birthday parties here in Pavia. haha. We've had a lot of birthdays since
I've been here and we always do something for the person. This past
week, we celebrated the birthday of this member who's daughter is in the
hospital. She is so selfless and is always thinking of her daughter, so
she was really touched when we came over with a card and flowers and
other small gifts from members to celebrate her special day. It was
really special and heart warming. I love serving people. Its the best!!!
In sillier news, we went bowling last week in Merate
with Anz Valencia and his companion. It was super fun and I won, so that's
always good. I really like bowling. haha. Back when I was in Prato, I
promised Anz Windley that I would talk to him on his year mark. I
didn't know how I was going to do it because he was in Verona, outside
of our zone, but I still wanted to do it. I called the Assistants
because I needed to talk to them anyway, check up on how their week was
going, and they told me that they were actually in Verona. What luck!!!!
So they passed the phone to Anz Windley and I was able to talk to him
for a few minutes. It was so great. He's so awesome. I miss that kid.
That sounds like a great week with Lizzy dad. I
can't wait until I randomly run into Italians, it will be too much fun. I
love this language! So cool. I still can't understand opera though,
because its just hard to understand the words they are saying when they
sing all opera like. I hope she has a great time at girls camp. Try not
to go stir crazy by yourself for a few days Dad. haha.
That's really cool that you gave a talk in the Spanish branch. I wish we had an Italian branch at home, then I could
give talks all the time! haha. That's so crazy that Brandon finishes his
mission this week. Wow...time flies. And I didn't know Sabrina was
getting married. That's awesome. Tell her congrats from me.
I'm sad to hear that we lost the Russon's and the
Bateman's. I love both of them. But I'm glad to hear that new people are
moving in. Yay!!! I'm really sad to here that Peggy moved away. I hope
we can find out where she went. It's always sad when someone distances themselves from the church.
Thank you for those talks dad. President Dibb must
have read them as well, because he's already put some of that stuff into
action! haha. I know that we are lead by inspired leaders. This church
is guided by Jesus Christ and we are so lucky to have such easy access
to the words of his prophets and apostles. We should never take this for
granted.
Well, I love you all so much and I hope you all have
a great week like always. Keep us missionaries in your prayers and
pray for our investigators and more importantly, that we can find
more!!!
Statemi bene!
Anziano Langlois
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