First
of all, who was grateful for tri tip? Because I'm totally in agreement. (Eric was sent a picture of a Thanksgiving tree that Linda's family made. Each leaf said something they were thankful for.)
I miss American meat. It's soooo good. Italy has got some really good
food, but meat is not their forte. Which doesn't make sense now that I
know Italian, because "forte" means "strong", so it's close to being
correct. They should say "forza" which means "strength", but oh well.
haha. Speaking of that, I've kinda noticed that we use a lot of random Italian words incorrectly in English. Such as....I can't remember any
right now....awkward. But trust me, there are some! haha
Thank
you so much mom for doing housing for me. I already thanked the office
elders, who is one of my friends from my group. I just had one question,
I got this email directly from Campus Plaza, I will send it to you as
well. It tells me to login and accept a roommate request or something.
Boh...pensaci te. (You take care of it).
Still
on the subject of school, when do I have to sign up for classes by? I
need to know so I can get permission to go online and look at the
classes list. Holy cow, I have to decide this stuff soon. That's weird.
Time is going by really fast.
OK, super miracle
time. I just got an email this week from Alessio De Simone (the son)
telling me that he got baptized. I'm so pumped!!!!!! I knew it would
happen, and now I'm so happy that their family is now united in the
gospel. I literally cannot express my love and gratitude for that
family. They are literally the miracle of my mission. I can't wait to
see them get sealed in the temple. I know that the Lord placed me here
in Italy to find families like theirs. I love the country and I love
it's people. I know that the Lord has a lot in store for me in these
last few month. I want to just work my brains out and try and catch all
of the miracles as they literally pour out of heaven like the Guatemala
rain. haha
Here in Ravenna, we are getting
really close to a few baptisms. We have a couple investigators that were
really progressing and are now kinda fading away, and our weaker
investigators are now really progressing. It's a weird reversal of
fortune. We are teaching this one young man from Kazakhstan, who is
super cool. He told us that he wants to get baptized and move to Salt Lake, right by the temple. haha. Then we are really working hard with
the father of a part member family and he is so close to baptism. I'm
almost positive he will get baptized on the 14th, because the spirit
really testified to me that was the correct date for him. It's such an
exciting time to be a missionary!!!! I love it!!! I get so excited all
the time! WHOOO!!!!! It's the best!!
Yesterday,
we went over to a less active member's house and we watched a Mormon
message with him. He really enjoyed the video we watched ,so after
teaching the lesson, we invited him to share it with his friends. We
showed him right there how to share Mormon messages with his friends on Facebook. We invited it to one of his friends and then he asked if he
could share it with another. Then he asked how he could share it with
everyone. He was so excited to "hoist upon every tower" (Alma 46:36) the
good news of the gospel and share it with his friends through social
media. We told him that we would be back to check up on what his friends
said, and he was eager to let us know.
OK,
random Italian fact time. So the other night we went over to a member's
house to help him chip/sand old paint off his wall so they can repaint
it. Let me just say that Italian paint is sooooo different than American paint. I can basically spit on the wall and it comes off in
some parts and other parts, not even a belt sander can pull it off. It's
ridiculous. You also have to put a ton of paint on the wall for it to
stick. It's super weird. But it was fun. I love service.
Before I forget. Happy late birthday Peter!!!! I knew it was around January, but I couldn't remember when.
I
can't believe how old Lizzy looks. She's growing and it's weird.
However, Anz Cardullo says that she's not allowed to wear those camo
pants. haha. It's funny because that was Italian fashion last year. I
guess America is kinda behind. haha. They are actually still popular
right now, but that's not important.
I'm really sorry to hear that Linda's family is sick. That is no fun. Poor Judester.
Everyone
here has been talking about that big blizzard. They told me that if you
went outside in your car, you got a 600 dollar ticket or something like
that. Weird.
I loved the pictures! It is so
great to see you all are doing well. Good to hear that my car still
exists. I love that car. I miss it a lot. Our car here takes like 9
years to get up to speed. I feel like Fred Flintstone could beat us in a
race. haha.
Keep up the good work with less
actives and inactives. The biggest thing they need is a friend in the
church. That is what helps them come back to stay.
Thank
you so much for your prayers on my behalf and on the behalf of the
people here in Ravenna. They really need them. It is a hard time for a
lot of people and Satan is working really hard on them.
I love you all and I hope you all have a great week!
Anziano Langlois
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