Well, as I get older and older, I
think the best word to describe how I feel is.....tired. Super super
tired. Not tired as in I'm tired of being a missionary, because I love
it, just tired in the fact that I crash in about 5 minutes if I ever sit
down and stop moving, (I guess I got that from Dad) my brain is
exhausted at the end of the day and I struggle to make coherent
sentences, and just...well....yeah. haha. I hope that makes sense. We
had a long and weird week.
I will start with the miracle, then go on to our super exciting adventure story.
This
week we were able to see one of our investigators and she has a great
desire to be baptized. That is a great miracle, because just a few days
earlier, she had told Anz Cardullo that she didn't feel ready because of
all the medication she is taking. She has a great desire to be baptized
and is currently talking to all of her friends about the church. She
has already given out two BoM's to her friends, and she is showing her
desire to follow Christ through her works. After a good lesson, I felt
prompted to read Mosiah 18:8-10 with her and ask her what she had
against being baptized. She then told us that she was really sad she did
not make her earlier date, but is really excited to make this decision.
It was then her that asked about a date. As you already know, we are
going to try and see the husband tonight to talk about his thoughts on
baptism. I really hope we can figure this situation out soon. So if you
could please send some prayers our way for this family (la famiglia
Felisatti), it would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry, it switched colors on me. I can't figure out how to reverse it. Anyway...story time.
OK,
so this past week we had consiglio in Milano. No big deal. We call the
Bologna capi the night before to confirm that we were going to pick them
up. They told us that it had been snowing all day and was suppose to
snow until noon the next day. No big deal. We left around 6:30 to get in Milano around 9:45,
not a super long trip.....or so we thought. About 15 minutes into our
trip, we try to get on the autostrada (cioe the toll road) and it is
completely blocked. No cars are being allowed on. We sit in the pouring
rain for about 30 minutes, after which a car turns around and tells us
that everything is blocked, so we should take a different road. So we
took all the backstreets in the middle of nowhere. We got to Bologna an
hour late and it was completely shut down. Cars were buried in snow.
Luckily the streets were clear enough to get through. So we pick them up
and leave Bologna. We get to the autostrada entrance and we get stuck
again. This time for 45 minutes. After watching a snow plow hopelessly
drive away from "clearing" the on ramp, a man told us that it was all
clear, but the police put up a barricade and were not letting people on.
So we left and took a different road. This is where my first snow
driving experience starts. We took completely frozen roads for about 30
minutes trying to find the next on ramp, hoping it would be open. Sure
enough, it was, so we got on. Then we were going pretty slow, but then
we hit Parma and we entered into a blizzard. It was super snowy and we
were down to one lane going pretty slow. At the end of all this, we
finally got to Milano....at 1:30.......7. HOURS. Ridiculous. Then after missing half of consiglio, we left Milano at 5:00
and there was no snow. Thank goodness, but that didn't stop the
traffic. We were literally stuck, completely stopped in the fast lane
for an hour. And then later for about 30 more minutes. We finally got
into Bologna at 10:00,
so we just spent the night there and came back the next morning. In
total, this trip took 26 hours. 13 of which were spent in the car. I
could have driven from home to BYU in that time!!!! Instead, we only
traveled 624 km.....moral of this story, when it snows, all of Italy
shuts down. That really threw me off for the rest of the week. I'm so
exhausted because I had to drive the whole thing, because Cardullo's license got stolen. It was a nightmare. But, I survived it and now I
can drive in the snow! haha
Speaking of driving, I'm glad to see my car is still alive. I miss it.
Thank you for the heads up on BYU info. I'm pretty sure I fall under the March 27 date, but I will send you my lo-gin info in a different email, so you can check for sure.
As
for the new ATM card. Please don't activate it. I need my card right
now. haha. I'm pretty sure it's under my phone number, but I'm not sure
really.
That's
so awesome that Lizzy already got into 2 of her schools!!! Way to
go!!!! Let me about the others when you find out.
That's
really cool that you got to go to that concert at Disney Concert Hall. I
love that place. It's got amazing acoustics. It was also pretty fun to
watch the conductor. They are usually pretty animated.
Italy
is amazing and I love every minute of being here. I miss it already. My
time here in Ravenna is creeping to a close and it's weird. But nothing
is set in stone yet, so we will see what happens. As for what Pat said,
I can still remember his exact face and tone of voice as he said it to
me. I will never forget that. I will not come home with regrets. I'm
leaving it all out here, because this is where my heart is and the
thought of leaving, tears me apart.
I know that this is the Lord's work and I love being part of it. It's the best!!!!
Thank you for your love and your support.
Vi voglio un saccone di bene!!!
Anziano Langlois
PS. I'm trying to carry on the Langlois family mustache! haha
PPS. "do you wanna build a snowman??"
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