Today was kinda sad. This morning we helped the sisters take
their luggage to the train station and sent them off. So now its just anziano
Jacob and I here in Piacenza. Its just us two in our district now so we might
be going to Reggio Emilia every week for district meeting, so that might help
us be less lonley.
We found two cool new investigators this week! And one of
them is from Scotland! He was in our area book and I saw his name and had to
call him because were probably distant brothers. Whatever that means. So he is
really cool and really interesting. He took us into his study, and he literally
has 8000 books. Literally. He knows everything about everything so we'll see how
it goes.
The second guy stopped the sisters the other day and said
"Hey, you guys are Mormons! Will you come teach me?" So the sisters
sent us because they were leaving and cause he's a single man. So we went and
saw him, and asked about baptism before we even said the prayer. He told us
about this dream he had where Jesus was coming out of a giant white church with
steeples instead of a cross, and that when he finds that church he's getting
baptized like that. He says the SL temple looks very similar to the one in his
dream, so were going to bring every temple picture we can find until we find
it. He's got a baptismal date for the 25th of September.
He has only been in Italy for 2 years, so he doesnt know
Italian super well yet, so we use the pamphlets alot. I bought a "Learn
Spanish book" and im trying to learn. I only study it at night when I have
time, so dont worry about me wasting time, plus I already had a conversation
with his grandma entirely in Spanish and she said ive learned well. Miracle.
Its also really helped me be thankful that I can speak Italian now. You get to
the point where its like "Yeah, anyone can understand Italian, how could
you not?" and then I go back to Spanish and its like the MTC all over
again. Its helped my Italian alot because the book is from Italian to Spanish,
so I have to understand Italian well to learn Spanish. Ive seen a big jump in
my Italian these past couple of days.
I dont really know what more to say. I love the people that
were working with, I love Piacenza, I love the branch. Every morning I still
think "I will never be as tired as I am right now for the rest of my
life" and then I beat it the next morning, but its good.
Our Zone Leaders came to our district meeting this Monday,
so they stayed the night Sunday night. Anziano Richardson has become one of my
best friends in the mission, so it was really good to be with him. He and
another missioanry made a "Six Months till Sexy" book thats the
funniest thing ever, but I tried it out. Its a lot like p-90x so my stomach has
been hurting for like a week. But I cant be fat when I get home so ive gotta
fight through the pain!
Not a ton to report except that its the weirdest thing ever
that James is getting home. Time is being so weird. I cant get over it. Im
working hard to finish strong all the way to the end, because if im going to be
here, Id better be here. Plus if im missing another season of BYU football i'd
rather be doing something thats worth it, and preaching the gospel is one of
the few things that is! Have a good week everyone! Girlies, have a good time at
school! Same rule still applies, no kissing cute boys! I love you all!
Anziano Christian Fife McKinnon
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