Dear Family,
The good news for the week is that I'm staying in one area for two transfers in a row! Sorella Hanson and I were both glad to offically hear that we're staying put because we've both been moved around quite a bit the past couple transfers. I'm excited to finally have the same companion and city for more than six weeks! We'll still have some adjusting to do when Sorella Bringas returns from the MTC in a week, but we're excited!
The big wave of new Sorelle has really slowed down. I think there's only 5 new sisters this transfer. That plus a new president means that the mission is staying pretty stable without the large changes that the last few transfers have brought.
This week we've been busy traveling. Now that we're knowing Savona better and are feeling more established we're starting to travel out of the city more to visit the less-actives that live in little towns around the area. Our branch is still without a president so we're working hard to strengthen our members.
It's fun to hear that you're passing out pass-a-long cards, whatever language they're in! We'll occasionally run into people who don't speak Italian or English so we give them a card, point out the internet site and try to tell them they can change the language. I'm learning more and more about the importance of member missionary work every day. We have one member in the branch who is really gungho about missionary work. One week in church she told us that she had invited a random person on the street to come to church, he couldn't but she got his address so that evening we dropped by for a visit. He turned out to be really angry with God and religion and was not interested in hearing anything about the church. But as we left Bruna just smiled and said that maybe he'll be more open next time. Then a few weeks ago she found an amazing lady! We've taught her three times and she's always over at Bruna's discussing the scriptures. This last lesson we planned on teaching her the Plan of Salvation. When she started showing us some scriptures she had read we spotted a small paper with the plan already drawn out! It turns out that they had discussed it the night before. Bruna invited her to the baptism of an eight year old in the ward last week and she came! It was a wonderful experience.
Speaking of that baptism, our branch doesn't have an actual font but a big pvc pipe font in the YM's room. When they drain the water they can't get the final inch of water off the bottom. We found out the day before the baptism that the missionaries always took care of cleaning and filling the font. The problem was that no one had cleaned it out since the last baptism three or four months ago. So that last inch of water had just sat there collecting dirt, grime, and dead flies. It turned out to be a good thing we didn't end up going to Firenze with Sorella Bringas so we could dedicate a couple hours to scooping out water, scrubbing the grime, and filling the font. By the end the water was beautiful and clear. A member told us that it was the cleanest the water had been for a long time. Neadless to say, we took the time the next day to fully empty out the water.
Vi Vogliamo Bene!
Sorella Pace
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