Sister Anderson Mission Blog: Probably one of my favorite weeks!‏

Thursday- We saw Joy and it was good to see her. She always just makes you smile. Haha. While Joy was away for a second, Sorella Visconti pointed out the biggest spider I have ever seen! It was bigger than a half dollar I would say. It wasn't moving so we thought it was dead. We turned around to grab a camera to take a picture and bam! It was gone! Needless to say I was on the edge of my seat after that. We also had our first family night. It was a huge success! We watched a little Mormon message with a spiritual thought, played games, and ate food! Everyone had lots of fun with the games and we found some people who are interested in meeting with us! We were able to go home happy with all the blessings the Lord has provided us with.

Friday- We ate dinner at the Goris and taught them the plan of salvation. Sorella Gori bore a strong testimony of the plan of salvation that I really loved. We met some nice people on the train that helped us take our bikes on and off the train. Other than that just a usual day of missionary work!

Saturday- We were able to see Nonna and give her a "jar of sunshine". It has lots of little happy thoughts for her to read when she gets sad. I think she really liked it! Then we taught Flora and she read the Book of Mormon with us! She's never wanted to do it before. It was an amazing lesson. The Spirit was strong and she was able to express her questions and worries with us. She also told us how much she liked church. I love being able to see her progress!

Sunday- We had stake conference in Florence. It was really good! We had an Area Seventy there. He is super funny and I loved hearing him speak. We had a new member Madonna and her nonmember cousin, Cozzette, sitting with us. It was truly amazing. During the conference, Cozzette told us that we wanted to take the missionary lessons. It was amazing and so I'm super excited to start those with her! I was also able to see Sorella Lo Russo from the sorellanza and so that made me super happy too! We stayed in Florence for a scambio(exchange). It went really well!

Monday- We finished the scambio and Florence and came back to Pisa. We were able to see Ersi and Eni. Then we saw a new investigator we have. Her name is Diana and she has three sons that are 10, 8, and 5. She and her husband with her kids live in humble circumstances but despite this her children are always smiling. She is an amazing mom. Her work has prevented her from going to church but she's tried to teach her children about Christ herself. She's a miracle for us and we were able to teach her the Restoration.

Tuesday- We went with a family in our ward to help the 13 year old, Aurora, with her English because her test is on Wednesday. Then we had dinner with the Di Ruscio's and taught them about the Sabbath day!

In John 6:67, Christ asks his apostles "Will ye also go away?". At some point in our lives everyone will be asked this question. Will we leave Christ and all He has to offer us? Our answer will depend on the strength of our testimony that He is the Christ. There maybe obstacles that are in our way. Whatever they may be, they can be overcome as we strengthen our faith in Christ and truly strive to follow Him. This week has been amazing. I have lots of hope for the weeks to come!

I love you all and miss you bunches!

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