For P-day this week we stayed in Modena. We were going
to go to the Ferrari museum. Well, we went. But you had to actually pay to get inside
and so we thought we would settle for the gift shop and get a cute little car
souvenir instead. Yeah the little car in the gift shop cost 330 euro! The gift
shop was ridiculously expensive. So we settled for an art museum that we got
into for free because we are missionaries. I really enjoyed the art museum.
There were quite a few paintings and a lot of them were done in the 1500s or
before. So that was awesome. The weather here has started to get cooler and
things are starting to fall off trees. There are these one things from the
trees that are all over the bike path. They are these little spikey balls. It
always makes me feel like I'm in real-life MarioKart as I try to dodge all of
them on my bike. Haha. Sorella Stevens later informed me that they're
Chestnuts!
Then on Thursday, we were able to see Modesta. She's a
little old lady who lives in a nursing home. She's so cute. She's been really
down lately. So we are now searching for ways to help lighten her spirit. I enjoy
seeing her though. Being in the nursing home makes me miss being a CNA. We met
Maura, too. She's one of our investigators and it was the first time we met
her. She's so sweet and she has a good faith. She knows the missionaries and
loves them. The Anziani went with us so they could introduce her to us. English
class was more of just the usual.
Friday we had weekly planning and it went really well.
Sorella Stevens and I talked a lot about the work here and what we can do here
to make a difference. I made her some tiramisu and we went to see Sorella Palmieri.
I love going to see her. She loves talking to us about serving her mission and
her different companions that she has had. Then we did finding in the park. Not
a whole lot happened except that we saw Franco. We've seen him at the park a
few times now. Last time we saw him he gave us money to go get gelato and he
did the same again this time. He wouldn't take no for an answer! Then he wanted
to buy us some real Modenese food at a restaurant on Saturday but it ended up not
happening because we couldn't get in the car with him. Modenese is very popular
for its food, along with Bologna. Tortellini, lasagna, tortalogni, and lots of
other things!
Saturday we went to go see Marianne, who's a member
and we messed up the address again! It was so frustrating! But what can ya do? Three
(3) streets all named the same, why not? Pazienza. It worked out and she walked
to come find us and walked with us to her house. It was nice to get to know her
and finally find out where she lives!
Sorella Stevens gave her talk in church and she did
amazing! My comp is the bomb and I love her to death! She killed it.
The rest of the week was pretty much filled up with
finding. We had our first completely full day of finding since we got here. For
those of you who are not a missionary, after a full day or long period of finding
one of two things happens. 1) you see a miracle at the very end of finding when
you're about to go home 2) you just end up laughing at everything because
you're too tired. Both are miracles in their own way haha. We had the privilege
to experience both this week. One was a family from Bolivia, whose son had
taken the missionary lessons. They are a great potential and I'm excited to get
in contact with them again.
Finding is awesome because you get the opportunity to
talk to people you never would have talked to otherwise. Sorella Stevens and I
are learning a few phrases in other languages because it's a fast ice breaker.
Plus, when people don't speak Italian and they hear a phrase in their native
language they get so happy. It reminds me of when I first got to Italy. One family
even thought I was Albanian. Haha, nope!
"Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead
thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers." D&C 112:10
Humility is a hard trait to acquire. It means that when we have answers to our
prayers, we follow these answers because we know someone knows better than we
do. The Lord is always here for us, willing to guide us. I'm grateful for the
guidance that I have received in my life that has led me to where I am today. I
still have a lot of humbling to do, but it's a work in process!
I love you all!
Spiky Ball aka Chestnut
(now you've seen the streets of Modena)
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