Sister Rebekah Anderson

Sister Rebekah Anderson

Wednesday 8 February 2017

It's been real. It's been fun. And it's been real fun.



We saw Sorella Uras this week. (For those of you who don't remember she's an old lady who loves cooking and is such a strong woman!) She finally got out of the hospital so we could show the pictures of the lasagna that I made. She's given me lots of different recipes. She always makes food for us and honestly I don't know how she does it. She moves around her apartment with an oxygen tube and it honestly scares me when she stays standing up for too long. We are always telling her to sit back down. Anyways we wanted to give back a bit so we made her this eggplant recipe that she had given us. (Eggplant is actually pretty good.) Oh the fear of cooking for an old Italian woman! It was a little stressful hoping and praying that it turned out good. But it the end we were able to take it to her and I was able to say goodbye to her!



Sorella Orr made my birthday amazing. She bought me anti-aging cream, socks, and muesli. All I could ever want. She's the best and made my birthday a lot of fun. We spoiled ourselves with treats. What can I say? We love our arancini and bacii mcflurries. But we also received our transfer call on my birthday. That was a punch to the gut. So I'm leaving which is really hard to accept. I wanted to do another one here in Muggiò with Sorella Orr. But instead I'm going to the area just next door in Milano. The ward is called Cimiano and I will be a Sister Training Leader there. The best part is that I will be there with Sorella Williams! It's going to be great! And then Sorella Smedley is going to come and take my place in Muggiò. I'm excited for scambio with us four! It will be a lot of fun!



We bought exercise balls to sit on when we eat and do our studies. I would say they are a game changer and definitely a life improvement.



Then we went over to our ward mission leader’s house to have dinner on my birthday because it was his birthday too and we had a lot of fun. There were some young single adults from the ward and the night went by too fast! I was able to say goodbye to Franny who is a recent convert. She's getting ready to go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. She's excited for that! It's sad that I have to leave her but she's planning to come to the US in the fall so maybe we will be able to meet up. Plus, we are in the same stake still so we will see each other around.



On Saturday we had a lesson with Alfredo in the church. It was such a good lesson. We gave him a little tour of the church but he had too many questions so we had to stop in the middle and start the lesson so we could talk about everything. He had a lot of really good questions and seems to have a sincere desire to believe in God and Jesus Christ. He really opened up to us about everything. It was a miracle lesson. In it, he commented about how happy and content we seemed.


Sunday and the past couple days have been full of goodbyes. It's been really hard to say goodbye to everyone here. I love them so much. Luckily, I will still be close though. I will say a few more goodbyes tonight and then tomorrow I will leave for Cimiano.



This morning I was studying about faith. Something that I really thought was cool was about the scripture Matthew 17:20.



"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."



There was little faith but it was quality faith. Quality over quantity even in faith. Our faith needs to be pure and genuine. When we have that pure faith, that's when we begin to see the power faith has... however small that faith might be.



I love you all! Hope you have a good week!




Franny is the one sitting next to me.



Saying goodbye to Melissa. She served in Salt Lake.



Sorella Riva. That blessed woman!


The family Rosa. 
Giacomo, the little one had drawn on his face 
during sacrament meeting haha.


Sorella Uras! She's the cutest little old lady!


Sorella Bassi


Milli, Emma and Nicolo


The Mongiovì couple. I love them! 
Fratello Mongiovì was one of the first missionaries in Italy.


Last but not least Sorella Sacco!


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