Chapter Four: The 6th Epistle of Anziano Stewart to the Calabrians/Messinites

Reggio Calabria Week 2

This week was once again very hot.  It's like 35-40 degrees Celsius (95-104) and around 90% humidity.  Fun.  =) Now that I've said that, last Wednesday we went to Bova Marina to take the sacrament to a member who is 93 years old and can no longer make it to church.  It was such a great experience to get to know him and the things that he's done, they've served like 5 missions either in the Swiss temple or other various assignments throughout Italy. The opportunity to do the ordinance was wonderful as the spirit was very strong!

Looking down to the lungo mare

Anziano Malan and me are getting along great.  We get up at 6 and run down to the lungo mare and workout.  He really got into crossfit before he came out and has a sweet packet of killer bodyweight workouts. We are very similar and we are both driven and want to get work done.  So, about the spicy food here in Calabria.  Honestly it's not very spicy but it's REALLY good.  There's this paste kinda stuff called  'nduja that is sooo good. The base is made of pig salami and then they add all kinds of spicy things and you put it on pizza, bread, pasta, really anything you want.  Oh, and I forgot last week about the address of our apartment, it is "Via Filipini 85/c  /  89125 Reggio Calabria, Italia" 

Tamara is doing great, sadly she wasn't able to come to church but she was talking with her priest (orthodox) and he basically told her that our church is the only church that she could change to and he'd be okay with it. So that's amazing she does feel a little guilty because she dances (since she was like 4) and she was reading "for the strength of the youth" pamphlet and now she feels like every time she dances and it's not classical dance she's sinning. She is very prepared.

This week during my study I followed up on a commitment I made to a missionary who went home a couple transfers ago, to read 2 talks in the April 2011 conference, “To Do, To Be” and “What Manner of Men Ought You To Be”,  both were very good talks that I’d actually like to read over a second time.  Oh, also I heard a quote this week from 2 people.  It’s from the Lion King (my favorite childhood movie. = D )  It's when Mufasa tells Simba "Look inside yourself Simba, you're more than what you've become.  Remember who you are."  

I think our Heavenly Father corrects us in much the same way. At times we forget our divine potential and need a soft, gentle reminder to get us back on course.

Well, I don't have much more time. I hope that you all have a great week, enjoy the summer, make some sweet goals and have a lot of fun!

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Mai a rendersi,

Anziano Stewart