It’s HOT and I’m COOKED
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| anziani home (rest home) |
And here I am again, writing those that I love. Even though I do it
every week, I don't think it could ever get old. To start out, I want to share
a couple cool things I learned this week. First, "sacrifice",
in latin, it comes from "sacer" and "farcere". Sacer
means holy or sacred, while farcere means to make or to do. So in a
sense, sacrifice really means to make or render something sacred or holy.
It is an aspect that I have never thought of before. Usually when
you hear sacrifice you think of giving something up, but thinking of making
something holy or sacred, you want to do it. Second, (and less cool / mind
blowing) is the name "lucifer” which comes from 2 words as well,
"luce" or light and "fero" or carrier. This helps show
how satan was one of the most chosen of god's children as he was known as a
carrier of light. However, we always need to be attentive that we remain
chosen by choosing to follow him.
Anyways, it is so hot here! (But I still prefer this to the cold by
far!!) Thankfully we have a car in Messina but in Reggio it's on foot or on
bikes (I think). We’ll see how it goes. The wind from the Sahara
(shiroco) is already here and normally the wind would be nice right?! It’s
torture!! And lets not talk about the humidity. But for all that I
complain about it, I like the heat, believe me!
Um, I'm not sure if you all remember a sister in the Catania Mission
named Sorella Rizo... She taught Leona (the woman who got baptized last
week) 5 years ago!! Crazy huh? Yesterday she showed us a Christmas card that
the sisters made for her. If you can find her on Facebook, make sure you
tell her that "Leona Molina" got baptized!!
Maren! How was your Birthday?!? Everyone told me about it but you!!
What did you have on your cake? Did you like your gifts?
Things here are going well, we taught whopping 27 lessons last
week!!!! That's a new record for me. One of our investigators (professor Salvatore)
is a professor at the university and also works in the hospital, he has a strong
testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith but tithing really hangs him
up, he says it should be 5%. =/ Also Thomas S. Monson’s eyes really get him, he
says they aren't pure... however, he's hilarious and come to English course.
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| burnt car (you see them pretty frequently) |
There is also a woman named Pina. She sells fruit. We
see her almost every day because we are trying to help her stop smoking. She
has known the missionaries for a little while (a year or so) and has also had a
couple baptism dates that she had to skip...but she has such a strong testimony
of everything! While she sits at her stand she reads the Book of Mormon.
She is so cool!! Her only problem is she keeps relapsing! =/
In 2 days I'll be in Reggio!! I can’t wait to start working there.
It'll be interesting seeing as we both (myself and Anziano Malan) have
never been there and that there haven't been missionaries for 4 weeks in the
city... I'm excited.
Well, my time's up sadly. I love you all and hope you are
enjoying summer!! Don’t forget! "It’s not possible for you to sink deeper
than the infinite light of Christ's atonement." Pres. Monson.
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| me with the Branch President in Bitonto, Pres. Panisco |
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