Ciao Tutti,
Un'altro e-mail!! CHE FORTUNATI SIETE VOI!!!!! So this week has
been.... well different and interesting. As many of you have probably seen on
the news Italy is undergoing some fairly strange weather conditions and yes...
also Sassari. Starting Sunday night and continuing all day Monday we
experienced blizzard like conditions. Weather that Sassari has not experienced
since the time it was a Province under the Roman Empire. This storm made those
last little snowflakes from last month look like a baby drizzle. The Sassarese
people were quite convinced that it was the end of the world and didn't leave
their homes. Therefore all public transportation was shut down and we couldn't
get anywhere. It was a mess but at the end of the day we had some fun and made
a snowman or in Italiano (un pupazzo di neve) The snow is clearing up today and
things are looking a lot better but it's still totally freezing. That’s about
the all the adventures this week.
As for the work, things are going great. There was a baptism this Sunday of
the branch president’s 8 year old daughter Chiara. It was a
great opportunity for some of our investigators to see a baptism. We
are planning two baptisms for the 3rd of March for Maddelena and Maurizio. Also
a ton of inactive members came to the Baptism.. The whole family of the wife of
the branch president are inactive members. Some 20 people. It was the first
time many of them have come to church in a long time. I hope the spirit there
was felt by them and they are re-encouraged to come back to church. Inactivity
always makes me sad. So far I've seen it come from two sources. 1. Missionaries
who force people under the font with-out the person really having a strong
testimony. 2. members who stop doing 3 basic things: coming to church, reading
the scriptures daily, and praying daily. Some people think that once they reach
a certain point with their testimony that they are good to go but
alas, tis not so. If we do not keep working to keep our testimony we will lose
it and inevitably fall away. It's very sad to see strong members of the church
go through difficult trials and fall away. And the truth is it can happen to
even the very best of us. We all must keep working or its game over. Life is a
constant progression. You never reach a point where you've reached the top and
if you feel that you have, it means you are slowing slipping away into apostasy. This is all just my opinion based on my own
experience, for what it's worth.
Okay so I guess that’s all I really have to write you guys
this week. Not much else is going on. And yes I do have my stupid vertical
uncool drivers license now haha. I got it a couple weeks ago, so no
worries there. I miss you all and loved the e-mails this week,
especially Matthews. haha Make sure he knows that green is my favorite
color so I appreciate all the effort spent in making that color. I wish the triplets
best of luck with the baptism too! I want pictures please. =) I love and miss
you all. Have a great week and stay awesome!
Con Amore,
Anziano Kyle Hill
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