Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Walmart of Italy
food is very cheap here. the major meal is lunch. we normally have had atleast
two meal appointments every week. this week i prepared to get transfterred so i
didnt buy alot of food. normally i buy about 3 liters of milk. 3 liters of blood
orange juice. about 1000 grams of pasta...which is less than a euro. some
meat...and then sauce. everything is super cheap. its the walmart of italy.
Friday, October 21, 2011
People are ready for baptism
Mom + Dad + Baby + Amy + Megan,
Well today is P-day and I thought I would write you an update on our investigators and what happened with our x-investigators.
Okay, first with our baptismal date. His name is Samuel Morgan from Sierra Leon. Pretty cool guy. He had a baptismal date 12 years ago in Denmark. Got deported in here from Liberia. Our second baptismal date is this guy named Courage from Nigeria. We received him as a referral from Napoli. We have fantastic discussions with him. He's 22, has some college, and is very intelligent.
I really think God is showing us there are people ready for baptism, but the ward isn't ready yet.
We are also teaching this one guy named Pino who has a hard time believing in God thanks to the Catholic church. He has two parents in the hospital and works. So for now he has been put on halt.
The 3 families we lost: Bruno and Concetta -- they just like to feed us and feel bad for us living so far from home. Anna and Armondo --- keep standing us up. Christopher and Federica -- they want to baptize their 2 month old son. Well that's not going to happen. We've had some great discussions but nothing.
Well other than that things are going pretty well. The language is coming still ... slowly but it's coming. I still don't feel ready to leave. I have about 7 more things I want to see on P-day. I want to see Iscia, Procida, the very tip of Monte Santo, Cuma bacoli-baia, Pozzuoli, and Heroculano (like Pompeii). I have seen Reggia di Caserta which was a royal palace and Napoli Underground. I've seen lots here, its quite incredible.
I really enjoyed general conference. The only session that we didn't see was Sunday afternoon since it was playing from 10-12pm or later. We stop at 11pm because the systems stop at 11. The missionaries used to watch all sessions when they lived across the street from the church but that flat was destroyed. I love where we are not. It's a great place. We live by 3 metro lines and a bus station.
It's starting to cool off which is nice. I have had to use a blanket now when I sleep. We completely skipped fall here. Hope everything else is well at home. Looking forward to your letters -- Anziano Hosford
(We finally go ahold of our dead buy who isn't dead anymore)
Oh! So everyone at home has been asking for spiritual insight. This may not be one but oh well. Lately I've been reading the Book of Mormon in Italian. Before I thought that there never was very much on Nephi's brother Same, but I think Sam was just like Laman and Lemuel. Read 1st Nephi and tell me what you think.
Can someone look up the golden Wedge of Ophir and tell me why it's important? I know Ophir is pretty closely related to Adam and the place he founded was a huge gold producing place. I have no clue what the wedge is though and why so valuable.
Well today is P-day and I thought I would write you an update on our investigators and what happened with our x-investigators.
Okay, first with our baptismal date. His name is Samuel Morgan from Sierra Leon. Pretty cool guy. He had a baptismal date 12 years ago in Denmark. Got deported in here from Liberia. Our second baptismal date is this guy named Courage from Nigeria. We received him as a referral from Napoli. We have fantastic discussions with him. He's 22, has some college, and is very intelligent.
I really think God is showing us there are people ready for baptism, but the ward isn't ready yet.
We are also teaching this one guy named Pino who has a hard time believing in God thanks to the Catholic church. He has two parents in the hospital and works. So for now he has been put on halt.
The 3 families we lost: Bruno and Concetta -- they just like to feed us and feel bad for us living so far from home. Anna and Armondo --- keep standing us up. Christopher and Federica -- they want to baptize their 2 month old son. Well that's not going to happen. We've had some great discussions but nothing.
Well other than that things are going pretty well. The language is coming still ... slowly but it's coming. I still don't feel ready to leave. I have about 7 more things I want to see on P-day. I want to see Iscia, Procida, the very tip of Monte Santo, Cuma bacoli-baia, Pozzuoli, and Heroculano (like Pompeii). I have seen Reggia di Caserta which was a royal palace and Napoli Underground. I've seen lots here, its quite incredible.
I really enjoyed general conference. The only session that we didn't see was Sunday afternoon since it was playing from 10-12pm or later. We stop at 11pm because the systems stop at 11. The missionaries used to watch all sessions when they lived across the street from the church but that flat was destroyed. I love where we are not. It's a great place. We live by 3 metro lines and a bus station.
It's starting to cool off which is nice. I have had to use a blanket now when I sleep. We completely skipped fall here. Hope everything else is well at home. Looking forward to your letters -- Anziano Hosford
(We finally go ahold of our dead buy who isn't dead anymore)
Oh! So everyone at home has been asking for spiritual insight. This may not be one but oh well. Lately I've been reading the Book of Mormon in Italian. Before I thought that there never was very much on Nephi's brother Same, but I think Sam was just like Laman and Lemuel. Read 1st Nephi and tell me what you think.
Can someone look up the golden Wedge of Ophir and tell me why it's important? I know Ophir is pretty closely related to Adam and the place he founded was a huge gold producing place. I have no clue what the wedge is though and why so valuable.
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