Salve!
This week was a really good one. I've had some of the best spiritual experiences thus far, I've been feeling great, and everything is sort of coming together! We got our travel plans!!! We leave next Tuesday and fly to Chicago, then to Germany (Frankfurt), and then to Milan! It will be awesome to get to italy in just one week now! I don't feel like there's a ton of things to write about this week, most of what happened has been small personal things that just add up to an awesome week (by small and simple things are great things brought to pass...), but I'll do my best to share some of the highlights....
Our threesome also had the opportunity to teach some of the new italian missionaries (I guess they're "3 weeks old" so they're not too new...). First, they taught us the second lesson in preparation for their TRC experience. We were their investigators and after the lesson we gave them some feedback. After that, we taught them, as them, so that we could try to teach to/meet their needs. At first we were doing it in Italian, but that's not what they needed. One of them specifically has been struggling a lot with the language (he's actually doing really well, he's just being hard on himself). We testified of the gift of tongues, and went on about that, but then we ended up talking about the "language of the spirit" - that more importantly than what is said is what is felt. Sometimes God's will is that we only say simple things like "God loves us," looking them in the eye, with true sincerity, but when this happens, the spirit still bears witness to the investigator that what is being taught is true. We talked about other things too, but it all revolved around this idea. After this "lesson," they went to the TRC and afterwards they said they had an amazing experience because they did what we talked about - doing what you can, and letting God, through the spirit, do the rest. ...I've run into several friends the past couple weeks. Jack, I mean elder Heaton, from my homeward has been here (he actually just left)! I've run into Elder Tannen Fawcett (a friend from Nauvoo and my roommate at BYU) several times. Also, another one of my roommates - Elder Jeff Mecham - has been here and we've run into each other a few times (usually at the temple - how cool is that!). Also, one of the friends I met this past summer at Philmont, Elder Ramos, is here and leaves today or tomorrow! And of course, I see all the friends I've met here - my companion, district, zone - there's tons of people I know everywhere!
My companions and I have gotten a ton closer this week. This last week is going to be awesome!
Grazie per il vostro amore!
Vi Voglio Bene!
-Anziano Barnes
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| The Italian District |
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| Fratello Anu (the teacher who played "Nicolas") |
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| Anziano Barnes and Elder Heaton, from Grandview 14th Ward |
1 comment:
i love the pictures, but the one with "elder heaton" and "anziano barnes" is by far the best! buon viaggio anziano barnes, e buon lavoro...che il signore ti benidica! (have a good trip elder barnes, and good work...and hoping the lord will bless you!)
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