Dear family,
This week was crazy!!! (Also, is it strange to anyone else that I have been away from home for 8 months? Time is such a weird thing on the mission.)
On Tuesday, it rained. No wait...that is an understatement. IT RAINED. I have never seen so much rain, except on the news, in places with tropical storms and hurricanes. My first thought was, "Oh shoot! I gotta preach repentance!" hahaha. Most of the buses shut down, and at points, there were times when the water was up to our knees. I attached a picture. The boots I have held up as nicely as they could have, until they were immersed in water, and the water went above the top of the boots. Then they were soaked.
The day this happened was the same day as English Course. I thought for sure no one would come, because that's just how Italians (and probably most people in this situation) are. Weirdly enough, one person came. As soon as he arrived though, we got an urgent call from one of the less active sisters in the ward, who needed help getting water out of our house.
We went to help this woman, and we basically swam there. It was pretty far, with wading through water up to our knees. It was actually a pretty cool experience. Then we got there, and filled buckets with water to get it out of her house. It was so insane. This week was definitely filled with more physical service.
In other news...remember that investigator named Gianni that I found through our records (of over ten years ago), and he said it was maybe a sign from God that we found him? We have been seeing him at least twice a week since and...
...He agreed to be baptized! The date he is preparing for is December 7th.
I am so excited. He came to church yesterday, and the members just flocked to him. They love him! He was talking for a long time after church with a bunch of them, even though he had to pick up his daughter from something (oops. But also awesome.) It turns out, he went to school with one of the members, and one of our members is his cousin. It was just so perfect. One of the talks during sacrament meeting was about missionary work, and the speaker said something about how "we need to help the missionaries, by giving them people to teach, because all the other finding methods aren't as effective". Gianni sort of looked over at us, and Sorella Paulson said, "It's true," and he said, "I'll help you." (So funny, because the speaker was talking to members. I guess Gianni is going to be member soon, so he might as well start missionary work as soon as possible. Hahaha.)
The result of this story is that after church he asked if he could bring a friend to our next lesson. :O
I have a lot of faith and hope in him. Please please please pray for him. He is really great, and I know with some work and faith he can definitely be baptized December 7th.
I love you all!
Have a great week everyone! I love you!
Love,
Sorella Worsham
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