I hope everyone's
feste went bene and that tutti voi are full of some delicious cibo!!
Okay just kidding,
I still speak perfect English believe it or not. Okay, not perfect, but I'd say
at least a mark above average.
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| Ping Pong with Mohamed |
Anyway, I do really
hope that everyone had a great Christmas and New Years. I bet you are all SO
happy that it is over and you can stop eating Pandoro cakes and Chocolate
truffles and multi hour meals! Oh wait, maybe that is just me...
And today is
another holiday, so I guess I am not there yet... Have any of you seen Eat,
Pray, Love? It's a pretty good movie, but anyway, there is a part when she is
in Italy, and her experience is a near perfect replica of what it is like here,
minus falling in love: that is not happening. But the most poignant part, I'd
say, is when she buys new jeans because her old ones are significantly tighter
than they used to be... Today I am proudly sporting new jeans ;)
Anyway, the
holidays are interesting for missionary work. Pretty much everyone went out of
town, so there was not a lot of teaching our investigators. However, we got an
awesome call from one of our investigators and he said he has been thinking
about baptism lately... We haven't even asked him about it! And another one who
we met with on Saturday is just trying to quit smoking and then she will be
pretty much ready. Also, she needs to find a way to get to church each Sunday.
She is a bit older, and taking the mezzi (train, metro, and then a bus) is a
bit hard for her. She doesn't have a car and one of her sons does but it is in
the shop and he has never been to church. Maybe he will just have to start
coming with her now :) Magari! Her name is Fiorella and she is awesome. She is
so sweet and has the most awesome testimony of Christ! What is better is that
she turns it into action and does whatever she can to be more like Him and to
help others. She is always trying to feed us and she gave us an umbrella last
time and tons of baby clothes for anyone we thought could use them. These
people sometimes have very little to give, but they give so much anyway and
they give from their heart! I LOVE ITALY.
On New Years we set
the alarm for 11:45 and woke up and watched all the Fireworks. It was INSANE.
And we are nowhere near any kind of firework show. It was literally just
everyone standing on their balcony shooting off all KINDS of fireworks they had
been buying for weeks. It was crazy. We wouldn't have been able to sleep
through that, so it was good we woke up to just enjoy it :) I took some videos,
so you'll all get to hear it in a year :)
Crazy that I only
have a year left!
So, transfers... We
got the call on Saturday. My dearest companion Sorella Pancheri is going to
Sicilia!! Siracusa to be exact. She will love it. She is a little sad to leave
her first area where she has been for about 7 months, but she is also excited
for a change. I will stay here and Sorella Haynie is coming up from Siracusa.
Sorella Pace who currently lives with me, is going to... PESCARA!!!!! I
couldn't believe it!!! I am currently writing tons of letters for her to give
to people, as well as take a gift back for Gianni. I sure do miss him and the
members and people of Pescara. Probably always will. They are all just so
wonderful!! She is a lucky Sister missionary, that is for sure.
Okay, well, I need
to go. We are not going to the Vatican today, I will just have to do that
another time. Instead, we are going to ride bikes through Villa Borghese. On
the first day of Sunshine in quite some time!! What a miracle!! Sorry for all
the cold weather in Texas. Sure are the last days when Texas freezes over...
Kay, well I love
you all with all my heart! Thank you all for all that you do for me and for the
Lord!!! Buon anno, buon salute, e buon appetito!!
Sorella Patterson
Pictures: Me
ping-pong-ing it up with Mohamed
The New Years ward
party! Which we had to leave extremely early, but it was fun none-the-less and
great to see so many people that don't usually make it out to church. Loved it!
Love fellowshipping!!
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