Cagliari Week 1:
Where can I start? ALLORA! I'm typing this up as I wait with my new greenie..... DRUMROLL........ SORELLA ROBERTS!!!!!!
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| My "Golden" Sorella Roberts and Myself |
What are the odds?! I think
it is so crazy how mom guessed my companion correctly!!! Haha We're at the post office to sort out her permesso;
her documents to legally stay here, which I have never done before, so it's an
adventure hahah.
So, last Monday for P'Day (last one in Ragusa waaaa) we went to H&M and did a girly shop for the last time <\3 then we emailed some more. Then we had an appointment, but I don't remember who with 'cus I don't have my old planner with me, as now we are in a new transfer, so for that I'm sorry. I really don't remember anything that happened from Monday up until Wednesday/Thursday.. oH, but Vescovo and his family had us go over for a dinner - A sad .. cute goodbye dinner. I LOVE THE MANZINI FAM. Sorella Manzini reminds me a lot of my mom. They are such a lush family, with 2 very young children <3 <3 We had a TON of sea food. I ate mussels. Yeah. I did, but I put lemon juice on them and they were actually buoni! I'll attach a pic with that lush lil FAM. I packed as much as poss, but at this point I didn't know the limits on luggage, so I couldn't prepare much.
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| Saying my goodbyes in Ragusa |
Tuesday was the last DDM. All I remember is that I was sad to say goodbye to
the district and that we had pranzo (a bittersweet goodbye pranzo) with one of
the SWEETEST family. The Puglisi's. <3<3<3<3 Then we
headed over to Salvo's shop to say goodbye. He has a new phone shop. I WILL
MISS THAT MAN SO MUCH. He is awesome. ANYWAY. So yeah, we actually also shared
with him a Mormon message (one of my faves) and bore our testimonies to him. It
was sad to say goodbye, but it's part of the miss. I'll send a pic.
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| Saying my goodbyes in Ragusa |
Then we
headed over to Rita, to do a lesson and to say goodbye. That too was so so so
sad!!!! Again, I'll send picssss!
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| Saying my goodbyes in Ragusa |
Wednesday was crazyyyyyy. In the morning I finally found out the allowances. I
could take both suitcases, but there was a limit. Not everything would have fit,
so I decided to take one within the limit and stuff the other one with
everything else. Then next zone conference in Catania, the AP's will take it.
So it's all good! We headed to the chapel to say goodbye to Iolanda and Gabe. I
printed off my boarding passes, then we headed off to Catania.
Thursday I headed to the airport with Reber, de franchi, campos, and the ZL's. Well, before we went to the train station, we went and got smoothies .. then to the airport. I flew from Catania to Rome, then Rome to Cagliari. I met some really awesome people on the way; a boy from Milan called D. He helped me out in Rome, then I got to speak to him about why I am here, so that was cool; then a part American family. When I arrived in Cagliari, my suitcase didn't arrive with me hahaha. Luckily there was the other Anziano there with me (he also flew from Rome to serve in Cagliari), so he helped me sort it out, then we headed over to meet my GREENIE AND part of the districts. ANZ MCCOLLOUM IS MY DL. I am so happy. He is the one Ammon knows and we served in Pescara district insieme. He's awesomeeeeee, so I'm happy about that. He's also training. Anyway, then we went to the chapel for English course. Then the ANZ got a call from the airport informing us that my suitcase had finally arrived. THANK GOODNESS! So we went to pick it up (our ANZ have a car), then we went home, planned, slept.
Friday we did our weekly plan. I discovered how truly awesome my greenie is! She is so prepared. Much more prepared than I ever was! She's awesome! Her Italian is actually outstanding for a greenie! I'm very impressed. Her parents would be incredibly proud of her! We have taught a few lessons together and she has given outstanding input. I love teaching with her. Awww, she's the best!
Well, the work here is incredible. There are 14 investigators that the Sorelle were working with. 14!!!! Honestly, the most work I've seen in the mission, it's incredible! This must be Cagliari's time! We have got lost a few times, but we'll get there. Sorella Brunson left very neat notes about everything, so that was a great help! She's the best!
Well, Saturday we saw some more people. We saw B. She is incredible!!! She came to church yesterday too. Like 5 investigators came to church yesterday.
Yesterday church was awesome. They got me to play the piano, so that was nice. I love playing the piano here, cus then they love me haha. All 3 of us new missionaries in Cagliari bore our testimonies and Roberts did so well!!! Then we had correlation, then we did less active finding and got incredibly lost. So that was.. Interesting. This morning as I said, we sorted the 1st step of the permesso for her. It went very well.
Well, it's been crazy, overwhelming, but a huge adventure. I love it here. The work, as I said is incredible. The weather burns me hahahahah and the city is beautiful!!
I love you all. I love this work. I know that the only way that all of this stuff is possible and that it even works out is because the Lord's hand is 100% in his work. I love the mission. I love you.
I hope you have an amazing week!
You're the best of the best!! Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Week 2 Cagliari
Che vi posso
dire? Allora iniziaró con lunedì
Lunedì ...
Well as I said, we started the day at the post office to sort out the 1st step
of my verdinas permesso. It went well and there were no confusions haha. Then
we went straight to do emailllll, which is my fave thing to do! It is literally
the only thing I really care about on p-day. Hehe. Then we did spesa and the
supermercato that we went to cost a bomba, so we will not be going there
again!!! (If you ever find yourself in 'Spinga' re-evaluate your life)
hahahahahahha ANYWAYsssss. After that, we did nothingggggggggg! Cus there was
no more time and Sorella Roberts had a swollen foot, cus she got attacked by
mozzies. Haha, but she is okay now. It passed by and she has a ton of health
oils and vitamins and stuff, so I guess that helped. Also, I gave her some of
the Benadryl gel that Perkins gave me in Rome. :))) After, we met Benedetta in
the park for a lesson, then there was a FHE with the Anziani (Teichert &
Cab... I still forget how to pronounce his name .. Next week I'll have it) for
all the investigators (in the same park), which was awesomeeeeeee. All the
investigators are just so young and they're all friends and it's just so fun; so
we played a few games, shared a spiritual thought and then ate some
refreshments!
Martedì ...
We began with CAPI conference. In the Skype pic I am... The middle top... Where
it says 'Bronson Teichert'.
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| Capi Conference Skype |
It was awesome. I learnt many new things. They focused
on obedience and planning, gossip and iPad rules. Really, they spoke about a
ton of stuff. After the awesome Skype meeting... Fratello C made our district
pranzooooo, which we all ate insieme at the chapel with the Oristano Anziani.
He is awesome. I think he does that every week for us :) Then we had DDM.
Anziano McColloum did an awesome addrestramento. All about 'Being the perfect
missionary' or at least striving to be as perfect as possible. Then we went to see Rina, our TROPPO cute old
lady simp. I love that woman!!! Originally we had planned to speak with her
about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but she has a ton of questions about the Bible
and Book of Mormon and then she pulled out the gospel principles book that we
use in Sunday School and basically told us she wanted to study that, so we ended
up studying chapter 1 .. Our Father in Heaven, so we spoke all about Heavenly
Father. After that, we tried AGAIN to find An... A less active, who isn't
actually less active anymore... I don't think. I really don't even know. I've
seen her at church both times I've been here soooooo, boh, but we failed and
couldn't find her house for BEANS!!! Man, this whole getting lost thing is
getting so old now hahahahah. After that passeggiato (lol) we had to go to
church for English course. Originally we had planned to do it separately (me
doing intermediate and Roberts doing basic), but there weren't many people and
they wanted to just do it together anyway, so that was cool. It went really
well and then for the spiritual thought we showed them 'Grazie a Lui' (Because
of Him). I really think that some of the students felt the spirit. Oh and a
funny quote from Sorella Hanson.. Describing what she had for Christmas dinner
in the mission “It was like an empty octopus head, stuffed with lasagna. It was
so strange” hahhahahahahahahahaha I died.
Mercoledì
... We left eeeeaaarly in the morning (the Anziani picked us up, cus they had
to go to Sassari too to hold a baptismal interview), so we just went together.
The scambio with the Sorelle was awesome! Sorella Hanson and McKenzie are so
cute! I did the 1st half of the day with Hanson! I loved being with her. We
were in the MTC together, but we never really spoke to one another, cus, well,
I don't really know why, but the time I got to spend with her on Wednesday was
awesome. We taught a lesson to a new convert, all about baptism and
confirmation and she gave us a TON of referrals. Mainly her family and ex-boyfriend
haha. She was the best!!! After that it was lunch .. and then lingua study,
then I spent the other half of the day with Sorella McKenzie. She is another
greenie. She came in with Roberts. We taught a lesson to two African men. It
was so intense and interesting. They were both very very very well versed on
the Bible and one of then, as we were talking about The Restoration and introducing
The Book of Mormon, was trying to find biblical verses to contradict us and
then asked awkward questions. We did our best to answer them and they seemed
satisfied. The spirit was really there helping us out, that's for sure! Then
after, we went to do finding!!! I was really impressed with how willing she was
to try it out! She did so well!! Honestly, I feel like the missionaries come
more and more prepared each time! After we went back to the chapel to get our
suitcase! Then we ate pizza together, then slept.
Giovedì
mattina we set off with the Anziani to go back to Cagliariiiiiii! It is just
about a 2 hour drive, so we got to know each other a bit better. We are really
lucky in this area, cus we really do have awesome Anziani! Anyways, we get home
to see we received bioneeees, so we went to find this less active’s house....
Again. NO SUCCESS. We seriously could NOT FIND THIS FLIPPING HOUSE FOR BEANS OR
EGGS OR ANYTHING. IMPOSSIBLE! anywaysssss haha.. Then we had English course
:))))
Venerdì ...
We began the day with an appointment with one of our simps, M. She is
awesomeeeeeee. We planned on teaching her about prayer, the scriptures,
obedience and baptism, but we ended up just doing prayer and obedience. It went
really well. She came to church yesterday and then on the evening I called her to
set up another appointment and to see if she enjoyed church and she was so
excited and happy. She told me she loves the unity at church .. that she
doesn't see anywhere else and that it is literally a heaven on earth. Those
were her actual words .. but in Italian. So, that was soooooo amazinnng.
Anyway, after the appointment with her, we returned home to do the weekly
plannnn. My comp is awesome and gives so much input. You honestly wouldn't even
believe she is a greenie. Ahhhhhhh! :):) Then after, we had an appointment with
a part member family. We did a FHE with them all to get to know them better,
then they made us dinner :) They are so lovely. I love them so much already :) Then
for this next week we have set up separate appointments with each of them. We
are so excited :)) After, we came home to do 12 weeks.
Sabato ...
That day was spent doing meno attivi finding. Searching for the houses of the
less actives, who didn't answer our calls or texts. Nobody was in, but we got
to know the area a bit better. OH, ALSO, WE FOUND THE IMPOSSIBLE HOUSE FINALLY
TOO!! Wooooh!! Then we had an appointment with Benedetta, then one with Rina.
We invited Rina to be baptised and she is adorableeeeee. She comes to church every
Sunday and reads The Book of Mormon and asked for Doctrine and Covenants. She
is just the cutestttttt!
Then we
planned for gospel principles!
Sunday ...
We went to Rina’s house to meet her, then got a lift with Fratello A (ward
mission leader) to church. We got to church and the Relief Society lesson was
all about marriage and the family. We shared our miracle moment. It is really
cool cus they give us 2/5 mins at the beginning to share either a miracle
moment or spiritual thought, so that's awesomeeeeee! Then we taught gospel
principles allll about the Priesthood. Haha .. in Italian. My comp bossed it,
obviously! Then I got to choose and play the hymns for sacrament meeting wooooo
haha :))
Then we had
to do 12 weeks, cus we were wayyyy behind, and Pres told me to keep up with it.
Then we had correlation and made our calls. That was basically our day!
Today we are
just planning on going to this gelato place called Peter Pan. We have heard
that it's the best one here, so we'll try it out! :)) Then we'll write letters
:) Then there will be a lesson with Benedetta, then FHE with the simps! :)
During
personal studies this week I have been thinking about what I will do for my addrestramento
that I will do for Zone Conference. I think I'm gonna focus on why we have goals;
why President has raised the standards of excellence; how we can reach them; wants
and desires (righteous and unrighteous ones) and link it all together somehow.
I mean, I have time, but if anyone has suggestions on more practical activities
I'm open! I just don't wanna 'talk at them' and I certainly don't want it to be
boring, soooo suggestions would be awesome! This is for the whole Zone :Sss
Anyways! I'm
in a park and it's super hot and clammy and there are nasty little pigeons
everywhere and I'm freaking out a little bit, so I'm gonna leave it here!
I know that
this gospel is true. That Christ is our Saviour and Redeemer. That God is our
LOVING Heavenly Father. That the Book of Mormon is the worrrrrd of God. That
this is the work of the Lord and I'm extremely blessed to be a part of sharing
it.
You are all
amazing. I love you so so so much.
Keep being
amazing.
ALL MY LOVE
Sorella
Robertson xxxxxxxxxxx
Some pics.
We were locked outside our apartment lolssss
