Well, I'm in Milano right now. Anziano Bolnick and I decided to come to Milano for our P DAY with Anziano Poulson and his comp. Anziano Poulson is going home next week, crazy huh? Don't worry, he is happy because he just found out his parents put a $1000 in his account, "just in case he wants to buy a couple things" haha He is such a nerd. It has been super fun having district meeting with him and the assistants in the mission office. We get to see President every week and everyone else in the office. I also just found out that one of the sisters in my MTC district got transferred into the office to do office work. Lucky her eh?..haha. So yeah, today I think we are going to go see the Duomo here so it should be super fun.
This week we had some really cool stuff happen and some really annoying stuff. The annoying stuff we have already gotten over because really it just isn't a big deal BUT I will tell you. So last week we told our ward mission leader about all the preparation for the baptism, like who would speak, pray, ya know, stuff to make a program. We come to find out on like Friday that he wont even be there for the baptism. We were like, well ok that's fine I guess. On Saturday we call him to see if he has called the people who are going to speak, pray and if he has made the baptismal program. He basically says, "no, you guys should just think amongst yourselves what to do". haha We were so mad. We were like seriously?...You have to know too that this guy got home from his mission about 3 months ago and doesn't do anything but sit at home all day. So we ended up making a program out of scratch and made copies and stuff.
The baptism was awesome. Gianluca was super super nervous though. We got pictures with him before he was baptized and his face is just white. The water was freezing! and Gianluca's legs were all over the place haha. We got it the second try though and it was sweet. He bore an awesome testimony and everything. On Monday he kept telling us that like he doesn't have a desire to smoke and that it just feels like all the weight has been lifted of his shoulders. It was pretty sweet. We were also able to get Domingo to come to church although he missed the baptism by about 5 minutes. He was still able to talk with Gianluca though and it was really cool. Gianluca was asking him, "have you been baptized yet? when are you getting baptized?". Domingo had such a good experience at church and the members were awesome at greeting him and talking with him.
Yesterday we were able to have lunch with Domingo after our lesson and it was so good. Basically it was just rice and chicken but it was so awesome to have something out of the norm. Pasta is good but after awhile its just whatev. On Sunday though we were able to go to dinner at a members house, the Carbone's. The dad is the 2nd counselor in the bishopric and is super funny. His wife made such a good pasta though. It was basically a salmon pasta but was awesome. They also had a ton of gelato so we were very content.
Tucker and Elder Glowa (MTC Companion) in Torino.
Well, right quick I will answer some of the questions you guys asked. On Saturday we will be going to Milano later in the day to watch conference. We will also be going on Sunday as well. I think we will probably only miss one session though. We will also get a conference ensign so you don't need to send anything about conference; just your thoughts, likes, dislikes (better not be any of those). Here in Pavia we are riding the bus a good amount but we get a good amount of walking in, too. It all kinda depends on where we are going though, obviously. I read the Lorenzo Snow excerpts and they were really cool. I haven't finished them yet though. My comp and I are just having fun seeing all the blessings that are taking place here in Pavia.
Monday night we had something really cool happen. We had an appointment set up with this man, Daniel, from Togo. We had seen him the other day in centro (downtown) and he was kinda looking at us so we walked up and talked to him. We got his number and then had this appointment set up with him for Monday. So we go to his house where he then proceeds to tell us how a year ago he had met with the missionaries. He had two copies of the book of Mormon, in Italian and French. He really liked our message but he had gotten sick and had to go back to Togo. When he got back he was too scared to talk with us when he'd see us. He knew that the books were special though so he kept them. During our lesson though he kept saying how he wants to follow Christ and follow the 'strada giusta' (the right path). My comp and I were just smiling the whole time, in our heads just thinking, YES YES. We invited him to be baptized and set the date while we were there.
It is truly awesome to see how the Lord places people directly in our paths and how when we are obedient and faithful that we will be blessed. With everything that is happening in our mission it is really keeping us pumped up. It just makes it easier to have such great faith because we almost expect that we will find some. We expect that we will see the blessing when we put in the effort. Obviously it all happens in the Lord's time but with the faith you can do anything. (Moroni 7:33).
President Wolfgramm about a month ago gave us a start chart which basically is a study plan in which we memorize gospel principles and scriptures that go with them. It has been a really good help and has helped me improve a lot as a missionary. Well I hope you are all doing awesome! It is awesome to hear from you all. Love ya. Tuck
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