"I'm Coming"

Happy Valentines day next week!

We'll last week had definitely had some downs but this week has had its ups! We managed a grand total of about 5 lessons last week...wah wah. Our week was very busy though so we aren't too down. We were in Modena last week for about a day and a half then in Milano all day. We were in Milano for Consiglio (Council) with the other Zone Leaders. Between bouncing back from Verona and the other cities we couldn't really find a groove. This week were determined to find that groove and kick some butt.

We just got back yesterday from Bolzano where we did a scambio with the district leader. Anziano Scheurn says it's pretty cold up there, and after the scambio I was in agreement. There wasn't any snow, but man it was windy! I about froze my fingers and toes off. It was really fun though, and it was good to do some really solid work and give them some pointers with their work.

Yesterday we went and visited Fernando. He's still struggling with his belief in God and Jesus Christ being the same person. He has always believed that they are the same, but when he met us we told him they weren't. Well when we gave him the BoM he read the verses which say they are the same. Now every time he reads he gets confused so we are trying to get around that. We have tried through scriptures and prayers to help him gain a testimony of it but so far we've had no success. With that being said he's doing GREAT! He feels that the BoM is true and he wants to continue learning more. His baptismal date for March 4th is super solid.

We had a super spiritual experience teaching him about the Plan of Salvation. After explaining how Christ was baptized we asked him how important he thinks it is that we are baptized. He responded giustissimo (of utmost importance) and said very important. He then asked us if we feel something after baptism. We bore strong testimony of the feelings afterward and of how we receive the spirit. It was awesome and you could see the desire to be baptized increase 10 fold. He gave us his work schedule so we could prepare with him how to work towards his baptismal date. Unfortunately, he finishes working at 5 am on Sunday morning. We started promising him that if he comes to church the Lord will help him. Before we could finish that sentence he said "I'm coming". After exiting his apartment door me and Anz. Meszaros gave each other an ultimate high five! It was really awesome. We feel that his desire has really come from reading the BoM and praying about it. His concerns really aren't holding him back from anything, so it's awesome to see how the BoM has really helped us go forward.

Other than Fernando our teaching poor is basically nothing. We have some other people in the beginning process but we need to see them more and see their intent. We are grateful that we have a lot more time to work in our city this week. It's been tough finding, like I said earlier, a groove to get this work going. It's really great though being able to help the entire zone and keep the fire burning that pushes them to be better.

I honestly have been trying to get you all pictures but seriously every week presents a new obstacle. I have been on a string of bad computers that just aren't that good. Sorry. You will not get a lot of pictures of the city of Pisa itself because there aren't a lot. I was caught completely off guard with transfers and I only have a few of me and the tower. I do have some with members and what not so I will try sending those.

Well, Andy said in his email something about a baby coming in August. He hasn't mention anything in the past about a baby or in the email he sent. Is there something you've all forgotten to mention? Are they expecting or is he just messing with me?

Well thanks so much for the emails. Pray for us! Pray for Fernando that his concerns will resolve themselves as he obeys the commandments and continues praying. Pray!!!! thanks so much. Can you believe that conference is right around the corner again? whew..holy smokes!


Ciowdy,


Tuck