This week has been amazing! I have enjoyed every single second of it with my new companion Sorella Cluff!!!
Our first day doing finding, on Tuesday, we went into the city. I then noticed a lady with super long, black hair. I turned to my companion and commented on how beautiful it was and my companion asked, "Why don't you go tell her that?" I did not want to, so my companion walked up to her and commented on her hair. She told the lady that I had been admiring it. The lady then smiled and invited us to go get breakfast with her. We went and she drank a coffee while we drank a hot chocolate, haha. We explained to her that we are missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and that we are all over the world, called to serve, and speak to the people in the language of the country we are in. She then informed us that she has a daughter who has depression but is very "into God". She said that she would like us to meet her and talk to her about Jesus Christ. She told us to finish our breakfast and then come to her business which was right around the corner.
We finished our breakfast and while we were trying to find a scripture to share with the lady, we were, of course, speaking in English. A young man heard us and asked us if we were speaking English and we said, "yes" and then he just sat by us. We had asked him how he learned English and he said because he lived in England for 3 months. Then we asked him why he was in England and his response was, "to learn the English language and to smoke weed". My companion and I just laughed so hard because we are missionaries and we were not expecting an answer like that. He then told us that he has visions and crazy things and that is why he likes to smoke weed. We then decided to talk about the Plan of Salvation and explain who we as humans are. Where did we come from? Why are we here? And where do we go after this life?
He was interested but he did not seem all there so after speaking with him we invited him to English class because he wanted to improve in the English language. He was super happy and said he would.
After that we visited the first lady at her business and dropped off a scripture. We were then back on the road again.
My companion just of no where stops 2 young men that were at a bar from that morning. We asked them why they were in Pescara and they said for vacation. We asked them what they did for a living and they said they had been studying to join the military but they both failed, they passed the physical fitness testing but not the mental testing. Sorella Cluff and I both burst out laughing and they did too. I thought to myself, "how could you fail out of the military"
After that, my companion talked to one of them and I spoke with the other one. The guy I spoke with was atheist but he was interested in our religion because he had never heard of it before and why would there be two young girls in his country speaking his language. He was very impressed with our language skills. We then walked with them by the beach explaining what we do as missionaries. After we found a bench where my companion and I sat on the bench and these young men sat on the ground cris-crossed looking up at us. They wanted to hear a story from us. My companion and I looked at each other with a smile and we told them we would tell them a story about a young man who saw God and Jesus Christ. The story was about the Restoration of the Gospel. They were so interested in it. We came to the part about Joseph Smith and his vision; they were in awe. The man who was atheist thought it was interesting but didn't want to know anything else. The other guy wanted a Book of Mormon and to learn more, so we gave him one and exchanged numbers. We realized he lived in our area so we could totally teach him some more.
All 3 of these stories happened in one day. On the same day, as we were going home for lunch, we reached our apartment door and the neighbor who lives across from us asked if we could come inside her house and help her with some English. She had heard us speaking English, she is taking a difficult course and needs help, so we spent about 30 mins with her helping her comprehend English. Today, after P-day ends, we will help her again and we will eat dinner with her.
Also this week we went to a house of one of the ladies we are teaching with a member. When we arrived her table was so cute and had a huge cake and mugs on it. She had made us herbal tea and it was all girls at the table. It seemed like a tea party! It was very good.
We taught her and her family that the important thing in this life is having a testimony in Jesus Christ because without having a testimony the church, sacrament, temples, and the priesthood does not matter. In our church our foundation is built upon our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We need to know for ourselves that Jesus Christ lived and that He is our Redeemer and that only through Him can we return to live with our Father in Heaven.
In the Book of Mormon: Helaman 5:12 "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."
Saturday night we were able to go to Rome and go to the temple. It was so amazing.
This week was full of miracles. I know that when we put our trust in the Lord he can help us with anything!
Sorella Hyatt🇮🇹
That’s is my girl!
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