Mission Week 55 and 56 in Italy

Week 56

This week was a very long week.

On Wednesday my companion and I had a very strange day. 

We make goals as a companionship for the week to accomplish and one of ours this week was patience. Everyday we have been praying that we could have patience and be more like Christ. Wednesday was definitely our trial of patience. 

We had an appointment set up in our area which is about an hour away from where we actually live. We were not sure if they were going to give us lunch or not because the last week they said they would. We told the other sisters that work with us to wait for us in that city and they could do missionary work there as well since it is all our area. We ended up not having lunch but we had a great lesson. Once we left the car was gone and it started pouring rain on us. We had left our coats and umbrellas in the car because at first it was warmer and sunny. We called the sisters to see where they were and they were about 2 hours away from us! We had a lot of things we needed and we also needed to get back home. They had to come back for us. While we waited we rang some doorbells until we couldn't handle the cold and wet and we ran inside a gas station. We did our studies and contacted people on the phone. My companion and I were in a very upset mood. The sisters then came and all was well except for they had an appointment in Rome so we had to go with them and by this point it is about 3:00 and we hadn't eaten breakfast or any lunch and we were hungry but we had to go. After we dropped the sisters off and went home to get food. Once we got done the sisters called us to pick them up and take them to their next appointment. They told us late so we ended up dropping them off late and we had felt so bad about that. Afterwards we went finding for some people to talk to and that's when my companion and I really had to use the restroom. In Italy there aren't rest areas or very many restrooms. Usually you have to pay to use the restroom but in this case we actually couldn't find one ANYWHERE! We ended up not going and we had to pick up the other sisters because the 4 of us had a dinner appointment with a member, which was awesome. The whole day was testing our patience!


This week our ward also decided to throw a party called Carnival. It is not like Carnival in Brazil. Since Halloween for them is very bad here as in people do rituals and things contrary to the will of God. Carnival is the equivalent to Halloween in the United States. All the kids dress up but instead of going trick or treating they just stay at a party and everyone eats a lot of food.
We went but did not dress up

We had the opportunity to talk to most of the members in our ward that we didn't know. It was a blessing because both my companion and I are new here and we have been trying to get to know the members.
This week in the visitor center we had sooo many Italian visitors who were very curious about the temple. Most of the people love the temple and think its one of the prettiest buildings in Rome.


This week has been crazy but full of good miracles and adventures!


Sorella Hyatt🇮🇹


Week 55

What a week! 

Everyday goes by faster and faster.
I have been asked to be the Music organizer for the Rome Italy visitor center on the days I serve in there and it has been a hastle. Most of the sisters in the VC preform but on my day there are only 3 sisters capable to play a musical instrument. It worked out this week. I had found out that an Elder sang very well and his companion plays the piano so I invited them to preform and it was very amazing. I also performed a piece on piano and the other 2 sisters sang a very pretty song about the Savior. I love how music can invite the Spirit. 

We taught a couple people this week! One was a young woman from our area and we went to our house and read some of the Book of Mormon with her and taught her about Joseph Smith and how he translated the Book of Mormon. We invited her to church and she came!!
Another person we taught was online. On of my very close friends from high school. It was such a special opportunity to talk with him about Gods plan for every single one of us. There was such a sweet spirit of confirmation that God truly loves us.
The last person we taught this week was online as well. It was my cousin from Brazil. It was perfect because my companion is Brazilian and we were able to teach together. We taught her about the restoration and invited her to read the Book of Mormon. At the end of the lesson she was very happy and had asked for her own copy of the Book of Mormon. It was a wonderful experience because I could see the happiness flow through her. I love being a missionary because we can teach people the gospel of Jesus Christ.


This week was also Valentine's Day! I usually do not celebrate Vday but this one was good. We got invited to eat lunch at a missionary couple's house to eat homemade American calzione. It was so good. We also had very awesome musical moments. At the very end one of the senior couples that serve in the visitor center with us got all of us pizza for valentines day. It was very sweet! It was a great valentines day.

While we were in my area in a place called Fontanuova my companion and I walked on the street looking for a place that we could study. As we walked we were talking in Portuguese, of course. I was very passionate about the topic we were talking about and an Italian man stared at me. He then asked us who we were and he had told us that his ex-wife was Brazilian so he could understand us a little bit. He was then interested in why we were in Italy. We had the opportunity to tell him that we are missionaries and that we have a brand new temple. He was very intrigued and we gave him a card to come to the visitor center.


This week has been full of miracles. Whenever we have trust in the Lord He always provides a way for us to fulfill His commandments.


Sorella Hyatt🇮🇹