Mission Week 58 in Italy - No Covid19 in me!

This week has been so weird with the everyone freaking out about the Coronavirus. Italy passed a law temporarily that no one can be in large groups in religious buildings or anywhere so the temple and visitor center has been closed down until the 15th.
This week we did not serve in the visitor center and we focused just on our areas which was really cool. As missionaries we are still aloud to go to our areas to do prosylting because we are called to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We went to a cute city in our area on top of a giant hill that looks so mediveal. Its called Montecielo! The had built a stone wall around the town and there was a huge castle in the middle of the town. The town and houses were built litterally in the walls. It seemed like I was in a Lord of the Rings movie in medieval times. It was really cool. We went through the city talking to people and they were very nice and interested in coming to the Visitor's Center once it reopens. We had talked to a buddhist lady who actually always wanted to go see the temple and she asked us why we have it. It was a great opportunity to explain to her what we do in temples. We invited her at the end to come to the visitor center when it is reopened and she was very excited and said she would come.
There was another town that we visited this week called Palombara. It is a really big city also on top of a hill. The walls surround it as well but it isnt nearly as cool as Montecielo. The people were very nice and it had more modern things in it.
This week we tried a new finding technique. When I was in Pescara I had painted a big poster called the Plan of Salvation which answers questions such as Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where do we go after this life?
We decided to walk on the streets of Guidonia with the poster and stop people to ask them if they knew what it was. 2 young women seemed very interested and asked us to explain the art. We had the opportunity to summarize the plan that God has laid out for us before this life. The girls seemed to like it and we gave them our phone number for more information.
SUNDAY this sunday was different than most regular sundays. Since we were not aloud to go to our meeting houses and be in large groups due to the Coronavirus we did our sacrament meeting inside our apartment. We went to one of the Senior Missionary's apartment and in just a little group we had our own sacrament meeting. I had never done anything like this it was an amazing experience. We watched President Henry B Eyring's talk "Try, Try, Try" We were able to talk about the trials we face wnd how we csn overcome them through the atonement of Jesus Christ. This sacrament meeting really made me reflect on the preisthood authority that we have today. I began to have a deep gratitude for the preisthood that has been restored on the Earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith. We were able to still have the sacrament thanks to the preisthood and it was so powerful to have the sacrament in a little group and to really think about what Christ has done for me.


This next week we will pretty much be staying in our areas again but I know as we are diligent and faithful the Lord will bless us and show us many miracles!


Sorella Hyatt🇮🇹