Happy New Year!!!!
Well, I really hope things will get to normal here. I was thinking the other day trying to figure out if we’ve had a “normal” week here between zone conferences, holidays, permesso (legal permission to stay in Italy) appointments, transfers, and the other random things that pop up. And I couldn’t come up with one. But, I think we’ll start getting into a little bit slower time of year. I can’t believe how fast the time is flying. There’s a small part of me that’s glad that time goes fast because it means that we’re busy and that we’re working. But I don’t want it to go too fast or too slow… it just needs to keep moving at a normal inbetween pace. I guess that’s a big request, huh? Oh well, I’ll just take it as it comes.
New years here was a little bit crazy. I’ve never tried to sleep through the fireworks before, and with people living in such close proximity to each other I wasn’t able to sleep from about 11:30 to 12:30 because it sounded like the fireworks were going off right outside our door. And I’ve noticed here that they aren’t so much into the pretty sparkles or whistling fireworks… they want them loud. So they pretty much just sound like bombs. They set them off during the day too. Its kind of fun as long as you’re not trying to sleep and don’t mind feeling like you’re in a war zone =) On new years day we cleaned our apartment. We didn’t get to the mold, we’re actually hoping to get a little bit of help with that since it is such an involved process. But it was an alright day. It was kind of nice to be able to stay inside and clean because it was cold and rainy. It’s cold and rainy a lot, we just don’t usually have the option not to go outside.
We’re getting better about opening our mouths and have had some great discussions with people on the bus and doing house (tracting). We established yesterday that just going out and trying to find people on the street is not terribly effective here in this area. It is a great tool when we have zone singing because it kind of filters out the people who are in a big hurry and have absolutely no interest from the ones who have time and interest enough to stop and listen. With zone singing street contacting is great, but with just me and my companion it didn’t work very well.
One kind of funny story from this week was that my companion had an Egyptian stalker. Apparently he’s in love with her- or at least that’s what he said on the phone, and just to make sure she understood he told her in more than one language. Because we figured out what number he was calling from he started using a different phone and tried calling from three different numbers 13 times. We had the elders answer our phone a couple of times- our stalker friend would just hang up- but thankfully he has stopped calling. Apparently he wasn’t as in love as he thought he was. It’s a darn shame though that this had to happen, because he worked at a fruit stand that we really liked to go to because it was cheap and the fruit is really really good. And doggoneit now we can’t go there anymore. Oh well… there are lots of fruit stands, we’ll just have to find another.
We got a little frustrated last week because we had lots of appointments that people chose not to join us for, but this week has been better. We had one appointment with our VERY VERY catholic friend and she was able to feel the spirit- it was great. I think she’s gaining some pretty significant interest in the book of Mormon. One step at a time. The book of Mormon truly is amazing. It’s such a great tool as it is the proof that Joseph Smith was called of God to restore his gospel. I’m so thankful that I can be here and talk with people about the gospel. There are a lot of ups and downs emotionally, but the ups definitely compensate for the downs and then some.
Mom and dad I hope you're both feeling better. It sounds like you are getting older... that's not supposed to happen!I love you all and hope you have a fantastic new year!!
Love,
Sorella Leckie
Some people in Italy like things a little on the wild side. This is a christmas tree stuck inside another tree and completely covered with lights and other junk. Fun stuff!
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