I have experienced the Bora. And it
is so real. And it is such a struggle. Especially in a skirt.Anyway.
This week was crazy. So we tried to do another 21 Lesson week because we really
need more people to teach and we KNOW there is at least one person here that is
willing and ready to hear the message and change. So we figured the more people
we stopped on the street that more likely it would be to find them (which still
holds true) Sadly we didn't get 21 Lessons, and it was a super bummer, but we
learned a lot. We talked to a lot of great people and we were rejected a lot,
but the miracles we saw made up for it all. We didn't see any crazy big
miracles, but just being able to talk to certain people and meet them and the
little things like that. We met one woman that is friends with nearly everyone
in the ward and was a referral that a ward member ALMOST gave us (this close)
but said she wanted to talk to her first. Now we met her and she knows us! It
was amazing! Also, Sunday night was awful. It was freezing and raining and
super windy and after doing strada
for about 1.5 hours, we decided to just get on a random bus and try bus
finding. While on the bus we realized it was one that takes us to a less
active's house that the sorelle have
been trying to get a hold of for a really long time. And we got to see her! She
didn't let us in because she has the flu, but she said hopefully she'll feel
better next week and we'll be able to see each other! It was amazing!! And
she's super duper cool.
But yeah, we had some crazy times
this week... Sunday night we stopped this one woman and she shared some very
interesting beliefs with us, one of them being that she was God, Sorella
Burt was God and I was God. All the while stroking Sorella
Burt's hair. It was sooo funny. Italians are really touchy.
One woman that I tried to stop just patted me on the cheek, smiled and walked
away. Little old Italian woman are so funny and so fabulous.
Also, the people here in Trieste
just fall. Like, all the time. They'll be walking and all of a sudden they just
fall. It's so odd. One time we were standing at a bus stop when a little old
woman walked in front of us (in the road) and all of a sudden she just fell
forward... It's probably because she was going down hill. I'm convinced it's
because of how hilly an windy it is here that people just fall s frequently.
Anyway, yeah, I can't really
think of anything else to talk about from this week. We saw a castle today!
Cause, you know, we can just walk to castles here. It's whatever.
It's whatever but I still geek out
hardcore about it. It's fine. Anywho...
Yeah, it was soooo old and so cool! And oh man, the
view. THE VIEW. We could see the ocean (with the OTHER castle of Trieste (so
much royalty here...)) and the hills and oh man. It was just too much. But the
Bora was pretty intense today. But yeah, it was super cool!
I love the mission! Sometimes it's
incredibly hard and you don't know why it's hard. You do everything you're
supposed to and more and yet no one will talk to you and all your appointments
fall through. It gets really hard sometimes. But it's such a beautiful time.
Because when you're low and feel like you just can't do it anymore. You feel
heartbroken and weak and like you can't bear to walk another step or to have
someone say "no" one more time. That's when you just give your whole
heart to God. Because you can't do it. But God can. And God can help you and
will. Things don't always get easier, sometimes they get harder. But you know
God is right there with you. And you know Christ is right there with you
because He knows exactly how you feel. He's been through it, and you are
standing shoulder to shoulder with Him. He knows what it's like to be rejected
and left alone and to feel weak. And He knows exactly what you're going
through. This time has truly been the most beautiful time of my life and I'm
coming to understand what all that truly means more and more. Thank you
everyone for all you have done for me. Thank you for helping me get to where I
am today. I love you all so much!! Thank you!! Vi voglio
un MONDO di bene!!!
Love,
Sorella
Hawks:)
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