This week
was Carnivale
and it was pretty much just like a week long Halloween. We saw random people
around the city dressed in costumes all around the city and the streets were
covered in confetti. Tuesday night was the last night of Carnivale,
so they had these random little ghetto parades going through the streets and
everyone was dressed up and there was a huge party or something in one of the
main piazzas. and confetti EVERYWHERE. At one point Sorella
Burt and I couldn't handle it anymore so we picked some confetti up from the
ground and through it in the air. There's still confetti in my shoes.Yesterday
morning we decided to change up our finding a bit and we took a whiteboard and
just wrote "Smile!" on it with a bunch of smiley faces. It was SO
MUCH FUN! We got so many people to smile. A lot of people tried to fight it,
but we saw it ;) a couple people said it was a beautiful thing that we were
doing that. One woman actually stopped and said how great that it, read our
tags and called us great girls. It was so sweet! We got quite a few giggles
too, mostly from older men, which was really funny. They'd look like these
grumpy old men and then they would giggle like little girls. And we just smiled
really big and said hello to everyone we saw. It was so fun! One guy even
patted me on the back! It was SOOO incredibly fun. Some people won't stop to
talk to us, but they'll smile at us! And one guy on a vespa
honked at us and we got a lot of people in their cars to smile at us.
On Sunday we had a ward lunch where
everyone brings their own lunch and we all sit and eat together. We had ward
council at the time though, so we missed most people, but there were still a
couple people when we got there. We had forgotten the pizza we were going to
bring, but one ward member gave us a bunch of ravioli. Sorella
Burt and I ate that and were pleasantly full when another ward member gave us a
scoop of some mayonese,
potato salad type thing and two giant scoops of rice salad. I felt like I was
going to explode. And then the passed out the dessert. My stomach hurts just
remembering all the food we ate. I could hardly make a dent in the rice it was sooo
much. Everyone is just so loving and wants to feed us.... It's just really hard
on our stomachs...
Saturday we had a Primary activity
that we were asked to help out with some of the games. It started out super
awkward because we didn't know how to describe the games... We started out with
the youngest group and they eventually all scattered, so we were put with
the oldest group and eventually they all left and went outside to play soccer.
We didn't know what to do so after eating some of our sorrows, we just went
over to help out with the youngest group. When they saw our group was missing,
they went hunting for them while we stayed with the youngest group. Once we
were settled and knew what we were doing, everything was pretty smooth from
there. And we had so much fun with those little kids! And one point this little
girl didn't want to play the game and she looked sad, so I slid up to her
really close and said "ciao!" And she just stopped, looked at me,
then started stroking my face and then kissed me on the cheek. IT WAS SO
PRECIOUS!!!
We had a scambio
with the sorelle
in Mestre
this week and being in Mestre reminded me how gosh dang
beautiful my city of Trieste is. Mestre
reminded me of Busto (but nicer.. people laugh whenever I say that because they
think Mestre
is pretty ugly and ghetto. They haven't seen Busto) But coming back to Trieste
I was in awe yet again. I got to do a scambio
with a girl from my group which was super fun!!
So we have a new investigator who
is amazing. We had our first lesson with her and we taught her the Restoration
and she agreed with everything. She really liked the message and said she would
read the Book of Mormon. She told us she's going through a really hard time
right now and it's hard to ask for help, but she knows she needs it. So we were
able to tell her our message can help bring peace and happiness in her life
during this time. It's such a beautiful message that we have. That the church
that Christ established when He was on the earth is restored to its fullest
now. And that God, our literal Heavenly Father who loves each and every one of
us, has a plan for us. A plan for us to not only be able to return to Him after
this life, but so we can have His love and influence with us throughout this
life and have a fulness of
joy in this life. What more could we ask? I know that when we are doing to
things God has asked us to do, that we truly are happy. He doesn't give us
commandments just so He can boss us around. It's for our happiness here and
now. We have them so we know how to live this life to the fullest and
happiest as well as so He can bless us and help us. What a blessing! I'm so
grateful for this beautiful opportunity to share that message that has gotten
me to where I am now. And thank you all for helping me to learn that. Each of
you has had an impact in my life and have taught me this beautiful message more
fully. I love each and every one of you so much and I'm so grateful for your
examples and all you have taught me. Vi voglio
un MONDO di bene!!!!
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