Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Peter's Baptism and Transfer Calls

So this week was transfer call week!!! Which means the transfer is
almost over and I've been in Pescara for almost 6 weeks. That's crazy.
The time has honestly gone by so fast. But in good news me and Anziano
Houseman are staying together! We will stay here in Pescara for
another transfer! We are honestly so excited for that blessing because
we both love it here and we have a lot more work that we want to do
together.

Also this week we went to the other city in the district. It's called
"L'Aquila" which means "eagle". ha-ha Now here is the thing. This city
was hit by an earthquake about 6 years ago. It was a very beautiful
city, and you would think that it's all fixed up now and looking good
again. It's not. Italy has this problem of starting construction
projects but never finishing them. So the city has like 27 cranes
hanging over it but none of them are doing anything. Also, there are
like a ton of destroyed houses. They are still full of furniture and
all that stuff and they are really cool to explore.....;) ha-ha it was
a good time though. The city is still beautiful; it's just funny that
it's still under construction.

Also this week. We had Peters Baptism!!!!!!! :) so idk if I told you
how we found this guy, but we were teaching our homeboy Paul outside
of his refugee camp. Mid-lesson this random guy come over and asks us
if we are missionaries. We said yes. He then asked if we were Jehovah
Witness and we said no. And he finished with "when can we meet to talk
1-on-1" we said "...............tomorrow?" Hahahahaha after the first
lesson he said that we needed to meet at least 2 or 3 times a week so
he can become closer to Jesus Christ. We said "............okay." Then
after his first time in church he said "I loved church today. This is
the true church. I will come every week. When can we meet again to
talk about the word of God?" My companion said "……………tomorrow?"
So a month after we met this guy, he got baptized. He is a miracle.
The baptism also went amazing. So many members of the ward came which
was super awesome and our bishop gave Peter an amazing welcome. It was
an amazing experience for us and him and everyone there. Honestly so
blessed to have met Peter and to have been able to be apart of the
beginning of his journey. Truly a blessing.

But that's pretty much the week! It was a good one :) love you all
back home so much and hope you're doing well. Oh and mom, in a
package, anything that's like super American. I'd like. The more
American it is, the better ha-ha I trust you ;) Anyways thanks for all
your prayers! Love you.

Anziano Yskes

Peter



"The District"



District Meeting


"Love me some Kebab"



Ready to Teach


This guy at the train station


That's a BIG smart car

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