Oh my goodness.
I never knew that this transfer to Montevarchi we would constantly be in
motion. But literally-- everywhere in our area is accessible by train only. It's
been crazy but so amazing! We have been working with the families of our new
converts and have seen truly amazing progress! The gospel truly does bless
families. We have really working on strengthening and growing this branch. One
Sunday we had a branch lunch right after church. There is a big table we use as
the podium during sacrament meeting that becomes a big table. I was told this
week that every other month that everyone sat at the table and they brought the
food around. There were so many of us that we didn't even fit! By a lot... We
had the table and then another group of people as well. My heart, my heart. I
couldn't handle how beautiful it was! Then after everyone was way too full we
cleaned everything up and listened to a few musical numbers. It was so
wonderful! We may be small in number but we have a lot of love! For food, for
friends, for missionary work, for life!
We have been working with the family of one of our new converts and it has
been amazing. I know and can see so much that the gospel blesses families.
Heavenly Father wants us to be happy, to learn, and to change but He's even
happier when we do these things with the ones we love! Families are the greatest
thing ever. They are the best unit of support and happiness. The family is the
best environment to learn. It has been really amazing to work in this fresh new
area. A lot of the people we meet have never heard of the church before or never
seen missionaries. Our members have been so happy and so excited to share these
things with their friends and family. Saturday night we had a lesson with one of
our awesome young women and she decided to bring a friend and then brought her
to church. Monday morning we were studying when we got a call from one of our
members and she asked us where we were. We said, "well we're home. We're still
studying..." She said "perfect! You wanna meet a friend of mine in 30 minutes so
you can start teaching her?" Well ok. That'd actually be really great!
Heavenly Father is preparing His children. There are people who just don't
know where to find the truth in all of our lives. Jesus Christ, himself, is the
head of this church. The Book of Mormon is the proof that Joseph Smith was a
prophet and that God still loves us today and calls prophets and apostles to
lead and guide us. Yesterday we had an exchange in Pisa with the Sister Training
Leaders. One of our girls was to see miracles. And we did. It is always so
amazing to go on exchanges with other sisters, even just for a short time, and
learn from them. Last transfer and this transfer I did an exchange with a sister
in her last transfer. They're like the great wise owls on the old commercials
that know all about getting to the center of the tootsie pop. Every day is so
important-- so long but so short. It's hard because we choose to come on
missions and then after that everything else is completely in the Lord's hands.
All the time people say, can you go out? see a movie? can you do anything? No.
We can't because we are on the Lord's time. If it's hard that means it's
working.
Happy Birthday Hermana Jarvis!
Sorry I'm a bit scatter brained today. But I spent my whole time writing
this haha.
Love you all! Statemi bene!
Sorella Jarvis
Last week for Pday we went to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Yes, that's right.
Yes. It leans. Yes. It's worth it!
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| Jessica with Sorella Yost. |
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