As for now I am in a trio with Anziani Ridd and Youngblood who are both stud missionaries so I am excited. My new companion will be coming in on Thursday so it’s going to be an interesting three days of doing our work and their work. I will also have to organize the transfers for the missionaries coming in and out of Napoli, so I am pumped. I hope it goes well!! One thing that I am really looking forward to is in our branch we have two guys who are around 20 years old that are just absolute studs. They both are super strong in the gospel and are planning on serving missions and so for Wednesday afternoon to the night I am planning on working with Genni (short for Gicardo) to go teach some lessons and meet some people. He’s really excited and I am excited to because I think it will be a really cool experience for the both of us!
This week the main thing that I want to focus on is a really special experience that I had with a guy named E. who is from the Caserta ward (about an hour away). He has been meeting with the missionaries and was baptized this last week on the American Base (because there is a font there). Before his baptism (and this is how it works for everyone who wants to be baptized), there is an interview (which is really just to talk about your testimony to see if you are ready to be baptized) where we talk about the Gospel and the things we believe. I had the privilege of performing that interview with him and it was a really sacred experience. I just want to say that God loves his children so much. I was able to catch just a glimpse and feel a fraction of the love that God felt for his son as he was telling me why he wanted to be baptized. I wish I could explain it better in words, but I know without a doubt that God lives and he loves us.
I was able to do a scambio with the Battipaglia Anziani (they are an hour away from us too), which was really awesome. It reminded me so much of my last two cities of Brindisi and Trapani because the city was really small. We could walk it within like 30 minutes and so it was so awesome to be there because it was nice to be able to think a little clearly without sirens going off and just chaos lol.. Napoli lol--which I still absolutely love and was glad to come back to. My companion was Anziano Morrill who is being trained by my my stud homie Anziano Chilvers (who was in my district in the MTC). We had a really great time together; he made me laugh so much. We were able to see a big miracle too as we were doing finding when we found a brother and sister who were really intrested in our message. They both are around their 40's and lost their parents some time ago. We were able to share our message of the restoration and how yes, we do believe there is a life after this, and so they accepted to meet again. They now both have baptismal dates and are doing really well so it was great!! Another thing that was really insteresting in Battipaglia was I was able to eat a thing called Mozzarella di Buffala. Buffalo cheese.... Basically just picture a ball of cheese that was just leaking buffalo milk... And eating them plain... SOO GOOD. (I don't think you would like it Mom haha;)) Battipaglia is where like the original Mozzarella di Buffala started so it was like the "original" stuff.
This Saturday was the baptism of E. and another investigator from the Caserta ward. Like I said it was held on the American Base because of the font that was there. It was sooo weird going onto the base because everything was HUGE. Like we saw a big grocery store that looked like Walmart and the parking was ginormous... And we saw a football field, track, with tires to train with.. It was so sweet. The baptism was really special and there was a lot of support which was great. Because the Caserta ward is mostly American (although E. is actually from Africa), we had the ceremony in like a mix of Italian and English and then afterwards we had refreshments... Ohhh I wish I could explain better how much I love random ward potlucks in the church.. All the normal things were there like that Broccoli salad, Mom, with the bacon, or chips and queso, roast beef in a crock pot, pies, and this thing that I think is called puppy chow if I remember correctly? Like chex mix with some white powder? It was incredible!
As for our work, things are going really well. We have some really good potientals, and some less-actives that we are working with. One experience that we had that was so cool was we were walking back to our house from the scambio and we got stopped on the streets in napoli by a guy who said, "Elder!" He came up and started to speak, but he only speaks Spanish. It turns out that he moved here just two weeks ago from El Salvador and has been looking for the church everywhere! Wow.. To meet like that just on the street was a huge miracle. He is a member and served a mission as well so we are going to be helping him. Also, his whole family is here in Napoli but none of them are members soo... We will see what we can do! Also, F. is progressing incredibly. He received the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday and told us how he would like to go on a mission!!!!! We will be helping him to prepare but he is just the coolest, most humble guy ever. Also, he loves to dance.. And he’s good too, so we have been having a super fun time while walking down the street together and things like that;)
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