ANZIANO DRAGHI
Hey everyone! I hope y'all had a great week. This week has been really interesting, that's for sure. Today for Pday we are on our way to go see the Trevi Fountain, which is going to be a lot of fun. I have actually never seen the Trevi before, so I am really excited. It's going to be super cool. Later tonight we are going to have a dinner with the departing missionaries. This is the last week of transfers, and so they will be heading home tomorrow. This group is probably the hardest for me to see go home because I am really close with a lot of the elders in the group. It's going to be a really special evening to hear their testimonies and take them to the airport tomorrow. The biggest thing that happened is that last week on Thursday I got a new companion. I absolutely loved my time that I had to serve with Anziano Battaglia; he has taught me so many things, from helping me grow my testimony even more and just being a better person all the way to ripping apples in half with my bare hands hahaha. We had a great time together. I am really excited to work with Anziano Draghi for this last transfer of mine; it’s going to be great. Anziano Draghi is from northern Italy from a city called Rimini. I was able to actually work with him when I was serving in Napoli because he was serving in a city close to Napoli called Pozzuoli. We were able to do a scambio together and he is a really nice guy and a really good teacher as well. I am excited to learn from him and see what happens this transfer.
As for this week, things are going to be pretty awesome with all the different things going on. Tomorrow we drop the departing missionaries off and right after that we will get the new missionaries. After that, things are pretty intense with different meetings, trainings, and going out in giro [touring with the new missionaries] until about Friday. On Friday we are going to have some MLC [leadership] trainings with the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders here in Rome, so that is going to be really fun as well. We are essentially bringing up all the leaders that help coordinate transfers during transfer day for some meetings. I really hope that it will all work out and that transfers are going to go smoothly!
I am sorry that I don’t have any more time to write!! Just know that I love you all so much! I am so excited to talk to y’all on Mother's Day. It’s going to be great! Also, do you remember a few weeks (months) ago that there was a girl and her friend that were following us to the GANS center? They were kinda stalking us but it was because they felt something that they wanted in their life and so that’s why they came? Anyway, she started taking the lessons with the sisters and progressed extremely well. Unfortunately, she moved to Germany but continued to do Skype lessons with the sisters because she knows these things are true. Well, she ended up buying tickets to come back to Rome and will be getting baptized this Saturday so that her family can come. I am really honored because she asked me to baptize her. It’s going to be a very special day.
I wanted to share a quote from Jeffery R. Holland that I love:
"I bless you, with apostolic authority, that your prayers offered in righteousness will be answered, that your personal fears will be lifted, that your backs and your shoulders and your hearts will be strong for the burdens that are placed upon them. I bless you as you strive to be pure in heart, offering yourselves as instruments in the hands of God for establishing Zion in these latter days everywhere you stand. I bless you to be true friends to each other and to those not of your circle to whom we should reach out. Above that, I bless you to be friends of the Savior of the world, to know Him personally, and to have confidence in His company.”
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