...was so Awesome!!!
So, yesterday was my birthday (and national peanut butter day but, i'm going to talk about my birthday because thats in the U.S. and I'm in Italy)
I turned 19. That was really cool. Everyone was really sweet and bought me presents (all navy blue tops by the way. I guess i don't have enough of those) and Scott and Finlay gave me a beautiful ring with two dangly hearts on it.
I ate pizza at Vesuvio. The first thing I thought of when i read that was not the volcano, it was the song we played in high school. I hope all my band friends appreciate that still deep down I seem to be a band geek :)
The pizza i got was folded in half (Calzione i think it's called) and it looked like a volcano. It was sweet and huge. I only managed to eat half of it.
Rafaella got me a cake which was really sweet. It was from this really nice pastry shop. It was a really yummy pudding thing.
I asked Rafaella if i could do my D&C assignment with her last week and she said yes, but then we got busy so i did it for Bianca. Nelu (again i hope i didn't slaughter her name) was really interested in what i was going to say but, unfortunately I haven't got a chance to explain it to her yet. She was reading over my shoulder as i was writing about the 3 kingdoms of Glory.
Yesterday Rafaella came to me and asked me to do the assignment now. I said sure and I was thinking "hmm.. should i say the same thing or teach something else..." Well it was too scary to teach anything else so i just basically explained the plan of salvation. She asked lots of questions. I hope it went okay and then we started talking about the book of mormon.
On sunday i finally got an Italian copy for myself but, yeah, i gave it to Rafaella yesterday. She seemed really interested in it. I sort of shared my testimony of it and told her that if she read it she would know. She read the first few pages and seemed mildly interested but, said she's too busy. It was cool watching her scan the pages. I imagined what would be going on in my head if i was her right now and how, you know, if she read it, how that moment would be so significant in her life and she had no idea how much that moment could change her life. I was the only one really taking it in :). Then Nelu looked at the book a little bit but, the babies woke up. I took my book back and figured that if she wanted i could give it to her but, I kind of wanted it if she didn't. (so selfish i know but, it took me 3 weeks to get a copy!) So i figured that was a cool moment but, it was over and they weren't really that into it. Then later when i was working on the library Rafaella came in with Giuseppe and asked me to show the book to him. I was really surprised but, i handed it to him. He didn't seem that interested either but, i made up my mind to leave it with them. I really hope she just reads it but, chances are not very high.
Knowing something like the gospel and being around people that don't know is crazy. It's like you have the fruit and you really just want to give it to everyone but, they aren't really interested in taking it. And then you just don't know what to do because it's so good! if they would just try it they would see.
I never know the best way to respond to questions. Especially with Bianca and Douglas because they aren't interested in the church, they're interested in me. They don't want long explanations about why and how, they just want to know if I can watch the movie or not. I don't think we would all be grand friends if I bore witness of the importance of doing those things every time. Raffaella was really impressed that I knew so much though. She thought it was crazy that I was 19 and could teach her all that stuff or that i even would want to. I just guess it's different for everyone but, improv has never been my favorite.
Anyway, I know this is a great learning experience and eventually I'll have it all figured out and at least i've learned a lot along the way.
Tonight i'm going to institute. Hopefully that will go well and even if i can't understand, its the thought that counts. At church the missionaries translate. They've been really cool about that but, missionaries don't go to institute so, fun times. :)
So, yesterday was my birthday (and national peanut butter day but, i'm going to talk about my birthday because thats in the U.S. and I'm in Italy)
I turned 19. That was really cool. Everyone was really sweet and bought me presents (all navy blue tops by the way. I guess i don't have enough of those) and Scott and Finlay gave me a beautiful ring with two dangly hearts on it.
I ate pizza at Vesuvio. The first thing I thought of when i read that was not the volcano, it was the song we played in high school. I hope all my band friends appreciate that still deep down I seem to be a band geek :)
The pizza i got was folded in half (Calzione i think it's called) and it looked like a volcano. It was sweet and huge. I only managed to eat half of it.
Rafaella got me a cake which was really sweet. It was from this really nice pastry shop. It was a really yummy pudding thing.
I asked Rafaella if i could do my D&C assignment with her last week and she said yes, but then we got busy so i did it for Bianca. Nelu (again i hope i didn't slaughter her name) was really interested in what i was going to say but, unfortunately I haven't got a chance to explain it to her yet. She was reading over my shoulder as i was writing about the 3 kingdoms of Glory.
Yesterday Rafaella came to me and asked me to do the assignment now. I said sure and I was thinking "hmm.. should i say the same thing or teach something else..." Well it was too scary to teach anything else so i just basically explained the plan of salvation. She asked lots of questions. I hope it went okay and then we started talking about the book of mormon.
On sunday i finally got an Italian copy for myself but, yeah, i gave it to Rafaella yesterday. She seemed really interested in it. I sort of shared my testimony of it and told her that if she read it she would know. She read the first few pages and seemed mildly interested but, said she's too busy. It was cool watching her scan the pages. I imagined what would be going on in my head if i was her right now and how, you know, if she read it, how that moment would be so significant in her life and she had no idea how much that moment could change her life. I was the only one really taking it in :). Then Nelu looked at the book a little bit but, the babies woke up. I took my book back and figured that if she wanted i could give it to her but, I kind of wanted it if she didn't. (so selfish i know but, it took me 3 weeks to get a copy!) So i figured that was a cool moment but, it was over and they weren't really that into it. Then later when i was working on the library Rafaella came in with Giuseppe and asked me to show the book to him. I was really surprised but, i handed it to him. He didn't seem that interested either but, i made up my mind to leave it with them. I really hope she just reads it but, chances are not very high.
Knowing something like the gospel and being around people that don't know is crazy. It's like you have the fruit and you really just want to give it to everyone but, they aren't really interested in taking it. And then you just don't know what to do because it's so good! if they would just try it they would see.
I never know the best way to respond to questions. Especially with Bianca and Douglas because they aren't interested in the church, they're interested in me. They don't want long explanations about why and how, they just want to know if I can watch the movie or not. I don't think we would all be grand friends if I bore witness of the importance of doing those things every time. Raffaella was really impressed that I knew so much though. She thought it was crazy that I was 19 and could teach her all that stuff or that i even would want to. I just guess it's different for everyone but, improv has never been my favorite.
Anyway, I know this is a great learning experience and eventually I'll have it all figured out and at least i've learned a lot along the way.
Tonight i'm going to institute. Hopefully that will go well and even if i can't understand, its the thought that counts. At church the missionaries translate. They've been really cool about that but, missionaries don't go to institute so, fun times. :)
Jana, that is so intense. :D Sounds like the coolest b-day ever. Talking to you and other people who have actually been outside of Utah (let alone the USA) I always manage to forget the non-Mormon population. I guess that's what comes of a Utah bubble your whole life, hmm? But way to go about being an eager example. :) You're such a good example to me...
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