"Ciao
Everyone!
I
hope everything is going just splendid back home! Things are just as great and
as hot as ever here in Italy haha. I have to admit, I am kind of jealous of all
those people that get to swim in the ocean and play on the beach. But, it's
okay, I found a solution. I just take cold showers during lunch time. It's the
BEST! ;)
On a
side note, I DID find some soccer shoes my size at Nike. That was my birthday
gift to me! Woo! :D
As
for the week, we don't currently have any really progressing investigators, so
we do a lot of finding. The other day, we did what we call a "Mostra"
or a "show" right outside where the new church in Ostia is being
built. We passed out a lout of flyers and tried talking to people on the
street. Eventually, a man came out of one of the nearby buildings with his
buddy and tried to tell us we couldn't be there and we were disturbing the
peace. Little did he know that we have a permit from the city... Watcha!! In
his face! Thanks to the wonderful Spirit that enlightens the minds of missionaries
from time to time, we were even able to turn the conversation into one of a
more spiritual nature. He is totally super interested in the church now and
wants to meet us again.
As
Nacho Libre would say, "Baptized!". mwaha
I
think I am getting better at soccer...maybe? I still get my butt kicked by the
Italians here and especially by the South American members in my ward! Lucky
for me, I can still use the excuse that I'm a lowly American and I have hardly
ever played soccer before. Every time I tell somebody that, they take it upon
themselves as a personal honor to teach me the rules of the game (because its
cool to teach American's how to play soccer the REAL way). However, they still
show no mercy.
Yes,
the new mission president is super cool. He is a nice guy, and luckily, he
didn't come into the mission guns blazing and ready to put on all these new
restrictions on missionaries or anything.
Also, after
coming here, I have to say that we are so SO blessed to live in America!
Don't get me wrong, I love Italy, the people, and the culture, but
America really is the promised land. I felt extra full of American pride
on the 4th. My companion and I actually had a little mini party that
night where we made a flame thrower out of a lighter and hairspray...haha
probably not the best idea we have ever had! Let me rephrase
that...probably not the best idea HE ever had, because I never even thought of
doing that before he suggested it! The things missionaries do when we are
bored...:P
I
also got to teach English Course this week all by myself! It was probably the
scariest experience of my life, but it actually went fairly well. I'm now super
proud of myself. I've never actually taught a whole class or lesson for an
entire hour before. I made sure to celebrate after with Gelato!
We
have an upcoming baptism for Michele Cevallos this week. He is the 8 year old
in our ward who's mom is a less active member and his dad is catholic. I am
super stoked! He has a great testimony, and we are hoping that his example will
help soften the heart of his father so we can teach him a little more.
Well,
that is all for this week! The mission is great! The language is...coming
along, let's say, and the church is still true!
Love
you all!
love,
Anziano
Jared Burnham
P.S.
We have a random dog and cat that always come say hi to us when we leave
our door open during study time. I wasn't able to get a picture of the
dog, but I wanted to send you a picture of my companion with Elder Whiskers! :D
The other photos are just random ones from my week. We had Zone
Conference, so I took random pictures with other missionaries :D"
Me and my comp, Anziano Smith :)
Me and Elder Del Dotto. He gave me a tie for my birthday :D
At zone conference!
My mission President and the tallest and shortest missionaries in the mission at Zone Conference.
My super sweet Calcietta shoes!
My companion with Elder Whiskers :)
HAH elder whiskers :) so cuuuute!
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