"Dear
Family,
It
is so good to hear that everything is going well at home!
This
week has been quite the interesting one! Just recently, we started
meeting with a part member family from Ecuador in our ward. The mother
invited us over to teach her son, Michele, as he is coming of age to be
baptized. She wants him to take all the lessons and choose for himself.
There family is awesome! The kids, Michele and Luis, like to show
us all of their Pokemon cards when we go over. Let me just say...there
are way too many Pokemon now! I only know the first 150 and they look at
me like I'm an idiot haha.
The
father in their family is someone we want to focus on as well. He is not
a member and he kind of has a little bit of a closed view on the church because
of a previous incident with his wife, Monica, who is a member. However,
we have started talking with him more, and we want to invite him to sit in on
the lessons with Michele instead of locking himself in his room...keep your
fingers crossed!
Sunday
was a disaster. We tried to hold a church service in Latina, but we got
there late and nobody showed up. Actually...two people tried to but left
when we weren't there. Stupid beach side traffic! It is so crowded
here in Ostia because Ostia is a beach town and the summer just started...so
everyone and their dog is going to the beach. So, when we tried to drive
down to Latina with Fratello Menice (our First Councilor in the ward), we got
stuck behind a ton of traffic.
Monday
night was also quite the adventure! That night, we went over to the
Fresta's house for our usual Family Night activity. When we got there,
nobody was there. We tried calling the Fresta's and the only response we
got was "no family night tonight". It was weird...so we ate
pizza at a local place nearby and planned our next move. Luckily, another
member walked by and invited us to her place for family night. Halfway
through, Carmello and Emiliano Fresta showed up ranting about Tina (Carmello's
mom) and something she did, and something about how someone who goes to the
temple shouldn't be so wicked...blah blah blah. It was crazy but we got
it all figured out!
After
Family Night, we walked the Sisters to their apartment in the middle of the
city because we got out late. Now...this is the good part...when Anziano
Smith and I finally got to the Metro station, THE GATES WERE CLOSED!
There was a strike that day and the Train and buses for ATAC all shut
down..So, we walked all the way from Ostia Lido Centro to Centro Giano on the
side of an Italian highway with no sidewalk in the middle of the night!
Nobody could come pick us up, and we had no other way of getting home.
I felt like such a rebel staying up past midnight. WOO APOSTATE!
haha just kidding!
Well,
that's all for this week. I hope everything is going just super back
home! The mission is great and the church is still true!
Love,
Anziano
Jared Burnham
P.S.
I am sending a picture of me and my companion at McDonald's on our walk
back to Centro Giano.
The
second picture is of Elder Burnham's First Vision ;D"
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