Busy as usual, but oh so good!
Temple, Zone Conference, exchanges, sunny beaches and #CiSaràSempre
This week has gone by so fast, you would think at some point they couldn’t go by any faster but they do! We’ll start with Monday as usual though!
We had a very casual P-Day last week, it was nice and relaxing. Then in the evening we went and did so much finding... we talked to people all night long and then came home to call members for the activity this week.
Then on Tuesday the coolest thing happened! So we went to the mission home for interviews with President and those went well and then they took us to the temple to go and see the “Information Center” Which is one of the construction trailers that they kept and turned it in to a really nice little mini visitors center. It’s going to be open to the public next week but you can go in and they have samples of the different stone and wood that they used inside the temple and a model of the whole project. The project manager came in and talked to us afterwards and it was so cool, he explained all about the temple and the grounds and it was just incredible. I can’t wait for the temple to open!
We came back to Ostia and visited Sister Alicino, someone gave her a Samsung Smartphone but she’s 80 years old and has no idea how to use it. I showed her how to open a Gospel Library and find the scriptures and that was fun. She doesn’t remember how but I did show her... ;) We stayed in Rome so we could be early for the conference so I could finish planning our training with the other District Leaders, so we got to stay with Anziano Melling and Anziano Youngblood.
Wednesday was Zone Conference! Anziano Youngblood asked me to translate the conference for one of the sisters that doesn’t speak English so I got to translate for almost 6 hours straight. It was fun but I was exhausted after! I loved Zone Conference though. It’s always the best! I started an exchange with Anziano Youngblood afterwards so I stayed in Rome again! We had an awesome night. It was like we were back in Cosenza again! We went to dinner with a Less-active member. He is a street artist and the city pays him to draw in downtown Rome. His artwork is beautiful and when he does it on canvas it’s worth thousands of dollars but instead he does it on the sidewalk. It’s really cool. We told him about the Temple and talked to him about preparation for the temple. He also had a giant white dog that reminded me of Ty and Abby, if you stopped petting he would stick his nose under your arm and lift up your hand until you pet him again.
Thursday was just as good! There was a transportation strike though and they live pretty far from the city, you take a bus for probably 20 minutes. So we planned on walking and just bringing all my stuff and leaving it in the Church. Well about halfway there we saw a bus and I was really confused but it turns out the strike was only for the metro! Anyway so we hopped the bus and went to this big huge park. It was beautiful! We talked to some really cool people, got a few phone numbers and were able to teach the Restoration. Anziano Youngblood still doesn’t cook so I made lunch ;) Then we switched back to our companions!
Friday... weekly Planning ;( Never my favorite thing to do but we did it and then we made some lunch, did some comp study and studied Italian before we hit the streets! The new video came out on Friday! I think in English it’s called #AlwaysThere but in Italian it’s called #CiSaràSempre either way the video is sweet! We tried to share the video with a lot of people! We also went to the Stake President’s house and shared it with them. We’ve been carrying a white board around and having people write when they’ve felt like Christ was there, it’s been so good!
Saturday... we did finding all day long! We only got one person to watch the video but it was this father and son who was teaching his son to ride his bike and they really enjoyed it.
Sunday! The Heaters in the Church didn’t work so everyone was freezing and a little cranky because it was only like 60 degrees in the Church. So we had the first two hours and then they sent everyone home. But first! I asked the Bishop if we could show the video to everyone and then as they left we took pictures with everyone and the white board. It was great to get everyone involved. (We also got an invite for Easter Lunch next week with the Sicilian family! Wahoo!) Then we went to visit Sister Bartolucci who is a member but she’s had some back problems and hasn’t been able to come to Church. We showed her the video too, she cried ;) Then we started talking about the temple and I showed her the most recent aerial picture of the temple and she cried even more. The Italians are so ready for this temple! Once it’s here it’s going to be so sweet! I can’t wait!
We spent the rest of the evening in a park with this little lake where people were playing water polo but in kayaks, it was the most interesting thing! I thought someone was going to drown. But there were so many people! We talked to a lot of them!
While we were walking around sharing this video this week we got s lot of negative responses and many people just said “Where is Christ?” Or “I’ve never felt him” or “He doesn’t exist” and it made me think a lot about how blessed we are with the testimonies we have. We know He lives. We know he’s always there and I think that’s so amazing. It’s up to us to show people that he really is there. So I want to invite you to share this video with someone in specific. It’s a great thing to post on Facebook but I think it’s even better to share it individually. I know that it will open doors to share the Gospel, maybe even take your own picture!
Here is the link to the video, I hope you can all watch it! I think it’s a European thing so you get the One for England!
Also if you want to watch it in Italian the link is:
Have a great week!
Anziano Bellucci
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