Il signore ve bendica

Ciao i miei cari,

 Giuseppe finally has decided to get baptized! I was thrilled! He has gone through so much and now I can see that he really does want to become part of the fold, diciamo. His baptism will be on the 15th of September!

I also had a lovely experience doing finding. I never really have loved doing street contacting, because the rejection is so forth right, while doing house it is not so harsh. Well, on Monday I took the advice of a member I met in Palermo, to say a little prayer and then just start smiling. That is exactly what I did and I talked to everyone in my path and I felt happy doing it, even at the rejections. We ended up having a street lesson with a guy named Luca who has seen so many hardships and death in his life that he gave up on God. He told us that when he saw us he saw a sincere happiness and wanted to know why and how to get it. 

We had another lesson with Giuseppe, the new one. He said something along the same lines. He said when he met us he saw a light in our eyes that he has never seen in anyone before and was envious of it. We told him that it was interesting that he said we have a light in our eyes, because that is a statement that people commonly use to discribe latter day saints. We also had another man in Catania tell us the same thing, that we have a light, and serenity and a joy that he envies and wants. It is interesting that this happens, there must be something there (cio e' lo spirito santo:)). I love missionary work, I love how it is not only helping others to become new creatures in Christ, but it is also helping me become and new, a much better creature in Christ.

We had Zone Conference yesterday. It was so great! We learned that Elder Jeffrey R. Holland came to stay at the mission home in Rome for 2 days on vacation with his family and he offered an apostolic prayer for the mission, the people in Italy, the missionaries and their families (so mamma, no worries you are covered:)!).

I will be having my preparation day on Tuesday next week instead of Wednesday. So be expecting to hear from me then!

I love you all so so much! I hope you know it!

Love,
Sorella Comollo