AHHHH!!!! 

Welcome to Walter!!!

He is so sweet and cute and I love babies! I am excited to meet him in a few months!

This week has been packed of fun and grand experiences! I went to a Rugby game in the Rome Olympic Stadium! It was cool to hear a bunch of Italians sing there national anthem:) We went to Ostia Antica today and played tag in an ancient necropolis and witnessed an antique ampitheater, it was so gorgeous! However, the most wonderful event happened on Monday. I got to see the Rome Temple for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The spirit was so strong, I just felt this immense joy feel my whole body when I walked around the coner and saw the sacred marble edifice. It is in the perfect spot. I remember hearing before that it was not that great of a location, far away from the center, around buildings, etc. However, that is what makes it the perfect spot! This temple really is for the Italians, not for the tourists in the center. It is being built close to homes (where italians live) and right by a mall, where the Italians go to shop for their families. It is for them, it is there and will draw more attention to these incredible people of their eternal natures. 

I was thinking about going to visit Arcangelo, an investigator who has a wife and three daughters that are members, more often. We were feeling like he was not making much progress so we decided to not go as much, plus he lives kind of far away. Then in the mission tour when Anziano Richards started talking about daily contact, I felt so strongly that we needed to go and see him everyday, at least for a week or so. After about the third day of going to see him and reading the Book of Mormon, I was thinking maybe it is too much and he is going to get annoyed with us and not want to see us at all. I prayed to know what to do. A couple of hours later we got a phone call from his wife. I was kind of afraid to answer it, thinking she might tell us to stop coming over, but instead she suprised me by expressing utter gratitude for what we were doing and how much it is helping already. That was an answer to a prayer for sure. Sorella Buckley said when she was here before Arcangelo really did not want anything to do with them and he would never pray. Now he is praying and reading the scriptures everyday. If we cannot go see him we call him and he tells us that he read. He is still not sure about baptism. He says he is afraid of making a choice just because his family wants and he is not sure if he feels that this is the right way for him. But I know that he is beginning to change and it is incredible to see, he already seems happier. Now that I have seen the temple I have this huge desire that Arcangelo and his family take part in it. Families can be eternal and it is through the gospel that this promised is realized.

I love you all so much! I am so glad that we have the knowledge that we have of eternal families and as we work hard together and invite Christ into our lives we can really have this heavenly joy here, well at least a taste of it:)

Love you!

Love,

Sorella Comollo