Ciao!!!!!

This has been an incredible week!!!!

Thursday: The societa' di soccorso had an activity about music. It was the funniest thing ever. Corrada, a member who has a passion for slide shows made us all read a slide and talk about it. My slide just had womens names and song titles. So I talked about how probably these women were pioneers, having to push hand carts, but singing gave them strength. Turns out the dates on which the women lived came up and they were from the 1950s! Oops;) Also, we watched a music video, diciamo, of Jimmy Osmand on a rock in the forest singing I wonder when he'll come again. It was from the 70's. I had to bite my lip so I would stop laughing! You guys should look it up on You Tube, it is funny:) At least two investigators came to enjoy the specticle:) yay!

Friday: THE BOOK OF MORMON IS SO COOL AND SO TRUE!!!!!! We went to a member's house for cena. The dad is from utah and the mom is from milan and the kids speak english and italian, so cool. Well, the dad is a chef and he not only studied food, but food history, specifically mayan food history. So while eating 3000 year old salsa (the ricetta of course, not the actually salsa) and tipo encheladas from 200 BC, once more not the food, the ricetta, he told us about the mayan culture and the food history and then applied it to understanding the culture of the people in the book of mormon!!! I will give you an example. In the BOM there are a lot of wars, no? Well, there is a pattern of the people having war and then taking a break in certain seasons. Well, he explained about their staple crop, corn and how its growing and harvesting and storing seasons match that of the seasons in which they were at war or on intervals. It is because they had to wait until they could get their supply of food. Cool huh. There were also other things, but I do not have time to explain, no worries I took notes so I can elaborate in about three months(it is weird saying that, bah!). One thing though that was so interesting. He has a book called the annals of the caicchiquels or something like that and it has a part were in the 1500s a spanish translator for the maya wrote that he found some mayan documents to translate but omitted the first part of it when he sent it to spain becasue he said it talked of hereasy (spelling?) because it talked about how Eve was deceived not by a snake, but by and angel of dark disguised by an angel of light. Food for thought, just saying. The maya even had a knowledge of the plan of salvation!

Saturday: We went to visit Corrada, the slide show lover, she gave us her poetry books! while waiting for the bus I had fun translating some of the depressing poems to my companions (we are in three now, yes, this has been a super crazy weird transfer! Which reminds me transfer calls came on saturday too, I am still training sorella Ehorn and we will just be in two)!

Sunday: This really has been a fantastic week! Church was incredible. We were asked to give the Sunday school gospel principles lesson about two seconds before it started. At first I got nervous, because there were many investigators there and I didn't feel very prepared. However, I surely have a testimony ormai of the power of prayer, so I prayed for help and inspiration in the lesson and the coolest thing happened. I felt confidant instead of nervous and ideas of what quotes to read from the manual came to mind, also ideas on what scriptures and stories that we should read and talk about just flowed out, I felt like I did not even have to think, the thoughts just came. I know that the scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants is real, about not thinking before hand, just treasuring up the word and then that portion will be given, that is exactly what happened! It was a miracle! Also in church Antonio, the investigator that has stopped seeing us for the past couple of weeks because he has been getting so much pursectution from his family, came and he bore his testimony! He has decided to move out with his companion, girl friend, and really start living what he is learning from the gospel. He is having so many trials, but is so serene through them because his faith is growing so much. We also found an investigator through English course, Anthony. He is already friends with a bunch of members, including the bishop and came to church on Sunday. He said that he would get baptized when he finds out if this is the true church:) He is so cool. I still get studdery when I talk about certain things that are precious to me (my companion is helping me too), anyway, Anthony is helping me as well, the other day he was like "Parla Sorella!" Cioe', spit it out sister! oh dear! I need to just always have confidence, for once I start thinking too much not only does my italian start to go down the drain, but so do all of my thoughts on what to say. Remember, the work confidence has two words in it from Italian, CON=WITH and FEDE=FAITH:)

I am really seeing just how important member participation is, it is in fact essential! 

I am so excited for the conference next week, a general authority is coming:) Kent Richards. 

Monday: We had a lesson with Ignazia, she has a baptismal date for  April and is working hard to quit smoking and drinking coffee. She made us italian hot chocolate and we are going to call each other about what we are reading in Jacob while she is on Vacation in Sardegna.:)

Tuesday: Oh my goodness, Italian Beuracracy (spelling again, ormai you are used to my rotten spelling)! We had to go to the Questura for Sorella Ehorn's permesso di soggiorno.  Well, the main police guy started yelling at me because we came to early to change her appointment, he was totally not making sense, so I kept talking to him and telling him that his logic makes no sense. In the end we figured it out:) I feel like I am getting a lot more bold and more Italian in the sense that they say whatever comes to mind regardless of the feelings of others, so sorry if I come home and seem mean... ;) jk We got to meet Arcangelo, who has such a hidden love for the D and C. He will not get baptized though, he says he was born catholic, so that is what he is. Poi vediamo.

Well, I love you all so much! I hope you had a wonderful week! I am excited that we are getting a new member in our family pretty soon! Crazy! The word for limb in italian is membro, so we are getting a new limb:) another food for thought:)

Vi Voglio un oceano di bene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,

Sorella Comollo

PS When is Autumn's wedding!!!!!??? Bah, I am so excited for her!

Also, have you been getting my written letters, I sent some to sam and mom and dad in the last weeks. I am going to write more today:) So I hope you have been getting them!