Who ever said you cannot baptise in Italy! I was called by my Father in heaven to labor in the area of Terni for my first transfer. How i've been blessed to work with such incredible people, my first baptism will be held on Saturday. One of our investigators was progressing very well and on sunday she'll be confirmed a member of God's true church. We'll i love my mission president and his wife, they're awesome. The day i got here i went to San Paolo, a huge church here in roma and it was incredible, nothing like the temple though. Then we had the opportunity to go see a baptism from 2 of the 4 sets or missionaries in roma. Then, the next day i had my interview with president kelly and he called my to the area of Terni (the furthest north area in my mission) it also covers the city of Perugia, and i love it, its a great place, it has the biggest waterfall in all or europe, pretty cool fact, but even better, the people here are ready to receive the word of God in it's restored form. My appartment is big, 4 bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom, and its only me and my companion in the appartment. its nice, i look kind've official with the bike now. My companion is a good misisonary, hes real serious about the work and hes bold, and hes from england. Well, i could go on and on about this stuff, but what really matters and why im really here is for the people. Our ivestigators are incredible, we have 4 that are super close to taht life changing covenant. Antonella, who lives in Perugia, will be baptised into God's church on Saturday. She is golden, so ready for the gospel, she actually came to us, we didnt need to find her, and she know that the church is true. I've already had so many awesome experiences and i've only been here for one week, one of these experiences involved an apostle of God...

on Saturday, we got a call from the zone learders saying that Elder Ballard, Elder Rasband, and Bishop Etcheley would be coming to Rome for the day to work on something, fortunately, since im in the Rome Zone, i got to attend his council with the other 20 missionaries in my zone. He, along with elder Rasband, bishop etcheley and elder cose spoke to us and then later that night we heard from then again as they spoke to the members in rome, it was really cool!

The language surprisingly is descent, and i can understand quite a bit. I know the Lord will bless me as long as i work hard. There are a few things that helping my fulfill my purpose..

I'm forgetting myself, im loving the people, im being obedient, and im giving it my all..

I love the italians, i love my family, i love my God, in whom i boast and give all credit to in everything i do.

It is hot here, mama mia! But i love it! This is the life, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing someone you love receiving a testimony of their own that La Chiesa Di Gesù Cristo Dei Santi Degli Ultimi Giorni is true.

May God bless you,

Love Anziano Lane