todays email was the best i've ever gotten. I got a letter from my older brother and he told me something that i've been waiting to hear for a really long time... Marcus is going on a mission!! This is the most incredible decision that he has ever made. He is going to be blessed so much and he's gunna see incredible miracles and lives changed forever. Anyways, im extreemly excited for him....

This wek was pretty cool. first before i forget, i think i'll call home on christmas at about 8 or 9 in the morning your time, about 5 or 6 my time. But yeah, this week was cool. we got 33 refferals this week, it was awesome. Also on Thursday, we had a zone conference with Elder Causse (french) from the 70 and also Elder Donaldson (from wales) and Elder Gessati (italian). It was really cool, i learned so much stuff and it was a really awesome experience. there were 60 missionaries there from the napoli, sardegna, and rome zones. It was packed in the church. But in the middle of the conference, Elder Causse told us to get w our companions and pretend that you're in a park and you see a family together and you go and stop them, so we thought about it and me and anz koozer couldnt really think of anything to say. So, our 2 minutes of thinking was up and Elder Cause said, who want to come up? No one wanted to do it, so, my odds, he picked us... Man, i was so nervous, up in front of all these missionaries and these general atùuthorities, and our mission president. Elder Cause told us to pretend that hew was the family and we needed to try to get a return appointment, so we did it and it went fine, it was pretty good. Then after we talked about what we did that was good and what we coul've done different... So,we were up standing with him for and HOUR talking about this and 4 main things you do when you find.. break the ice, teach a principle, ask a question, then testify. So, he did a quick little demonstation with us and he, this time, acted like the missionary, and wow, it was powerful, a general authority just made it look so easy and simple, and the spirit was everywhere. Then, i thought we were done and we could go sit down after he finished, but he said, okay, your turn again.. do what i did. So we did it and it was really cool. Honestly it was one of the coolest experiences i've had on the mission. It was really like a 1 on1 training with this member of the 70, it was really cool. So, i enjoyed our conference, then onmonday we had our district meeting and Anz koozer brought his worm cheese with him to give to the other misisonaries. (you can only buy it in sardegna, where he just came from, and its illegal becasue if someone has an ulser and they eat it, they will die) Okay, so after District meeting we went back to the apartment in L'aquila, and opened the bag, it was a whole wheel of thew cheese, and i thought that the worms were supposed to be dead, but man i was wrong.. there were like 2000 tiny worms on and in the cheese and they jump and it was crazy. Well, mom doesnt like worms, so, i have to end the story there, but, with 6 missionaries, you can only imagine what went down. FYI, im never going to do it again. Then we did our splits with the DL here in Terni and yesterday was a holiday here in italy, St Lucia, it was really cool because sweden celebrates it too.

As far as the work is concerned, we're moving forward, we have a few investigators that have agreed to baptism so its sweet, unfortunatewly, i most likely wont see them becasue i think im getting transfered this next transfer, but, its all good, as long as they get baptised, thats all that matters. Godstime got sent back to Nigeria so he's not getting baptised and im really upset about that, but, im sure he'll find the gospel iin nigeria. Well, thats about it..

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