We have had some rough weather this week, rain, and wind, and its been really cold. A few things that i'm not really used to is getting soaken wet by cars purposely driving in huge puddles to get the missionaries and the teenagers swearing at us in english, but, before i act, i look down at my nameage and i see who i am and who i represent. I cant tell you how tough it is sometimes to just keep the cool, but if i didnt, i would be falling right into the death trap of the evil one. Then i look at the life of our Savior and his sacrifice. My sufferings cannot possibly compare to those that He took upon himself, suffering the pains of everyone. But, getting wet and yelled at is a part of the calling, so, i gotta learn to love it. Me and Anziano Packer have done a lot of tùwork this week and we unfortunately hit a bump in the road wiht 2 of our investigators, Anna and Caterina. Its amazing how much power Satan has, he does so much, and puts so many obsticles in the way of those who are about to make the greatest step in their lives. But its even more amazing how little power Satan has compared to God. With every baptism, Satan does try, but for those who put theri trust in God, he will lessen the burdens and help you overcome anything.. anything. So, sure, we've been slowed down a little bit, but, i have complete faith in the Lord that he will provide a way.

Well, not much out of the ordinary occured this week, we had out zone conference and i got to see Anziano Urry, my companion from the MTC and also the missionaries in the groups above and below me. The numbers for the mission in 2010 were 140 baptisms for the mission of Rome. Even though this number is an increase from the years past, President is all for improvement, and i have complete faith that as missionaries fo their part, we will reach our goal of 240 baptisms for the year of 2011. President also said that in July of this year, exactly a year from when he came to italy, only 30 percent of the missionaries that were in the mission then, will still be here. So a ton of new missionaries, and a group of 10 new missionaries is coming in this april, and 20 in may, so a lot of new ones. Greenie faith is the greatest, this mission is going to explode, and our mission vision, "Fill the Rome temple with Gods children", will be accompished. Well, im about out of time, ciao

Alright, im in the new city and life is moving forward. First off, when i told the members in Terni last week that i was moving to Foggia they were sad, not necessarily that i was leaving, but becasue Foggia is not a very pretty city. Then when i met my new companion, Anziano Packer from Ogden, i asked him if it really is like the members in Terni were saying, he said yes, he told me that italy had a survey of about 130 cities about cleanliness, climate, beauty, everything, and Foggia is 3rd to last, haha. Well, i got here and its incredible, i really love it, its a big city, way bigger than Terni and its great. Im really excited to serve here. Our appartment is right next to the church, yep, we have a church and a ward here in foggia, but its weird, because we dont have as many members as terni, and terni's only a branch. Anyways our members are great, i love them and our bishop is a tiny old man. hes really a stud when it comes to church business and missionary work. The work on the other hand is a little slow right now, only becuase Anziano Packers old companion had to go back home in the middle of last transfer and anziano packer had to go stay with the Bari missionaries, but, its going to change quickly. The work is going to get going fast. We have an investigator, her name is Anna and she has been coming to church for about 5 years, but is not baptised. Last week we went to her house and invited her to be baptised and she accepted. She said she wants to do it in the sea and we're really looking forward to it. She is an incredible lady. she is definitely and elect daughter of our heavenly father, she's about 50 something and her spirit is incredible. Me and my companion have talked about how we're going to work this transfer and far as what we're going to do. Somthing that i learned form Anziano Koozer is that as a missionary, you need to work smart, dont waste your time and energy doing things that arent very effective. You gotta work with the members! So, me and Anziano PAcker are going to do as much member work as possible. In Terni we saw a lot of sucess from it and its only going to continue here. But, we got a nice amount of refferals a few days ago and yesterday we went to the city of Bovino to contact them. Bovino is probably the most incredible city ive ever seen. Its one of italy's most beautiful midevil cities, so i've heard. Anyways, we went there and the people there were incredible as far as listening to our message, its a city that not many people go to and the population is only about 4000. But, we're going backnext week to do some teaching. But, im really excited to serve here in Foggia and im going to do as much as i can to fulfill my purpose, to invite souls to come unto christ...

Love you all,
Anziano Lane

Well, dad told me about a month ago when things here in Terni were not going to well, that things would turn around. That as long as you're doing your part that things will improve... well...This transfer we've seen some miracles, God just keeps showing his hand in this work. As of right now, we have 2 investigators that are going to be baptised in february, 2 that want to get baptised but dont have dates yet, and 2 that have agreed to the baptism. Wow, things couldnt be any better, then on saturday night, President Kelly gave me a call.... Im getting transferred. Its a city called Foggia, im really excited, obviously i wont be able to see these people get baptised, but, as long as they get baptised and stay srtong, thats all that matters. Anyways, Foggia, its pretty much the city that Padre Pio was doing his stuff in. So, from what ive heard, its going to be tough. But, one thing that i've focused on lately is that God doesnt call missionaries to cities that dont have people that are ready for the gospel. I know that God has called me to serve there at this time because there are people who are waiting and who are ready for the Restored gospel of Jesus Christ. So, im going to Foggia, and the ward there will grow.

Anyways, i had a pretty sweet week this week. We were able to go to Pescara, and hang out with the missionaries in our district there and we played football and rugby, man, rugby is an incredibly fun sport that night we chilled together and we ate some arrostaccini, the best food i've ever eaten, its like small pieces of meat on a stick, we (6 missionaries) ate 5 kilos of it.. Thenwe had district meeting on Thursday and went back to Terni. when we got to terni, we opened our door and a man was there working in our house. Hes a member from taranto and hes just gunna be fixing the house for a while and the worst part of it is he's living with us and he eats our food uses our toilet, haha, no im just kidding, hes a good guy. And then i got my transfer call to Foggia, im going to have a blast there and it will be incredible! Then we were able to fix some baptisimal dates and sunday i had to say my goobyes to the beautiful people in my branch here in Terni. Then monday we had a few more appoinmtments and it was awesome. We also saw a flyer for football (american) so koozer called the number (he being a huge football star in highschool, he actually had the opportunity to start in the all amerian footbal game before the superbow in highschool but it was on sunday, so he didnt play. He got a full-ride to ASU or ASwho and played there for a year, so a stud at the sport) Anyways, hwe called the number and the professional footbal team wanted us to show them how to play football. So for service today, we went out and showed them some drills and techniques. They're honetly horrible. Its an embarassement, professional italian football is terrible. So we went and they want us to play for there team but we cant bc were misisonaries and we're not allowed to tackle. It was fun, we got to wear the pads and helmet, but we didnt do any tackling, just kindve showed them how/what to do. (i wish i could've tackled some of those guys though... nah, i love them all, really good guys) And tonght i go to Rome and take my train in the morning to foggia and koozer picks up his greeny (maybe anziano nelson, dont know yet) Well, gotta go, love you all