There is no letter that I could add to the blog this week, We have all had a tuff week and a half, Landon lost his Uncle on the 18th of February, he is having a difficult time, but he has Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and know everything will be ok.
Thanks you all for your prayer Caterina did get baptized.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Hey guys, i just have a little bit of time to talk about my week, not much happened, we had stake conference in Bari this weekend and it was great, Caterina came and she had a good time, then on monday i started my exchange or split with a new missionary in Bitonto, we got a lot of good work done in that tiny city, it was really fun. It was cool being the older companion too. I havent really had the chance to be senior yet becuase im still only in my 4th tranthe first is a store i saw that i thought anika would like, 2 is hot chocolate, or at least thats what the italians call it, its like hot chocolate pudding 3 is a funny dressed woman in Foggia. I really liked the shoes
sfer, but, it was fun, meanwhile, Anziano PAcker and our DL went to Foggia to do the interview with Caterina, and good news, she passed! We're really excited for her and for her baptism.We also had a huge problem in our apartment this week. Starting Friday morning our hot water heater died, and our heaters and obviously the hot water are heated by this machine and since it didn't work, we had problems. So, Friday, I didnt want to take a cold shower, so it boiled 4 big pots of water on our stove, put them in the bath tub and that didnt work out at all. Then on Saturday, i had to take a cold shower and it was oone of the worst experiences of my life... Its not only that it was cold, it was freezing, bc the water pipes are riunning outside and it was freezing outsidethe first is a store i saw that i thought anika would like, 2 is hot chocolate, or at least thats what the italians call it, its like hot chocolate pudding 3 is a funny dressed woman in Foggia. I really liked the shoes
, hence freezing cold water. Sunday i didnt wat to take a cold shower and monday same story, so i took oone in Bitonto and yesterday, someone came to fix out water heater. Well, that was pretty much the week. Its been good and this saturday is the baptism of Caterina, and we're praying that all goes well. I better get going, please pray for Caterina, she needs it, and thanks . Love you guys
Anziano Lane
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
alrighty, i had a pretty good week, and i just want to share a quick experiece about what happened about one of our investigators that really has changed my life...
Okay, this Lady, Caterina, the girlfriend of a 20 year less active guy, has been a great investigator since my first week in Foggia. Well, she agreed to baptism and this week on Saturday we had an appointment with her in Manfredonia, where she lives. Well, we met with them and we had a great lesson and we talked about the sacrament a little bit and the majority of it was on the plan of Salvation. Anyways, we set a baptismal date with her at the end of the appointment and she accepted the 19th of Febuary. So, we were really excited. then at about 2:00, we started our fast and our bishop called us and asked if we could call all of the active members and ask them if they could do a special fast for missionary work and for this lady Caterina specifically, so we did. Then, the next morning, we got to church at 8:45 to get ready and bishop Paoletti took us into his office and gave us some horrible news, about this lady, Caterina. Apparantly after we left the appointment with her on Saturday, Satan got to her big time, and on the mission, Satan really tries to get in the way, and he does a really good job of it. So, bishop told us that Caterina called him yesterday and said that she doesnt understand why we have bread and water instead of bread and wine and a few other things. Ultimately, he told us that he beleived that Caterina was not going to get involved any further with the church, hence, no baptism. He also said that Satan has a great power in Foggia, and he's really done an incredibly well in the past with Padre Pio and even with the church, our church... Needless to say, i was bumbed right out of my mind and for one, i couldnt beleive that he was already saying that she was never going to come back. But, there was nothing that we could do, just pray, and during church, thats what i did and i kept thinking to myself that we had the entire ward (about 50 members) fasting for this lady and how powerful a fast really could be, and that God really does answer prayers, but, sacrament started, and they still hadnt shown up. (we were also expecting 4 other investigators to come, so we were really upset) Then at about 11:25, 3 of the 4 investigators who we were expecting, showed up and sat next to us, then at about 11:30, a miracle happened... a miracle.. Luca came walking into sacrament meeting, and following him was Caterina, I cannot begin to tell anyone how i was feeling, so, i got up and bore my testimony about fasting and the bishop followed me and gave an incredibkle testimony. After the meeting, we went up to Luca and Caternia and i said a few words to her, i dont even remember what i said, but, she started crying and she felt like she was in the right place. She went to talk to bishop and said some things to him and after, he told us what she said. She said that she want planning on coming to church this morning, but something, someone told her that she needed to come....
Myself personally, i've not really ever had a great strong testimony on fasting, i have just dont it becuase God has asked me to, but on Sunday, that really changed. I saw a miracle, and God truly made himself manifest in my life.
Also, another quick experience, that guy who has been studying the church for 2 years, we saw him the other day and he's incredible!!! he knows everything and he wants to be baptized and start a branch in his city, Bonzi. My testimony has strengthened with this guy as well, that God is prepering his children here in Italy and all over the world, there are people here who are ready. Any unfortunately, he lives about 2 hours away, and he doesnt have a car, only his dad does, he's 26 years old, and he cant get to church, or at least until he finished school, which would be in June or July, but, we'll see what we can do.
well, talk about one of the greatest weeks of my life.
Today, im in Bari, hanging out with my district, we're gunna go check out some sites and the go ball it up, unfortunately we're going to play easy becuase we have sisters. but, it should be okay, we're in 8, the Bitonto missionaries couldnt make it. Well, have it good, i love you so much, Anziano Lane
Okay, this Lady, Caterina, the girlfriend of a 20 year less active guy, has been a great investigator since my first week in Foggia. Well, she agreed to baptism and this week on Saturday we had an appointment with her in Manfredonia, where she lives. Well, we met with them and we had a great lesson and we talked about the sacrament a little bit and the majority of it was on the plan of Salvation. Anyways, we set a baptismal date with her at the end of the appointment and she accepted the 19th of Febuary. So, we were really excited. then at about 2:00, we started our fast and our bishop called us and asked if we could call all of the active members and ask them if they could do a special fast for missionary work and for this lady Caterina specifically, so we did. Then, the next morning, we got to church at 8:45 to get ready and bishop Paoletti took us into his office and gave us some horrible news, about this lady, Caterina. Apparantly after we left the appointment with her on Saturday, Satan got to her big time, and on the mission, Satan really tries to get in the way, and he does a really good job of it. So, bishop told us that Caterina called him yesterday and said that she doesnt understand why we have bread and water instead of bread and wine and a few other things. Ultimately, he told us that he beleived that Caterina was not going to get involved any further with the church, hence, no baptism. He also said that Satan has a great power in Foggia, and he's really done an incredibly well in the past with Padre Pio and even with the church, our church... Needless to say, i was bumbed right out of my mind and for one, i couldnt beleive that he was already saying that she was never going to come back. But, there was nothing that we could do, just pray, and during church, thats what i did and i kept thinking to myself that we had the entire ward (about 50 members) fasting for this lady and how powerful a fast really could be, and that God really does answer prayers, but, sacrament started, and they still hadnt shown up. (we were also expecting 4 other investigators to come, so we were really upset) Then at about 11:25, 3 of the 4 investigators who we were expecting, showed up and sat next to us, then at about 11:30, a miracle happened... a miracle.. Luca came walking into sacrament meeting, and following him was Caterina, I cannot begin to tell anyone how i was feeling, so, i got up and bore my testimony about fasting and the bishop followed me and gave an incredibkle testimony. After the meeting, we went up to Luca and Caternia and i said a few words to her, i dont even remember what i said, but, she started crying and she felt like she was in the right place. She went to talk to bishop and said some things to him and after, he told us what she said. She said that she want planning on coming to church this morning, but something, someone told her that she needed to come....
Myself personally, i've not really ever had a great strong testimony on fasting, i have just dont it becuase God has asked me to, but on Sunday, that really changed. I saw a miracle, and God truly made himself manifest in my life.
Also, another quick experience, that guy who has been studying the church for 2 years, we saw him the other day and he's incredible!!! he knows everything and he wants to be baptized and start a branch in his city, Bonzi. My testimony has strengthened with this guy as well, that God is prepering his children here in Italy and all over the world, there are people here who are ready. Any unfortunately, he lives about 2 hours away, and he doesnt have a car, only his dad does, he's 26 years old, and he cant get to church, or at least until he finished school, which would be in June or July, but, we'll see what we can do.
well, talk about one of the greatest weeks of my life.
Today, im in Bari, hanging out with my district, we're gunna go check out some sites and the go ball it up, unfortunately we're going to play easy becuase we have sisters. but, it should be okay, we're in 8, the Bitonto missionaries couldnt make it. Well, have it good, i love you so much, Anziano Lane
alrighty, i had a pretty good week, and i just want to share a quick experiece about what happened about one of our investigators that really has changed my life...
Okay, this Lady, Caterina, the girlfriend of a 20 year less active guy, has been a great investigator since my first week in Foggia. Well, she agreed to baptism and this week on Saturday we had an appointment with her in Manfredonia, where she lives. Well, we met with them and we had a great lesson and we talked about the sacrament a little bit and the majority of it was on the plan of Salvation. Anyways, we set a baptismal date with her at the end of the appointment and she accepted the 19th of Febuary. So, we were really excited. then at about 2:00, we started our fast and our bishop called us and asked if we could call all of the active members and ask them if they could do a special fast for missionary work and for this lady Caterina specifically, so we did. Then, the next morning, we got to church at 8:45 to get ready and bishop Paoletti took us into his office and gave us some horrible news, about this lady, Caterina. Apparantly after we left the appointment with her on Saturday, Satan got to her big time, and on the mission, Satan really tries to get in the way, and he does a really good job of it. So, bishop told us that Caterina called him yesterday and said that she doesnt understand why we have bread and water instead of bread and wine and a few other things. Ultimately, he told us that he beleived that Caterina was not going to get involved any further with the church, hence, no baptism. He also said that Satan has a great power in Foggia, and he's really done an incredibly well in the past with Padre Pio and even with the church, our church... Needless to say, i was bumbed right out of my mind and for one, i couldnt beleive that he was already saying that she was never going to come back. But, there was nothing that we could do, just pray, and during church, thats what i did and i kept thinking to myself that we had the entire ward (about 50 members) fasting for this lady and how powerful a fast really could be, and that God really does answer prayers, but, sacrament started, and they still hadnt shown up. (we were also expecting 4 other investigators to come, so we were really upset) Then at about 11:25, 3 of the 4 investigators who we were expecting, showed up and sat next to us, then at about 11:30, a miracle happened... a miracle.. Luca came walking into sacrament meeting, and following him was Caterina, I cannot begin to tell anyone how i was feeling, so, i got up and bore my testimony about fasting and the bishop followed me and gave an incredibkle testimony. After the meeting, we went up to Luca and Caternia and i said a few words to her, i dont even remember what i said, but, she started crying and she felt like she was in the right place. She went to talk to bishop and said some things to him and after, he told us what she said. She said that she want planning on coming to church this morning, but something, someone told her that she needed to come....
Myself personally, i've not really ever had a great strong testimony on fasting, i have just dont it becuase God has asked me to, but on Sunday, that really changed. I saw a miracle, and God truly made himself manifest in my life.
Also, another quick experience, that guy who has been studying the church for 2 years, we saw him the other day and he's incredible!!! he knows everything and he wants to be baptized and start a branch in his city, Bonzi. My testimony has strengthened with this guy as well, that God is prepering his children here in Italy and all over the world, there are people here who are ready. Any unfortunately, he lives about 2 hours away, and he doesnt have a car, only his dad does, he's 26 years old, and he cant get to church, or at least until he finished school, which would be in June or July, but, we'll see what we can do.
well, talk about one of the greatest weeks of my life.
Today, im in Bari, hanging out with my district, we're gunna go check out some sites and the go ball it up, unfortunately we're going to play easy becuase we have sisters. but, it should be okay, we're in 8, the Bitonto missionaries couldnt make it. Well, have it good, i love you so much, Anziano Lane
Okay, this Lady, Caterina, the girlfriend of a 20 year less active guy, has been a great investigator since my first week in Foggia. Well, she agreed to baptism and this week on Saturday we had an appointment with her in Manfredonia, where she lives. Well, we met with them and we had a great lesson and we talked about the sacrament a little bit and the majority of it was on the plan of Salvation. Anyways, we set a baptismal date with her at the end of the appointment and she accepted the 19th of Febuary. So, we were really excited. then at about 2:00, we started our fast and our bishop called us and asked if we could call all of the active members and ask them if they could do a special fast for missionary work and for this lady Caterina specifically, so we did. Then, the next morning, we got to church at 8:45 to get ready and bishop Paoletti took us into his office and gave us some horrible news, about this lady, Caterina. Apparantly after we left the appointment with her on Saturday, Satan got to her big time, and on the mission, Satan really tries to get in the way, and he does a really good job of it. So, bishop told us that Caterina called him yesterday and said that she doesnt understand why we have bread and water instead of bread and wine and a few other things. Ultimately, he told us that he beleived that Caterina was not going to get involved any further with the church, hence, no baptism. He also said that Satan has a great power in Foggia, and he's really done an incredibly well in the past with Padre Pio and even with the church, our church... Needless to say, i was bumbed right out of my mind and for one, i couldnt beleive that he was already saying that she was never going to come back. But, there was nothing that we could do, just pray, and during church, thats what i did and i kept thinking to myself that we had the entire ward (about 50 members) fasting for this lady and how powerful a fast really could be, and that God really does answer prayers, but, sacrament started, and they still hadnt shown up. (we were also expecting 4 other investigators to come, so we were really upset) Then at about 11:25, 3 of the 4 investigators who we were expecting, showed up and sat next to us, then at about 11:30, a miracle happened... a miracle.. Luca came walking into sacrament meeting, and following him was Caterina, I cannot begin to tell anyone how i was feeling, so, i got up and bore my testimony about fasting and the bishop followed me and gave an incredibkle testimony. After the meeting, we went up to Luca and Caternia and i said a few words to her, i dont even remember what i said, but, she started crying and she felt like she was in the right place. She went to talk to bishop and said some things to him and after, he told us what she said. She said that she want planning on coming to church this morning, but something, someone told her that she needed to come....
Myself personally, i've not really ever had a great strong testimony on fasting, i have just dont it becuase God has asked me to, but on Sunday, that really changed. I saw a miracle, and God truly made himself manifest in my life.
Also, another quick experience, that guy who has been studying the church for 2 years, we saw him the other day and he's incredible!!! he knows everything and he wants to be baptized and start a branch in his city, Bonzi. My testimony has strengthened with this guy as well, that God is prepering his children here in Italy and all over the world, there are people here who are ready. Any unfortunately, he lives about 2 hours away, and he doesnt have a car, only his dad does, he's 26 years old, and he cant get to church, or at least until he finished school, which would be in June or July, but, we'll see what we can do.
well, talk about one of the greatest weeks of my life.
Today, im in Bari, hanging out with my district, we're gunna go check out some sites and the go ball it up, unfortunately we're going to play easy becuase we have sisters. but, it should be okay, we're in 8, the Bitonto missionaries couldnt make it. Well, have it good, i love you so much, Anziano Lane
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Last week we got some pretty rough news, one of our investigators told us that she needs some time and that she'll get baptized in her own time and another had a huge financial problem with her boyfriend, and the boyfriend (who is less active) told us that they need time to set some things straight and then in the future we could work some thing out maybe. So, our 2 most progressing investigators i guess you could say, dropped us. So for the past week we've been doing finding work pretty much all day and its really taken a toll, but, God wont guide us if we're not walking and he wont fill our mouths if we're not talking, so we've gotta give it our all, then he'll bless us, and up until monday night we hadn't seen much sucess, but monday night we got a call from the elders in Battipaglia (napoli) and they told us that we had a referral for aguy that has been investigating the church for 2 years, he has a friend in Mailan sho is a member and he's been asking hime questions about the church for a few years and he's read almost the entire book of mormon and he sent the missionaries in battipaglia a letter a few days ago that said he wanted to see them, unfortunately he lives in between 4 areas of the area we're serving in, so the concern was, who is going to teach this guy. Fortunately, he is closest to Foggia and its most convenient for him to come to church here. We are going to a city called Melfi, where he works, tomorrow to talk with him. So, im not sure whats going to happen, but, im really optimistic and excited. Then last night we got a text message from the boyfriend of our investigator who had those huge financial problems, and he told us that our bishop went and visited with them and they we're able to discuss some things, and the text message that he sent us said that they want to meet with us again. Wow, me and Anziano Packer were so excited, its awesome! So, we're just going to do as much as we can and let God's will be done. We actually have a lunch appointment with our bishop and his wife in a few minutes so i gotta go, ma, buona settimana, e vi voglio un sacco bene, ciao.
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