3 months ago when i got to Foggia, i met Paquale and Angela D'Antonio, a beautiful, recently married couple who had been coming to church for the previous 2 months but had no misisonary contact (dont ask me why). Then we started meeting with them and their baby Federica, who is 18 months old. For Pasquale and Angela, Federica is a miracle beacuse before this baby, they had 4 miscarriages and Federica was almost the fifth as she was born early and had some difficulties, but, the Lord showed his hand to them and now she is very healthy and awesome. Anyways, we starting teaching them and things weren't going very well, so, we had a make it or break it lesson with them and we asked them what they really want, and we told them what this church has to offer, one thing we mentioned was the Temple, and that they as a family could be cealed in the Temple forever. This was the thing that really hit them hard, especially with the babies they've lost in the past, and they agreed to be baptized. They made incredible progresion up until the night before their baptism and then they hit a bump in the road. They had a problem with tithing. The problem wasn't that they didnt agree with it, it was that they didnt think they could pay it, and they make very little money and they wanted to be secure with the baby. So, they said no, at least for a few years. So, we were pretty distought. Not discouraged, but disappointed. I remember i prayed so hard that God would provide another miracle, maybe help them feel the absence of the gospel in their lives. 2 days later, a miracle. Bishop came up to use crying, he said that Pasquale and Angela want to be baptized, they received a testimony of the tithing. It turns out that the day of their sceduled baptism, Pasquale only worked half-day becuase he was supposed to be baptized, and as he was leaving work, his boss paid him, but, he paid him more than normal, for the other half day that he didnt work. And Pasquale told his boss that there was too much money, but his boss said, just keep it. So, Pasquale and Angela got their testimony of tithing and that night we went to see them and we set a new baptisimal date for the week after conference. They came to conference and felt the spirit and the reality of a living prophet, and the following saturday, this past saturday, they were baptized into the true church of Jesus Christ, La Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei Santi degli Ultimi Giorni. Mo, sono membri della chiesa, restaurata, di Gesù Cristo. Now, they are members of the restored chruch of Jesus Christ, and they are receiveing many blessings already.

Well, this work is incredible. I love it, there's nothing more satisfying than seeing a lost child of God returning to their Father, or in this case, a family returning to their Father in Heaven.

I better get going, we have to renew anziano Packer's residency papers for italy. Love you guys