So, i got some of the greatest news that just about killed me monday night, i was writing in my journal, when anziano urry called me from Foggia and told me that Pina did it, however, they didint fill the font up enough, so they had to the member who baptized her had to basiically make her face-plant into the water, and thats how she was baptized, insane. I am just stoked though. I was thinking the other day, and this girl took hundreds of prayers, 3 fasts, a blessing and me moving to crotone for her to get baptized, haha, no just kidding. Im really happy that we were able to find her the week before i left foggia, and then we set the baptisimal date with her, and she finally did it!!! It's incredible, when me and my boy anziano Gibson found her that one night we knew she was ready. We were so excited to teach her and to help her get ready for baptism, and the big obstacle of her mom and dad got in the way. I remember very distinctly when i spoke with her mom on the phone and we had a long talk about why she wouldnt allow Pina to be baptized. Long story short, she didnt have any reason, so she hung up on me. Before she hung up, i told her that we want Pina to be happy and that this church makes her happy and that we really love her.
Then, the week that we found Pina again, her mom had recently told her what i had told her on the phone that we loved her and we wanted her to be happy, and she told pina that she could do what she wanted, YESS!

definitely the most pain and struggles ive ever had to face with an investigator to help them get to that day of baptism.

other than that, time us flying and i cant beleive that ive been in italy for a year now.

Some really sad news though, i killed another companion. Anziano Pettry has been sick with migrains his entire mission and he couldnt take it anymore, so, he went home this week, my new companion is Anziano Packer's greenie, he's really new, but, he already knows the language because he lived here before the mission for a year, and, he's a good missionary. It will be good working with him. I'm tired of sending missionaries home though, it's sad.

also tonight, i get to go and interview an investigator in Catanzaro for baptism, so im really excited about that.

With our work here in Crotone, we set a baptisimal date with Godfrey and with one of our families, Salvatore told the father that if he prays for 3 days, then fasts and comes to church on fast sunday, he would receive his answer, and if not, he would never need to talk to us again. I liked the first part , but the second i didnt like to much, however, the experience went well i think, becasue he invited us over to see him tomorrow and we'll try to set a baptisimal date with him and his fam. Thats it for investigators, our branch is realy struggling and we have a ton of work to do with them, its a big problem here and we just gotta find to solution.

allright, thats it for this week, Love you guys,
Anziano Lane