Hey guys,
this past week was really good. At the moment, nothing is really coming to mind except for the baptism. Its was awesome. Sunday morning, we had church and then we went to sister Zarfino's house for lunch, then at 3 we went to church to start the baptismal service. It was really good, salvatore gave a good talk and then i got to talk on the Holy Ghost and finally at about 4, we headed to a place called Capo Collona, where an ancient tample was built before Christ and due to a huge earthquake, it all been destroyed except for 1 collumn that stayed up (btw, Crotone is older than rome). Anyways, the weather was terrible, it was cold and the winds were outrageous, we got there and when we got out of the car and went down to the water, to a really nice spot that Stefania picked a few days before. then we took some picks and we went into the water. It was cold, but the water actually wasn't really cold, at least it wasn't like california water, and we went about 20 yards out and Salvatore baptized Stefania, it was hilarious, as he put her down in the water, he didnt get her all teh way down, but luckily, and big wave came and took him out, so not only Stefania, but also Salvatore got baptized. It was really funny. (And the wave wasnt even big). Then i got to baptize little Antonio, he is a stud, he knows so much about the church for an 11 year old, and he's actually wanted to get baptized for 5 years, but, he waited for his mom.

Everyone thought that we would get pneumonia, but, were good, however, Stefania and Antonio got sick, but they're good now. We went and saw them yesterday and we brought them cinnamon rolls and brownies.

Stefania's mom is probably the strongest member that we have here in Crotone. She's great and she has a great knowledge of the church.

We also started working with Stefania's oldest of her 5 kids this past week, he's 25, and hes a good kid, he's started reading the book of mormon too. But, that's about it. It was a really good baptism and i was super excited to see one here in Crotone, and also the members, the'r faith is really growing and even though we're not many here, in this small little city, there's a lot of faith, and i feel like this city will continue to grow and be blessed. October the 9th has been a great day for me in the mission. Becasue exactly 1 year ago from sunday, my isaak and Margherita were baptized in Terni.

the Lord has shown his hand here and my testimony has grown. The Lord has prepared people all over the world to accept this, His gospel. Crotone i think is proof of this. It's a real tough city, and we just saw 2 of God's wonderful children take that first step that opens the gate to an eternity of blessings

love you guys,
Anziano Lane



Anziano Landon Lane wrote about the pictures:

wow, what an incredible day, it was sweet!! the weather was horrible, but, they wanted to get baptised in the sea, and it was a good one. my tie knot is really bad in the last pic..
well, love you guys!