Hey guys,

sorry, i didnt do email yesterday. I was up in Rome for another Zone Leader council.

Anyways, this week has been pretty good. last wednesday i broke a serious commandment.. i'll explain....
we went to teach a lesson becasue we had an appointment with an inactive lady. We got to her house and we saw that there was a party going on. Her daughter was turning 15 and there was no way we were going to be able to teach a lesson. So, we decided to leave and they offered us some cake, and we didnt reject that, so i started eating and i noticed that something wasn't right, then i thought, oh,crud its alcohol. Then Salvatore told us to eat only the top part, so, we did, but there was still acohol. So, that was it, we left, threw the cake away and it really wasnt a sin.

then later in teh week we contacted the guiy who did the blog of us and we met up with him and he told us that if we want sometime, we can go to teh radio station to talk about teh church, so that would be really cool, a good way to find. He said also that if we want, we can write up some things for him to read on the air. then on sunday, all of our active members went up to the temple and we did a lot of finding. We went to the rich side of Crotone, about 3 to5 miles south of Crotone, and we did a lot of work there, but, it was really tiring because we were on foot, but, it was good.
the members here in Crotone have strengthened my testimony. The temple is about 1000 miles away for them, all the way to switzerland, and it takes 24 hours by bus to get there, not to mention, the members here in Crotone are very poor, not many of them have work, they have their families they need to pay for, and they really dont have any money to spare at all. However, they know that the temple is the house of the Lord and they know that they need to go there, so they pay, until they have absolutely nothing, 0 euros left in their bank account to go to visit the temple. I think we can all learn from these Strong members here in Italy. Even when the Rome temple will be complete. it will take them about 6-8 hours to get to Rome, and for the members in sicily, much more, but, they sacrifice, and when we sacrifice, teh Lord blesses.

Then on Tuesday, me and Anziano Schwing went up to Rome for the Zone leader council and it was fun as always. President Kelly really stressed the importance of finding new investigators, becasue as a mission. It's something we're struggling with. And if you think about it, the more investigators you receive, the more baptisms we'll see. Then, yesterday, we came back to Crotone, it was really bad though, i had the worst migraine and i couldn't concentrate on anything and i was in so much pain.

But, thats okay, we're alive and were excited for the baptism on sunday. Margherita is doing awesome. She is really happy and excited for her baptism, and i'm extreemly excited that Anziano Ginolfi gets to baptize her, it's going to be sweet, and he's stoked too.

love you guys tons,
Anziano Lane