Hello guys!
Wow, this week has been pretty crazy. It's been busy with traveling and conferences, and finding! Woo-hoo!
So this week we went to the mission tour in Roma on Friday. Elder Tixieria and his wife came to talk with us. They talked about finding, and faith, and repentance, and diligence in everything (especially in listening to the spirit).
As for the rest of the week, it was a little slower but we are working hard and we are slowly getting new investigators. We ended up dropping Francesco who wasn't willing to keep his commitments. But we were also able to make some new friendships and set the grounds for new investigators. It's a little sad and frustrating dropping people, but you know, I feel we did our part. I know that we were able to set another bap date with him because you were all praying for it but, at the end of the day, the decision was left up to him to follow what we asked him to do and he just wouldn't do it.
We were not able to see Pietro this week due to a dislocated knee. He was in physical therapy all week, but we saw him this morning and he is doing well. We taught the word of wisdom and he accepted it very well. He smokes, but he wants to stop and we were able to set a goal with him to stop smoking. He is looking forward to his baptism on the 18th of April, and so are we! We are role playing his lessons at home before we go over and it really does make a huge difference. I am a firm believer of role playing. I may not have been at the beginning of my mission, but I am now.
We also met an inactive member this week named Sergio. He seems to know that the Church is true, but he continues to break the commandments and then make excuses to why he is doing so. It's a little weird, but we are just focusing on helping him find the fire again in his life. I know it's there.
I really don't have much else to say... oh! Haha, there was a baptism this last week! Gianni Lucci, the other anziani's investigator, was baptized. It was a good baptism and the spirit was there. This week there is the baptism of an 8-year-old that we're helping out with. It is soo cool! I love to see baptisms happen! We're trying to get all the members pumped up for this work right now. It's slowly working.
Okay, now I don't know what to write. Haha, alright, well I love you guys! I wish I could tell you how much I love you! I wish I could give you a hug when you're feeling down, when you have a bad day, and when you're just tired. I can't help but imagine it's the same for our dear Father in Heaven... I know he loves us dearly.
Well, have a good week and a good day. Thanks for the e-mails! I'll talk to you soon :) Ciao!
Love always, Anziano Rigby
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