Pesaro - Week 45

Hey everyone,

This week was a little uneventful, but in 2 years of

work, there has to be those weeks every now and then. Work is going

really well with Darlington. He came to church and we had a great

Sunday school lesson on the atonement. A bunch of our less actives

were there and Darlington was able to hear a lot of great testimonies

on the atonement. We were also able to visit Mariano and Anna, our

grandparents in Pesaro. They always love talking about the plan of

salvation, and how we always need to look at the family we want to

have in the after life, because time here on earth is so short. It is

really hard for me to not see them want to be baptized, but they are

such great people.

Also a funny experience, we met a lady, who wasn't exactly all

together in the brain, she invited us to talk to her, and she kept

calling us beautiful young men and kept kissing my companions hand.

At my guess she was probably 80+ years old and when we would talk to

her only half of it would register to her. After she would register it,

she would immediately go back to telling us we were beautiful. We

walked away feeling very strange, but boy is it a funny memory.

We had a lot of appointments fall through this week so it was pretty

hard to stay motivated, but we have some good potential stuff set up this

week and are hoping for the best. I have been studying a lot about

studying, and I found some real good quotes. Spencer W. Kimball said,

“I find that when I get casual in my relationships with divinity and

when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is

speaking, that I am far, far away. If I immerse myself in the

scriptures the distance narrows and the spirituality returns. I find

myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart

and mind and strength, and loving them more, I find it easier to abide

their counsel." As a missionary I feel the joy of teaching people more

when I, myself, am learning with them. The spirit is a powerful

teacher. We have to let it abide in us always to receive the blessings

from it.

Jeffrey R. Holland: “Hold fast to what you already know and stand

strong until additional knowledge comes.” When we are studying, we

need to recognize that we can't let go of the knowledge we gained from

our past studies. We need to regurgitate our previous knowledge and have a strong assurity in what we know, and then when that new knowledge comes, it will just reinforce everything else also.

I hope you all have a great week, enjoy the sun, invite missionaries

over, and take a dog for a walk!!

Anziano Chase