Ciao tutti, questa settimana ho avuto un cambiamento e con questo
cambiamento ho andato avanti con il lavoro. This week was my first week in Busto
Arsizio with Anziano Mortezazadeh. For being in his third transfer, he is
certainly on track to be a great missionary. I have extremely enjoyed my time
with him. So we got to Busto late Wednesday after leaving Pesaro, and we got
straight to work. We planned out what we wanted to do together and we made a
goal to make it happen. On Thursday we got my things situated, got our food for
the week, and went to work. We have a lot of new converts here, so we have been
working on teaching them the things they need to know to receive the melchezidek
priesthood. They really are a bunch of good people. They all were a span of
conversions, all helping the next person gain their testimony.
On Friday, we had an appointment with Wilson, an investigator from Kenya. We
had a great lesson with him on the priesthood, and then he had his interview for
baptism. He passed his interview so the next day we had his baptism. He is
just so full of the spirit. he really knows that God loves him and wants to do
all he can to serve him. We had a great baptism and he brought his family to
watch him get baptized. We really think this was a great example for his family
to follow. My companion was able to baptize him. It was pretty great because he is the same height as me, but Wilson is like a giant, so it was a
little funny to think a smaller person was going to baptize someone soooo tall.
It all went well, and he was confirmed the next day.
We saw the joy that Wilson had from his baptism and we really wanted
everyone we teach to have that same feeling. We hit the streets with an energy
of desire, and it really payed off. A couple of our set appointments fell
through during some days, but we never lost faith. We made a plan and knew we
would find someone else to teach. If anything went wrong, we knew we would find
something to make up for it. After an appointment fell through one afternoon we
had a perfect experience of how God never lets us down when we are working hard.
We met a woman named Kafiia, who was watching her daughter playing in the park.
We didn't know what we were feeling, but we knew we needed to talk to her. We
introduced ourselves, and she welcomed us to sit down and teach her about our
church. It was a great lesson, and she just wanted to know more and more. So we
gave the sister missionaries her number and they are now teaching her. At
first we were a little upset that we wouldn't be teaching her because there are
sister missionaries in our area, but we were glad she was being taught. Almost
coincidently, the sisters had a person for us to teach. God never let us
down.
For the pday fun of missionary work, we were able to visit Expo Milano today,
which was so cool. So expo has a whole bunch of countries that have pavilions
sharing a bit about their culture and how they are trying to make a better world
with conserving food and being innovative. We went through a ton of places, if
there was a country you wanted to see, more than likely it was there. We went
through too many to really say here. We met some Mormons that were working in
the United States pavilion, and we had American burgers with them. I made sure I
went through Chile for my dad and Colombia for my cousin. I tried to find the
Philippines but I couldn't find it. You can go through expo for a week and still
have not seen it all fully.
This week really made me appreciate planning. With buses and trains really
controlling our time, and having to balance appointments and what not, being
well planned really makes it easier for us to feel balanced with the day. We
knew when we left the house in the morning that we were sure of what we had
going on, and that we were not missing anything, because we planned the day out.
It also made it much easier for us to feel ok when something unexpected was
thrown our way, because we were always planning and always knew what we could
and couldn't do. I did not really ever have a minute to breath or lay down
during the week, but I never felt overwhelmed. I really know that planning, and
of course God helped us have a good week.
I would like to just end with a quick thought on some scriptures I
liked.
"...for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of
the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men" (2 Nephi
33:1) We are not the teachers, we are merely the voices, the walking
speaker. We need to know what we are teaching, but when we speak with the power
of the Holy Ghost, it does the rest. His power is infinite and he is the
converter.
"And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth
itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most
desirable above all things" (1 Nephi 11:22) Love is so important in
missionary work, and in the gospel. How can we share the gospel if we are not
excersizing the first law of the gospel, love. The gospel brings nothing but
love to the world, and the love of God is immeasurable.
I know this gospel to be true, I enjoy every minute that I spend sharing it
with others, it really molds me, and I see it changing other people's lives. It
really is founded on the fact that the Book of Mormon is true, and that we have
a living day prophet in Thomas s. Monson. I love it.
Have a great week everyone!
Anziano Chase
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