Dead People - Week 61

This week felt super short, and it doesn't help that we have our pday one day earlier, but I'll try to wrap up some good stuff for you all. As the subject header says “dead people”, I will now address that. I had another elder come down to Busto with me for an exchange and we took a bus near our house to where we were planning on seeing one of our investigators. It was about 8 at night and pretty dark. We got off the bus and saw a cop car with it’s lights on about 15 meters from our house. The cops usually never do anything in Italy so we joke saying someone probably got shot. After a few minutes, our investigator still hadn't shown up so we called him. He told us he won't be coming because a man was shot nearby and he doesn't want to be outside. Being in shock, we started to walk by the car, because it is only about 50 meters from our apartment. As we looked to our left we saw a lifeless body on the floor. Only one meter away is a man in handcuffs. We saw a guy dead, shot by another person. It was quite shocking for us.

Now that that experience makes me want to always lock my windows and carry a gun with me, I'll talk a little about our investigators. T.G. is making good progress. He wants his life to always be in harmony with the gospel. He doesn't want a job or association with things that are against God’s commandments. It's really inspiring.

P. is doing well. We had the lovely opportunity to talk about language..... He learned his Italian from all the teenagers and sometimes he just lets words slip out... A lot.. So we talked about how reverence to the Lord is a big indicator to our faith and that when we are good examples to our friends in reverence and language, we show that we care more about God’s opinion than theirs. We also included how it is just a big help to others and how the example to others promotes good things in life.

W. is doing awesome he is just going through some hard times at home, but this man’s faith is like no other. He really has a testimony of the gospel of Christ and he follows it with all his heart. Although he is having to make a decision with the Lord, he has faith and hope that everything will be able to make him happy.

I've been thinking a lot lately about why things happen especially through the times with Wilson, and all my investigators and companions. God's plan is so perfect, that every single thing we go through was the ONLY way we could be the happiest. No other way would allow us to receive that true happiness from the Lord. Every struggle, every blessing, and every decision will be for us to be the happiest possible. When we are down we can know that God is helping us grow so we can be truly happy.

I've also been thinking about personal revelation and it really comes down to three key points: we need to pray and have the desire to receive help, we need to seek, search and do the physical study for an answer,  and we need to ask and we need to accept the revelation we are looking for.

I hope you all have a great week. Keep on going strong and having fun and sitting in the sun!

Anziano Chase

Perché egli vive🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇸🇺🇸

A Vegan meal

The Ward Mission Leader

At the Rho Fiera Expo there is a little wall at the entrance where we could flip the colors, so we decided to advertise a little. We thought we were brilliant!

Taking a selfie with his Ipad in it's new cover