Hey everyone, this week went by quick and things are
rolling.
T.G. is all set to be baptized on Saturday and this week really has been just making sure everything will run smoothly with the program, clothing, and everything else. He is thoroughly excited and I'm just excited that I am still here to see him make this covenant with our Heavenly Father.
C., after a brief break has been getting back on track. We are focusing on setting meaningful spiritual goals, with ways to achieve them and dates to achieve them. When we want to grow, we have to push ourselves to reach our goals. If we want to grow our testimony and say we want to read the scriptures more, the best way to do it is through setting specific goals, such as reading 5 pages every day for a week, or by the 15th of November I want to have read all of the gospels and this is how I will do it. This has really reinvigorated him and he seems to be progressing a lot more.
We met a new guy through C. named P. He is a nice Italian man who loves Americans. We have talked to him before, but his interest really sparked when he met some missionaries in Spain who gave him a pass along card. He did some research because he knew us too, and now wants to know a lot more from us directly.
We did a blitz up in Varese to help their work grow, and we had a really nice discussion with a man at a beautiful park in the mountains. Things were just falling into place and we were like "this guy knows too much about our doctrine, he has to have met missionaries in the past" so we asked him. He replied with the answer of having been an exchange student in Utah, where he met a lot of members. We exchanged information with him and hope that he meets with the Varese Anziani. This just helped me realize our impact on others, especially our friends. People really watch what we do, they pay attention, and we can have the best influence on them if we live the gospel standards, if we live like our savior lived.
Today we decided to go to another country, Switzerland. There is a chunk of southern Switzerland in our mission and who would turn down the opportunity to go to Switzerland?! Let me just say Switzerland is a beautiful place. The weather wasn't the best today, but it was still awesome. Now I can say I've been to 4 countries in Europe, England (where our plane flew in), Italy, San Marino, and Switzerland. Now I just need to touch Austria, Slovenia, and France haha. Also side note, Swiss chocolate is the bomb!
Well, I just want to leave with a little thought on being an example. As I was saying before, other people watch what we do. There is a Mormon message titled "You Never Know" and it is about a mother who, after getting everything done on her to do list, was not able to see her cousin. Feeling depressed and saddened she felt like everything about the day was awful. She then looked at all she had done for others and realized that she had done many good things for others without thinking about it. My thought is that we all have so much to give to others. When we feel as if we are failures, do not get down on ourselves and just keep on doing good. We can help so many people, and hopefully are already being a help. When we give our time to help others we can never feel down or like we made a wrong choice. Charity is the pure love of Christ. As a missionary, I have truly learned that even when I don't find a new person to teach, I know I have been doing good and hopefully made a difference in someone's day.
I know this gospel is true. The gospel is simple, loving, and precious. We have all the counsel we need to return to our Heavenly Father, and He guides us in all we do.
Have a great week everyone!
Anziano Chase
Perché egli vive🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇸🇺🇸
T.G. is all set to be baptized on Saturday and this week really has been just making sure everything will run smoothly with the program, clothing, and everything else. He is thoroughly excited and I'm just excited that I am still here to see him make this covenant with our Heavenly Father.
C., after a brief break has been getting back on track. We are focusing on setting meaningful spiritual goals, with ways to achieve them and dates to achieve them. When we want to grow, we have to push ourselves to reach our goals. If we want to grow our testimony and say we want to read the scriptures more, the best way to do it is through setting specific goals, such as reading 5 pages every day for a week, or by the 15th of November I want to have read all of the gospels and this is how I will do it. This has really reinvigorated him and he seems to be progressing a lot more.
We met a new guy through C. named P. He is a nice Italian man who loves Americans. We have talked to him before, but his interest really sparked when he met some missionaries in Spain who gave him a pass along card. He did some research because he knew us too, and now wants to know a lot more from us directly.
We did a blitz up in Varese to help their work grow, and we had a really nice discussion with a man at a beautiful park in the mountains. Things were just falling into place and we were like "this guy knows too much about our doctrine, he has to have met missionaries in the past" so we asked him. He replied with the answer of having been an exchange student in Utah, where he met a lot of members. We exchanged information with him and hope that he meets with the Varese Anziani. This just helped me realize our impact on others, especially our friends. People really watch what we do, they pay attention, and we can have the best influence on them if we live the gospel standards, if we live like our savior lived.
The district singing together
Scenes from Varese
Today we decided to go to another country, Switzerland. There is a chunk of southern Switzerland in our mission and who would turn down the opportunity to go to Switzerland?! Let me just say Switzerland is a beautiful place. The weather wasn't the best today, but it was still awesome. Now I can say I've been to 4 countries in Europe, England (where our plane flew in), Italy, San Marino, and Switzerland. Now I just need to touch Austria, Slovenia, and France haha. Also side note, Swiss chocolate is the bomb!
Switzerland!
Well, I just want to leave with a little thought on being an example. As I was saying before, other people watch what we do. There is a Mormon message titled "You Never Know" and it is about a mother who, after getting everything done on her to do list, was not able to see her cousin. Feeling depressed and saddened she felt like everything about the day was awful. She then looked at all she had done for others and realized that she had done many good things for others without thinking about it. My thought is that we all have so much to give to others. When we feel as if we are failures, do not get down on ourselves and just keep on doing good. We can help so many people, and hopefully are already being a help. When we give our time to help others we can never feel down or like we made a wrong choice. Charity is the pure love of Christ. As a missionary, I have truly learned that even when I don't find a new person to teach, I know I have been doing good and hopefully made a difference in someone's day.
I know this gospel is true. The gospel is simple, loving, and precious. We have all the counsel we need to return to our Heavenly Father, and He guides us in all we do.
Have a great week everyone!
Anziano Chase
Perché egli vive🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇸🇺🇸
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