Week Somethin'

Hey everybody!

I hope everything is good with you guys!

So this week I don't really have a lot of time because we went on a really cool hike to this lake called Lago Di Carrezza.  It was super duper pretty.  I didn't take any pictures

Hows Flubba doing?

This week we did some trainings with the zone and they went really well.  That's right, Imma zone leader.  We set a fun zone goal where we play a card game called bang as an entire zone.  The way you get cards is you do certain things during the week like lessons with members/investigators or also obbedience stuff.  Then we do a zoom call like twice a week to play a couple rounds together.  It's been fun so far.

Other than that we were able to find a couple new people to teach this week which is good.  We do a lot of find over Facebook by posting things in Facebook groups to advertise who we are and what we do.  We've been able to start a lot of conversations!  Some positive some negative reactions.  I've noticed that people have a lot less filter with what they say over social media.  But elder Holland said that when we are rejected we are standing shoulder to shoulder with the best life that this world has ever known.  We're trying our best to follow our savior Jesus Christ and I feel closer to Him than ever.  

I am really greatful for these last four weeks I have.  I'm gonna work really hard and sprint to the finish.  And then the last week I've decided I'm gonna get really trunky

But yeah I heard this week that we are not going to be able to go to rome.  Real sad about that.

But I gotta go so here's a pic

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Day 672

Day 672!  

I'm mixing things up today.

Alrighty, so this week was crazy.  The biggest news is that transfers happened and so I said goodbye to Anziano Kunzli.  That was sad.  He was a good friend.  We were together for 3 transfers and so technically we are eternal companions.  We had good times together and did good work.  I will miss him.  

Anziano Svoboda came today and he's great.  He's a sergeant in the Swiss army and was a trainer for the snipers.  He could kill me if he wanted too.  In fact he will kill me at the end of this transfer.  But I am super excited for this next transfer with him.  It will be an adventure for sure because neither of us know how to be zone leaders!  It'll be fun though.  Basically I can do whatever I want cuz "I am the captain now."  

If you guys have any advice for me, I would be grateful, but I would politely decline because I've got this I don't need help.  I'm kiiiiding

Anyways I really really really really hope that Flubba sticks it out at least until the end of july.  No being too rough with her and no poking her one big round okay?  

ALSO Anziano Gardner and Sorella Cooper left the district which is really sad!  That district was so fun we got really close over the 3 transfers we spent together.  BUT Sorella Cooper was replaced by Sorella Torres, I don't know her, she's Italian, BUT Anziano Gardner was replaced but the one, the only, the man, the myth, the legend, my firstborn in the wilderness, Anziano WARD!!!! I was so so happy to see that he was coming to be in this district.  AND he is gonna be district leader!  He's gonna do great and love it up here.

Anyways that's about it for this week

stayoutfromwayfromroundemboys Audrey and Eliza.

Love you guys tons

Anziano Tagg

This is Macillia, pray for her big time guys!  I feel she is close to baptism but she needs to take a leap.  It would help her so so much to have the gift of the holy host in her life.

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Oh How Lovely Was the Morning

Oh, how lovely was the morning!
Radiant beamed the sun above.
Bees were humming, sweet birds singing,
Music ringing thru the grove,
When within the shady woodland
Joseph sought the God of love,
When within the shady woodland
Joseph sought the God of love.

Humbly kneeling, sweet appealing—
'Twas the boy's first uttered prayer—
When the pow'rs of sin assailing
Filled his soul with deep despair;
But undaunted, still he trusted
In his Heav'nly Father's care,
But undaunted, still he trusted
In his Heav'nly Father's care.

Suddenly a light descended,
Brighter far than noonday sun,
And a shining, glorious pillar
O'er him fell, around him shone,
While appeared two heav'nly beings,
God the Father and the Son,
While appeared two heav'nly beings,
God the Father and the Son.

"Joseph, this is my Beloved;
Hear him!" Oh, how sweet the word!
Joseph's humble prayer was answered,
And he listened to the Lord.
Oh, what rapture filled his bosom,
For he saw the living God,
Oh, what rapture filled his bosom,
For he saw the living God.

Week 80/81?

Hey all!  

Alrighty it's been another week.  I guess 2 weeks actually since I last wrote.  

This week was really good.  We have been really busy even just from our apartments which is super coo.  It was full of happiness this week.  The week before was a little rough but this week was really good.  I mean not everything was all peachy... we have problems with our car and we've tried to fix it like 3 times but it no worky.  Then we called a mechanic and he just didn't show up.  We called him a second time and he didn't show up a second day in a row.  Customer service in Italy is the worst.  We really need to fik it because we need it for the baptism on Saturday.  BUT overall things are good and we were able to deal with everything.

Oh yeah and V is all ready to go for saturday!  She had her baptismal interview on Monday and she got a C+ so that's passing ....  Jk, she did great.  She's really awesome and she's gonna be a great strength to the branch.  Plus she has a son so it's like we're getting a 2 for 1!  We're really excited for her.  We have had to work out some complications with the whole ceremony like how many people can be there and the procedures for disinfecting everything before and after.  Also an usher needs to stand at the door to take everyone's temperature before they come in.  And then everyone has to pee in a cup.  

I'm kiiiiiiding but they actually do have to take temperatures.  It reminds me of that scene in I Am Legend when all the guards are letting people through but only if they pass the little eye scan thingy and then when people don't pass it they're all like "no let me through I'm clean!  Scan me again"  and then it creates a panic and the people storm the gate and try to get on the helicopter but it's too heavy to take off and it ends up crashing and exploding.  So that's basically where we're at right now.

But anyways I hope things at home are good.  Are restrictions lightening up yet?  

So I guess I should finish this email.  A lot has happened between the last paragraph and this one.  We went on a short hike that was actually really fun and then we got home and we were wippin' up some pizza when Anziano Gardner and Anziano Fry just walked in our apartment ! Apparently, president called and gave them permission to come up from Bolzano and hang out with us haha.  I was shook.  But yeah they just came in here and munched on our pizza and we hung out with them for the day.  It was so fun.  Definitely the best P-day for a while.  We were banging (playing a card game called bang) when the Sorelle in Trento called and we had to all be quiet to not blow our cover. But they found out that we were hanging out without them haha.

Anyways that's why I haven't had a lot of time to write or call.  But I love you guys a lot and a lot and I miss you tons.  I can't believe that I only have like 2 months left 

Anziano Tagg

Week 79

Hey Hey Hey!

Wassthup guysth?  I wanna asthk you guysth a questhion.  What do you think of listhpsth?  I hate them.  Honesthly sthpeach inpedimentsth in general are justh horrendousth.

Okay anyways this week has been a good one.  I wanna wish you a happy Mother's day again!  It was good to be able to talk with you Mom and I just wanna say thank you for everything that you have done for me.  I didn't say it enough growing up.  Probably because I was always too busy being nagged all the time.  I'm kiiiiiiidiing I love you a lot and a lot.

Things here are looking up.  we have been able to do a lot of good work.  We found two new people to teach.  One is a friend of an old simp.  His name is E... and he picked up the phone when we were trying to call H...  We said "hey is this H...?"  and he said "No" "oh then who is this?" "E..." "ok well we have a message for you E... can we share it with you?" "yeah sure"

E così via.  We have been able to teach him a couple of times.  He's a cool guy!  The second new peep is the cousin of some members.  We were able to teach them all together and it was a really really good lesson the spirit was there.  I love love love teaching the Gospel .  Every time it is such an amazing experience.  It's almost as if it's true.

Also this week V... committed to be baptized on the 30th of May and we are super di duper excited for her.  We love her a lot and we haven't even met her in person.  She's continuing to learn and grow and were happy about that.  I think she understands about Hill Cumora now.

Also things have been lightening up restriction wise which is good.  They are still taking it slow and not letting up all the way.  But it's progress.

Well that's this week.  What'sup with y'all?  I hope school and work is all going well.  I'm thinking more and more about coming home and starting work and classes and yucky grownup stuff.  What I'm really excited for is to play with my stuffed animals and bideodames and have playdates.  But I still have two more months and I'm grateful for that.  I don't want to leave yet.

I love you guys!

Anziano Tagg

Week 77

Hey Guiyzzzz!  How is everything!?  I always ask that but nobody ever answers me.  Does anyone even love me?

Ok anyways this week has been gooda.  We are workin' hard, and having fun too.  

I hope you guys make some time to have fun.  playing with Bruno baby?  Playing with Flubba but not too rough?  Going outside?  

This week it was raining almost the whole week but we didn't care, we just put some rain coats on and went outside to go on our semi-daily walks.  The only rain coat I had was this leftover Sorella one I found in the apartment but I didn't care.  It's made a big difference being able to go outside.  Man wasn't made to stay inside all day.  Unless of course he has biolent bideodames to keep him busy.  

As far as the work goes this week was good, there's not much different, we are doing well, Mike and Prascilla are doing well, they are happily married still.  Wait, I did tell you guys about Mike and Prascilla our pasta-ball friends right? 

Oh yeah we've also started doing this thing as a zone were we try make cool videos to post on the zone facebook page as a way to find people who are interested.  People have done little vlogs explaining who we are, little musical numbers, and other things.  As you know my comp and I did a concert on our balcony for all our neighbors and it was actually really fun.  And then other people started playing their instruments for us too.  It was awesome!  We are also working on one of those "pass the tag" videos.  Idk even how to explain it but there are a lot of example on facebook right now.  Basically one person has the name tag and does something cool and then tosses it out of the video frame and then the next person catches it and does something cool and throws it to the next person.  You have to be cool to do it.  No "not-cools" aloud.

But yeah, this week I have been using this app that was recommended to us missionaries called the "mindfulness" app.  It kinda like guides you through different meditation exercises.  It was strange at first but then I discovered that it is the best thing ever and it really helps me.  I often get too caught up and worried about every little thing thanks to my dang genes, but this has really helped me to kinda step out of the current situation and look at it in a different perspective and be able to control how I react.  It's kinda hard but I can feel myself becoming master Oogway from Kung-fu Panda.  "yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift....That is why they call it the present"  Might as well tell the church to return those plane tickets cuz I'm gonna just disappear into a cloud of peach peddles and float my way to America.  

Ok as a final thought, I want to share this quote from the introduction to the Book of Mormon.  "the Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth" think about that, THE MOST CORRECT BOOK ON EARTH!!  and then it says, "we invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God the Eternal Father, in the name of Jesus Christ if the book is true"  Have you guys prayed to ask God if the Book of Mormon is true?  Have you really pondered the message it contains?  Have you done all of that recently?  I have, and I know that it is true.

I love you guys a ton.  You are great examples to me.  All of you.

In the name of Jesus Christ amen

Week 76

Hey Gang how's it?

This week for me has been good.  We are still working hard and finding success and blessings on blessings on blessings.  those little blessings everyday are what keeps us going.  The Lord is with us I can feel it.  

As I said when I called home, we were able to find a new "friend" which is the politically correct term for gator (slang for investigator).  Her name is V and she actually found out bout the church online and when she saw us missionaries in Brixen on Facebook we were able to start a conversation and set up an appointment over whatsapp.  She was catholic but she left because she wasn't happy and is trying to look into other religions.  So we had one lesson with her and she said that she has read some of the Book of Mormon which is amazing!  She was like "I understood everything except I don't know where the hill Cumora is I've never heard of that"  So you could say she's having some major doubts about her testimony.  Be sure to pray for her!  And also for our other two peeps who are progressing Blessing and M.  We are only teaching women because Anziano Kunzli is a Swiss snack.  

We are continuing to make good food.  We made another lasagna and every time we make lasagna with fresh pasta we have the left over scraps of pasta from when we cut out the sheets.  And so we just make a big pasta ball and cook it.  The first time we birthed Mike the pasta ball and this time Prascilla was born.  They're married.  Not in the temple yet but they're taking the lessons and progressing towards marriage for eternity.  Next time we are probably gonna make some lil pasta babies for them.  I guess you could say Mike and Pracilla are our equivalent of Wilson from the movie Castaway.  

Anyways  other than that everything here is going well.  I wanna hear how things are going back home and all.  Although maybe I kinda know everything already since I call you guys teewice a week.  maybe that's too much.  Maybe we should do once a month.  I'm kiiiiiiding! I like hearing from y'alls.  Family game night sounds fun I miss playing boardgames.  Also I miss having family hide from the Nazi's night??  Sounds pretty fun?  

Anyways let me know how everyone is doing.  And also I always love getting pictures of paisley.  How is she?  

I love all you guys and miss you a lot and a lot.

until next time...  CIAO!

Anziano Tagg

Mike and Prascilla