Week 75

Hey guys!  How is everyone doing?  

Here we are all good.  We really enjoyed general conference last weekend it was super bomb.  

I think that my favorite talk was Elder Holland's.  He talked about 1820 hopes, and 2020 hopes.  He said that God isn't some unmerciful punisher that comes to deliver justice, nor is he an absent being, but he is like a parent who guides and leads us, correcting us when we need it and being merciful and forgiving us when we repent.  

I really really like that.  It's true.  He said that we have every right to hope for things in the future, because this is God's work.  He cares about us, he cares about our desires and hope.  If we loose hope in the darkness then there is only darkness.

Anyways after all that heavy stuff.  I hope everyone is doing well and that you are keeping busy.  We are.  We have continued to work with M and B and all of our members.  We are doing English class online and we want to start using facebook more to find people.  

today we are making kebab and we are blessed to be able to watch The Other Side of Heaven.  Although if I remember correctly there is a bad scene in that movie.  Boh.  President said it was ok, so I guess it is.  I'm pretty sure the mission office is illegally downloading these movies because they just send it to us each week over google drive hahaha.  

Also we went to the farmacy the other day to get masks and my Omnefrazoid meds for my stomach.  I got the meds but they were out of masks and told us to come back tomorrow.  (today is tomorrow)  So we went today and they still didn't have them and said to come back in the afternoon.  While we were walking home we were stopped by the police and they gave us a ticket for not having a mask!!  We were like we don't have any we were trying to get some!  But the guy was really rude and was yelling at us and stuff and we ended up with a 280 euro ticket!! Sooooo real bummer there.  I'll probably talk to you about that later.  But all is well non c'e niente da fare.

That's all folks.  I love you all. Avanti andiam

Anziano Tagg

Week 74

Holy cow those weeks are getting up there!

Anyways I am doing well here in Italy even tho things around me are kinda cray cray.  It seems like everyone around me is dropping like flies!! Friends from this mission as well as around the worl and stuff are going home but we are just chilln' here in the epicenter.  

This week was good we were able to teach the word of wisdom to blessing and the plan of salvation to M and we've been teaching the restoration to the members so we are still very much preaching the gospel which is good and makes me feel like a missionary again.  

We had a tender moment with a family of the branch were we read with them Joseph Smith history when it talks about the first vision.  Then we made a huge list with them of why they were grateful for that event.  What was restored that they were grateful for.  I said that I was grateful for the plan of salvation and I really am.  It gives purpose to our entire life.  It was really good to ponder about the first vision and the restoration and to bear testimony about it even if all of them already knew it.  

Speaking of the restoration, I have been listening to this podcast that is on gospel library about Joseph Smith's experience in 1820.  It's really really good and goes into a lot of details about why the Smiths moved to that area and why there was all this religious commotion at the time.  Even what Joseph's sensational experience must have been like as he entered the grove.  I would recommend it to you guys.

WELL how are things going over there?  I hope you are finding things to fill the time with.  I was thinking that if I were home during this time then I would be a lot more bored haha.  I definitely would waste more time.  So I'm still grateful to be here and I'm not comin home any time soon.

I love you all and I miss you guys.  

Anziano Tagg