Ciao Time: Week 72

Heeeeey!

So I don't even really know what to write about this week.

Oh yeah, we got a baptismal date!

We've been continuing on with patience and trying to be diligent and keep busy. It's been good because we actually been able to teach a lot using technology. Some people that we never were able to set an appointment with are being taught now because we can do it easier over video call. I think one of the many blessings of the quarantine is that it's teaching us missionaries how to use technology to do the work in a way that we have never done before.

We were able to start teaching B who is a friend of I. She's awesome and has already studied a lot from the Book of Mormon and learned some things that she never knew before. She accepted our invitation to be baptized at the end of the quarantine. So that is a real miracle and we are super duper grateful for that.

We are keeping in good contact with our members and our investigators. Everyone is freaked out here, but they have really come together as a community by going out on their balconies at night and singing together or shining a light into the sky.

We were teaching a member English the other night and he was giving us phrases for us to translate from Italian into English. The last phrase that he had us translate was, "Prego ogni giorno che questo virus passi e che permetta a tutti di rivolgersi a Dio e trovare la chiesa di Gesú Cristo."

"I pray every day that this virus passes and that it allows people to turn to God and find the church of Jesus Christ."

These Italians are being tried right now because of this situation, but I have been really astonished by their faith and their hope and their resilience. It's what we do in times of distress that show who we really are and they have shown time and time again to me that they are truly converted. I love them a lot.

Anyways I'm sure that things are kinda getting crazy over there as well. Any updates? How are the grills holding up with no school? Are they spending all day watching TV and playing biolent bideodames? if not then tell them that this is precious Office watching time that should go to waste with productivity. I'm kiiiiiding. one thing that I have realized is that you can do sooooo much in a day and I kinda regret wasting so much of my days ya know?

I love you guys and I hope you are safe and you are guudu. Until nextime

Anziano Tagg

I'll also try to send a video that we made