We all know that "April showers bring May
flowers", but, when Italy forgets that it was April until the last week
and just decides to keep on pouring into May, we can expect flowers some other
time. That is our reality this week. That old time saying put a nice due date
on most of the worlds downpours and trickles in Italy, like a washed up high
schooler, rushing to finish his procrastinated homework the night before. Of
course, dealing with the rain gets a lot easier in missionary life if one
happens to be in possession of a Toyota Yaris. Haha
We this past week was a pretty great one! It started with a
solid lesson with Viviana about the Ten Commandments. We are so excited about
Viviana's progress and the way that she is trying to bring the Spirit into her
life! It was a great lesson! She, sadly, wasn't able to make it to church this
week due to complications, but it'll be good. She plans on introducing us to
her boyfriend Adrian sometime soon, so wish us luck!
This weekend we went on exchanges with the Anziani in the
town next door, Merate (a thirty minute drive). And that went really well. We got
some good work done and saw some awesome people up there (which basically looks
like a brand new city compared to a lot of Italy as the oldest parts seem to
have been built around the 70s and 80s at the earliest).
On Saturday we had a YSA/missionary activity where we came
to the church and played sports. Mainly handball and soccer were played but we
did some other games as well. It was a good time and we had Paul, our new
convert, there... And he brought 7 of his friends! They made a soccer team and
it looked like team Nigeria vs. Team Italy haha. It was great! You just have to
try hard to integrate them and make sure things are communicated correctly for
them because Italians don't speak English that well, and the Nigerians often
don't really speak Italian. But it was a great success! This week I wanted to share that truly, our
Heavenly Father loves us! He has very high expectations for us, it is true.
But, He knows that we can all make it. And He wants to help us and will help us
as we strive to be like Him and His son. Miracles happen everyday, and I would
argue that the very greatest of the miracles that happen are the ones that deal
with our very nature. When we put ourselves trustingly in the hands of our
Savior, and He takes what was once raw material with only great potential, and
makes us more than we could ever become by ourselves. He does this by changing
changing our hearts when we let him and try.
I hope that you have a fantastic week and remember to let the
Savior change your hearts!
-Anziano Jake Wilkinson
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