24th Weekly Email

This week was a movieee😆📸🤩 a horror movie😈😰 just kidding hahah it was actually really fun! 


We started the week off with a call from this random guy asking for a blessing for his dad. We had no idea who it was but the next day we pulled up and it turns out that his parents are super active in the church however his dad got Covid and he is not doing very well.


We gave him a blessing and it was amazing. We later talked with Luis (the son that called us) and it turns out he had just returned from a mission but had become inactive. It was dang hard to hear how much he loved his mission and serving others but because of the hard times he's encountered, he felt that God lost him. We will be working with him trying to get him back to church! 


Semi funny story: on Monday we had a fun mini lesson with our boy Fabio and Andrea (one of my favorite members). Anyways as we were talking about commandments, this guy rolls us and asked us (while we were speaking Italian) "do yall have any cigirettes?"... so we all kind exchange confused looks😧 and Andrea responded "we... don't smoke" in his best American accent😂 then guy then goes off for a minute about how we are good people and it's smart because smoking is bad for us. He basically taught the Word of Wisdom lesson for us but it's a shame because he walked out of the caffè with a fresh pack and a cig in his mouth


We also started this morning motivation where the last person to get out of bed gets pancaked. That means that the other 3 Anziani in the apartment jump as high as they can while... simeoltanuoisly spreading your arms and legs and landing on the person. They become a pancake 🥞 it's exhilarating and only a little bit dangerous


My weekly spiritual thought is about faith and hard times. In Luis's house, they had about 2 signs per room that said... 


"solo tenere abbia fede" which means "just have faith" 


1 Nephi 11:17 says "I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things"... I really like this. God has a perfect plan for us. He loves us too much to throw random challenges at us SO takes your hardships and learn from them and grow closer to Christ when you do so. We may not know why he's challenging us but just keep having faith that he'll lead you to what you need😊


Italian for the week: di meno means "say less"


Arrivaderci,
Anziano Lewis


Pics:
1. Left overs from a member meal😋
2. Me, Fabio, Andrea and my comp
3. My cute comp and I and Jesus
4. Stumbled upon the colloseum 
5. Posted up in the elevator
6 and on: late night photoshoot🥶😳😴