Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Elder David A. Bednar is, veramente, a prophet.

After Emails last week I walked around the Duomo, and Castello Sforzesco, the popular tourist spots, but as always, my favorite are just the side streets, and small churches. With more google street view, my favorites were Piazza Castello, Piazza Sempione, Via Mario Pagano, and Via Sempione. Later that night we were doing finding, and on the way home found a lost Czech man that we had to lead to a faraway bus stop, but we got some good conversation going, in broken english, about the gospel. Too bad he's headed home to the Czech Republic.
Thursday- we met Osama again and gave him the Restoration lesson and his Arabic Book of Mormon, he doesn't like to talk much, but I think he understands quite well. We just need to prepare him for baptism. Then we met Mohep, in the same park, and found that he also needed a copy of the Book of Mormon, and pamphets in Arabic. We will meet with him again later...That night we also taught English class, it sure doesn't help my Italian, but it is fun. We just hope some non-members show from the ads we hand out.
Friday- We had lunch with the District leader Anziano Orso, and his companion Anziano Fields, and then went to find inactive members on Via D. Millelire, Via Guascona (a huge long awesome road in the middle of nowhere) Via Delle Genzione, and Via A. Fleming. None of the members answered again, or didn't exist, or moved.
Saturday- We tried to meet with Mohep, and he called and said he couldn't come, but we have his Arabic stuff, and I hate carrying it around, but vah beh. Later, at Giardion G. Bonnelli we felt prompted to talk to this man sitting alone. He was crazy. He had an actual release form from the hospital and it said that he had lost all his Memory only a couple hours ago, and he had been found in this park. Sure enough, the Italian 'healthcare' just releases him into the public again, and he doesn't have an ID or anything, but they told him to return to the garden and wait. So, apperently he was waiting for us, but he could still be sitting there for all we know. We gave him a pamphlet and as he smoked we taught him. Then we prayed for him to regain his memory, then left.
Sunday- Church, nothing special, and then did finding in Pero, but then later picked up 6 other missionaries that would be staying with us for the next Day, which was
Monday- Anziano Bednar spoke to us, and it was amazing, because it actually wasn't a speech, but a 3 hour discussion with him, yeah a discussion. Almost everyone talked to an Apostol, and it rocked. To summarize: Yes we will be recieving Ipads soon, and we need to use them as a missionary would use them. Accept Critisism, it is of God. Understand, and be the best you can.
I can't even say how cool it was. Highlight of the whole mission for sure, maybe
Tues- Just did some finding, and met with a man named Nikola, now a new Investigator, and he's awesome. But I gotta go! It was a great week! The church is true!