Hey guys!
'Eide Shama Mobarak' means 'Happy New Year' in Persian! Yesterday
was the Iranian new year and I'll explain more in this email why I said
it!
Things are going great! I just said goodbye this morning to Anziano
Cardinet and I'm officially with Anziano Juhasz now and I'm very
excited to be serving with him! When we did a p-day together a few weeks
ago to the Colosseum we got along great because we were the only ones
who wanted to stop and take pictures so we'll both have a lot of
pictures this transfer.
This has been a great yet sad week as Anziano Cardinet has been
saying goodbye to all of the members and investigators. He doesn't get
very emotional but I was about to get emotional for him! I'm so pathetic
sometimes... haha. Anyways most of our time has been dedicated to
goodbyes but the work is going well. There are actually quite a bit of
members that are giving us referrals now. This lady from the Dominican
Republic wants us to teach one of her friends and he seems really
interested in the Gospel so we are excited about that!
This Saturday I'll be baptizing Sharon and I'm very excited! She
has been really welcomed into the ward and she had a great interview
with the bishop. Giovanni is doing well but Anziano Cardinet's parting
has been pretty hard on him. Hopefully we can set a new baptismal date
with him this week! On Saturday night we found two new investigators
named Josè and Arnel and they are awesome! We had a very good lesson
with them about the Book of Mormon and we bore strong testimony. They
work a lot but hopefully they'll come to church this week!
I am absolutely loving English course! I learned a really important
lesson the other day that I'd like to share. Being American I've always
been pounded by negative media and mindsets about Iran and the Middle
East in general. This new guy from Iran named Sajjad came last week to
English course and we became friends right away and he has interested me
so much as a person. I gave an assignment to everyone to make a project
talking about their culture (because we have a ton of people from all
over the world here in Rome). He was the only one who came prepared and
he talked about his culture and the new year and it was so interesting!
One of the most beautiful things that I've been able to have in my
mission experience is the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people
from all over the world. It's amazing to see how similar we are instead
of how different we are and I think it is important to
discover individuals instead of basing our thoughts or beliefs off of
groups or governments. I am so thankful to the Lord for this opportunity
He has given me and my testimony that we are all children of God has
been increasing exponentially!
We are excited for this new week! Things are going very well
and I'm happy and so glad to be a missionary! I love you guys so much!
Have a great week! I love you Dad, I love you Mom, I love you Morgan, I
love you Brooke, I love you Heather, and I love you Greg! Thank you for
your love and support and prayers! Vi voglio un mondo di bene!
Anziano Clay Lacey
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