Hey guys!
This has been another great
week as usual. Even though it's been a little up and down, there are
always positive and beautiful things we can find in life, right? First
off, we got the transfer calls on Saturday and everyone in Siracusa is
staying! That means I'll be here for sure for Christmas and I couldn't
be more happy about that! I love Siracusa!
Unfortunately we're not able to teacher Sabrina and her family anymore. Her husband is opposed to the church and the fact that she
wanted to be baptized so there was quite a mess for the member family
we were teaching her with. It is really sad and discouraging because her
and her son have such a strong desire to be baptized, but we need to
just continue to pray for them and have patience and everything will
turn out alright.
Things are going great with other investigators and
it's cool to see that most of them were found thanks to English course.
We try to teach them before and after so usually our Tuesdays and
Thursdays are pretty busy but I enjoy it so much. We had a fun time
playing the 'murder mystery' game. Some people really got into it and
dressed up, so that made things more fun.
We've been focusing a lot more on getting referrals.
It is definitely the best way to get new investigators and we have need
of some right now! It's interesting to see that in the back of Preach
My Gospel the only point that is in bold is the part that says that we
must ask for referrals from everyone. We have great members here and they
are doing a great job with sharing the gospel with friends, especially a
few families in particular.
There is a member whose wife is not active and a
little against the church. He has a fifteen year old daughter and an
eight year old son, but the wife won't let them be baptized. This member
is absolutely an amazing man and we've made a great friendship. We are
working together to really help his family in general so that they can
all have the same vision together.
There is another great member that is from Africa
and doesn't know how to read Italian. She is a single mother of five and
we all have so much fun together when we go visit. She just went
through the temple for the first time and our stake president gave her a
few things to study so we are helping her study that to understand
better the importance of the temple. It makes me miss the temple so much
more!
When talking with people and doing finding work we
have really been focused on discussing with everyone the importance of
the family, and even sharing the principle of family home evening. We
have found some pretty good success with that and we are determined to
find another family to teach. We have been getting close so it's bound
to happen soon! I'm hopeful!
I think I've mentioned this before but I'm trying to
really dive down into the Sicilian culture and I love it so much. I
especially love their accent and so I try to copy the way they say
things. We were invited to see a Siracusano puppet show that is a huge
cultural tradition. It was so much fun and amazing to see the talent
that the puppeteers have to make the puppets move like real actors.
I know that this is very random and strange, but I
bought a ukulele. I think Morgan's picture in Hawaii inspired me a bit,
so every week on p-day for the next seven months I'm going to put a
little bit of effort into learning how to play it! We'll see how it
goes!
I can't believe it's almost Christmas! It's going to
be so much fun when we can talk! I love and miss you all so much. I
love you Dad, I love you Mom, I love you Morgan, I love you Brooke, I
love you Heather, I love you Greg. Have a great week! Let me know if you
need anything. Vi voglio tanto tanto bene! Ci sentiamo presto! Buona
settimana!
Con amore,
Anziano Clay Lacey
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