Ansiano Hale's Mission

Happy Birthday Megan and Happy Fourth of July everyone else! Well the mission is not getting easier but i am always enjoying it more and more as a i learn. ok the first of this week was really hard for me and my companian. we had george the week before and then a couple other investigators that we had worked a little with that kind of dropped us or just never answer the phone. so monday through saturday last week was almost discouraging. which is not how you should be. but we lifted eachother up and we are learning so much. me and my companian are so different but it is so fun becoming better and better friends. But on Sunday we saw John and it was amazing. We talked about the apostasy by doing a little object lesson with candles representing apostles and things and then we watched the restoration. We asked him to pay extra attention to his feelings as we watched. after we asked how he filled and you could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes. he said i am so happy and i want to keep learning. we asked if he thougt joseph smith was a prophet and this gospel is true. he said yes. we asked him to be baptized and he said, again? so we tried to explain the authority that only belongs to our church but he wasnt catching it. but he said he will pray and ask God and if God wants him to get baptized -again- he will do it. so we are preparing on how to teach him this saturday about authority and baptism more but the lesson was so amazing. he didnt grasp the concept perfect but his testimony he has and his faith he has are amazing. i know everything is going to work out wonderful. ok then only other lesson i did this week was with the italian family. i was on an exchange with anziano steiner and we taught them. it was so amazing seeing how the gospel truly helps and strengthens and changes a family. it was the coolest thing ever. So the sister of Mirco-who is the father- is getting baptized the 18th. she is about 22 and has been taking the lessons also. her name is sara. she and the mother barbara help mirco out so much with understanding the scriptures. It was so cool to see the excitement they had about the scriptures and everything. their prayers were very specific and the whole thing was such a spiritaul experience. mirco the father is so funny. this small italian who loves cracking jokes and is so humble as we teach him. i hope i stay in terni next transfer. and on me andanziano steiners exchange we found this sweet family that we will hopefully teach this next week from nigeria and then also this very kind evangelist italian lady-rare-. and i learn so much from his example. it was such a great exchange. well this saturday for the fourht we are playing football so i have to go right now to find one. im doing wonderful. the gospel is so so true. love you all.
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