Ansiano Hale's Mission

Ciao tutti,
> well i am short on time so i will just talk about the main events from this week and some things i learned. Today we went to assisi which is about an hour and a half from terni. it is a very big tourist city. more english speaking people there than i have seen my whole mission. very weird. but we saw some old churches that were very big and pretty and just the city itself was cool. one cool church was San Francesco. i will send pictures next week. i felt like i was walking through a museum. but it didnt thrill me a ton. i just liked looking at the church. it is very amazing some of the things they built. it definately makes me more grateful for the true church and for the spirit we can feel in our chapels though. well this week was a great example in my mission of ups and downs and of putting my trust in the Lord. Last friday we went to georges. he seemed on tuesday to have doing farely well. But we had a long discussion with him, him doing most of the talking, and we will not be visiting with him any more. it was very very sad and hard. There were some things going on in his life that we didnt know about and he does not want us preaching to him anymore. It was so hard to hear him say everything he said, but the Lord truly comforted him during this time. I felt my heavenly father with me. so george is no longer an investigator. he said he might come to church if he ever desires. But i learned alot about free agency. I can always do my best but people always have their free agency. i thought alot about some of the things we might have done wrong teaching him but then i was reminded that the Savior Jesus Christ was the perfect teacher and people rejected him way more than i will ever be rejected. And we did all we could to teach by the spirit which is the most important thing. And at the same time i still have hope for George in the future. And i know i can not judge others about anything because God is the Judge. And God will use many factors to judge people. Not just because he didnt accept us as missionaries i can say means what will be his reward because God judges people according to their circumstances, the place where they live, the people they are around, the love they have for people, the desires of their heart. I know God knows perfect and so i do not even have to worry. I love George very much and that is what we told him when we left. So that happened this week. then the next day the Lord blessed us. We taught john an awesome lesson. He has been reading the book of mormon alot. And he told us since he has had the book of mormon in his life he has had so much more happiness. The book of mormon is true! He has prayed and feels very good about it. It was such a wonderful lesson. He has been attending some church in rome for 2 years but we invited him to church this sunday. And he came! and even though he doesnt speak italian anziano drury translated for him and he thought church was fabulous. we asked him to come from 10 to 12 but he came from 9 to 12. it was so amazing. well those were the two biggest things that happend this week. We also worked a little with this recent convert who this last week moved from perugia to terni. He is about 45 or something and is originally from peru. he has been here 1 and a half years for work. He is such an amazing person. So So humble and always trying to improve. It was so wonderful being with him. I also met an awesome kid this week named Giordano. which is jordan. it was so cool. he is probably in his early 20s and he played the guitar and i got his number so we can talk about the gospel hopefully this next week. The Lord blesses us so much. well i am really short on time and have to go do my shopping for this week but i love you all and hope everything is going well. Vi voglio bene!
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