On Fire in Firenze

Ciao tutti!!!

Well we had an eventful week.
1. Kate and barnaba came to church!!!!!
2. Sorella deleeuw is leaving me and going to piacenza and I will be
staying in florence and training. Yikes!!!
3. We just had a crazy lesson with the spirit strong and frustration
of every kind. Sweet!!!

In the mission when you are training well we say you are having a
child. Soo I am expecting...tomorrow. She will arrive straight from
the MTC and I go to Milano today and will meet her tomorrow. So
excited and nervous and I know I will mess up but I have my savior to
help me when I do.

Ok now I will tell you about our friend Tanya from Romania that we met
just this morning. We are fired up about it me and Sorella so I
apologize if my thoughts seem intense toward the experience I just had
but it was real and my feelings are strong and true.
So we were trying to meet with Tanya for quite some time but she has
been busy. This morning she called and wanted to meet us. She is so
cute. She kept thanking us for the time we met her and prayed with
her. Then we took out the Book of Mormon and she started freaking out.
She kept asking us why Mormon wasn't in the bible. So we explained
that it was a different people in ancient America and she just kept
freaking out. Where is Mormon in the bible why doesn't it come out and
say the Book of Mormon is also the word of God in the bible.
Frustrated but with the spirit and trying not to yell I said well that
wouldn't require faith would it.

Sorella and I then had an intense conversation on the walk to the
church. If we had a book of all information to make it to heaven then
we wouldn't need to have experiences ourselves. How do you know that
the bible is the word of God? Did your mom tell you?  How can we know
that the Book of Mormon is the word of God.? Why don't we ask the guy
upstairs who knows? I know God wants our best and hears our prayers. I
say with all my heart that he will not lead us astray if we are
desiring a heart felt answer. I know God loves each one of us and for
this he will answer. Maybe we won't get the answer we desire but we
will get one if we want one and are sincere...he will answer us
sincerely.

I say this all with passion and the spirit and all of my heart. In the
name of Jesus Christ amen.

Sorry for the dramatic nature in which this was written.

Have a great week. Good luck to my cute little bro Mitch who lives for
England tomorrow. He will rock it.

Vi voglio bene.

Sorella skinner