Dear Family and Friends,
Thank you for your constant support! I love your emails and appreciate your prayers for me and the work here in Pozzuoli. Looking back at this week I really believe my prayers have been answered and I thank God for all his blessings.
Don't get me wrong, this week was hard. We tried to meet with our investigators like James and Rafaelle but they either didn't respond or weren't home when we showed up. It was also our first week of English Course. This is where we offer a free course to learn English and if they want to learn more about the gospel afterwards, then we can talk to them. It's great to find investigators so we did everything we could to spread the word, passing out cards, putting up posters, talking to everyone. We were expecting something like at least 15 people or so. We got 7 people which is great but we thought we were going to have way more people. Luckily we are going to keep trying and the students we have are awesome!
But this week we received a miracle. We received a referral online of a new convert named Elvis who had moved here recently. The problem is that he lives all the way in Castel Volturno which for us is an hour bus ride away. Without a phone, we were hesitant at first to go all the way there, but we thought this week that it would be a good idea to go. We got on the M1B, (known to the missionaries as the Ride of Your Life), crammed full of people and set off. We got off and then we met Vera.
Vera is Elvis' wife and like Elvis moved here from Nigeria about 15 years ago. She is this amazing woman who has one son named Fabian and watches 3 other kids for a friend, Kevin, Anointing, and Marvelous. These kids are crazy but they are a great family. We found out that Elvis is out of town for the week and also as were talking, we found out that Vera isn't a member of the church and doesn't even know anything about the church really. We taught her a lesson and she liked it a lot. The only problem is that she lives pretty far from the church and doesn't have a car. We explained how to take the bus but she would also have to take her 4 children on the bus. Later in the week, she promised she would come.
Vera is Elvis' wife and like Elvis moved here from Nigeria about 15 years ago. She is this amazing woman who has one son named Fabian and watches 3 other kids for a friend, Kevin, Anointing, and Marvelous. These kids are crazy but they are a great family. We found out that Elvis is out of town for the week and also as were talking, we found out that Vera isn't a member of the church and doesn't even know anything about the church really. We taught her a lesson and she liked it a lot. The only problem is that she lives pretty far from the church and doesn't have a car. We explained how to take the bus but she would also have to take her 4 children on the bus. Later in the week, she promised she would come.
And so Sunday came. It was a little different since it was Stake Conference but we wanted her to come anyway. And while we were setting up Stake Conference, we decided to call her to see if she was here, and she was! We ran outside to greet her because the church is kind of hard to find, and it was amazing to see her and her kids all there in their Sunday best. I was really happy.
Miracles like this are always possible! The Lord knows us and watches over us! I am writing this on the way back from Mount Vesuvius, which by the way has a bellisimo view of Naples. The city is so huge from the top and yet I know that God loves each and everyone of us no matter what. Really this mission is teaching me how to have faith. How faith is a real and true belief in something. How I need to have faith in the work and that miracles will happen, because they only can happen if you believe. I love working here and being a missionary even when it is hard, even when the work may be discouraging. I challenge you all to look at your life and the trials you may be having, and be happy! Remember the blessings God has given and remember the blessings that will come. I know all this is true, that God is our Heavenly Father, that Jesus Christ is our Savior, that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God, that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and Thomas S. Monson leads the true church today. Ciao from Pozzuoli!
Vi voglio bene!
Anziano Price
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