Dear Family and Friends,
Oh man what happened this week? The hardest part is remembering everything we did because the week goes by so fast! One thing is for sure, Siracusa got a whole lot colder. A storm blew in Tuesday that was super crazy! We were planning that night in the kitchen which has a balcony and as I was on the phone with Vittorio, a huge flash of lightning struck nearby or at least it seemed so and I definitely got scared. Anziano Anderson thought it was pretty funny so I thought I would include it here. But the day after, we walk outside and it's freezing! I can't wait to get some more clothes, once saldi(sales) season begins.
As you can probably tell, we have a lot of funny experiences on the mission. Anziano Anderson is a awesome friend and so it seems like that just adds to the fun experiences we have. Like after Zone Conference, he accidentally stepped on what seemed like an empty juice box, only it wasn't empty and the fermented juice goes spraying everywhere, and luckily only hits his pants. It was hilarious.
Other fun things include the fact that I'm addicted to the oranges here in Sicily (sorry Arizona) and also I tried a horse meat sandwich here. It's actually a pretty famous thing here and it was good! We also had Zone Conference which was awesome! President Pickerd brought some great ideas for our improvement of the work and encouragement for reaching our goal of one baptism this transfer. For Christmas, we also did our own nativity which was put together on the spot as you can tell from my cowboy hat (it was all we had in the house to make me a wise man) but also pretty fun.
It was also actually a pretty hard week as well with lots of denials and missed appointments. But we pushed forward, we worked hard still, and probably most importantly kept our cheerful attitude.
And guess what? Blessings came! So on Wednesday we had a lesson with Vittorio who has been struggling to accept the idea of one church being true and we also invited Christian who is a member to also come. And it was such a powerful lesson. Anziano Anderson and I switched back and forth teaching and even Christian was really awesome, bearing testimony about Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon. Vittorio believes the Book of Mormon is true and wants to get baptized once he's finished with all the lessons. We are going to meet with him again tonight and I can't wait!
We also had a cool experience on Saturday. Our Plan A fell through so we went to Plan B which also didn't work out, and it even started raining so we couldn't do the gesso that was Plan C. We were down, defeated, and really considered going home early for the night. But we thought to say a prayer and try just knocking some doors near the church one last time. After a couple apartments, we see someone locking stuff in a garage and so we decide to introduce ourselves. Turns out, he's a friend of some of the young men here in Siracusa. So we walked with him to his house, talked with him, gave him a Book of Mormon and he says he wants to learn more. That made the day all worth it!
I have a testimony that when you want to give up, just keep on going a little bit more. Because God loves us and will bless us when we give it our all.
Vi voglio bene!
Anziano Price
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