October 24, 2016
This week has been super fast and full of amazing miracles! I don't even know where to start. So Jorge has a really busy work schedule lately and we weren't able to have dinner with him at the Stephensons, but we were able to meet with him and teach him the restoration this week and it went really good!! We are really excited to see where the lord takes him.
Earlier this week we had a mission conference -that I will talk about later- that the whole mission came up for. There were about 200 missionaries here in Rome. So we were doing finding all over Rome and in central which we usually don't do, and that night me and Anziano Anderson were on a split and he stopped by an old contact that we had in a suit store near Piazza di Popolo. I'll give a little background. My first week here (over 2 months ago) me and Anziano Anderson stopped by a suit store and ended up talking to the worker there and she was interested in what we were doing here so we started talking about missionary work, which lead to talking about the restoration. She said we could come back so we did and dropped off a Book of Mormon. After that we a stopped by a few more times and she wasn't there so we had lost contact. Fast forward to this week. Anziano Anderson saw her at the store and it turns out that she has been reading the Book of Mormon and is interested! That was so good to hear and such a miracle! It just really goes to show that the spirit is the worker, we may have lost contact but because we brought the spirit with us so strongly the first time we met she was impressed to read the book of Mormon. We are planning on meeting with her this week and are excited!
Today we were able to get Alessandro to church! It was really good to see him. I found him with the AP's the first day I was here. We've been trying to get a hold of him for some long and meet with him. And last night he answered his phone! Seeing him in church was a awesome miracle!
Last Thursday we had our mission wide mission conference. Missionaries came from all over the Italy Rome mission; Napoli, Bari, Taranto, Sicilia, Sardegna, Malta and more! We had the amazing opportunity to hear from President Russell M. Nelson, the president of the quorum of the 12 apostles. He was awesome to hear. Pres. Nelson is 92 and still super sharp and on top of things. He gave a great talk with out any notes all he had were scriptures. One pretty funny thing he said went something like "I hope you're all taking notes because if not it just like taking a hot shower, it feels good while you're in it but when you get out the sensation goes away" haha this is very true and is something we should apply to all church meetings! Anyway the conference was really good, I got to sit right front and center, so I was directly in front of Pres. Nelson, so that was cool. It was good to see a ton of new friends and guys from the MTC. This mission has a lot of cool cats.
Well this week was awesome and full of amazing miracles. I'd like to bear my testimony on the spirit, and the amazing power that is has. Joseph Smith said, “Salvation cannot come without revelation”. Personal revelation is received only through the Holy Ghost. We need to strive to have and to be worthy of the Holy Ghost every minute of the day. The Holy Ghost is a wonderful gift from God that all can obtain. It will help us through difficult times and even when we feel that we don't need the help. I know this to be true and I say it in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Thank you for all your prayers, love and support. Have a great week!
Earlier this week we had a mission conference -that I will talk about later- that the whole mission came up for. There were about 200 missionaries here in Rome. So we were doing finding all over Rome and in central which we usually don't do, and that night me and Anziano Anderson were on a split and he stopped by an old contact that we had in a suit store near Piazza di Popolo. I'll give a little background. My first week here (over 2 months ago) me and Anziano Anderson stopped by a suit store and ended up talking to the worker there and she was interested in what we were doing here so we started talking about missionary work, which lead to talking about the restoration. She said we could come back so we did and dropped off a Book of Mormon. After that we a stopped by a few more times and she wasn't there so we had lost contact. Fast forward to this week. Anziano Anderson saw her at the store and it turns out that she has been reading the Book of Mormon and is interested! That was so good to hear and such a miracle! It just really goes to show that the spirit is the worker, we may have lost contact but because we brought the spirit with us so strongly the first time we met she was impressed to read the book of Mormon. We are planning on meeting with her this week and are excited!
Today we were able to get Alessandro to church! It was really good to see him. I found him with the AP's the first day I was here. We've been trying to get a hold of him for some long and meet with him. And last night he answered his phone! Seeing him in church was a awesome miracle!
Last Thursday we had our mission wide mission conference. Missionaries came from all over the Italy Rome mission; Napoli, Bari, Taranto, Sicilia, Sardegna, Malta and more! We had the amazing opportunity to hear from President Russell M. Nelson, the president of the quorum of the 12 apostles. He was awesome to hear. Pres. Nelson is 92 and still super sharp and on top of things. He gave a great talk with out any notes all he had were scriptures. One pretty funny thing he said went something like "I hope you're all taking notes because if not it just like taking a hot shower, it feels good while you're in it but when you get out the sensation goes away" haha this is very true and is something we should apply to all church meetings! Anyway the conference was really good, I got to sit right front and center, so I was directly in front of Pres. Nelson, so that was cool. It was good to see a ton of new friends and guys from the MTC. This mission has a lot of cool cats.
Well this week was awesome and full of amazing miracles. I'd like to bear my testimony on the spirit, and the amazing power that is has. Joseph Smith said, “Salvation cannot come without revelation”. Personal revelation is received only through the Holy Ghost. We need to strive to have and to be worthy of the Holy Ghost every minute of the day. The Holy Ghost is a wonderful gift from God that all can obtain. It will help us through difficult times and even when we feel that we don't need the help. I know this to be true and I say it in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Thank you for all your prayers, love and support. Have a great week!
-Anziano Ruiz
More missionaries to play soccer with during zone conference last week.
This is the oldest bridge in Rome. It was built in 62 B.C. Ponte Fabricio.
This is the first Christian Church. Rome Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere.
This it at Temple of Apollo Sosiano
Bocca della Verità. you can read about on Wikipedia it's pretty cool. We put a book of Mormon in the mouth of truth. Pretty funny ha.
La Bocca della Verità (English: the Mouth of Truth) is an image, carved from Pavonazzo marble, of a man-like face, located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. The sculpture is thought to be part of a first-century ancient Roman fountain, or perhaps a manhole cover, portraying one of several possible pagan gods,[1] probably Oceanus. Most Romans believe that the 'Bocca' represents the ancient god of the river Tiber.
The most famous characteristic of the Mouth, however, is its role as a lie detector. Starting from the Middle Ages, it was believed that if one told a lie with one's hand in the mouth of the sculpture, it would be bitten off. There was also a medieval legend, wrongly believed to originate with the Roman poet Virgil, of an adulterous empress who managed to deceive her husband in a trial using the Mouth. This is an infrequent subject in medieval and Renaissance art, forming part of the Power of Women literary topos.[2] The piece was placed in the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin in the 17th century. This church is also home to the relics of Saint Valentine.
This is a street right next to our church. Everything is really green now and the leaves are starting to fall so I'm happy!
Sites in Rome
Rome at night
Piazza di Popolo From Passeggitat del Pincio
Altare della Patria
Colosseo
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Anziano Roman Ruiz
Missione Italiana di Roma
Piazza Monte Gemma, 9
00141 Roma Italia
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