December
26, 2016
Merry Christmas to all! This week was
amazing!! The Christmas season definitely brings so many miracles and it seems
like our work is exploding!!
So the beginning of this week was pretty
crazy with traveling for district caroling. Monday everyone was here
in Ascoli and caroling was great! We'll talked to so many people and gave out a
lot of bigliettini! (pass along cards) Then the next day we went to L'Aquila to
paint their house which was a fun district activity. Then we had district
meeting and caroling so that was fun. Early the next morning we were back in
Ascoli, which was nice. Then that night we had a Christmas party at our apartment
for the ward which was great we had a couple of investigators there one of
which was Silvano. I was talking to Silvano and he is continuing to read the
book of Mormon and he read the restoration pamphlet again and loved it! It's
awesome to see the love and understanding he has for this Gospel! Silvano also
came to church for the first time and he really like it, even stayed after to
talk to us about the how much he liked the talks in church. I'm very happy to
see the joy that has been brought into his life!
Christmas Eve was just
filled with awesome miracles. First off in the morning an old investigator
Francesca who was taught once about 3 months ago randomly rang at our door and
we talked for a while and she is now going to start meeting with us again
starting today! Then later that day we had a lesson with the mother of a
convert who was baptized about 3 years ago. And she really liked it. It was awesome to have members present to bare
sincere testimony on how much the Gospel of Jesus Christ can bless a family. We
look forward to meeting with her to share more joy!
So about a week ago I found a guitar place,
walked in looked around for a bit because I was actually looking for a
ukulele, then we talked to the owner for bit and left a bigliettino. We came
back this week to get a ukulele and he invited us to his Christmas Eve party.
So after the lesson we were on the way to the party and were stopped but our
soon to be new friend Erik! He is African and asked if we were the church of
Christ and said that he had been looking for us! He's talked to missionaries in
the past when he was in Africa and really liked it, so he's been looking for us
and finally found us and stopped us. So that was just a super miracle! It's not
just a saying that the elect will find you! We are meeting with him this week and
are very excited to see how it goes! So back to the party, we showed up and the
owner was super excited to see us! It was such an awesome time because everyone
was kinda confused of who we were and what we are doing here especially that I
am American, So they asked and we talked to a lot of people about missionary
work! The owners family was there and super happy to meet us, we were having a
great time and ended up being the last people to leave. We hope to be able to
meet with all of them again someday!
Then Christmas was super fun, we had church
which was great with Silvano there. Then after church we just went over to our
group leader's the Teodosi's house and did Christmas with them all day it was
just awesome to be there in a family atmosphere! My bishop from Rome was there
because he is our group leader’s son; it was cool to get closer to his family.
We ate so much and just hungout, my companion got to email his family Sunday,
it was just great!
This Christmas season I think I have seen
more than ever the light of Christ not only in my life and through out my day
but also in those around me. There have been so many miracles this week. I know
that all of this is from the extra emphasis of the life of Jesus Christ during
this special season! This joy and happiness is something that we can see all
throughout life. The answer is Jesus Christ and His Atonement. I love Christmas
here and the opportunity I have to be able to serve the Lord at the same time!
Have a great week and
continue to enjoy the happiness that comes from our Savior Jesus Christ!
Vi voglio bene
Anziano Ruiz
Here is my desk decorated for Christmas with a classic Italian meal. Pasta! Haha
Christmas day with the Teodosi's and Bosco family!
A cool pizza place we went to
roman.ruiz
Anziano Roman Ruiz
Missione Italiana di Roma
Piazza Monte Gemma, 9
00141 Roma Italia
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