February 27, 2017
This week was great and whoa it went by super-fast!
We had some great experiences! We started out with district meeting Tuesday morning
and it was really good. It was our first district meeting this transfer because
we had zone meeting last week. So our district is almost half new which is
sweet! We have some new very strong missionaries and we are all ready to help
each other out in the work and build Zion!
So there are these two women that we see in
the street every so often and they always say they're going to come to English
course but they never do. But lately they have been telling us about this
program that they work for at the Red Cross where they go and do activities and
lessons with elderly men and women aged 60 and up just so they can have
something to do after they retire. So they have been asking us if we can go
over there and do some English translation services, maybe even do a mini
English course. They have been waiting on word from their boss, but when we saw
them on the street again they told us just to come. So later that day we went
and just walked in on the middle of some presentation thing that the boss was
doing and she looked at us then said "what the heck is this? who are
you??" Then she had us walk up in front of all the people and introduce
our selves to everyone and they were very excited to see two "tall and
beautiful" Americans! Haha they were all making comments and
it was awesome so see how much they liked us. So after that we had a little
meeting with the boss and she told us that she wants us to come over again and
teach an hour lesson about our church so we gladly accepted! It's gonna be
awesome. We’re going to teach a group of
like 30-40 people at once and we are really excited to see what work comes out
of it! So that was an awesome blessing this week.
We had some service this week with our friend
Carolina, she's been meeting with us for about two weeks now. We went to her
house and helped her move from floor 2 to floor 1. It was good. After the
service we had a lesson on the plan of Salvation and it ended up going pretty
long because she had so many questions and confusion. But after we would do an
explanation on her questions she would have a huge smile on her face because
she under stood! That is a great feeling. And the end of the lesson she said
the prayer. She said that as she was reading the Bible the night before and she
came across the verse; that says to drink from the cup that is good or
something along those lines. She said that she knew it was from God and that
she knew that He sent us, the missionaries, here to provide that cup and that
she accepts. It was really cool to see someone that is being prepared from the
lord. I can't wait to see what He has in store.
These were some great experiences of this
week and there are a lot more, as there is every week. But not every moment of
a missionaries week is filled with great experiences, I just usually like to be
positive! So what helps me do that is first and foremost my testimony that God
has a plan for everything in our life. Anything that happens whether it be good
or bad is supposed to happen and is according to the plan that God has for you.
With this knowledge I look at every situation that I'm in and ask myself
"what can I learn from this situation?" in place of "why does
this have to happen to me?". From having this mind set I am growing and I
become grateful for the difficulty’s that God places in my life because I know
they are given to me to grow, strengthen me and prepare me for what the future
holds. I'm so happy to be out here growing every day I absolutely love this
service! Thank you all for the prayers and love!! Have a great week!
Vi voglio bene!
Anziano Ruiz
Carnevale
also known as carnival or mardi gras, is celebrated in Italy and many places around the world 40 days before Easter, a final party before Ash Wednesday and the restrictions of Lent.
Carnevale in Italy is a huge winter festival celebrated with parades, masquerade balls, entertainment, music, and parties. Children throw confetti at each other.
Mischief and pranks are also common during Carnevale, hence the saying A Carnevale Ogni Scherzo Vale, anything goes at carnival.
We had Fufu with Silvano! It's an African dish! Super good. He's awesome!
On top of Carolina's roof
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