Anziano Ruiz in the Italy Rome Mission: I love being out here learning and doing the Lord's work!

March 13, 2017

Caio tutti! We're already on the last week of the transfer! Geez this week was another really fast and good one! Here's some stories

So we have this awesome contact named Cecilia that works at a little pastry shop. We first ran into her and her dad doing some English course finding, then a couple of weeks later we saw her in her shop so we decided to say ciao. We've been stopping by every once and a while and have built a pretty solid relationship with her and her dad. This week I made some brownies with white chocolate chips and brought we them over to the shop and they loved them haha everyone who was coming in the shop was trying them it was sweet! Anyway we ended up talking to the dad for a while and he seems pretty curious of what we have to offer so I'm pretty excited to meet at their home soon!

The same day we had an appointment planed with Alex who is the only member in his home and a convert of two years, he hasn't been coming to church much so we wanted to help him out. So when we called to confirm, his friend Octavian picked up the phone and said that Alex is waiting. We have actually been trying to meet with Octavian the past couple of weeks after we gave him a Book of Mormon; but we haven't had the chance. So we were really excited that Octavian was there! We got there and just had small talk for a while and then we started talking about the gospel and started teaching the restoration so that was great! Then during the lesson Alexi’s mom walked in and started listening too! She had to leave early but we ended the lesson with Octavian and he really liked it. And it was perfect because we wanted to teach Alex about missionary work! So then Sunday Alex brought Octavian to church and he really enjoyed it a lot! I'm so happy everything worked out so smoothly! The lord just has perfect timing! I really hope I can stay here another transfer to see what else the Lord has planned for him. Today we're going to play soccer together with Alex Octavian and some other friends. It will be sweet!

So there is a member here, Alessandra, who I've been meeting with ever since I've been here because she used to be less active. Back when I was with Anziano Farinotti we helped her come back to church, which was awesome! Our next goal was to help her stop smoking, the missionaries have been trying to help her stop smoking ever since she picked it back up almost 3 years ago. So when I first got here she was smoking almost 2 packs a day and this week she stopped!! It's been a really long journey but it's been so worth it to see how much more energy and happiness she has now that she is keeping the Lord's commandments.

So it was a good week! I really love Ascoli it's so pretty! I love being out here learning and doing the Lord's work!

Vi voglio bene

Anziano Ruiz

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