Thanksgiving Letter

BUONGIORNO! I never know how to start an email so i always use BUONGIORNO. ...I will be more creative next week :)- I just said something completly wrong in italian to my district leader and my companion so they are laughing at me, im turning red, and i lost my thoughts on what to write in this email. Oh wow! The language is something else. I try so hard to come up with sentances and things to say, i say them... and then the conversation is full of laughter. Well, atleast i have become a comedian! People are finally laughing at what i say... but not in a good way. Ah, well. My companion is great with the language, so he helps me out a lot. He is so great to correct me and help me. We read from the Liahona and il Libro di Mormon for 15 minutes a day. It seems like its helping a lot. The language progresses slowly... which is frustrating at times... but its great. It is teaching me patience. It is also teaching me to never give up. If i gave up speaking after saying a stupid thing, i wouldnt make it through the first minute of the day. I make so many mistakes! Which is great a thing because i learn how to fix them. I learn how to say that word or phrase correctly, which is a start a little step toward success. So, learn from me, and never give up. I have met a lot of great people and developed great relationships through my awful mistakes! The members in my ward love it when i only say, "Mi Dispiace" because it is the only thing i know how to say! Ok, i know more than that... i hope! But, i realized that not being something is a blessing, because i can work on it, progress, learn, experiment. It is fun! I am truly loving it here. I dont know if you all know this, but in Italy there are many foreigners here. We have many from Romania, Russia, India, Peru. It is great to meet all of the different types of People. At times it is hard because of the language barrior, but it is a nice challenge. I have come to realize how much God loves everyone of his children. I know that i am here for a reason. I am here to help those who are prepared for this message. Those who are searching for this truth. I have met many who I have come to love who dont want this message, but that is ok. I love them anyways. I talk to them to bring this message but also to care for them, talk with them. I am working on asking myself, what would Christ do if he had the opportunity to talk to them, to meet them? I know that Christ lives. I know this is the True Gospel from him. I know it because i feel it, it is verified every single day to me. I know that I am here for a reason. I was at church a couple of weeks ago, and a wonderful lady from Scottland spoke with me. She told me how she joined the church, how the missionaries found her, and the miracles that occured. It was an amazing story. And after she said to me very boldly and geniunly, "Someone is waiting for you. You will find them and you will help them come to Christ." It was exactly what i needed to hear. We get turned down a lot and ignored. Im not telling you this for pity or anything like that. I am saying this because i know that there are people, even here in Italy, who need this. Who are waiting for this truth to lighten their lives. We have two new investigators that we recieved this week, Mirco and Luca. It is incredible how we found both of these men, a week within each other. We are teaching Luca tonight and then Mirco on Friday. They are great guys (25 and 22). Our lessons with them went really well, both very different. But in both the spirit was very strong, almost tangibile. You never know what a simple action can do. A " hello" or a talk on the metro, or with these two men, a stop on the street and inviting them to take lessons. Miracles happen. I love you all. Have a great Thanksgiving! Merry Christmas as well. Look at what you have, not what you wish you could have. When you do that, you will be happy. I love the scripture, "The Lord is my Shepheard, I shall not want" Love, Anziano Beau Richard Brewster.