November 12, 2008

I am doing really well. I love my new district. Elder Allen is the best District Leader. He gets things done and does big. He gives it his all and thinks outside of the box. Tonight we have an activity that i really hope goes well. We are watching the other side of heaven and we have invited so many people i really hope that they come. They did this in Napoli and it worked really well for them. It is going to be a blast and at the same time it is going to feed all that are there spiritually. My new companion is great. He is having a really hard time with the language and has the most american accent so it is hard for others to understand him. I am going to try and help him so that he can be confident with the language and be able to communicate with these people. I love how trusting he is. He has a lot of trust in me and supports me. He is also so humble and christlike. I love that we can joke together and enjoy eachother's company. Last night we had a funny experience. Where the church is there are about 6 villas in a row. We are in the last villa. The one right next to us has the most massive dog that barks and scares the dickens out of you even during the day time. Well, last night we taught english class and set up the chairs for the activity. It was a very dark and that street doesnt have one light for some reason. Elder Kunzler was near the fence and the dog attacked. He was scared to death and nearly jumped into my arms. Ha ha ha i couldnt stop laughing the rest of the way home, neither could he. I am learning that the Lord works in mysterious ways and what may look like a failure in my eyes actually is a blessing and success in His. I called Juri and Nadia on saturday and Nadia told me that we cant meet anymore and that Juri doesnt want to learn more. I thought that was a little fishy and i was not going to give up so easily so Sunday night we brought Speranza with us and stopped by their home. We got there right as they were about to leave. I talked with Nadia and I helped her remember all of the many spiritual experiences that she recieved. I poured my heart out to her and she denied it. She said that are churches arent the same and are very different and she doesnt want to mess up. I asked her, what if you are messing up right now and she tried changing the subject. Ifelt devestated like a quote Elder Holland gives that when investigators dont keep commitments that is how we should feel but only for about 5 minutes and then go on. I now realize that they quit right at the perfect time because now we will have more time for those that will progress and eventually be baptized. I know that God provides and knows what is best for us. Trust and Take council from Him is what I learned. I read that in my Patriarchal Blessing this morning and it hit me that i really need to do this more and i will be happy and always know my relationship between me and my Heavenly Father. Then, we saw 2 great miracles on Monday. I felt that we werent going to be able to go to FHE with the Dandolfos and i didnt know why. We then went to the station and there was a strike (sciopero) that they have often. And there we met Alexandra who is from Argentina but lives her with her Italian Husband. Her Gma was a member and died when she was 106. We took her to the bus station but there was a strike with the buses as well so we took her back to the train station. We talked and got her number. She wants to come to an activity that we will hold. She is incredible. We then had time to stop by 3 families to invite them to our activity. The last family were investigators (the mom, titta) and are now new investigators. The Dad was there for the first time because before he was in jail for 4 months. He is a good father and husband. He is atheist but is very open and loves hearing us so we are going to work with them and watch the restoration next week. It was so neat. That is the greatest thing about Faith at first i am blind and dont know what will happen but i trust that God will make the best of my efforts and i never give up! I love you so much. Love, Elder Beau Brewster