December 17, 2008

Oh, and i didnt tell you but we just got the transfer call and i am staying in battipaglia! yeah. I have been here since july. This will be my 5th transfer here and i am so happy. I know that i am meant to be here and baptize people that i am working with. I am praying for so many miracles. this city really has need of them. The sacred grove activity went well. We didnt have as many people as i would have wanted but it went well for the contacts, investigators and members that did come. The number was good but the people that i wanted to be there were not able to come. I would love to do this activity another time. We had a christmas activity last night with our english class students and we are having another one tonight with our members and investigators. I am excited. We are going to sing a lot of christmas songs. I am learning a lot about forgiveness and true charity. I have been having struggles with an Elder that is in my apartment that has been with me since August. He is a good kid but just the type of person that drives me bonkers. I am not sharing this with you to complain but to tell you how grateful i am to heavenly father for helping me with this trial and giving me this trial to help me grow. i know that we are together for a huge reason. I have never been with another elder for 4 transfers so i know that it is meant to be. I have really discovered what i need to do better to treat others better and love them for their faults which i have never been able to do. I love this gospel and I love the mission. I am learning the importance of enduring and always improving and never platoing. Today we went to Paestum with an investigator and it was fun to go to the museum and see many greek and roman mythology that i studied my senior year. It was neat to teach the people that worked there about some of the mythology. I am so glad that i took that class. The best class ever! Love Elder Brewster