April 22, 2009 (Earth Day)

The mission is so incredible! I have been learning so much about myself, how i react with people, especially with my companion and district. I am learning how to overcome my weaknesses and faults and how to support others in their weaknesses and faults. I am learning how to love people unconditionally. I love trials and hards times because right after there is a beautiful calm. THere is a peace and imense joy that i would never have felt if i didnt first experience the raping waves, tormentous winds and the shards of painful hail and worked so hard to overcome them so that my heart is open and i am willing to do the will of the Lord. At the end there is a beautiful rainbow of joy that just fills the soul. This is what i feel after every companion. There were a lot of rough periods with each one of them not because it was their fault but because it was our faults because no one is perfect and we are both learning together. In the end it is great to see the change and the growth in each of us. Today i am saying good bye to my dear companion and friend Elder Julian Francesco Kenneth Soro. He is going to Livorno as Zone Leader. My new companion will be Elder Sponseller who was also in the MTC with me. He is already on the island in Sassari. I am excited. I have a lot more to learn and grow. I have had many spiritual experiences in this last transfers. Elder Soro and I have seen a lot of miracles and we have had a memorable time together. We had an incredible apointment with Giovanni last night and President Sanna. The spirit was profoundly strong. I was more converted thanks to this lesson. Giovanni wants to be baptized and he told us this yesterday but before he is baptized he wants to know without a doubt that Joseph Smith was a prophet. President sanna felt to share Moroni 10:3-5 and he poured his heart out! He went over every single word and expounded with great simplicity what it meant to him. We felt to bring President Sanna for a reason because Giovanni needed that. Giovanni wants to know and is looking for the truth and he will find it! I am so excited for both him and Carlos Gordillo. Love Elder Brewster