59: no empty chairs

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Ciaoooooo what's up everyone:) I hope you are all having a great summer & excited to start school soon! My 2 greenies got here 2 weeks ago! One is Italian!!!! Meno male. Such a blessing. The other is from Utah and we are practically twins! Things were a bit difficult to adjust to at first but now they are going great.

We've had some busy and wonderful weeks here in Genova! We've built some great relationships with the members, found a few new people to teach and good to bed every night exhausted from running around all day! Life is so hard but so good!

I just wanted to share a little thought I had while sitting in church on Sunday. Here in Italy they have a national holiday called "Ferragosto" (its the day that the virgin Mary ascended into heaven) and the whole country basically closes down and goes on vacation for that weekend! Haha so classic. Anyways, when we showed up to church on Sunday, there was hardly anyone there because they were all on vacation. As I sat there during sacrament looking at all the empty chairs it reminded me of a phase/motto that my Aunt Mary and Uncle Sam loved to say, "No Empty Chairs". It got me thinking about all the people in Italy who have a chair here waiting for them, but they don't know it yet. They need me to find them! And then I got thinking about all the empty chairs in churches all around the world and all the many people who still need to hear about the gospel. We need to find them! And then, I thought out how maybe one day in heaven, we will all gather together and look around to find more empty chairs. How sad would that be? How comforting it is to know that we can continue to find those people in the next life as well!

QUINDI (therefore), let's fill our chairs! There is so much work to be done and we have the beautiful opportunity to be apart of it. This week I've really been trying to remember that everyone is a child of God and there is a special place for them heaven. If I only end up finding one person here in Genova to sit with me in heaven one day it would have all been worth it:) I invite you all to do that same! Love someone! Share the gospel! Invite them to church! Fill those heavenly chairs:)

Alma 26.30
"And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving some."

Tanto amore, 
Sorella Pitt



Ciaoooooo what's up everyone:) I hope you are all having a great summer & excited to start school soon! My 2 greenies got here 2 weeks ago! One is Italian!!!! Meno male. Such a blessing. The other is from Utah and we are practically twins! Things were a bit difficult to adjust to at first but now they are going great.
We've had some busy and wonderful weeks here in Genova! We've built some great relationships with the members, found a few new people to teach and good to bed everynight exhausted from running aroind all day! Life is so hard but so good!

I just wanted to share a little thought I had while sitting in church on Sunday. Here in Italy they have a national holiday called "Ferragosto" (its the day that the virgin Mary ascended into heaven) and the whole country basically closes down and goes on vaction for that weekend! Haha so classic. Anyways, when we showed up to church on Sunday, there was hardly anyone there because they were all on vacation. As I sat there during sacrament looking at all the empty chairs it reminded me of a phase/motto that my Aunt Mary and Uncle Sam loved to say, "No Empty Chairs". It got me thinking about all the people in Italy who have a chair here waiting for them, but they don't know it yet. They need me to find them! And then I got thinking about all the empty chairs in churches all around the world and all the many people who still need to hear about the gospel. We need to find them! And then, I thought out how maybe one day in heaven, we will all gather together and look around to find more empty chairs. How sad would that be? How comforting it is to know that we can continue to find those people in the next life aswell!

QUINDI (therefore), let's fill our chairs! There is so much work to be done and we have the beautiful opportunity to be apart of it. This week I've really been trying to remember that everyone is a child of God and there is a special place for them heaven. If I only end up finding one person here in Genova to sit with me in heaven one day it would have all been worth it:) I invite you all to do that same! Love someone! Share the gospel! Invite them to church! Fill those heavenly chairs:)

Alma 26.30
"And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving some."

Tanto amore, 
Sorella Pitt

























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