Week 63: Coast to coast

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ECCO MI! È VIVA!
Another transfer down and I'm getting worse and worse at sending these weeklys... 
But let me just start by saying I am so happy. I feel so lucky to be a servant of the Lord serving in the beautiful country of Italy with the most amazing people:) There's honestly no one else I'd rather be. Not even Waiamea Bay, and that's saying something!

Let's dive right into it shall we:
- the dreaded day has come & I found out I'm leaving my beloved Genova. I'm being transferred to Trieste! Literally the opposite corner of the mission. 7 hours on a train baby!!

- we met this cool 25 yr old from Colombia who literally came up to us on the street and wanted to talk because he saw Jesus's name on our tags!! Our lesson was a mix of Spanish, English and Italian but that didn't keep the spirit from touching his heart:) There are so many people out there who are just dying to talk about Jesus!

- ELDER BEDNAR. Literally one of the biggest highlights of my mission. He spent the whole weekend in Milano talking with the saints of Italy! On top of that, our entire mission gathered together on Saturday morning to have 2.5 hrs with him! The power that we felt when he walked into the room was indescribable. I truly know that he is an apostle of God. On the Sunday morning conference with all the saints in Italy, he got up and said "I want to speak to those of you who aren't members of our church"...and then this man went on to teach the Restoration AND the Plan of Salvation AND invite everyone to learn more from the missionaries. Right there on the pulpit! It was incredible. Our friend Tamara ended up watching and absolutely loved it:)

- I have been learning to laugh at myself a lot this transfer! I still butcher lots of words in Italian or get on the wrong buses or fall down the stairs in the metro in front of a million people! But man have I come a long way and I'll just keep laughing until I can figure things out!

As I've been reflecting on my last 3 months in Genova, I have been asking the Lord if I have truly done enough. I feel like I put so much work into this area, yet no one got baptized or put on date or any of that. And I know that's not what it's all about, but sometimes it's hard to feel you have done your best when you don't see any of those "meaningful" results. Elder Bednar shared a scripture with us that was answer to my prayers >>

"Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice—yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command—they are accepted of me."                               D&C 97:8

It's so comforting to know that the Lord knows my heart, my desires, and my sacrifice. He accepts all of my efforts, no matter how minuscule I might think they are. I know one day my efforts in Genova will lead those people I met to the waters of baptism, whether in this life or the next. The Lord knows what He's doing:)

I want to thank you all for your constant support and prayers on my behalf! I really do feel the blessings that come from them! 
Vi voglio un sacco di bene!

























Sorella Pitt


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