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Week 69: Where are the miracles? Look for them!

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Ciao a tutti:)) Wow. Another transfer down and I'm in denial that I only have 12 weeks left on the mission!! What the heck time plz slow down. We got transfer news and I will be staying here in windy Trieste! My cute comp is leaving me to serve in the little branch that we were covering about an hour away. I'm excited for a new transfer & new goals & lots of miracles!! Speaking of miracles... this last week was miracle filled! Honestly nothing big or grand really happened, but I decided I needed to stop getting discouraged about the things that weren't happening, and truly open my eyes to see the tender mercies that occur every single day! So here's miei miracoli piccoli recap: - found out that one of the recent converts here still didn't have the priesthood so we started meeting with him every week & getting him prepared. And last week he got the priesthood! - a recent convert family we teach once a week is preparing to go to the temple to be sealed in ...

Week 67: Treasures:)

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Ciao a tutti:) eccomi qua! I am alive & well & FREEZING. Trieste is known for their crazy strong windstorms (crazier than Cville)! Basically the winds here are so strong they pick up cars and throw them into the sea?! There are chains all along the sidewalks to hold on to so you don't blow away...it's an adventure and I'm loving it:) We have been working hard these past weeks trying to get these areas up and moving. We've been fasting and praying to find people to teach without any luck. It's discouraging:/ It's hard to know if there are people here who actually need the gospel when I can't seem to find them. I've  been praying to find hope and motivation through it all! And of course God answered my prayers through the scriptures, like He tends to do.  D&C 111:2,10 "I have much treasure in this city for you, for the benefit of Zion, and many people in this city, whom I will gather out in due time for the benefit of Zion, through your in...