Week 80: buon capodanno!

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Ciaooooo!! Buon anno a tutti! Happy new year! I hope you all had a great new years. Italy goes crazy for new years. Fireworks were going off all night in every single square but I slept through it all HA there's no sleep like mission sleep.

This week was great! We went on a lot of exchanges which is always the best. I learned so much and saw lots of miracles! We also had some amazing lessons with the members in our ward. I think the highlight of the week was doing a virtual temple tour with our sweet friend Onorina! My bestest friend, Sorella Castellano, from the fort collins mission who's now serving in Rome gave us the tour:) it was so special to see her eyes light up when she saw the temple and heard about eternal families. The sweetest part was at the end of the tour she said the prayer for us. It went a little like this,

" dear jesus, 
thank you for these beautiful girls who help me know about your church. Thank you for this beautiful temple. Help me lord that one day MAYBE I will go. Maybe. I don't know yet but we'll see. Amen."

Ahaha I love this women. We have been teaching her my entire time here and she loves the church, the book of Mormon and the principles of the gospel, but she's just too afraid to change. At first I kind of just wanted to give up on teaching her but the spirit kept telling me she has desire. It's been amazing to watch her progress slowly but surely and I know one day she will take that leap of faith. She has taught me to never give up on people. Some trees just need some more nourishing before they bring forth their fruit. Some people just need a little more time for the spirit to work on them. I learned that in the scriptures this week:)

"And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard."

I am so grateful for a merciful Savior who is willing to be patient with us as we are patient with others. He never gives up on us and he never will! I hope you all have a great week!!

Tanto amore, Sorella Pitt

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