Sorella Madison Pitt

Wow!! Whatta crazy, happy, stressful, spiritual, tear-filled, miracle-filled, awesome week! I don't even know where to begin... I had always heard about everything going wrong on the week of a baptism, but I never understood it cuz all of mine always turned out great! But oh boyyy, Satan was doing everything he could to stop the baptism this week. And man did it tear me up inside. Made me so stressed and frustrated and UGH I hate Satan. I think I prayed more this week than I did in my 3 years of high school combined. I was praying and praying and praying that things would be okay & that this family would hold strong. And they did:) Cashlyn and her dad got dressed in white on Saturday! She came up from the water with a giant smile on her face and both of her parents were in tears. It was the most beautiful day! Sunday was just as great! We had 7 nonmembers come to church. 7!! That's literally the amount of  members  that were coming when I first got here! It's remarkable...

Well here we are. I had a dream last night that I wasn't a missionary anymore and I woke up in tears ahaha it's gonna be hard to leave! I think if it weren't for my family and friends back at home I'd stay here just a little longer, but hey all good things have to end! And someone once told me that this is just "la fine dell'inizio" -- the end of the beginning! Which is so true, I'm excited to take everything I've learned here on the mission and go home and live it. My mission was nothing I ever expected but everything I always needed. From opening my call the same day the world shut down, to doing onliceMTC at the cabin in Montana. From riding bikes in the snow in Colorado, to spending Christmas in a barn in Wyoming. From eating too much pesto in Genova to getting blown away in Trieste. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. The Lord proved me and humbled me and taught me and loved me and WALKED with me. And I'm so grateful I got to stic...