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Week 99 - Only one more week

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I hope you're all enjoying your Summer! For me, knowing that I'm going
home next week has my mind in "on mode"- all the time. I have never
had problems sleeping in the mission until this past week; I can't
stop thinking! Last night, Giancarlo "il famoso", brought a cake and
presents for me to the ward family home evening last night to
celebrate my return. I don't deserve the love that man shows to me.
I'm glad I got the opportunity to know him. Tonight we are going to
his house to surprise him with gelato and a Mormon message video.
We're excited! :)

After church on Sunday, we stuck around in the church with Courage,
Sunday, and Peace eating €0.90 frozen pizzas while watching On the
Lord's Errand (side note: I love our prophet!). President Allen did a
special church service in Ravenna and came down to Rimini afterward to
interview our Nigerian friends for baptism. They all passed! All three
of these boys have stories from Nigeria that will make you cringe, but
now, all three of these boys are safe in Rimini with a testimony of
the restored church of Jesus Christ. These guys are not the most
educated Nigerian men I have ever met, but they all have an admirable
faith. It's been an honor watching them sacrifice, struggle, and
persevere for their testimony. Also, I've literally seen these guys
learn Italian! Three months ago, they thought they were hot stuff
saying "ciao" and "stammi bene". Now, we schedule appointments with
them in Italian on the phone! I want nothing more than for these guys
to have a happy and rewarding life.

Anziano Montalto and I also went to my first Catholic mass service
this week! I really enjoyed it. I was a little disappointed to see
that the average age for the personnel there was probably around 60; I
hope it's not an indication of the rising generation's lack of belief.
That being said, the thing that impressed me the most was seeing these
devout Catholics practice their beliefs. I know that we are members of
the true church, but it's cool seeing other people's faith and the
sacrifices they make to live it. I also enjoyed standing up every few
minutes to recite another prayer (don't worry, I kept my mouth closed
during the prayers)! I've been too a few different churches now and
I've come to the conclusion that we are a church of sitters. Other
church's stand up a lot more than just for the intermediate hymn!

The miracle of the week happened at a less-active member's house. We
had scheduled an appointment with the father, but when we arrived, his
18 year-old son was the only one home. Normally, this kid runs out of
the room every time we come. We were excited when he invited us in and
agreed to listen to our prepared message. We were able to talk about
prayer and communicating with God. A couple days before going to this
appointment, I had a really powerful experience due to a prayer and
was able to testify with true and sincerity to this young man.

I'm really grateful that I've been able to serve a mission. I'll send
you guys my final adieu next week.

Vi voglio bene,
Anziano Anderson

1. My beautiful city!
2. This is the Catholic Church I went to for mass.
3. Hi, we're the missionaries!
4. Sometimes random 1,000 year old ruins are just chilling around
these ancient Italian cities...
5. Giancarlo!!!!
6. We went to a nearby beach city for a p-day stroll today.
7. We had to score a picture with Miss Liberty! ;)














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