BIG OL FISH 🐟 🎣

Ciao a tutti!! 

I'm currently packing up everything i own into 2 suitcases because im being transfered to Pescara. Basically im leaving my island to live my dream of being a fisherwoman and catch some big ol fish in my new area.

 Pescare - means to fish, therefore

 Pescara = im going fishin 

Im a little bervous but also excited for a little change. 

Thank you to every who wished me a happy birthday. It was nothing too crazy but was overall a good day. Thank you to my mother who birthed me. I LOVE MY MOTHER. Everybody go hug your mom right now because i cant. That's my birthday wish. So now you have to go do it. 

I am going to miss my dearest companion sorella gugler. Even though were almost the same age in the mission shes taught me so much. I learned how to be a better missionary from her everyday. I learned how to find joy in the little things from her everyday. I learned how to laugh through all the times members yelled at us, lessons getting cancelled, doors getting slammed in our faces, and people posessed with devils look at us and tell us they hate christ. I love you sorella gugler. Thank you for being an example to me. See you next tuesday.  

MIRACLES UPON MIRACLES. boy did i see gods hand in my life recently. Honestly I've been a little emotianally weak these last 2 transfers. Honestly the hardest time of my whole mission. I came home every day and just dropped to my knees in prayer because i just felt so defeated. I felt as though I was working my hardest i had been working my whole mission. Not letting ONE single person pass me on the street without talking to them about the gospel, not letting ONE single door get shut in my face without giving them a picture of Jesus. Not leaving one meeting without bearing my testimony of the atonement of jesus christ. And then i would go home that day and nothing. See no fruits from my labors. No numbers were taken. No new investigators were found. Our numbers on area book were not increasing. I felt so defeated. I would go to church every Sunday and see the members look at me and ask me how the work is going and I could tell them nothing.

Then, the lord sent me Gianni. We went door knocking one night after pday for just a quick 30 minutes. We went in to the apartment building and chose to go to the 4th floor and knock on a random door. We knocked, and the cutest little smiling face opened the door. She kindly welcomed us in and immediately gave us chocolates. Then she called into the room her husband, Gianni. He wheels his wheelchair into the room, legless but a heart full of love. Gianni told us he had talked with missionaries centuries ago, has a book already that talks about Joseph smith and the travel of the pioneers and said as long as we weren't jehovas witnesses we can come over to his house anytime we want. He gifted me and Sorella Gugler each a painting, painting is his passion and he's insane at it. Then we left just feeling so uplifted and loved. I felt like I just spent time with my grandparents. He sent us a text that night and told us he felt as though we were his daughters. We had made an old, broken, lonely man so happy.

 Gianni was my angel that day that made me feel like I could keep going. 

It's not only been that 1 experience but I've seen little rays of light every day. 

If you think God is not present in your life, I promise you he is. It's just a little hard for us to see it sometimes. Dang imperfect humans. 

Anyways, sorry you had to read that Ted talk. I love being a missionary and I love the opportunity I have in these 18 months to talk about my savior every day. 

Love you all ♡♡♡