I love you all! I am just sooo
happy right now! I have loved times 10 serving in Roma 3 with Sorella
Felice these past couple of days, and I have loved also the fact that the best
Gelateria on the planet is within the bounds of Roma 3!!! Woooo
hoo!
But, you guys, I felt so good this
week primarily because I learned a HUGE lesson through reading an awesome talk
that I will mention a bit later. BUT, this week I decided to do something
a bit different with all of my stories; I quoted bits from my emails with my
famiglia! I hope you enjoy them. :)
So, Italia. I
have been loving the time I have spent on Scambi (exchanges) because these
Sisters are so nice and fun here! Just yesterday, I got to go finding in
a park in the Roma 3 Zone that is lined with Aqua ducts and ancient Roman
ruins! It is soooo cool! This time, I got to be companions with
Sorella Felice, who loves to talk and have fun and get GELATO!! Lol, all
the missionaries here love to get Gelato, bombas (the DELICIOUS only .50 euro
donuts stuffed with chocolaty goodness... OOOOOHHHH MY GOODNESS, they are
soooo good!), and granite (LOVE!) We often see the people who run the
Siciliano Gelateria called "Da Sicilia" perche we go there so
frequently! They know us by name and like to practice their English with
us. Last night, on P-day eve ("Peeve" as Sorella Felice calls it
;) they gave us free canoli to try... HOLY COW, were those good.
Fried shells with sweet Ricotta cheese and Pistachios inside... THE
best. Wow. Sicuramente, loro hanno la migliore gelateria in tutta
d'italia!
WOW,
you are awesome, Dad! That is great, uplifting advice. This week, I
have found happiness in misery by following the counsel in a talk by Elder Holland
Entitled "Lessons from Liberty Jail." That Sister Fuller had sent me.
It was really fantastic, and inspired me to cancel the fear and anger out
of myself in order to invite the Spirit to be with me. (Because the
Spirit cannot penetrate fear and pain.) We have to follow the examples of
Joseph Smith, and most of all, our Savior, being cheerful in any challenge that
comes our way. The results of my test with this were literally
miraculous. Even when I was being belittled or began to feel so awful, I
cancelled my fear and found extreme happiness and peace in my heart.
I
cannot fully explain how this miracle of forgiveness and peace happened, except
through my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know He trusted me to get
through this challenge, and I know that there are many other people (and
missionaries) praying for me to get through the rest of this transfer.
We get
transfer calls in less than 4 days, btw!!! XD and Sorella told me to get
my Permission before the day of transfers, so that could mean that I am going
South! Idk yet though... Gah! So crazy, transfers! LOVE IT!
XD
OH!
And, I gotta tell ya, I am really loving life right now, am almost done reading
the entire NEW TESTAMENT!!! XD, I am loving my mission, and I am getting
scary good at speaking Italiano! I wayyyy love talking with people in
italiano, and I love love love when they ask me if I am Italian.
Lol. That’s all I got to say about that.
Altre
cose: I just love Italy, you guys. I love doing finding on the
streets with Pamphlets and sharing a brief testimonianza del Vangelo di Gesù
Cristo. It is received very well nearly every time that I use the opus
coli and share my testimony using the images in the pamphlets. I so love
it when people can see the light of Christ in us as missionaries and they begin
to want to know more. We have already set appointments with people by
speaking with them this way. I LOVE doing finding, you guys! I
looooove Speaking Italian, and I am soooooo stoked for transfers!
Until
next week! :D (Alla prossima settimana!)
Vi voglio
bene,
Sorella
Corey Cherrington
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