Sooo,
I have sooo many fun stories to share this week! First of all, we went to
Zone conference (for which I had to return right back to Roma 3 days after I
left!). It was really fun and kind of crazy! So, we arrive in Roma
after a 3 hour bus ride, and we decided to go get something to eat at the
"Chicken Hut" (lol). On the way there, we made a new friend
named Aziz who invited us to his African musical performance! So cool!
We got a biglietto from him and everything. He also gave us free
bracelets. There was also a cool band that we met on the bus on the way
to the Roma 2 Sorelle appartment. I HAD to talk to them because 1- they
were speaking English on the bus and 2- they were a total vision from the 70s!
They were soooo cool! :D Their band is called "Simeon
Soul Charger" and they play "psychedelic" music, according to
what one of the band members told me. I seriously felt like I was in the
70s! We gave them a biglietto and told them a bit about what we are doing
here in Italia for a whole year and a half, and they thought it was really
cool! I hope they check out our sito internet on the biglietto! :D
Also, I really enjoyed
Zone Coneference because the addestramenti were fantastic, I got to hear all
about Sorella Foster's 13 turtles that she has at home (SOOOO COOOL! XD)
and I got to conduct the music for the Nativity play that Presidente and Sorella
Waddoups put together for us to act out. It was quite fun :). We
had to rush home from Zone Conference though, because we had and English Course
party that night for all of the "graduating" students (we give them a
nice certificate of participation after 12 weeks :). It was SO fun!
:D We were able to lead the English course students in some funny
American games that we knew, and we did Karaoke! OH! So, with the
karaoke, nobody wanted to sing at first. It was then that a memory of
Sister Omer and I singing YMCA popped into my mind and I just thought,
"Yes, that is what we need to do!" So, I told the other Sorelle
"Let's go sing YMCA!" :D So, we did, it was a blast and
then a bunch of English course students and their friends and members began
going up to sing. It was really great! I really like making people
feel more comfortable by being a bit goofy myself. :)
Other than that, we
are having success with getting to know all of the simpatizzanti of the other
Sorelle because the ward is so fantastic, and asks us about all these
investigators! It is unreal how good this ward is! And yesterday,
we did correlation at Fratello Giusti's house, and he told us all about what we
should do to contact the comps of the other Sorelle, what we should do to try
to serve these people, and etc etc. Fratello Giusti and Sorella Giusti
are the coolest! They are both musicians (Fratello Giusti is pretty ben
noto, from what I hear (Nicola Giusti), have taught workshops for Opera at BYU,
and have met a whole bunch of famous people! Their son writes music too
and they say that the EFY album people have asked their son to make 2 songs for
the next EFY CD! How cool! :D We love the Giustis soooooo
much! And their dogs! One dog is kind of...angry... It lashes
out in doggy fury when one tries to pet it... The dog has no teeth and is
tiny, so I feel a bit sorry for it... But it is really funny because it likes
it when Fratello Giusti rocks it back and forth. :) So funny!
And they have a really cool conversion story.
Also, we had a baptism
this week- the baptism of Gianni D. He is a fantastic person and he
thinks my California-isms are hilarious! It is funny how everybody here
knows about California and they think my California-cultural differences are
funny. :D Haha, I love it. The baptism was really beautiful
and me, Sorelle Worsham and Kippen did a musical number together! We sang
"I believe in Christ" (Credo in te, Gesù) and it was a beautiful
experience. I even got to sing a verse all by myself! My favorite thing
about it though was that I got really nervous before-hand and was totally
expecting myself to mess up and that my voice would do like it did in high
school when I sang and got nervous, and would go up way too high and squeaky.
Ma, non era così! I prayed a BUNCH beforehand and I talked to
Sister Worsham. She told me, "Just replace the nervous thoughts with
good thoughts like 'Confident, awesome, Spirit'. Let me tell you, it
worked 100% and I experienced the first time ever where I sang, using my natural
voice, and it was so nice! It was literally a miracle. And afterwards,
people were crying and said that they felt the Spirit so much from our song
that we all did together. Such a blessing, this was.
And, I cannot
forget this one! So, the other day, after we helped this nice lady named
Angela to clean her house from the flood damage, we got a call from Carlos, our
awesome buddy from our ward who is blind. He asked us to take him to his
friend's tabaccheria from the bus station, so we headed over there and did just
that. Carlos is soooo funny! And it really took our mind off of the
cold to hear his funny stories and jokes. He also thinks that my
California-isms are really funny! So, we went to the Tabaccheria where we
waited with Carlos for his friend to finish work so she could drive us all
home. I then started to look around the shop, and I saw the
"Bacci's" di "Perugia", and I just felt that I had to get
one for everybody. I went to purchase the 6 candies and Carlos' friend,
Sara, let me buy them for more than 70% off! It was really nice of her.
:) I then proceeded to give a "Baccio" candy to each of
my companions, one to Carlos, one to Sara and one to this nice lady on the way
out. We had a good laugh from what the fortunes inside said, and Carlos
said he was really thankful for the candy. It is one of my favorite
experiences that I have had on my mission.
Well, that is all I
have for now, tutti! Vi voglio bene, e parliamo di nuovo questa prossima
settimana!
-Sorella Cherrington
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