Wow another week already.....my question is where did April go, and
the other 6 months I've been here....awe mission time is crazy!
Well Hello everyone:)
How is life? How is spring, and finals for all you in school? C'è la
fai!!! You can do it:)
We had zone conference last Thursday and wow talk about change....our
mission is doing a new thing called "find your own basketball court"
and President Allen wants us to use our talents more to find more
people to teach...so we have sports night, but we can also do art
classes, cooking classes, dancing, exercise....even rock
climbing....or perhaps have a chalk fight with a everyone and invite
tons of people.....so really any talent you have that could be put
into good use, or a big activity well planned out...he wants us to do
it. I'm not gonna lie, at first we were all pretty shocked...I mean I
think of missionary work as knocking on doors, talking to people in
the streets and asking members for referrals, but times are changing,
and I know President Allen is an inspired man. Our mission is already
seeing much success from this change, and it's such an amazing time as
more people are joining the gospel here in beautiful Italy while the
temple is on its way to be finished. God's work is moving forward!
This week I learned a very valuable lesson about god's timing and plan
for each of us specifically...let's start with Friday. We are heading
to English class and on the way to the bus stop, we run into a member,
"hi fratello Caruso." He gave us a ride to the bus stop which bus 44
was right at the light when we pull up and this bus will take us right
to the church....but this is the most unreliable bus y'all, and it
just happened to be there when he dropped us off. We catch it and
guess who was on it...Adda!! We walked with her to English class and
only Ilaria showed up, so just being all girls, we shared the video
daughters of god with them at the end, and the spirit was so strong.
As children of God we have more potential than we realize....It's up
to us to find that potential and make the most of our lives. "To share
truth in difficult circumstances is to treasure it more. When you push
against the boundaries of experience into the twilight of the unknown,
the Lord will strengthen you. The beauty of your eternal soul will
begin to unfold. With all my capacity I encourage you to discover who
you really are. … I urge you to discern through the Spirit your
divinely given capacities.." -Richard G. Scott
The next day again on the bus we get on, and who do we see....josh!
(The boy we met 2 weeks ago who came up to us and asked for an English
class flyer.) he had his friend with him (Carlos who is from Dominican
Republic and barely spoke any Italian...so my comp was able to speak
some Spanish with him.) we invited them both to sports night that
night, and they came!! Super awesome:)
And then Monday...well again on the bus😅 it pulls up and who's on
it...ALLESANDRO!!! We got talking to him and asked him where we could
buy Thailandaese rice to make mango rice...and he occumpanies us to
the store. While we are checking out, the cute lady was SO EXCITED to
see us...just kept smiling and asking us so many questions. (That
never happens....especially in Italy...they all think we are Jehovahs
witnesses and they don't really like them.) so we ran home, made
cookies, and brought them back to her along with a pamphlet. On the
way home, we are walking through the park, and Julio is sitting on a
bench...(a guy we met on a couple weeks ago) so we walk over, and
we're able to give him a Book of Mormon, his friend a resto pamphlet,
and invited them both to church.
So if I learned anything this week it's that god puts us in places at
certain times for a reason. Because he is not here on the earth, he
needs us to be his hands. As we are sensitive to the spirits
promptings, we are able to help and serve those around us, to be god's
hands for him in serving his children.
"If we will pray and ask Heavenly Father who we can help and promise
to act on the promptings He gives us letting us know how we can help,
He will answer our prayers and we will become instruments in His hands
to do His work. Acting in love upon the promptings given by the Spirit
becomes the catalyst. The work of naturally and normally sharing the
gospel with those we care about and love will be the work and joy of
our lives." -Elder David F. Evans
I just want to end by inviting you all this week to pray for an
opportunity to help someone in need, and pray for an opportunity to
share the gospel with someone who will be put in your path....I
promise if you do so with real intent, the lord will in turn fulfill
your desires, and he will place someone in your path. Being a
missionary is hands down the hardest thing I've ever done....I would
have given up longggg ago, but because I know this gospel is true, I
will never give up because i know how important this message is, and
it's my duty to share it will all in Italy. I'm grateful for the
examples of the pioneers, of Jospeh Smith who sacrificed
everything...even their lives for the gospel because it is that
important, because salvation is of eternal importance. So when it gets
hard, I remind myself the stories of my ancestors and say, "I'm doing
it for them too...." "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy
because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was
easy." -Elder Holland.
Vi voglio bene❤ con amore,
Sorella Rindlisbacher
Quote of the week: "Mission....Heavenly Father has a mission and plan
for each of us, but he also has his own timetable." -Bonnie L.
Oscarson
the other 6 months I've been here....awe mission time is crazy!
Well Hello everyone:)
How is life? How is spring, and finals for all you in school? C'è la
fai!!! You can do it:)
We had zone conference last Thursday and wow talk about change....our
mission is doing a new thing called "find your own basketball court"
and President Allen wants us to use our talents more to find more
people to teach...so we have sports night, but we can also do art
classes, cooking classes, dancing, exercise....even rock
climbing....or perhaps have a chalk fight with a everyone and invite
tons of people.....so really any talent you have that could be put
into good use, or a big activity well planned out...he wants us to do
it. I'm not gonna lie, at first we were all pretty shocked...I mean I
think of missionary work as knocking on doors, talking to people in
the streets and asking members for referrals, but times are changing,
and I know President Allen is an inspired man. Our mission is already
seeing much success from this change, and it's such an amazing time as
more people are joining the gospel here in beautiful Italy while the
temple is on its way to be finished. God's work is moving forward!
This week I learned a very valuable lesson about god's timing and plan
for each of us specifically...let's start with Friday. We are heading
to English class and on the way to the bus stop, we run into a member,
"hi fratello Caruso." He gave us a ride to the bus stop which bus 44
was right at the light when we pull up and this bus will take us right
to the church....but this is the most unreliable bus y'all, and it
just happened to be there when he dropped us off. We catch it and
guess who was on it...Adda!! We walked with her to English class and
only Ilaria showed up, so just being all girls, we shared the video
daughters of god with them at the end, and the spirit was so strong.
As children of God we have more potential than we realize....It's up
to us to find that potential and make the most of our lives. "To share
truth in difficult circumstances is to treasure it more. When you push
against the boundaries of experience into the twilight of the unknown,
the Lord will strengthen you. The beauty of your eternal soul will
begin to unfold. With all my capacity I encourage you to discover who
you really are. … I urge you to discern through the Spirit your
divinely given capacities.." -Richard G. Scott
The next day again on the bus we get on, and who do we see....josh!
(The boy we met 2 weeks ago who came up to us and asked for an English
class flyer.) he had his friend with him (Carlos who is from Dominican
Republic and barely spoke any Italian...so my comp was able to speak
some Spanish with him.) we invited them both to sports night that
night, and they came!! Super awesome:)
And then Monday...well again on the bus😅 it pulls up and who's on
it...ALLESANDRO!!! We got talking to him and asked him where we could
buy Thailandaese rice to make mango rice...and he occumpanies us to
the store. While we are checking out, the cute lady was SO EXCITED to
see us...just kept smiling and asking us so many questions. (That
never happens....especially in Italy...they all think we are Jehovahs
witnesses and they don't really like them.) so we ran home, made
cookies, and brought them back to her along with a pamphlet. On the
way home, we are walking through the park, and Julio is sitting on a
bench...(a guy we met on a couple weeks ago) so we walk over, and
we're able to give him a Book of Mormon, his friend a resto pamphlet,
and invited them both to church.
So if I learned anything this week it's that god puts us in places at
certain times for a reason. Because he is not here on the earth, he
needs us to be his hands. As we are sensitive to the spirits
promptings, we are able to help and serve those around us, to be god's
hands for him in serving his children.
"If we will pray and ask Heavenly Father who we can help and promise
to act on the promptings He gives us letting us know how we can help,
He will answer our prayers and we will become instruments in His hands
to do His work. Acting in love upon the promptings given by the Spirit
becomes the catalyst. The work of naturally and normally sharing the
gospel with those we care about and love will be the work and joy of
our lives." -Elder David F. Evans
I just want to end by inviting you all this week to pray for an
opportunity to help someone in need, and pray for an opportunity to
share the gospel with someone who will be put in your path....I
promise if you do so with real intent, the lord will in turn fulfill
your desires, and he will place someone in your path. Being a
missionary is hands down the hardest thing I've ever done....I would
have given up longggg ago, but because I know this gospel is true, I
will never give up because i know how important this message is, and
it's my duty to share it will all in Italy. I'm grateful for the
examples of the pioneers, of Jospeh Smith who sacrificed
everything...even their lives for the gospel because it is that
important, because salvation is of eternal importance. So when it gets
hard, I remind myself the stories of my ancestors and say, "I'm doing
it for them too...." "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy
because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was
easy." -Elder Holland.
Vi voglio bene❤ con amore,
Sorella Rindlisbacher
Quote of the week: "Mission....Heavenly Father has a mission and plan
for each of us, but he also has his own timetable." -Bonnie L.
Oscarson
Grazia <3 Stubborn woman who will never come to church, but I love her :)
For English class we were teaching parts of the body. I laid on the board and Meager outlined me... now do I have some curbs or what hahahahaha
Torino Zone
When the rest of the zone is late, we gotta hop the fence
Writing people goodbye notes... so much Italian I think my brain is fried translating back and forth haha
This is Jessica... and it may not look like it, but secretly I wanna curl up and cry. I started panicking when she was slithering around my neck. When she lifted up the rock to take it out of its cage it had laid about 10 eggs, so she was pretty feisty when she got her out. Ahh.
