The public transportation in this city works actively against me. ACTIVELY. Which has lead me to believe that the devil organized the Italian bus system. Just as a small example, yesterday we went to visit our investigator who lives about an hour away, by bus. Everytime we go there, we arrive late, so we leave earlier and earlier everytime. This time, we left our house three hours early. And just as it always is, we arrived late. An hour late. Because we sat waiting at a bus stop for 2 hours. I don't knwo why I expect anything else at this point. But, to make it all better, when we got to our investigators house, they were barbequeing ribs, sausage, and steak. And it was divine.
I don't have much time to write this week, as our Pday was packed! We walked to the top of St. Peter's dome, then walked around the basilica, then helped at the Friendship Center. But, i wanted to leave you all with a spiritual thought about the family.
This comes from The Family: A Proclomation to the World
"Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation."
Families are divine. They are a gift from God that we get to keep for eternity. If that doesn't emphasize it's importance, I don't know what else to say. It's our job to protect and build our own families in our own individual roles. We invited our investigator this week to start praying and reading the scriptures everyday as a family, and I want to invite you all to do the same. This will found your family in the most important things of this life, and by growing spiritually together, you will grow closer together.
You're all amazing, Im so sorry for the lack of time! But i love you!
Sorella Maxfield
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