Because this is seriously the zone of miracles. I wish I could adequately describe my love for this little part of world, but I'll just give you a little glimpse as to why: As we were leaving a lesson with a new member of the church, we stopped into a pastry shop to buy some cookies. We got talking with the cute old shop owner, and he started letting us try his different cookie specialities. After we ordered, he put them in a bag, set the bag on the counter, and told us to get going, that this one was on him. So we got a free bag of cookies and a new friend. And this is why I love Napoli.
As far as the miracoli go, this week we had an amazing miracle with a woman I found doing some area book while Sorella Larsen was sick. I texted her and she immediately said she'd love to meet with us, and from that day on, she would call us everyday to check up on how we were doing and to try to set up an appointment. When we went over there for the first time, she introduced us to her cute 3 month old son, and after a couple minutes of chatting said "ok, what lesson have you brought for me today?" (Maybe this sounds like a lame miracle, but let me tell you how rarely this happens: about as rare as finding a sixth grader from 2011 who didn't own any Sillybandz. Super. Rare.) So we invited her to start the Book of Mormon challenge, and then we came back 4 days later and taught her together with her husband, and at the end they invited us over again, for a pranzo appointment. THEN. As we read a little further into her area book information, we realized she was a referral from another phone flush done in another city in March. Which city, you might ask? Battipaglia. Who was serving there in March? SORELLA BARNES AND I. We started teaching someone from a phone flush that Sorella Barnes and I had done back in March. It was so amazing to see the work I had done months ago, finally come to fruition. Heavenly Father works in the most mysterious, but most incredible ways.
Our cute little Julianne is progressing amazingly towards baptism, and we are scheduled to hold her baptism on the 20th of this month! Woohoo!
Finally, one of my favorite messages from this conference came from Elder Ulysses Soares. It is so important that we are unified as followers of Christ. We can't create separations among ourselves, especially when the world's standards are becoming increasingly more different from our own. We have to stick together and build each other up and encourage each other to continue following Christ. When we are together, we are strong. When we are together in Christ, we are invincible.
I love you all!
Sorella Maxfield
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