Every single day this week we have had at least one person ask us if we were twins. Every. Single. Week. And on Saturday we both wore our hair in braids and people called us Heidi. Good times.
For those of you who just read the first lines of missionary emails, I'll give you a brief update of the events of this week: We had incredible pizza, Julianne got baptized, and I'm being transferred to Rome 2, training. For more information, see below.
Incredible Pizza: the incredible couple that we're teaching invited us over to a great pranzo. We went over and Gianluca was just finishing up the pizza. Obviously, I asked for the recipe but after finding out that it was a 6 hour process I decided that making a Napoli pizza as a missionary probably wouldn't be a possibility. So we ate and talked and had a great old time. After the pranzo, we talked with them about the Plan of Salvation. They loved it and then told us that they had read the Family Proclamation to their son the night before. Then. Michela told us, almost in passing, that they had a friend from work who was interested in learning about our church who they would bring to meet us next week! They're amazing.
Transfers: this morning we recieved our transfer calls, and Sorella Pickerd told me I was going to be asked to do two things; first, continue as STL, and second, train a new sister. I was so stoked. Then she said "actually wait... three new things. We also want you to come to Rome... wait is that right? PRESIDENT PICKERD I can't read Sorella Maxfield's sheet, is she staying or leaving?" And the conversation continued like this for a couple minutes until President Pickerd finally confirmed that I was being transfered to Rome 2. SO: in the end, I did a 5 week transfer in Caserta and now I'm headed up to Rome 2! AND THE TEMPLE IS IN MY AREA.
Julianne's Baptism: It went so well. We went into the chapel on base, and started getting everything ready. (Side note: there was no piano for our musical number, so I had to learn how to play the organ and figure out how to change the settings so it didn't sound like I was the phantom of the opera.) Her whole family came, and the spirit was so strong. The best part was hearing the testimony of her father, who hadn't come to church for a long time before we started teaching Julianne. He just bore a very simple testimony on the importance of baptism, and you could see how proud he was of his daughter for making that choice. I'm so grateful that our Heavenly Father restored His priesthood to the earth so that we have the opportunity to make these promises with Him.
To sum up this week, it was incredible. I love Heavenly Father and I'm grateful for His guidance and care for each one of His children. I'm so excited to continue serving Him as a missionary!
I love you all!
Sorella Maxfield
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