{"id":435,"date":"2013-10-31T03:49:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T03:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2013-10-31T03:49:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T03:49:40","slug":"siamo-una-famiglia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/siamo-una-famiglia\/","title":{"rendered":"Siamo una famiglia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cara famiglia,<\/p>\n

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It has been a great week! Let me tell you about Saturday. \u00a0So we were invited to go with a bunch of our members and their non-member friends to find castigli…chestnuts. \u00a0Have you ever gone searching for chestnuts? Let me tell you, it is difficult. \u00a0And Italians are a little picky about what the chestnut looks like. Every one I picked up ended up getting tossed out by the end \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0We drove out to the country-side. It was absolutely, stunningly, beautiful. \u00a0The hopeless romantic that I am…I was almost in tears of happiness. We were driving through these mountains and there are these little beautiful Italian houses dispersed throughout. \u00a0And the members we were driving with (our Italian family) may or may not have been playing Andrea Bocelli and Italian opera. I seriously was in complete heaven. \u00a0It was like I was living this childhood romantic dream for a little bit. Yes, I am a missionary, but I’d like to think God just gave me that little gift of having a romantic moment to myself in the hills of the Italian countryside. \u00a0We were able to develop some good relationships with the members as well, I hope \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0And at the end, yes, we roasted chestnuts on an open fire. \u00a0That really happened.<\/div>\n
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I was sitting there, eating chestnuts and delicious meat and Italian pasta and just so… happy. \u00a0This branch in Rimini is so close and such a family. \u00a0And the missionaries are a part of this family. \u00a0I sat there, and I thought of home, and the laughs we always have, and I just wanted my family in America to be with my Italian family. \u00a0And for mom to realize that.. these members take care of me \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0They worry about me if I’m not wearing a scarf and if I’m freezing, they feed us endlessly because they don’t want us to starve, they love us and take care of us. I am filled with so much love for each and every one of them. The church is just this big community family and there is such a sicurezza (safety\/assurety) in this.<\/div>\n
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We have also had some great referral miracles this week. \u00a0Our investigators brought their friends to lessons, and our members invited us to eat with them and teach their friends. \u00a0It has been great! \u00a0Our members from Ecuador invited us over for food \u00a7(it was so good, something different than pasta!) and to teach these two girls that they are fellowshipping. \u00a0 We had two family home evenings in one night and received some more referrals. \u00a0These members are so wonderful! \u00a0They just welcome us into our home and treat us like family. \u00a0Do you know how comforting and wonderful this is? We are so far away from home, and yet and never alone. \u00a0But we are all brothers and sisters and children of God, and we take care of each other. \u00a0We show our love for God by the way we treat His children.<\/p>\n
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I am learning and growing more each day. \u00a0I am learning how to cope with stress, self-worth, faith, and trust. There is always so much to learn, but as I lean on my Heavenly Father I can do it. \u00a0I know that God sends others to answer our prayers. \u00a0Oftentimes, we don’t realize that we are surrounded by angels. \u00a0Open your eyes and give someone a hug or kiss their cheek if they seem sad. \u00a0Write them a note of encouragement. \u00a0Send them a text with a scripture. \u00a0It’s the littlest things that make a big difference. \u00a0But they’re so important.<\/div>\n
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Il salvatore vive e il libro di mormon e vero.<\/div>\n
Vi voglio bene,<\/div>\n
Sorella Strong<\/div>\n

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