Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Some good trainer I am right??


Hey Everyone!! :)

I’m sorry, sorry, sorry but this email is going to be a little short. I've only done that once in about 10 months and don’t think that this is a routine. Hahaha trust me it will happen very few times...

THURSDAY- I got my greenie; his name is Anziano Strong. So together we make...STRONG GLOWA!!!!!!!! Hahaha anyway he's a really cool kid. He's from Idaho and he is about my height (my first companion that I'm taller than). Haha he has a great spirit and he is ready to work. It was weird because I've already trained before but I wasn’t nervous at all. I am getting that tiredness back; the same one you get when you train, but I guess that’s normal. My comp is a really good guy and I know that together we will baptize. The people I have in my new district are as follows: zone leaders.... Anziani Anderson and Armenize, Anziani Dunshee and Hill (Hill is a greenie too), Sorelle WIlly and Cazier and then there is Anziano Strong and me. We are going to just tear things apart! I'm so excited! :) After getting my greenie, we went to Cyro's house to play a little game with my greenie. Hahaha I didn’t do this to my first child but I had to for my second. So we went and pretended Cyro was an investigator that we taught once. We walked in and sat down and he started bringing up anti Mormon stuff. I looked at my companion to try to get him to explain haha. It didn’t go well so Cyro got up and started making orzo (fake coffee) and gave it to me and my comp. Then he gave us beer (non alcoholic which my comp didn’t know) and he wanted us to drink it. My comp stayed strong and tried to teach the word of wisdom but me on the other hand, tried to make a deal with Cyro. I tried telling him if we drank the beer that he would stop drinking beer and get baptized in 3 weeks. He agreed and I tried telling and convincing my companion that we needed to drink it but he wouldn’t do it.... so I just grabbed the beer and chugged it. Hahaha you should have seen the look on my companion’s face! Then Cyro started saying how I'm a fake missionary and he couldn’t get baptized by people like me. I got "mad" and stood up and pushed back my chair and started yelling at Cyro. Then Cyro and his son stood up and ran to the table to grab butcher knives. I like looked at my companion and told him to RUNNNN!!!!!!!! Fatima was there not letting me run because I was behind the table but my companion just booked it, leaving me to fend for myself.... good thing it wasn’t real. I would have died. I finally got out and ran to my companion just to tell him in a nice soft voice.... just kidding hahahaha. Oh he was so mad at first but in the end he saw the humor in it. Anyways it was a good joke...not bad eh?? Haha what do you guys think? Some good trainer I am right?? Hahaha! 

I have been on a train ever since Thursday... so Thursday I went to Milano...2 hours on train there and back. Then Friday I had to do a baptismal interview for the sorelle. On Saturday I had to come back to do one for the zone leaders. We stayed the night and took the train back on Sunday. Then Monday we had district meeting and did a scambi. So Tuesday we had to re meet up and then today we are in Verona to hang out with the other missionaries. Haha it has just been a busy week that’s for sure! But it’s been good to teach my greenie how to do missionary work and to be a good example. I'm learning a lot from my greenie and I'm grateful for this time the Lord has given me to train and to help someone start off his mission properly. 

So, you don’t like my Ferrari driving skills?? I'm not going to lie, I haven’t driven for 10 months so I was a little hesitant at first but I got used to it. I think I should do it again just because this time I would go twice as fast! :) Haha it was so awesome! You should tell Cody to email me and I can write letters back to him. I miss him and want to know how he’s doing.

I love you all so much and I'm really sorry  that I don’t have a lot of time to write you all. I'm sure this is still longer than Jason’s email and has more detail haha. Anyways I love you all so much and I'm so grateful for you and for all of you love for me. I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!

Love Anziano Glowa

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"I felt like Ricky Bobby!"


Hello all!!!!

So I’ll just start with transfers; Anziano Reynoso is going to Milano!!!!! And the Lord has called me to have another baby... I'm training again! :) I'm way excited! I cant wait to get him and help him start off his mission well. I kind of feel bad for him though because I plan on playing a few jokes with him, like going to a member’s house pretending it’s an investigator and just cause trouble... should be funny haha I love mission stories. :) And also they are opening up a companionship in Verona so now I'm a district leader to 8 missionaries. It should be a great transfer! I don’t know who my greenie is but I’ll find out and tell you more about him next week. So if you have any questions, let me know… :)

On with the week...

THURSDAY- We had a few lessons planned. We taught Merlain and he is just growing so fast. I'm so happy for him and that he accepted the gospel. :) Then we taught our other new converts: the dos Santos. Their cousins they have a 20-year-old son and his name is Carlos. He is awesome and he just opened up completely saying how he wants to change his life and how he needs our help so we are excited for him. :) And then we had a lesson with our other new converts: the Signhs. They are awesome and are just continuing in faith and just being a great example for the branch. 

FRIDAY- We had weekly planning and planned out an amazing week full of success. =) We had a lesson with some referrals from our member Wener. The referral is for a Brazilian family: Jucirara and Roberto, the girl is Brazilian and the guy is Italian. They have a 4-year-old daughter. The only thing is that they are not married...yet. So no worries, well get them. :) We taught them the restoration and they took it really well. They talked about how they feel a hole in their lives and we are helping them to see how this can fill that hole. We invited them to read the Book of Mormon and to pray and to see for themselves the truth of what we speak. It was just a really good lesson and I'm just so excited for them! :)

SATURDAY- We taught English class; it was nothing new or exciting but we were behind on lessons and we need to get at least 20 lessons so we went and just destroyed! We went and taught 8 lessons. It was awesome just stopping person after person and finding people that were willing to listen and talk and pray and commit. It was awesome. I love doing missionary work. It’s something I like to do and I’m good at it (not to be prideful). I know that the Lord has given me a portion of his spirit to work with and I’m only a good teacher because of him. I just love teaching to gospel, English or Italian, it’s all the same for me :)

SUNDAY- Sadly we didn’t have the people we were hoping to come to church. We wanted Carlos to come and Juciara and Roberto to come but they didn’t. That just means we have to work harder for next time. I love the gospel because I learn so much from it, even though I teach it I feel I learn way more then anyone else. Haha it’s awesome! After we went to a BBQ at Juciara and Roberto’s house and spoke about meeting with them and having a family night to watch the restoration at Cyro's house. We will get them to commit to church more fully next time. After the BBQ we went and taught some lessons and we had 21 lessons at the end of the week...AWESOME!!!! I love going past or goals it makes me feel so good. :) 

MONDAY- A new rule came out from the mission president. The last Monday of every transfer we need to take the morning off and clean our apartment. So we cleaned in the morning time; it didn’t take that long because our place was pretty clean because we clean regularly. :) Then we went to Verona and had a district meeting. The President called the zone leaders because one of them (Anziano Nielsen) is going to Torino. Anyway when he was talking to president I signaled at him to ask about Mantova so we could find out what was happening to us. He asked if Anziano Glowa would still be their district leader and then President said yes and explained what was happening. So that’s how we found out about transfers. Because Anziano Reynoso is leaving we went to Cyro's house with Cyro and Wener's families and had dinner and they had FHE so we got to play games with them it was sooooo fun. Reminds me back to when we would do FHE...3 times a year...joking joking haha but it was really fun.

TUESDAY- We went to our branch president’s house for lunch and then we didn’t know this but because it’s August the buses don’t pass as often...don’t you just love Italy haha! Anyway our bus didn’t come for 2 hours, so we decided to save time and that we would hitchhike...great idea right? Well it was but not for the first hour because we didn’t get picked up forever! And it was hot and the sun was terrible because it was +40 haha! But then we finally got picked up and brought to Mantova. I thanked the Lord after that one. :) Haha and then we went to Cyro's house for the family night with Juciara and Roberto and it went really well. We watched the movie and talked about it and talked more about the importance of reading and praying to know they both promised they'd do it so we will see on Friday because that’s our next appointment with them. Then we ate and talked and decided what to do for P-day. We decided that we would go to Modena and go see the Ferrari Factory.

WEDNESDAY- TODAY WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First I want to say sorry for spending a lot of money but I want to say thank you, thank you, and thank you because it was all worth it; it was so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll explain, so we got picked up at our house at like 9 by Cyro and Fatima. They took us to Modena and we took a lot of pictures more than 200 I think! And I bought a Ferrari Hat and I got post cards and then we were going to go to the museum but we saw a sign that said "test drive" and we saw that you could drive a Ferrari for 10 minutes only for £50. So I decided to do it... you may be thinking, but your driver’s license is expired, I was lucky enough that they didn’t check/care. I got to drive a friggen Ferrari!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was awesome!!!!!! I went fast then like 200km!! It was sooooo fun and fast! I felt like Ricky Bobby! It was for sure worth it and now I will have that memory forever!!! It was sooo much fun I can’t explain it to you. You will have to come and try it but I want to thank you for putting money on my card and for letting me to do that. You will see pictures and I bought the video they took of me and I’ll send that to you. It was sooo much fun!!!!!!!! It was a good P-day; the best one I've had so far that’s for sure! :) I’ll have to go back to actually see the museum because we didn’t have time afterwards haha. Then we went to the worse McDonalds ever! This place didn’t even look like one from the outside. They didn’t have Big Macs and didn’t take credit card and they didn’t have ice cream or Mcflurry. It was the worst one ever. Anyway besides McDonalds this day was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You’ll see the pictures soon! :) And I wasn’t too rusty at driving because I haven’t driven in 10 months haha not bad ;)

I love you all so much and I’m so grateful for you all! I love you sooooo much!!!!!! Have a great week. :)

LOVE YOU
Anziano Glowa

Thursday, August 4, 2011

I Couldn’t Have Asked For a Better Birthday!


HEYYYYYYYY!

This week was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THURSDAY- In the morning we went to a member’s house because it was their daughter’s birthday. She turned 9 and the family brought sick referrals for us. We ended up teaching the first lesson, the restoration, gave a book of Mormon and got their phone number and address it was so awesome! I love referrals through members! :) Then the zone leaders had to come over to do the baptismal interview for Merlin and we had to finish teaching him everything before that. It was just a day teaching Merlin and then the zone leaders doing the interview. They said he was the most legit investigator they’ve ever met; Merlin is the best. We also had to make the baptismal program. We found a picture of Christ sitting on a bench with this teenager and Merlin loved it because that’s how we found him. I still can’t believe we found him and he got baptized 14 days later.... so elect! :)

FRIDAY- Cyro (son of Cyro) came with us on a mini mission day thing; it was a good day. We taught Merlin with him because at first we wanted Young Cyro to baptize him. It would have been sweet but I’ll explain later what happened. Then we also went to teach Margharita. She's way chill, she's a less active because of a situation with her sister in-law. I think I've explained this a few times haha. Then we went to Cyro's house to teach his family English. Maybe when I get home I’ll be a language teacher; teaching people English or Italian. That would be fun haha we'll see haha!

SATURDAY- MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was seriously such an awesome day!! I got a call at like 9 in the morning, and Young Cyro was sick (the one we wanted to baptize Merlin). Cyro told me that I should do the baptism but I didn’t think that would have been the right choice. I knew there was a new convert in Verona 1 named Owen. He’s way cool. He’s from Nigeria, and so I called the zone leaders and told them the situation and Owen baptized Merlin. This was awesome because they are both the same age and are going to be friends forever!! It’s so great! Then afterwards we went with the zone leaders to Centro Verona to get a pizza for my birthday, but not just any pizza. It’s this really nice place and the cheese is made out of buffalo cheese....sooooooo good!!!!!!!!! And then we were walking and we saw the Boggi store. Have you ever heard of them? It’s like Lacoste in a sense, but for mens suits and it was founded in Milan in 1932 or something like that. Anyway we walked in and I found these super cool shoes for 60£ they were on sale. I didn’t really think I just acted and bought them. I figured it was my birthday and it was okay. I'm not going to wear them until I come home so they stay nice. :) Then we went back to our place and then headed to Cyro's house for the party. It was awesome and just filled with fun, friends and a good atmosphere. That referral I told you about came to my party and is just really good friends with all of us and she is even searching for another church. Hopefully we will be able to help her and she will like the message we share. Also at Merlin's baptism, he brought 2 friends and one of them is really legit and said that he wanted to come to church and everything his name is Samuel. :) When I got back home at night I finally opened my package. I just want to thank you all for all the things I got I love it all! :) I took a video of me opening my package and all that. Thanks for all you do and thanks Courtney for all you got me. I love it all I love the picutres of the buon campleanno :) and I listened to the CD I loved it! The best birthday gift ever!! :) I want to know about the egg…is it a pinata and am I supposed to bust it open? Tell me people because it’s at home and I don’t know if I should because it’s so cute and you put so much work into it. :) THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT!!:)

SUNDAY- Marlin got the Holy Ghost from a member in our branch. :) It was so spiritual and awesome and then I taught Merlin and his friend a lesson in church. The lesson went really well; we talked about the restoration and I felt prompted to give Samuel a baptismal date for the 20th of August. :) So more baptisms! :) Haha he is sooo awesome and like I said I love getting referrals from members. It just makes this work so much easier and in fact that’s how missionary work is supposed to be done. :) Then after church we went to the referral’s house that came to my party. I tried calling but she didn’t answer and she wasn’t at home I guess they just left for the day but we'll get a hold of them again.

MONDAY- I had district meeting and we just did a bunch of role-playing to help us teach better. It was really good and I feel like a learned a lot. The people in my district are: the zone leaders in Verona (Anziani Nielsen and Anderson) and the sorelle in Verona (sorelle Willy (who is a group below me and I knew her in the MTC) and Smith) and then us, so there are only 6 of us. :) Then we stayed in Verona to do a blitz to help the zone leaders with the work in their area it was really good and I learned a lot I was with Anziano Nielsen. He is such a cool guy and then we came home. 

TUESDAY- I had to wake up at 5 in the morning to take a train at 6:40 because there was a special training in Milan for District leaders. It was really good; we learned how we can be better teachers and examples and we did a lot of role playing to practice all the things we were learning. I loved it a lot and had a bunch of fun! It was awesome! It lasted until 5 in the evening and then we took a train back that was a total of 4 hours by train because it’s 2 hours there...fun hahaha. Anyway the training was really good and I learned a lot and I love getting edified on how I can be better! :) I love growing!  :)

It was a good week and a good birthday. I couldn’t have asked for a better day! I know the Lord is blessing us as a family and that we will and are getting stronger everyday. Thank you for your love and support and for letting me be part of this family. I don’t know if you know this but the earliest memory I have as a child is being at the Toronto temple and putting my hands in the fountain and being with my family and sitting in the grass....do you know what I am talking about? How old was I?? I love you and I want you to know that I'm grateful that we can be a family forever. :) I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!

Love Anziano Glowa "il Canadese Italiano" haha haha just joking I'm just pulling a Jason haha love you guys!!!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Tim, LOVE YOU SONNY BOY!