Happy Thanksgiving Week 15

Well this week was great! I have been thinking about how many things I am grateful for and I couldn't stop counting things until i gave up! This week was a little bit strange because at the beginning of the week we received a call from the mission president which is always a bit strange and he told us there would be a set of sister missionaries transferring from our district to Rome instead! We were very curious why because they were some of our best working missionaries in the district, so president told us it was because in Rome there was a sister who finally received her visa for Venezuela and he needed the two sisters there on Friday, so that was pretty strange! Then later in the week we had an investigator who went a little crazy and told us she was going to hang out with a missionary in our mission which is totally not alright! Also this week all of our members were in Switzerland going to the temple up there! They all brought back a ton of chocolates for us which was amazing!  This week our members all want us over for lunch which means we will have a busy week! We are also having Thanksgiving with all of the missionaries on P-day with the Senior couple serving here in Bari. 
I have seen so many blessings in this life it is too hard to count! and every time I am thankful for a blessing it seems as though we are just given more!!! Yesterday in church we had a less active family there with the mother and her two kids, Raphael and Michaele.  They are both really funny! We were talking about soccer and their favorite teams and stuff like that! I told them that I liked Roma and they were so happy! The kids even had glasses that were red and yellow like the Roma team colors!! haha! They were so happy to talk to an American about soccer and ping pong and all of that good stuff! They aren't actually baptized either but they are old enough so I  am hoping they will start coming to church more and the mom will want to participate more in church! She was very nice either way! She brought us bags of snacks because she loves the missionaries, but I am hoping to help that family start coming more to church and understanding the importance of it in their lives! 
I know I have been watched out for here on the mission there is no doubt about it! Yesterday when I was asked how I know God exists I said because of His creations and because I know he has helped me in my life! Unfortunately many people here do not understand the basic truths that we all have a loving Father in Heaven who wants the best for us! We all have many things to be grateful for! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!! Love Anziano Goode

Anziano Goode on the Adriatic Sea