Well Thanksgiving was awesome! I was actually on splits with one of our zone leaders from Michigan and he taught me sooooo much about the language and about how I can better involve myself and ask better questions and how to teach! We even had a lesson with this one girl, Gabriella, who is 21 and her boyfreind is a member who is 23 but hasn't served a mission yet. We think after she is baptized both will serve, but I am not sure... I seriously met them for like the 3rd time and I already love them! It's crazy how fast you can feel this love for someone just by serving them and helping them! I shared my testimony about the eternal nature of families and about how important it is to endure to the end. Then I told them about my great grandpa who told me before I left, to hold on the the gospel with both hands and with all my strength. By the end of the discussion, we were all crying! I have learned so many things! One is that, all the way until the end of my mission, even if all of my bones and muscles hurt, the Spirit will sustain me till the very last minute of it! Even if I faint the second I am released as a missionary the Spirit will carry me until then! Everything is going great! We will have our big Thanksgiving today and after that we will have a lesson with a mother, Guiseppina, and her handicap son who is 15. I guess the hardest part is trying not to judge myself and compare myself to other missionaries and to not think about what I will say next but just letting the Spirit lead me and trusting in that!
My next transfers are on the 13th but we find out this Saturday! I am pretty sure I will stay here in Bitonto for one more transfer, but my comp has already been here 6 months! I am ready for a new companion, just because we have almost been together for 3 months, but its not bad!
My Italian is coming along pretty well. I have been listening to Andrea Bocelli music for language study sometimes and it is amazing to be able to understand his words, finally! It sounds even better now that I know what he is saying lol!!!! A funny story, today on the train, which I take every week, the ticket man came past and asked for my ticket and I told him "I have a monthly ticket" in Italian and everyone just stared at me because they thought I was just an American dude and then these 3 girls and guy were like talking about me and saying like, "Oh my gosh, it's so awkward, I can't tell if he understands us or not..." hahha! I just started laughing! it was so awkward because then I started talking in perfect English with my comp and they were so confused, it was great!!! It is so awesome to learn new languages and new things!!! Seriously, I have stopped judging people at all instead I have been asking everyone if we can help them in anyway!! Another funny story, yesterday I saw these three beautiful girls my age walk by and they were all staring at me. When they walked past all they said was "Voglio! Voglio! Voglio!" which means,
I want! I want! I want! I'm pretty sure they didn't know I understood them but it was funny anyway! All I know is that people and Satan will tell us sometimes how beautiful we are and will tell us all of these things to try to tempt us into bad thoughts or bad actions!! If there is anything I have learned it is to not pay attention to the distractions in life no matter how "beautiful" they seem! You can tell Nathan this story to warn him that girls are all on Satan's team! We must respect our lives and all of the power we have!!
Well I love you guys, have an awesome week!!
Love anziano Goode
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