Is unfortunately a VERY REAL THING!! I have seen, eaten, and oh mamma mia...SO. MUCH. FOOD!!! Italy...joke about losing weight...Summer is just around the corner and it's time for me to start losing my "pasta pants"...So here's hoping. Hahaha..VIVA IL CIBO!!
Alright, so I don't know how long this letter is going to be to you all because I have to communicate with my mom and aunt about classes! YIPES! I'm already registering!! And even with this whole process, I just see that the Lord has a plan for each and every one of us. I had registered to attend BYU Provo and I felt ever so strongly about it. And come to find out my application was denied. I had been looking at housing for a while, on account of a letter my grandmother sent me, all back at BYU Idaho. I can't BELIEVE the growth it has all taken!! So, here I am heading to, probably, my final city in my mission and already registering for classes at BYU IDAHO come September. So exciting and so surreal.
Milan. that's where I am headed. A city that I have actually been terrified to serve in. It's dirty, huge, and I have heard such scary stories of men doing weird things to sisters on the trains and busses. Luckily, I have my cute pink bottle of pepper spray...so I carry that around now. But, with all this...I had a feeling that I would be serving there. We are white washing the city...both me and my companion will be brand new...not know a thing of what's going on...haha...I'm pretty sure the Lord just keep re-emphasizing how much I need to rely on Him. And looking back on my experience here in Genova...He sure has blessed me greatly.
I had some wonderful studies this past week...actually reading in the Bible the story of Christ's sacrifice for us...chapter after chapter. With my companion being ill so much, I had so many opportunities to just DIVE IN and I have learned so much with it all. The Book of Mormon and Bible correspond so clearly and pieces that are missing, you find in either of the books! I can't believe how people can skrewy-wompus such a simple and beautiful gospel.
As I leave this city, I ask myself "Have I done all that I could do?" And immediately I just felt within me that the Lord is pleased with my work. *sigh* SUCH A HUGE RELIEF!!! Liz never got baptized, but that does NOT mean she won't...Mauro and Cecilia...when I called them to say goodbye they asked me and my companion to come to dinner and they told me that they were going to surprise me and come to church on Sunday. Little by little right? Oh what a beautiful experience this has been and how grateful, grateful, grateful I am to have served here. It has, literally, changed my life.
I want to testify of the power of the Spirit and how the Lord really, truly does have a plan for all of us. He only asks us to trust Him, and the only way we can do that is through Faith. GROW YOUR FAITH. Read the scriptures, FEAST upon them and learn to love the Lord with all your heart, might mind and strength...that you can stand blameless before God at the last day. He isn't looking for our mistakes to punish us...but looking for us to admit our mistakes so that He can cleanse us. That's all He wants...is for us to wash our hands and enter into His rest. I love the Lord and am so grateful that He has allowed me to serve Him.
baci e abracci,
Sorella Bowman
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