Can Ye Tell?

Cari tutti!

Well, we got transfer calls this week and I'm staying and Sorella

Russell is going to COMO!! Beautiful Como! She'll love it there!

She'll be in a threesome and one of her companions in Sorella

Insalaco, one of the sisters in my MTC district! So, we had our last

week together. Crazy! We've been visiting people like crazy! But I

love it!

 Last Thursday we saw Chiara and her Mom Elizabetha. They are the

referral we got from the lady in church and they are so adorable! They

are from Peru. So Chiara's Dad is a member but less active and the Mom

is a devout Catholic, but last December Chiara wanted to go to her

Dad's church and ever since then they have been coming. I think more

regularly now though. Chiara is thinking about being baptized. She's

9. We had a great lesson with them and the Mom really opened up.

Chiara also instigates  prayer and scripture study every night.

She's amazing.

Friday we saw Ofilia and her Dad again at the hospital when we visited

Ester. And Ofilia said she started reading the Book of Mormon that we

left them! That was a miracle! They love having us come visit them. He

goes home soon so hopefully they'll let us keep seeing them after they

leave the hospital.

Saturday night we had a lesson with Nimmi and her husband. Mamma mia

that was a lesson... So the husband is a member but less active and

Nimmi is buddhist. Really buddhist. I think I know why I was called to

Italy where everyone here already has a Christian base background... I

cannot teach people otherwise! Ok, I probably could if I had more

practice and learned how to... but it was tough. They are super nice

though. We found out that the Anziani had actually been over there the

week earlier. I think they're going to keep teaching him since he is

less active and doesn't really have a testimony. 

Sunday we visited a lot of members and had a great lesson with Sophya,

our new convert that Sorella Russell taught! I was also talking to

Rebekah, another new convert and she's super interested in coming to

lessons with Talia. We've have been praying to find members for Talia

since everyone we call can't or are gone... It has been hard to find

members for her for some reason, but I think we finally found someone!

And then we talked to a family who invited us to dinner Tuesday night

and since we can't have dinner with just members we asked if we could

bring a friend and they said sure! So we were able to invite Talia! We

had that dinner yesterday and it was am-az-ing. Talia and her Mom came

and just bonded right away with the family! It was so spiritual. They

were able to share their testimonies about the gospel and how much

they have been blessed from the gospel. It was beautiful. Talia loved

it and said she now had friends and wouldn't be alone when her Mom

left for Cuba. It was a perfect lesson for Sorella Russell to end

with.

Monday and Tuesday we were EVERYWHERE visiting people and saying

goodbye. We saw miracles. One was with the train. We were at a lesson

with Chiara and Elizabetha at 6 in Sestri and had to be at Brignole at

6:30. It's a 21 minute train ride or a 45 minute bus ride.... we

forgot to check the train times to Brignole and so as we ran to the

station from their house I was seriously praying the whole way there

for a train, or a miracle, or someway to get to Brignole on time since

it was the dinner with Talia. We got to the station right at the train

was pulling in and we hopped on with a minute to spare. It seriously

was a miracle. We had great lessons and people just loved Sorella

Russell. It was so great! Tiring but so great!

So this week I read Alma 26 and I was thinking about this last

transfer as I read it. It pretty much sums it up. I especially liked

verse 2 "And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us?

Can ye tell?"

Can ye tell? Can you see the hand of God in your life? Are you looking

for it? Because it is ALWAYS there. I love it. We just need to have

the eyes open to see that God is there. Just like the train. I know

God's hand was in that because we needed to have that lesson with

Talia and the family.

Well, I hope you all have a great week! Love ya lots! Can't wait to get

to know my new companion, Sorella Gregg! We will see miracles in

Genova I know it!

Vi voglio bene!

Sorella Dixon

Eating Sushi

The main train station in Genova

Genova Centrale

Arch near the center of Genova