Roma 1 – Week 21

Ciao!

I don’t have a ton of time to email this week. We had a busy day and we have to head out a little early so we can get to a family home evening. We had a nice pday though. We went for some groceries this morning and then we headed to the church and downloaded our emails before heading out to centro. We wanted to go get some granita (shaved ice) that we had tried before, and I made sure I knew how to find that restaurant I went to about 4 months ago with Anziano Calvagna. Then we walked toward the forum and we were going to go to a church that has the chains that held St. Peter during his martyrdom. We found it by luck because the stairs and the building looked cool so I decided to walk up and it ended up being the right way. We got there and then it was closed for the pranzo hours so we couldn’t go in. We had a good walk through the forum though and got “Hey Eldered!” twice today which was cool. We went to a tie shop and got companionship ties which are Phoenix Suns colors (that’s for Wyatt). I got an orange one and he got a purple one, we are going to wear them to District meeting tomorrow to see if anyone notices.

We didn’t get to see a lot of different people this past week but we had an investigator that was willing to meet with us 4 times which was super cool. He really has a desire to learn more and sincerely find the truth. I am really enjoying getting to meet with him and get to know him as well. We were able to have a few more people we hope to meet with more this week. We had a great week, though, and some awesome lessons with our new investigator. One that we had with a super cool member helped so much. He really answered the investigator’s question so well and he brought a testimony that was super good for our investigator. I have really high hopes for him.

This week I have been thinking a lot about General Conference and I am super excited to hear from the apostles and prophet. I want to start really thinking and preparing for conference now so I can be prepared and ready to receive the messages from them. They are really here to help all of us and to give us the guidance we truly need in this life and on this world. I love our apostles and our prophets. I have been thinking a lot about the organization of the church and how [6th Article of Faith]:

6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

I love how the church is organized and I have a testimony that this is Christ’s church on the earth that he restored through the prophet Joseph Smith. I am so grateful for this restored gospel and all the blessings it’s brought into my life and lives of others.

Sorry I didn’t have a ton of time to write today. I hope to be able to have more next week! Hope everyone has an amazing week and I will hear from you all soon!

Love,

Anziano Garrett