Then we met with Claudia and she has the same problem with understanding why bad things happen to good people and she is still trying to find an answer to that.\u00a0 We are going to have to continue to keep helping her through that.\u00a0 If we never had sufferings we wouldn’t know what joy is (2 Nephi 2:11-12).\u00a0 Without the opposition in all things we just would never be able to progress.\u00a0 I am thankful for the trials that I have gone through.\u00a0 They have helped me grow and become someone I am not sure I would be without them.\u00a0 The lord allows things to happen for our benefit, even though they are hard, and I am sure that it is hard for Him as well to allow them to happen and watch his Children suffer.\u00a0 I think that Jesus was perfect, but yet he endured persecution and sufferings that none of us have ever had to go through.\u00a0 He then took upon him the sins, sufferings, and afflictions of everyone that was, is, and will be on the Earth.\u00a0 He did it all out of love for his Father in Heaven and for us.\u00a0 That is so amazing and I love the hymn “I Stand All Amazed.”\u00a0 It is really wonderful that he cared enough for us to die for us.<\/p>\n
We didn’t get to see any other investigators this week, but we got to see some members and less actives, which was nice.\u00a0 We got invited by a brother that was here in Rome studying classic architecture and he invited us over for lunch before he goes back home to America.\u00a0 He is an architect and did this schooling to study classic architecture and his firm works on temples, which I thought was super awesome.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun to get to know about what he does for work and it was super cool.\u00a0 He served a mission in Haiti and it was awesome to get to hear about his mission and to feel and hear his love for the country and the people.\u00a0 He is really exctied about the temple there and is hoping that he will be able to work on it, which I really hope that he does too.<\/p>\n
The lunch was super nice and I really enjoyed getting to know him and talk to him about all sorts of stuff.\u00a0 He was super nice to have us over to do that and it was one of his favorite restaurants and it was super good food.\u00a0 I had ravioli, some mozzarella on tomato that I forget the name of, torta (cake), bread, of course, and then rabbit.\u00a0 The food was amazing.\u00a0 The rabbit was awesome.\u00a0 Definitely going back there when my family comes back here for sure.\u00a0 It was good.<\/p>\n
We then had some service we did with a less active and then lunch and a short lesson this week.\u00a0 They are a super nice family and the wife is really active and the husband hasn’t been to church for a while.\u00a0 He served a mission and we just need to find out how we can get him back to church.<\/p>\n
We had a lesson with John and he is super cool and is interested in finding something that can benefit him.\u00a0 He is catholic but is always open to finding something that he feels and thinks will help him in his life.\u00a0 He is really cool and super nice and I look forward to getting to meet him some more.<\/p>\n
I have a funny story I want to tell.\u00a0 So in Italian to say “your turn” or “my turn” you say “toca a te” or “toca a me” (i think the spelling is right on that) and we were getting ready to say a closing prayer after daily planning and we always take turns praying.\u00a0 The only thing is the literal translation of that in english is “you touch it” or “I touch it” and Anziano Calvagna instead of saying it in Italian said “You touch it?” in English and I was super confused.\u00a0 We were on our knees and I was like “what??”\u00a0 And he repeated it and it took me a minute to realize what he said.\u00a0 I just started laughing and was just telling him in my head I was like “touch what?” We were just laughing for a long time and then we tried to settle down to say the prayer and as we were getting quiet I just said “Ok. Ok. I’ll touch it” and we both just lost it.\u00a0 It was super funny hahaha.<\/p>\n
Well we also had transfer calls Saturday and it ends up that Anziano Calvagna is getting transferred to Terni and will be the Zone leader for our zone.\u00a0 It was a little bit of a surprise.\u00a0 My new companion will be Anziano Rasband and he is coming up from Malta.\u00a0 Transfers are on Thursday so we will have 3 really busy days.\u00a0 We have tons of people to see and a lot of things to do.\u00a0 Will be fun for sure.<\/p>\n
We had 2 dinners with ward families this week and it was a lot of fun to get to talk to them and get to know them better.<\/p>\n
I am a little nervous with Anziano Calvagna leaving regarding my Italian as well as the work.\u00a0 But the Lord knows where we need to be so we just have to have trust and faith.<\/p>\n
We do this thing at district meeting where we open these things called kinder eggs and predict our transfers.\u00a0 It’s like a little treat made of something I don’t know, I just know it is good. and then a toy.\u00a0 We predict according to the toy on what will happen to people.\u00a0 Sorella Arnold is going back home to England this week and is finishing her mission.\u00a0 Sorella Jones has been here for 6 months, and this is her first area, and is now going down somewhere in Calabria [she is going to Cosenza<\/span>]. Anziano Calvagna to Terni.\u00a0 Then the rest of us are staying. It will be a fun week.<\/p>\n I have to get going now.\u00a0 I love you all and hope the best for you all this week.<\/p>\n Love,<\/p>\n Anziano Garrett<\/p>\n Roma 1 District, May, 2015 District meeting: Sorella Arnold, Sorella Jones, Sorella Cano, and Sorella Nagliati<\/p><\/div>\n Anziano and Sorella Memmot<\/p><\/div>\n![\"Roma](\"http:\/\/taylorgarrett.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Roma-1-District-150525.jpg\")
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Back row: Sorella Cano, Sorella Arnold, Sorella Nagliati, Sorella Jones, Sorella Memmot.
Front row: Anziano Garrett, Anziano Calvagna, Anziano Memmot<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a>