{"id":365,"date":"2015-06-22T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taylorgarrett.info\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2015-06-29T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:19:58","slug":"roma-1-week-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorgarrett.info\/blog\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Roma 1 – Week 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciao tutti!<\/p>\n

This week went well!\u00a0 I forgot to mention for last p-day we went to the Colosseum and it was really awesome!\u00a0 I have always wanted to go inside so that was super cool to be able to do that.\u00a0 If I do it again I would love to have more time to read and learn more about it.\u00a0 We had a good time there, but didn’t have time to go to the Roman Forum afterwards, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

Today was really awesome too because we just got back to the church from the Vatican and there is so much to see there and to learn about.\u00a0 I got a lot of good pictures I will be able to send later.\u00a0 It was really neat though.\u00a0 Tons of really cool art, and I especially liked the rooms done by Raphael and in Michelangelo in St.Peters Cathedral.\u00a0 It was super awesome.<\/p>\n

So my grandpa had a few questions and I will answer some of them on here so others can no know.<\/p>\n

So for food we usually eat at home everyday.\u00a0 We will eat out occasionally, and then we also will get invited over sometimes for meals.\u00a0 We usually make just simple things like pasta, meat, and what not.\u00a0 We will get fruit from fruit stands that I still haven’t got a ton of luck with on the fruit I pick.\u00a0 We will make pizza sometimes as well for dinner to make when we get home.\u00a0 When we go out to eat it will be pizza and other things here and there.\u00a0 There is this french fry place that started in Amsterdam, I think, and it is super good and cheap as well.\u00a0 The food the members make is super delicious.\u00a0 We had lunch yesterday with a member family and it was super good.\u00a0 We had a little sandwich platter, then some fish and rice dish, then Sicilian pasta, sword fish, watermelon, pineapple, gelato, and flan with some fruit.\u00a0 Needless to say it was a good meal.\u00a0 The members are super awesome here and I am really getting to love them more and more every week.<\/p>\n

Anziano Rasband and I have started to run.\u00a0 He ran track and cross in high school so that’s what we do in the mornings.\u00a0 We usually go just 4 but today only 3.\u00a0 It’s been nice.<\/p>\n

Well back to last week.\u00a0 After the p-day was over we went on a scambio (companion exchange) with our zone leaders.\u00a0 So Anziano Calvagna and I were together again for that night and the next day.\u00a0 It was super fun to be back together again.\u00a0 We had 3 appointments that day and so we were busy after our District Meeting and pranzo [lunch time<\/span>] hours.\u00a0 It was a great scambio.<\/p>\n

We had a general authority in Church this week, Elder Brough<\/a>, who is the second counselor in the Young Men’s General Presidency.\u00a0 He and his wife gave two really good talks and I really was thankful for the things they shared.\u00a0 He shared on how it is rare that people ever have the chance to hear a prophet pray.\u00a0 He bore testimony of the prophets and how they care for us all and really want well for each of us.\u00a0 It was really cool and I really love our apostles and the guidance and words they give us.<\/p>\n

We got to meet two investigators this week and we got a new one as well. We are really trying to find some people that will be able to meet with us more.\u00a0 We have some good work, but we can always look to keep improving as best as we can to help bring other unto Christ.\u00a0 We are really looking to just do our best to find some new people whether it be from older investigators, referrals, or any other way.\u00a0 The work is going good though, and we just have to keep pressing forward with faith in Christ.\u00a0 I really like a verse in first Nephi 4 that talks about this.\u00a0 This is when Nephi is going back once again to get the plates of brass from Laban.\u00a0 He says:<\/p>\n

6 And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.<\/em><\/p>\n

I really like this.\u00a0 He acted on a prompting from the spirit that brought forth soooo much good fruit.\u00a0 The Book of Mormon would be so different if we didn’t have the teachings from Isaiah or the scriptures that were brought over when Lehi and his family left for the promised land and inhabited the ancient Americas.\u00a0 It was all on that one prompting he acted on and on his faith.\u00a0 Sometimes we don’t know what lies ahead but it is continuing to have trust in Christ and keep stepping forward in faith even if beforehand we may not know the things we should do.<\/p>\n

I also want to share a Mormon Message on fatherhood that I have watched this week that I really like:\u00a0 Earthly Father, Heavenly Father<\/a>.\u00a0 Men on earth have the opportunity to become fathers and experience some of the same joys that our Heavenly Father feels for us and fatherhood is a divine responsibility to be cherished.<\/p>\n

I really like this video and I am so thankful for my dad and all the things that he has done for me.\u00a0 I am thankful for my grandpas as well and the fathers they were.\u00a0 Happy Father’s Day to everyone out there and thanks for the things you all do.<\/p>\n

Well I am out for this week!\u00a0 I will talk to you all later and hope to hear from you all soon.\u00a0 Sorry for the lack of pictures right now.\u00a0 Until next time!<\/p>\n

Arrivaderci!<\/p>\n

Anziano Garrett<\/p>\n

[Another photo from last week’s trip to the Colosseum, from Sorella Kennedy’s blog<\/span>]<\/p>\n

\"Roma<\/a>

Roma 1 District at the Colosseum, June 15, 2015. (Photo from Sorella Kennedy’s blog)<\/p><\/div>\n

[Here are another couple of pics we found on Sorella Battezzato’s blog from a few weeks ago<\/span>]<\/p>\n

\"Missionary<\/a>

Missionary chance encounters at the metro. (From Sorella Battezzato’s blog)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Looking<\/a>

Looking tired on the metro, with Anziano Calvagna and Sorella Margheriti (from Sorella Battezzato’s blog)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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