August 25

Hello! yesterday we had zone conf in Bari and it went well...We had half of another zone because it was closer for them to come to our conference then for them to go to their conf in Catania and so we were kinda crowded and it took a lot longer than usual for president to do his interviews but president has received news from the first presidency that he is only to interview missionaries every two transfers instead of transfer. Crazy...It should be effective immediately for the whole world. The conf went good and we taught about leaving commitments and how when people keep commitments they are able to grow personally and spiritually by themselves. We used the example that if I say Jerri will you go open the car door....she would say, why there is no reason. But if I said Jerri will you go open the car door because there is a present inside for you.... she would have a lot more reason to do it and it would help convince her that she will gain something from it. It works out like always where president talks about a different aspect of what we talk about and so do the assistants....inspiration is amazing. Life is going great and today and tomorrow we are doing splits with the assistants..They came home with us last night and today we are going to a few cool close-by cities to check them out. On Saturday we have splits again with Taranto and then again on Monday with Bari. And then we are done for the transfer oh wait, we then have to do splits with the district leader in Taranto as a member of the district so that will add one more. Well, when I went to Bitonto for splits we were able to meet with a recently baptized couple and it was really cool to see how happy they were, How positive they were and how they were dealing happily with the problems that they have. It just goes to show how much the gospel is perfect and it can really change your life for the good. We were also given the book of Mormon challenge again yesterday and we were given a fresh book of Mormon and we are supposed to finish it by the end of November and highlight everything we find according to our purpose as missionaries. I’m doing great I’m happy...feel good,,,and know the church is true. I hope you have a great week.