Monday November 9, 2020
This week was pretty good, it was really busy at the Visitor Center again which is actually a very big blessing. I have had a lot of amazing experiences at the VC and have felt the spirit really strong. This week I was able to give a couple tours in English from some big groups from Texas and Vancouver, WA. During these tours, I had a lot of interaction from the kids that were on the call. It was super cute and I absolutely loved it! It reassured to me just how badly I want to work with kids as a profession one day. They are so intelligent, so innocent, so amazing and I just love them and love to interact with them.
Then there is a Senior couple who have been working at the VC and they gave a tour to some of their friends and we were able to just stand there and film them as they gave the tour. I haven't had that opportunity to just listen to a tour in English, because I'm usually the one giving them in English, it was an amazing experience and I felt the spirit so strongly! I know the Visitor Center is an amazing place and the spirit there is so strong. I loved having that reaffirmed to me as I listened to their tour.
I cannot believe it is already November! The weather over here is getting colder and it is getting closer to Christmas which I am really excited for.
We were able to have a couple lessons with some people we are teaching this week. They went really well. We have three people that are progressing, so we are praying that our lessons with them will continue to go well this upcoming week.
Since the Covid numbers are rising we haven't been able to have church at the church building. The last two Sundays we've had our District Leader and his companion bring us the Sacrament. Of course, it's sad not being able to meet with the ward, but it has been really special to have them come and administer the Sacrament to us while we are at the Visitor Center or at our house. I'm very grateful for the Savior and everything He has done for us, for the plan that He has for us. Even though times are really hard right now I know that He's aware of us and that He does have a plan even if it is hard for us to understand. We just need to keep having faith and trust in Him. He is the Savior of the world, He went through so much for us. Life was never easy for Him so we can't expect our lives to be easy. If the most perfect person to ever walk the earth didn't have it easy then neither will we. I have learned that a lot here on the mission. And that it is really up to us and our attitude about our day and the things happening around us. So much of our life is dependent upon our attitude. Even when things are really hard if we decide to have a good attitude, to trust in the Lord each and every day, and to find the blessings and joy around us we will be able to find them. The hard moments really do become easier as we focus on our Savior and all the blessings that He has given us.
I hope that you are all doing well!
Ciao
,
Sorella Acton
P.S. Oh, I wanted to share one more cool experience. I was having a hard moment, just feeling like I still wasn't able to speak the Italian language as good as I wanted to(it's great living in an apartment with 3 other Italian speakers but also challenging not to compare myself to their ability to speak fluently). I was feeling as though my inability to speak fluently had kept me from being able to connect or help anyone while here. Then today on P-day, my Zone leader told me that he and his companion had a lesson with a girl named, Jen(someone I had taught while in one of my previous areas) and she asked him if he knew the "American Sorella". She told him how much she loved me, that I was fun to be around and that she felt like I really cared about her. She felt good whenever we taught her.
That was a tender mercy from God and it was just what I needed to hear to help me continue on!
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