Hey!
SO this week the coolest thing happened....it snowed here in Firenze!!!!! That's like it snowing in MESA! It started as just a few falling flakes and turned into a huge storm and ended up dropping about 7 inches. The whole city pretty much shut down which was kinda a mess because no one knew what to do with the snow. But it was a blast the morning after the storm my companion and i hiked to the top of the city and got some sweet pictures of snow covered Florence.
The work has been going good this week, we've been starting to see some success especially with the members. I love teaching the gospel with all my heart and wouldn't want to be any where else in the world right now.
We hand interviews with president Acerson this Monday and he brought me my package that you all sent! I'm sorry i couldn't help myself and i opened it up as soon as I got home.... Thank you sooooooooo much for the music- you guys have no idea how perfect it all was. hahaha dad you make me crack up so hard,with the whole Goobur Archeleta thing, hahahah oh my goodness!
SO my companion and i got permission to call home on Christmas from a members house if we buy a calling card so ill be calling from my branch presidents house at about 5pm-6pm my time. Double check the time difference because we are on daylight savings right now and everything so I'm not sure exactly what time it will be for you guys in AZ. Like I said we'll be spending the day with President Ferrini and his family so I'm really excited it should be an awesome day of eating eating eating and lots of games and fun. Ill buy a calling card from a tabaccheria I'm not sure what that is in English, a cigarette store we would call it and it should only be like 5 euro for 2 hours, so we'll get to talk for good amount of time. but anyways i love you all so much am I'm thrilled to get to talk to you guys in just a few days!!!!
LoveAnziano Koozer
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
so many foreigners
Hey!
I just hit update on my email account and your email popped up. I'm usually not emailing this late so I'm really glad i caught you. IT sounds like you all had a great time with the birthdays this week, thanks so much for helping me out.
SO your all done with the classes huh? How many kids are we getting, and do they have special needs? Its awesome you all are doing this.
Well, Ive had a great week here. It has been absolutely FREEZING this week! The work has been going good we are working with a Brazilian family, a Philippine family, a Peruvian family,and a half Italian family as well. I had no idea there were so many foreigners here. We have really been focusing all our finding efforts on ITALIAN families but its pretty tough finding anyone that is humble enough to stop and listen, let alone change. SO we have changed our mode of attack to working through and with every member family in the branch.
We've been booking out our weeks with member appointments and have been doing everything we can to gain the trust of the members and have been showing them that we can teach. We have been doing service for them, and helping with anything and everything to gain good solid relationships. Through these new relationships of trust we will be lead to a whole new world of contacts and potential investigators which are all the friends of the members.
So far things have been going great, we have members that are starting to call us now and we are really seeing a difference. I'm starting to understand what people meant when they would say that the mission is one of the hardest but most rewarding times of their lives. We been striking out you could say with our own personal finding work. Its been really really tough.... the people here are so lost and confused, if only they knew what we know, if only they would open their hearts and listen. Satan has been working overtime here in Europe, I'm just glad we know how its all gonna end. Every time someone shuts us down or slams a door in our faces, it just adds fuel to my fire of wanting someone to stop and listen. I know the elect are out there, I just need to find them!
Well i love you all and I'm so excited to get to talk NEXT week! I'll let you know what time I'll be calling next week when I email we need to check some things out before i know for sure....Thanks for the email, miss you!
Love Anziano Koozer
I just hit update on my email account and your email popped up. I'm usually not emailing this late so I'm really glad i caught you. IT sounds like you all had a great time with the birthdays this week, thanks so much for helping me out.
SO your all done with the classes huh? How many kids are we getting, and do they have special needs? Its awesome you all are doing this.
Well, Ive had a great week here. It has been absolutely FREEZING this week! The work has been going good we are working with a Brazilian family, a Philippine family, a Peruvian family,and a half Italian family as well. I had no idea there were so many foreigners here. We have really been focusing all our finding efforts on ITALIAN families but its pretty tough finding anyone that is humble enough to stop and listen, let alone change. SO we have changed our mode of attack to working through and with every member family in the branch.
We've been booking out our weeks with member appointments and have been doing everything we can to gain the trust of the members and have been showing them that we can teach. We have been doing service for them, and helping with anything and everything to gain good solid relationships. Through these new relationships of trust we will be lead to a whole new world of contacts and potential investigators which are all the friends of the members.
So far things have been going great, we have members that are starting to call us now and we are really seeing a difference. I'm starting to understand what people meant when they would say that the mission is one of the hardest but most rewarding times of their lives. We been striking out you could say with our own personal finding work. Its been really really tough.... the people here are so lost and confused, if only they knew what we know, if only they would open their hearts and listen. Satan has been working overtime here in Europe, I'm just glad we know how its all gonna end. Every time someone shuts us down or slams a door in our faces, it just adds fuel to my fire of wanting someone to stop and listen. I know the elect are out there, I just need to find them!
Well i love you all and I'm so excited to get to talk NEXT week! I'll let you know what time I'll be calling next week when I email we need to check some things out before i know for sure....Thanks for the email, miss you!
Love Anziano Koozer
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Life in Firenze!!!!
Ciao Tutti,
To start off, mom I'm a complete knuckle head!!!!! i am so sorry! last week when i was doing email i was kinda in a big hurry and didn't really look through all the music you send me very well, but looking back through it now i realize that you sent me an entire BOOK of music of everything i could possibly want! Thank you so much for doing that for me mom and Hillary -love you guys!
Well it sounds like you had fun this thanksgiving, yeah I'm sure it was pretty strange with just the 3 little boys, who i guess aren't really that little anymore.....ha ha its gonna be so weird seeing everyone, and how big they are.
That's so funny what happened with the turkey, I'm just glad you guys didn't burn the house down or anything like that!
oh man i had the most incredible week! SO after email last week i went on a tour of Firenze which absolutely blew my mind! i seriously had to keep picking my jaw up off the ground, the sculptures and painting and mind blowing domes and cathedrals, and markets, i just couldn't believe it! And to think at how long this stuff has been around is incredible in and of itself. It was so great that were gonna do it all again today! Its kinda a bummer though cus some of the super cool stuff costs money to see not a ton but after a few different sights it kinda adds up. But anyways were gonna do it all again and this time take pictures of everything which wont do it the least bit of justice but will give you all a little bit of a glimpse of the stuff that Ive been seeing.
On Thursday we celebrated thanksgiving a little bit differently this year. We were in invited out to the middle of the Tuscan hills which was like living in a postcard, and we picked Olives all day with The sweetest Italian family. We were on this beautiful hill of ripe olive trees, and looking around there were rolling hills of grape orchards and red and trees and even a huge castle on the hill behind! Words cannot describe how beautiful it really was.....But we picked all day long and ate and visited and played into the night. The family we were with took us back to their house and showed us how they press the olives to get the oil, and taught us the whole process, it was incredible. Then an American family that is here for a short time cooked us an American Thanksgiving feast, i will never forget my Thanksgiving in the Tuscan hills.
After we finished eating we rushed back and helped a Peruvian family in our ward move. We moved of from the 4th floor of their old apartment into the 4th floor of their new apartment, and there was no elevator! We didn't end up finishing till 11 at night. ha ha oh my goodness i was so stinkin tired!
On Sunday i was asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting and it went really really well. I don't know what in the world happened since Ive gotten here in Firenze but its like someone pushed the "on" button with my Italian skills. Ive been dreaming all in Italian I'm starting to think in Italian and I've never spoken better when i teach. I'm so very grateful to my heavenly father for loosening my tongue and helping me speak this beautiful language. I really felt like i was struggling in Pescara and things are completely different now.
The missionary work is on fire right now. We have found and are now teaching 2 Families! They are so so so prepared for the gospel and i am way pumped to see where things go with them! I am just having the time of my life right now and couldn't be happier with where i am and with what I'm doing. I love you all so much and want to thank you all for your prayers letters and support. Ill talk to you all next week!
Love,Anziano Koozer
To start off, mom I'm a complete knuckle head!!!!! i am so sorry! last week when i was doing email i was kinda in a big hurry and didn't really look through all the music you send me very well, but looking back through it now i realize that you sent me an entire BOOK of music of everything i could possibly want! Thank you so much for doing that for me mom and Hillary -love you guys!
Well it sounds like you had fun this thanksgiving, yeah I'm sure it was pretty strange with just the 3 little boys, who i guess aren't really that little anymore.....ha ha its gonna be so weird seeing everyone, and how big they are.
That's so funny what happened with the turkey, I'm just glad you guys didn't burn the house down or anything like that!
oh man i had the most incredible week! SO after email last week i went on a tour of Firenze which absolutely blew my mind! i seriously had to keep picking my jaw up off the ground, the sculptures and painting and mind blowing domes and cathedrals, and markets, i just couldn't believe it! And to think at how long this stuff has been around is incredible in and of itself. It was so great that were gonna do it all again today! Its kinda a bummer though cus some of the super cool stuff costs money to see not a ton but after a few different sights it kinda adds up. But anyways were gonna do it all again and this time take pictures of everything which wont do it the least bit of justice but will give you all a little bit of a glimpse of the stuff that Ive been seeing.
On Thursday we celebrated thanksgiving a little bit differently this year. We were in invited out to the middle of the Tuscan hills which was like living in a postcard, and we picked Olives all day with The sweetest Italian family. We were on this beautiful hill of ripe olive trees, and looking around there were rolling hills of grape orchards and red and trees and even a huge castle on the hill behind! Words cannot describe how beautiful it really was.....But we picked all day long and ate and visited and played into the night. The family we were with took us back to their house and showed us how they press the olives to get the oil, and taught us the whole process, it was incredible. Then an American family that is here for a short time cooked us an American Thanksgiving feast, i will never forget my Thanksgiving in the Tuscan hills.
After we finished eating we rushed back and helped a Peruvian family in our ward move. We moved of from the 4th floor of their old apartment into the 4th floor of their new apartment, and there was no elevator! We didn't end up finishing till 11 at night. ha ha oh my goodness i was so stinkin tired!
On Sunday i was asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting and it went really really well. I don't know what in the world happened since Ive gotten here in Firenze but its like someone pushed the "on" button with my Italian skills. Ive been dreaming all in Italian I'm starting to think in Italian and I've never spoken better when i teach. I'm so very grateful to my heavenly father for loosening my tongue and helping me speak this beautiful language. I really felt like i was struggling in Pescara and things are completely different now.
The missionary work is on fire right now. We have found and are now teaching 2 Families! They are so so so prepared for the gospel and i am way pumped to see where things go with them! I am just having the time of my life right now and couldn't be happier with where i am and with what I'm doing. I love you all so much and want to thank you all for your prayers letters and support. Ill talk to you all next week!
Love,Anziano Koozer
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