Pray for the Campana Family

Hey Everyone!

Mom thank you so much for the pictures you sent me! haha oh my goodness the pictures of Monson and Sophia are both SO stinkin cute! I'm sad you guys still don't have Sophia and her brother but it sounds like your having fun with Gracie.
Man I miss Gooburr! those pictures made me laugh, I bet you guys had a lot of fun with the chair hockey and the ward. We are so lucky to have wards and real buildings to meet in, in the US. Here we meet in an apartment building.... But the members don't know anything different so I guess its cool. I'm just glad we have somewhere to meet. In L'Aquila after the earth quake the members had to meet in a tent, so I'm sure not complaining about the apartment building.

Dane, way to go with getting athlete of the year that's sweet! I cant believe your finishing 8th grade I thought you were just starting 7th? You guys are growing up way too fast...

Cade that is the sweetest project ever that you did for school! haha and its funny that you waited till the last weekend to do it, it reminded me of Brian Regan...hahaha. I'm sure the missionaries you interviewed were just loving it too. And I liked your pictures from prom, your such a stud!

Speaking of pictures I'm glad you got my pictures I sent home. We have been having a blast here and I'm so glad you guys can see some of the stuff that we have been doing. Mom to answer your question about the house you saw in the video, its the nicest missionary apartment in Italy. Its in the richest part of Napoli in an area called Volmero. It was the dream house of the family that owned it before us and the family was so sad to let it go. Brother Borrelli who owned it before us does just about everything when it comes to work, and also works for the church.

But anyways, we had another great week here in Napoli. We had our very last Zone conference with President and sister Acerson which was so sad.... I love them so much and have learned and grown so much from them. Its going to be so sad to watch them leave. This next transfer is going to be crazy! We're going to be taking over all of the Catania mission and will be getting a new president on top of it all. Everyone has been referring to this transfer as the Dooms-day transfer because if your in a city that will be taken over by the Milan mission you'll become a part of that mission for the rest of your time in Italy. Thank goodness I'm as far away as you can get from the Milan Mission right now, but there is no guarantee that I wont get transferred. We'll just have to wait and see how things play out.

We started the quit smoking program with the sweetest family last week and so far we are on day 5 and they are still holding strong. If they make it we'll be baptising an incredible family which will help our branch so much. They are the Campana Family, and they need all the prayers they can get so please pray for them that they will have the strength to stay strong and finish their program, and continue on the road to baptism.

Its been incredible seeing the hand of the Lord in our work. As certain doors close there are always new ones opening and i am so grateful to my heavenly father for his guidance in our work. Sometimes you think you've got things figured out and you think you know exactly what you want and need to do but the Lord is always there to correct your course and take you in the direction he wants you to go. Its a concept I've had to learn and try to understand since I've been here and the more i understand the incredible plan that God has created for us the smoother life has been. Ive realized fighting for my own way instead of readily accepting the will of the Lord only leads to unhappiness and difficulty. So I've really been trying to be more receptive to the spirit and easily moldable in the hands of the God. The work is going forward, and I'm am so grateful to be a part of this work. I love you all back at home and am grateful for all your thoughts and prayers. I hope to hear from you next week!

Love

Anziano Koozer

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for the emails I got this week, it was so good hearing from everyone. Cade it sounds like your in for a sweet summer! Your gonna have so much fun on that hike, especially with all the Harris 2nd crew, they are the best.

I'm glad you guys like the new school you plan on attending. All I have to say though is Cade if you swim you better kick some trash....ha ha no I'm sure you'll do great!

Dad, isn't it weird how Life is like that sometimes. When you just wish God would give you a personal Liahona or something to tell you exactly what to do in all the questions of life. Ive felt like that a few times in my mission and Ive found the answer to my questions EVERY single time from the scriptures or from being obedient to the Gospel and the covenants that Ive made.

Ive never had to worry about buying or selling houses or trying to raise a family so i don't really have any idea of what i could tell you, but i can say that through exact obedience to the commandments and covenants you have made you will be worthy to be guided by the Holy Ghost which is the greatest gift and guide that we have been given in this life. Through this gift the secrets of life and and ALL things can be made known as to the things that we must do.

I really enjoyed the talk this conference when a brother was talking about placing missionaries in their assigned fields with Pres. Eyring and listening to the spirit to decide where they needed to go. The 1st time the man was asked what he felt he said the wrong place and Pres. Eyring lovingly told him that he needed to pay closer attention to the spirit. After focusing more the 2nd time he was asked he was ready and in tune with the Spirit, and he was guided to exactly the right mission. IT was a great talk and it really hit me hard on the importance of listening more closely to the prompting we receive.
Well I've had a great week, and have been super busy. My companion and i are completely wiped from all the running around we have been doing but its such a gratifying feeling. Its a good kinda tired that comes from giving it your all and knowing your doing the right thing. The Lord had been blessing us with success and the work is moving forward. We have a baptism with a man named Fulvio right around the corner and we are all excited for him and have been working hard to get him ready for his big day. He drove to church on his scooter in the rain this last week and he lives about an hour from the church. His faith and desire to do what is right is incredible and i look up to him so much.

We also have been working on helping a bunch of our investigators quit smoking....We have a quit smoking program that works in 7 days and its been interesting to see how it works. If we can overcome come the smoking problem, we'll have 17 new candidates for baptism..... so we are praying that these investigators will find the motivation to quit.

I'm healthy, happy and loving life. I couldn't be happier anywhere else and I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving me the opportunity to learn and grow through serving his children here in Italy. Thanks for all the prayers, emails and support. Ill hear from you all next week!

Love

Anziano Koozer