We are so excited, we get to talk to Isaac in 8 days!! We spoke with him from the airport last month, but the call was only a few minutes long. Emily, Nick and Ian didn't get to talk to Isaac then so they are especially excited to talk on Christmas Day.
Here is an exert from Isaac's email today.
"This last week has been tough as we've been traveling back and forth from New Jersey just about every day the last week. We've had to try and work hard every hour we had, because we really didn't have a whole lot of hours to work. 2 experiences I want to share today. Last week we went on last Wednesday to see Robaldo, who we met on the street. We arrived at his house about 15 minutes early to catch him as he was on his way out the door to go to church, he had given us a time when he knew he wasn't going to be there. He kind of halfways said that his friend might be interested, so we went and knocked on the door to the house. (It's one of those houses where there are like 10 families in a really big house, there are like 2 or three kitchens in a house, and each family rents one room in the house, a lot of hispanics here live in situations like that.) We knocked and met Yony and his son Norby, and taught them a really good first lesson. when we taught him about the Book of Mormon and gave him a copy and asked him to read he responded "Si, voy a leer mucho!" He had said he had a lot of doubts and questions about his own religion. He went to an evangelical church, bit really didn't believe it, if you know what I mean. We are going back today to meet with him for a THIRD time, we met with him on Saturday as well. I think he's ready, and has been searching for the truth. Today, we are going to try to get his wife involved, we want to baptize the whole family if we can.
The other experience is shorter, we were out knocking yesterday, and it was freezing cold. I didn't have my coat, I only had my Suit-jacket, and I was hoping and praying we'd be invited in. The very first door we knocked yesterday. The FIRST DOOR the man invited us in. His name was Jaime, he let us in, we taught him a first lesson. He's catholic, but he accepted to read two chapters in the Book of Mormon, and we have a return appointment next Wednesday. It was pretty awesome."
He doesn't mention why they are traveling back and forth to New Jersey, just that they have been busy.
We appreciate all of you keeping Isaac in your prayers.
Liz
We were called to serve as senior missionaries in the Italy Rome Mission, assigned as YSA specialists to the Puglia Stake in Bari, Italy. Our service is from January 2023 to July 2024.
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