Fun Treats!

Buongiorno Cari! Life has stayed nice and busy here, and full of way too many sweet treats. Lindsey Happy Birthday!!! And Peter and Kristen, happy wedding. It is insane how quick the holiday is approaching, but it has been really fun getting to go around singing christmas hyms and sharing the Living Christ with others.
New news here in Ragusa is that, we started teaching a group of preschoolers english which was quite the experience, we had an incredible mixed up evening that let led us to meet an incredible family, Elvira is still progressing and doing well, I am getting old in the mission(there are only two sisters who have been here longer than me), and we have eaten enough Panetone to last us a life time.
The air here has gotten a little cooler at night time, and it makes it a little more difficult to do finding work. Saturday we were really excited because we had planned out a really good lesson for Elvira and Vincenzo, and Sorella Campo was also going to be there. So we called them at 7:30 and they said, "yeah, we are close but we will be there soon." So five minutes later they came, and we got in the car and then they said, "Sorelle we are sorry, but we are really tired, we have been out all day (getting our hair done) would it be okay if we rescheduled?" Ofcourse we said, sure, no problem, but inside I am pretty sure that we both began to cry. It was cold, we had been walking outside already for a good 3 hours, and from 7:30-9:00 we will just say that the streets of Ragusa are not so lively. We laughed at our good luck, and wondered why in the world of all things this lesson had to be canceled.
Well you would think that after all the different experiences I have had that I would learn to trust the Lord in doing his work, and this was just one of the many experiences to add to the list. So we decided try one of the inactives on the street, who did not let us enter, but the second we finished talking with her, there was a terrible smell that drove up. It was a new car filled with a beautiful family of two teenage daughters a four month old little girl and their parents. We decided to try and see if we could do something to help and they said "we are catholic." I tried making some phone calls and then turned to the mother and apologized and admitted that I am no pro mechanic but asked if there was anything we could do. SHe then turned to me with tears and said, "will you pray for my sister, she is ill and probably wont live past april." We then all talked and she said how she was greatful and that our encounter was an answer to her prayers. We talked of the plan of Happiness that our Heavenly Father has for us, and shared some scriptures also from the Book of Mormon. We quickly learned why is was we had not taught the other lesson, and were all edified by this experience. THey live in a little city an hour away, but their daughter is attending a University where there are missionaries. After an hour someone came to look at their car and said it was really wierd that it was someking but that at that point it was fine. It was a really neat experience, and we all shed a good few tears. I am so greatful for this experience that I have to get to be one of the Lord's servents, he really is very good at doing His work and answering our prayers. I know we are loved by our Heavenly Father, and I know that it is because he loves us that he sent His son Jesus Christ. Hope you are all having a wonderful Holiday season, and remember that many of the best memories come from doing service and witnessing and feeling the Love of God for ourselves and others. Have fun!

Sorella Robb