This week was nuuuts.

This week has been nuuuts. A lot of service work going on, we spent all saturday helping a Members Mother move! Doing service is one of the best parts of missionary work. Its so nice to just be able to help people get things done that they cant do themselves. It truly is an uplifting experience to just do good just to do it! We were able to share a spiritual thought and even give a blessing to this members mother (She isnt a member) since she is quite old and has plenty of health issues. It helped me to think about how many people are out there in the world in need of something simple, such as just help moving. Help carrying groceries. something easy like that. Its something we can do and doesnt cost us anything! If everyone was just a little bit more christlike, the world would go a long way.

The fun thing we did this past week was meet Luigi Sarni! Who is he? Well, hes a body builder. and this guy is RIPPED. Want to see how ripped? ok, here you go! 

I think you can guess which he is. In the middle is Fratello Gambardella, an MMA fighter. Hes pretty jacked, so you can guyss how huge Luigi is in comparison. Then theres me. yeah, Im a weenie.

This past weeki n church was CRAZY. The BYUI europe tour or something was in town, so 50 Americans just showed up out of the blue in church in need of translation. Only one of them spoke italian. So of course, all 6 of the missionaries in our ward got to it! Three hours of translating turns out is really really hard. By the end of it I had a massive headache, but it was totally worth it! It was really neat to talk to people from the homeland haha. They should be in germany or something right now.

Other than that I dont really have much news to tell you all! Our investigatiors are coming along, but nothing really huge has happened. General conference this weekend! Make sure you all pay attention and learn something good! Youre in my prayers and thoughts. Talk to you soon!

Anziano Trevino

WILDON FELT A LITTLE LEFT OUT IN THE PICTURE PARADE, SO HERE HE GOES. WE ALL KNOW HE IS A JEALOUS MAN. 

This week not a ton of new stuff

Well heres a picture of me anziano miller and anziano simcox in front of duomo. Anziano miller trained him too, so hes my brother in the mission. Nice!

Well this week is going and going and going! Were halfway through the transfer, and things are much different than they were last transfer. We have been doing a lot of member work this week and trying to organize an activity! We want to have a culture night where all the members bring a dish from their native country, or part of italy if they are italian, and explain why they love it. We based this activity off of the elder Uchtdorf talk "four titles" Were hoping that through the members being able to share their culture with eachother it will help them build stronger friendships. We really want our ward to have a solid bond when we leave! Our goal is for the members to start working together and thereby have missionary experiences! We are trying to get everyone to see the Work of Savlation broadcast. Missionary work is changing, and we want the members to be on board so they arent super confused with all this new stuff.

Adventure this week. Well, this week Anziano Miller and I ate Balut. What is balut? Well you see, balut is a hardboiled egg. Except its not. How is it different? Well this egg is a duck egg. A fertilized one. So its a baby duck, beak, feathers, placenta. All that good stuff. How does it taste? Actually not that bad. However because you know what it is. Its kinda like this. 

Yummm. 

This week weve found a lot of success through teaching english to italians! everyone seems interested to learn, they even have interest in the spiritual thought! Weve recently found 2 new investigators through english class! AWESOME! We are also helping the members and their children learn who want to. It really helps us build our relationships with them and allows us to render some service to them. 

Well, we dont really have a lot of time this week, Ive gotta get going! I love you all!  Try to eat something grosser than balut this week and let me know how it goes! I need a nap. Am I going to get one? Nope. Thats my thought process right now. 

ciao ciao

Anziano Trevino

Some sidenotes to people.

Mark Potter: Thank you so much for your letters! I am uplifted and really appreciate all the updates! How many hairstyles does Mary have left to try?

Sister Ballew: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE TALKS!  Ill have you know that weve taught some members using them. They are great to study, thank you thank you thank you!

Valerie: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!! WOOOOH! Have fun working haha. 

Welcome to Switzerland

Fake last supper. you cant take pictures of the real one. Real one is about 100 yards away

This is a fuzzy picture of Cristoval (Val) . He is a member of milano uno and KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT FASHION hes actually a pretty well known fashion blogger. Hes a total boss and he will probably see this picture haha. 

Welcome to Switzerland!

ALRIGHT. So this past week we went on a 1 hr 15 minute train ride, followed by a 30 minute walk. in search of dr pepper. AND WE FOUND IT. HECK YEAH. We had to go to Switzerland, but hey, its an excuse to go up there. And may I tell you, Switzerland is BEAUTIFUL. 

Welcome to Chiasso

I was Lucky enough to get to do a Scambio in Como and teach a lesson here on monday! I can now say that I officially have done missionary work in 2 countries!

Another fun thing we did this week was we were invited to see the Last supper with some members of our ward. Unfortunately we werent allowed to take pictures, but youll have to take my word that it was freaking awesome.

This past week was crazy. we were able to teach 18 lessons!! Well for a lot of you that might not seem like a lot, but for us thats crazy! We are working so hard and were seeing the fruits of our labors!

One thing that Ive been trying to work on this week is being more humble. A friend told me that we must learn to love to repent, and to seek for something to improve each day. We all grow piano piano and there is always another step to take. Ive decided to write a list of all the things im gratefull for this week. Hopefully its a long list.... you never know.

OH I SAW ANZIANO LEUNING!! THAT CANADIAN BOY HAS MADE IT HERE!!! He told me where he was serving yesterday... but uh, I forgot. OH WELL I SAW HIM SO IT COUNTS.

In other news, its starting to get cold here. And i only brought one light sweater.... If i dont get to go shopping soon im in big doo doo. GOOD THING WE WONT HAVE TIME TODAY BECAUSE I NEED TO GO GET MY PERMESSO SO IM LEGAL. Oh well. At least ive got documents now. Ill just be frozen. Im still looking for the elder from Cypress, Ive heard about him and hes heard about me, but we have yet to meet. I think hes on the other side of the mission.

Happy birthday Joe and Tia!! And if i did the math wrong val!! Things are going crazy in the family! Miss you all and ill talk to you soon!

Vi voglio bene!

Anziano Trevino

Howdy

Alright, so first things first. THE COUSINS DROVE IN FROM TORINO AND CAME TO CHURCH!! I was so happy to see them! It has been way too long! 

We were able to spend the afternoon together and It was seriously so great! I hadn't been able to see Vittorio for 7 or so years except via skype. we had a great time, I look forward to being able to see them again soon! 

Last p-day was fairly eventful, we went and visited the "Bone church" which is pretty cool/gross. So there was a school/church, I dont remember, in italy where the roof caved in and a lot of children died. Very sad story. So of course, naturally, in remembrance of them, the church decided to build a room out of their bones. CREEPY. You walk into this place and you just feel wierd. Anyway. After that we went to the Museum right next to Duomo! Right now they have a lot of Andy Worhol prints on display, I loved that! We also got to see some Picaso and other famous paintings! We had a really good time. This week we are going to Switzerland in search of scenery and Dr. Pepper. It shoud be a fun ride, its only about and Hour by train.

        Anziano Luening made it to Italy!!! I havent seen him, but I heard he finally got his visa and is in the field! Exciting! We have a Baptisimal date for the 28th and we are sure Allejandro Is ready! We are doing all we can to get him integrated with the ward! Work here is going well!! Weve been recieving referrals and trying to work as hard as we can! We have seen the blessings of our efforts as well! 

    Yesterday I bought a whole coconut because, you know, I wanted to eat a coconut. But problem was, we couldnt open it. So naturally, we knew one way to get it open. THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW! so we did. And then we ate coconut. Thats my random story for the day! Thanks for all the emails and kind thoughts! Talk to yall soon! 

DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BYU UT GAME. I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. SERIOUSLY. WHAT THE HECK. ;LKJAOSDJIFOISDJOFI WORST DAY EVER.

Anyway, love you all miss ya! talk to you soon!

Anziano trevino

THIS WEEK WE HAD A BAPTISM!!!!

I fixed the rotation.

Oops well thats sideways. Youll get over it. The sisters taught her but My companion was able to baptise her and I was lucky enough to be able to confirm her! AWESOMEEEEEEEEEE.

Also, thank you everyone for the birthday wishes, I am officially old. We will all go to vegas on my return. Moms treat. For my birthday, I did missionary work. Nice. nah but really its great :) We get to see some of the strangest things ever. Also some of the most beautiful! The transfer just ended and I am lucky enough to get to stay in Milano for the next 6 weeks! Anziano Miller is staying as well! He is great! He got me A Juventus Jersey (Pirlo) for those who care. He is awesome!  The sisters got me a little nerf gun that I must say entertains me much too easily. Sorella Santoro Finishes the mission tomorrow, she will be missed. She has worked so hard and has done her best! She returns to Bari soon!

Its crazy to think that ive already been gone for 3 months, time is really flying by! Weve been meeting with a bunch of our Philippino friends and have been having some good discussions with them! We also have an investigator named Alejandro who will be getting baptized in a few weeks!

Everyone is back from vacation, we should be able to start having a bunch more appointments! Were teaching a few Italians English! Thanks for all the updates on your lives! Keep em coming!

Until next week

Anziano Trevino

This week in Italy! Aug. 28th

WE HAVE A BAPTISM ON SATURDAY!!!! WOOOOOOH!!!!!! ALMA IS GETTING BAPTIZED YEAAAHH WOOOHHH YEAAAAHHH! 

Were kind of excited about that. Just a little bit. Okay so this week we have actually a pretty full week! NICE. We also have been working with a person who only speaks spanish.... difficult. But we manage. One thing we have noticed in our ward is that the Phillipinos, Spanish speakers, and the Italians have somewhat segragated in our ward. NON VA BENE. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE FRIENDS!!!!!!!! So one of our goals is to unify these people. How were going to do that, no clue, but it will happen. yeah. 

I give my first talk in my ward in Italy in one week! Woooooohhh. Im super excited. yeah not really.  But it will be a good time to be gently reminded just how much I dont know how to say! 
So now that August is ending, all of our members are back from vacation! We expect to be very busy very soon and we cant wait! I know the time is going to FLY BY and im excited for that! Im ready to get to work!! Okay ill send a few of the pictures from last week!
Okay from left to right heres my district.

Little Devil Statue Creepy/Cool

Anziano Miller, Everyones favorite missionary, Sor Haslem, Holloway, Durfey, Roth, Santoro, and Lofely! Sorella sontoro goes home next week!

Okay so Im getting an AWESOME lasagna recipie from one of the members, be prepared, were also learning to cook some things from others! They cook so well! 

Apperently the climate is seriously the most important things in making pizzas, whodathunk. Water and air is the most important thing. no wonder certain places are known for pizza and some arent. 

I made this for lunch. It was SO GOOD!

This Week!!

Okay so this week was super fun!! Last wendesday we went to A castle in Milano!! It was so cool! Ill attatch pictures later. Two of the coolest parts about this castle was that theres a statue done by Michelagnello and a cieling that was painted by Da vinci!! How cool!! Well they are super old, so honestly they dont look that cool, but the fact that they did them was awesome.

Today were planning on seeing more castles and stuff and doing some shopping. Also one of the members of our ward has the Hookups with Giorgio Armani, so chances are we get to meet him on a Pday and maybe get a picture with him! Celeb status, nice.

The food and culture here continues to be great, and the members are so giving, they work hard and we appreciate them!!

President during this weeks training has us shifting our focus from finding work on the streets and in the parks to gathering referrals. I wholeheartedly agree with this. 53% of our baptisms in the past year have been through this method of finding!! Its Awesome to see how president really wants us working in close proximity with the members and just inviting people unto christ. This work is about inviting anyone and everyone to be just a little bit closer and dig a little bit deeper every day! It doesnt matter if they are non members, active members, less active members, or anything. Our job is to invite everyone!! We are more focused on the people now than we were before, because in the end, focusing on the people and doing good is all we can do. Were really just focusing on the people we have and are working hard to help prepare them to make covenants with the lord! If they have already made those covenants we are working to help them maintain them!!

Heres a scripture I found during the week that I really liked, I hope yall like it too!

Jer: 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and Whose hope the Lord is.

Well I love yall! Pictures from this week coming soon! Talk to you next week!

Anziano Trevino