Hey Everyone,
Ok. I enjoy rain as much as the next person and have some great memories of getting completely soaked. This has not been one of those weeks. Ostia is beautiful, but is not known for it's draining. Yet some adventure can be added to any day by making it an obstacle course to get to the next lesson. And it's all done in a skirt.
This past week we had the chance to see a the hand of the Lord in the hand of a special family's life. Two small boys, Matteo and Federico Bachini, were baptized by their father. Their sister Micaela has been the force in their family for the past three years and it all came to this. She is going to be a great misssionary and is a sweet friend. As I saw their father walk with them into the baptismal font, I was hit by the events that I have missed in my own family. You mean so much to me. Yet I felt in the same spirit a feeling that this is why I am in my mission. It was a seasoned and, perhaps somewhat battle-scarred, feeling. Yet I felt the joy of having fulfilled the call of the Lord to serve a mission. For this time, I was to be here for this dear family.
A transfer is ending and I am going to miss my companion, S.lla Caramia. I have learned a lot about being yourself, whatever that sponataneously may be. Oh, and P.S. I have been called to train next transfer. The new missionaries have arrived and I will meet my new sister tomorrow. I'm excited to be able to serve and help a new sister. Here goes nothing. I need to be myself more than ever.
Love you all,
Erica
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