Wednesday, December 18: Roma... x6

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024: Roma... x6

Buon Natale a tutti!! 
Sorella Briscoe and I got to go to Rome this week... 3 TIMES! (6 bus rides) hahaha. Sometimes all I can do is just smile and shake my head cause I love serving my mission in Italy. Rome is beautiful this time of year! On one of our trips to Rome we had our Christmas zone conference! It was so fun being all together as a zone. We had amazing discussions on the Atonement of Jesus Christ, sung carols, did a white elephant gift exchange, and ate a delicious Christmas meal prepared by the amazing senior couples in Rome! They're the best. The visitors center is so beautiful this time of year, there are nativities from all over the world, poinsettias, lights, trees, and Books of Mormon wrapped with bows! I love that place. It was the best getting to see so many people I love sooo much and celebrating together. I am so grateful. 

On Monday during our mission family home evening Anziano Curtis, the director of the visitors center (who also happens to be a general authority seventy, author of Saints, and church historian 🫡) gave an amazing training based off a talk he gave in 2016 called "There is Power in the Book" 


I recommend it to all of you! He shared powerful stories and miracles he has seen of the impact of the Book of Mormon in people's lives. He said one time a man was trying to convince his girlfriend to get baptized so they could get married in the temple. He took her on a date and asked if they could stop at his grandpa's house... who happened to be President Spencer W. Kimball haha! Well you know what President Kimball simply said to the girlfriend and the man? To read the book and pray if it's true! "That's what I did!" he said. I love how simple it is. The invite found in Moroni 10:4-5 is open to all. 
Anziano Curtis said something else during the training I loved: "If you want to know the story of the Atonement, you read the Bible. If you want to know the meaning of the Atonement, you read the Book of Mormon."
I invite you all to ponder on that and the importance of reading both the Bible and the Book of Mormon. There is power in the books!! I love the scriptures. 

For pday today our district took the train 30 minutes south to a little town called Ortona up on a hill overlooking a big harbor. It was a beautiful 60 degree day and we basically had the whole town to ourselves! We went in a castle from the 1300s, got gooodd spaghetti and hot chocolate, and walked along the beach by a lighthouse! 

Last thing - if you have a spare 30 minutes while you're driving/cleaning/walking this week, give this speech a listen! 

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/j-anette-dennis/finding-peace-amidst-uncertainty/

I love you all and wish you all a very merry Christmas!! 🤍

Sorella McCune 



Six bus rides to and from Roma







Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SHE'S A RUNNER

Image
  Hellooooo and happy summer everybody!    Things are starting to heat up down here in Sicilia, (quite literally-there was a huge fire the other day but tutto bene!) but me and my new companion, Sorella Wall, are ready to conquer the heat in our apartment with no AC!! hahaha we'll be fine... Also- SHE IS A RUNNER!!! Answer to prayers.  We've run every morning since being companions (down by the sea hehe) and my soul is slowly starting to heal.   Sorella Wall is a grinder of a runner and a grinder of a missionary! I don't think I've ever worked this hard in my life and also had this much fun while doing it! It kind of feels like everything that could've gone wrong this first week went wrong lol, but Sorella Wall has showed so much patience and flexibility that inspires me.  There have been so many times where we could've given up and cried but we have both just chosen to laugh and it has made things so much happier. I'm so excited and happy t...
Read more

Saturday, February 17: SONO UNA MISSIONARIA?!?!

Image
  Saturday, 17 February 2024 SORELLE E FRATELLI   First off- guys I love you. Thank you for being in my life, writing down your email, and going on this adventure with me!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL    Second off- some quick hitters: I finished my first week of missionary training online! My companion is from Germany!  Her name is Sorella Köcher. Still working on that pronunciation haha but she is AMAZING. Such a kind and genuine soul with an amazing testimony that is already so inspiring to me! She shares a love for Ikea and makes me laugh. I'm excited to learn and grow with her!  I am in a district with ALL Sorelle (Sisters). SO FUN. Slumber parties with 5 girls for 5 weeks? Sign me up  Haha I'll keep you guys updated on how it goes. More on them in a sec.  I absolutely love each of my 3 teachers!! 2 Sorelle e 1 Fratello. They all served in Italy and one of them is half Italian! They are the coolest ever -I want to be them when I grow up an...
Read more

Wednesday, October 16

Image
Wednesday, October 16 Hello!!  Okay I've got 2 stories for you to show why I just love this place and these people and this work so stinking much.  Number 1! A couple weeks ago Sorella Riley found a lady named Stacey on Facebook! She is from Pennsylvania but married a man from Oristano and has lived here with her son for 7 years. She grew up going to young women activities and church with her friend who is a member and asked if we could bring her a new copy of the Book of Mormon because she lost hers. Say less!! We drove the 15 minutes into the countryside and looked for her gate on a street with no name haha, literally in the middle of nowhere. She welcomed us into her home/farm with open arms and made us feel so at home and appreciated! It was so cool seeing her animals that all just roam around her yard together, they're all so friendly! If I can remember correctly she has... 2 donkeys, 2 emus, 30 chickens, 6 cats, 1 dog, 3 goats, 1 sardegnian sheep (!!), 4 para...
Read more