Fa Caldo Qua

Ciao Tutti!!!

Another week down and things are starting to warm up here... I am a little worried about the summer because they say that it gets really really hot during that time. Well, this week went really well!!! So last night after we taught our English course we placed four Books of Mormon and planned four lessons with new people! We are hoping that they become new investigators next week! They are really nice people and they seemed really interested! Our three investigators with baptismal dates are doing well and progressing very well! We might be pushing the baptism on the 27th into early May, just because she wants to feel a little more prepared. It is really interesting because when we meet with our districts on Mondays, they tell us how well we are doing in Caserta and I guess it is like a big deal how many lessons we are teaching and how many baptismal dates we have. It is not common. Strangely enough I feel that the potential is even great than what the numbers are at. We will see. Oh, and our district meetings are in the Castellamare Branch each week and I see Anziano Decker and Bailey every week... So yep mother, I do know them! They are awesome! Definitely introduce yourself and stuff!!! I hope you have an awesome time in Italy!

This week we taught and met with a lot of less active and new members along with our normal investigators. It is interesting because there are tons of less actives here that could be brought back and stuff. We are giving service to this really nice less active lady this next week and we really hope that something good comes from it! Caserta is great and Anziano Badger is fantastic! We are working very well together and we are starting to teach really well bouncing off of each other. It is really good and our lessons feel a lot more fluid! My Italian is coming along... ish... it just takes so much time. I love it, but I am aweful at speaking it. Italy is kinda crazy. Driving here is insane cause there are no rules it feels like and when we walk we just walk across the street in traffic and they have to stop for us. Italy is like a giant mess of craziness but that is what makes it so much fun! It is just tons of little cars all honking their horns driving down little cobblestone streets.

Well, I am not sure really what else to write. I hope everything is going well back home! Sam, you should send me a short email or something. The work is moving forward here! Oh, by the way, I finished the Book of Mormon today in English. I did it in 15 days. I just read in any free time we had like on trains and stuff. By far the best reading of the Book of Mormon I have ever done. It was amazing! I learned so much about the story and understood how amazing the doctrine taught in it actually is. Amazing thing! I was able to use so much that I learned in my lessons that I taught! From now on though, I read only in Italian, so that will be fun! Life is great in Italy! Italy is beautiful! Today was just a hang out day in Italy and we went down on the coast to watch this way cool sailing tournament they had. It was way cool! The water looks so nice here hahahaha. It is the bluest ever, I wish I could swim! Oh well, I will return someday to do that stuff. Now I am just working and it is the best!!!

Sincerely,

Anziano Burton