Va bene, mi piace il sole

BUONGIORNO TUTTI!

Well, it has been a pretty nice week! Things in the deep South of Italy are going well! The sun is shining and the heat is setting in. I love it though! This week has been pretty good! We met with G* and E* again and they are still making progress with everything. We are planning on hitting some pretty big commandments this week but we feel confident that they will keep their commitments. They didn't come to Church here this week, but instead they went to Taranto because they had a little family vacation. We called them afterwards and it sounded like it went really well, so we are happy with that. They were surprised at the size of the building in Taranto because ours is soooo small here. I am really happy that they were able to see a little bit how the Church isn't just a small thing. It is quite a bit bigger than they thought. Tomorrow we will go and visit them and that will be great!

This week we heard from Gi* and he is having some big problems here. He isn't really sure about his future. He is thinking that he will head back to Albania soon. It has kind of been a bumber cause we haven't been able to teach him for quite a while and he hasn't come to Church. We are praying for him. As for a lot of our other investigators, they have just kind of dropped off a little. Like everyone. For one reason or another we haven't been able to meet with people and it has been hard. 

Zone Conference was this last week and that went awesome!!! It was so great talking to President and all! He is awesome! I got to see all of my friends from around the zone also. It was a great time. Unfortunately coming home though we encountered a strike on the trains, so it took a while to actually get back from Bari to Lecce. It was cool though. We stayed at the Zone leaders house the night before and we slept out on the balcony just for fun. It started raining in the middle of the night. Super fun! Italy is awesome! The food is pretty stinking good and makes me happy!

Well, I am happy to hear about all the exciting news back at home! DAD, SAM, FAMILY... Love you all! Sam, what the cuss, Happy 18th Birthday! You are so old... But I will always be two years older. Dad, have fun with the calling. Family, yeaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! Summer arrived finally! I hope you all soak in the sun in Salt Lake! Love you all!

Sincerely,

Yours cordially,

Maybe I am Italian,

Anziano Burton