My companion & I both have a 6th sense:

Okay, story behind the heading: Friday morning, we were finally
getting to meet with Raff (we haven't been able to get ahold of him
forever) and we set up an appointment for Friday morning at 10am. We
got there and saw him and we're locking up our bikes when this man
told us we couldn't lock our bikes there, so we were moving them like
20 feet away and we took 2 seconds to lock them and when we turned
around HE WAS GONE. literally he was nowhere to be found. We searched
the entire piazza for him. And then, we ran into another investigator
that we haven't been able to get ahold of and got to teach her and
that was quite literally a miracle and THEN we were walking and these
2 people stopped us and started talking to us and they set up another
time to meet with us and he asked us to help him stop smoking!!! The
church is true.

Christmas was SO good. Food. Family. Friends. The Gospel. Jesus
Christ. Dogs. What more could you want? Also, there was a party for
golden retrievers last week, so basically that was the greatest day of
my life :)

Happy New Year y'all. I love you and make good choices. Set some
goals. Say your prayers. Read the Book of Mormon.

Vi voglio bene,
Sorella Meager

I don't know what I expected but Christmas has been literally the
BEST. We have celebrated it 5 times already with different families
and our district and our ward. And let me just say, I think GIVING
presents is way better than receiving. The joy that comes from seeing
someone open up a present that you made them or got them is like my
absolute favorite thing. Also, just seeing kids see Babbo Natale and
get presents brings absolute happiness.

We had the Primary Christmas party Saturday night and Babbo Natale
came and gave a present to each of the kids. Also, Denise came and
made me heart so happy. She is my favorite. She had me help her make a
tiara. And we bonded because every time someone would walk through the
door and not close, we would look at each other and laugh. I don't
know why, but it was so funny. "LA PORTA"

Ascanio, a guy from the Domican Republic, in our ward is literally the
coolest dude. He used to go out with the missionaries when he was a
teenager in the DR, but then after he moved to Italy, we stopped going
to church. And then he found it again a few months ago and his
daughter, Sherilyn, got baptized a few weeks ago and his (soon to be)
wife will be getting baptized soon :):):) I love their family with my
whole heart and we'll be having Christmas dinner with them. Ascanio
LOVES the missionaries and always tries to speak English with us and
it's the funniest thing.

Monday was Anziano Castronovo's birthday and Sorella Blandford and I
planned a surprise party/ FHE with the anziani and Paola and Selhini
and Agustin and let me just say, he was definitely surprised and it
was well worth the wait! (Yes, he is wearing a flower crown in the
picture).

We had Christmas with the District yesterday and that was definitely
my favorite part of Christmas so far and it's not even Christmas yet.
We all did each other's stockings and Sorella Blandford and I got all
of them sweaters and each of them immediately put them on and wore
them for the rest of the day :) and we each had an orange at the
bottom of our stockings (just like you always do, mom!) Also, we had
lasagna and cinnamon rolls (thank you, mom for the recipe!) and oh my
heavens and I love Italy.

This Christmas, all I want is for everyone to send me an email and
tell me a gift that you are excited to GIVE.

BUON NATALE E BUON ANO!
Sorella Meager

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given...and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Last week was NOT our week for bikes... 4 days after I fell off my
bike, my companion fell off hers. The funny thing is that we were on
our way to the train station to go to the same appointment both times.
Coincidence?? I have no idea

I have now started to speak Italian in my sleep. Good or bad?

3 times in the past week, we were either walking or biking and a man
passed us and said "Ciao Sorelle!" And every time, we stop them and
ask them how they know us and every single one of them used to come to
church but stopped and wanted to come back... um what??? So, we got
each of their numbers and we're working with them to get them back in
the straight and narrow! (Talk about being in the right place at the
right time!)

"The most effective way to preach the gospel is through example. If we
live according to our beliefs, people will notice. If the countenance
of Jesus Christ shines in our lives, if we are joyful and at peace
with the world, people will want to know why. One of the greatest
sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought
attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times
and if necessary, use words""

Voglio condividere la mia testimonianza che questa chiesa è veramente
la chiesa di Gesù Cristo sulla terra. Che abbiamo un padre nel cielo
che ci ama e ci dato il suo figlio diletto di essere il nostro
Salvatore. Gesù Cristo e il ragione per il stagione. Quest natale,
possiamo essere come Lui per gli altri, per le nostre famiglie e i
prossimi. La sfida per voi è di guardare #BeALight e farlo!

Vi voglio bene!
Sorella Meager

Be an example of Jesus
Read the scriptures
Go Christmas caroling
Hug your family
There's 17 days until Christmas people!!!

Rimini Italy Dec 2016

Subject: LESS THAN A MONTH TIL CHRISTMAS PEOPLE We decorated the apartment the day after thanksgiving and played Christmas music and it was wonderful. Featured below are the pictures :) shout out to the sorelle before us for buying a Christmas tree and all the decorations!!! We were at a members house for breakfast and I went to use the bathroom and apparently didn't lock the door because then the 4 yr old walked in and asked me every 10 seconds if I was done peeing... nightmare We got hit on by two drunk Ukrainian men. One of them gave us his number and said, "Se avete un problema con qualcuno o qualsiasi cosa, chiama me... In ogni momento... dovunque... io vengo" Uhhh thanks...help Max, our friend that has a little yogurt shop, gave my us free yogurt yesterday! (In return for 8 American cookies) SCORE We stopped in Centro and we're staring at the huge Christmas tree and all the lights, and there was a guy helping string lights and he told us that there was going to be a ice skating event on Saturday and if we came and found him, he would let us in free!! Too bad we can't go ice skating as missionaries. But that's okay because we're going Christmas Caroling Saturday :))) We talked to a couple from Spain in Centro during finding, and she could tell that I was from TEXAS !!! It was so weird... no Italian has ever been able to recognize our accents before, but she wasn't Italian so maybe that's why. *rings citofono* Chi'è? Uhh... il gatto *opens door and sees cat* Thank you Miracles: I almost got hit by a bus, but I didn't. I also almost got hit by a car, but the passenger pointed me out to the driver, so I didn't get hit. However, I did fly over my handlebars again on Monday in the middle of Centro :) and then we got hot chocolate. Vi voglio bene Sorella Meager Go watch LIGHTtheWORLD. I've already watched it like 100x and it hasn't even been a week... okay probably not actually 100 but close :)