April 24, 2012 Well, it's the mission

We had a really hard week this week.  I hope you all remeber the girl we were teaching, she was awesome, and we were so ready to baptize her, but her father told us that we werent allowed to see her anymore.  Just as things we looking up, we got shut down.  That was really hard.  I didnt expect it and we got really hit hard, it was hard to do missionary work, to stop people, to stop thinking about the what if we were to baptize her.  It would change her life.  Well I told my president and he said, " I dont  know her but I feel like she will join the church very soon."  That was really good to hear.  She read the entire book of mormon in 5 days.  She knows that its true.  That is really a huge miracle.  I feel good becuase we did our job.  The zone is doing really well right now.  we are looking at about 16 baptisms for MAY!!  That is going to be amazing.  I am really happy that we are going to be kiling it.  I hope that every one is doing well.  its getting warmer here and I know that there is just as good.  I wish that I could hit up the beach, but that isnt happening for a while.  I love my mission. Im exhausted if any of you were wondering.  MAN ALIVE!!  I really am having an amazing time.  My comp and I are loving eachother.  Who knew, me and an Italian...talk about luck.  I love the language.  We are just having a ton of fun together, even though the work is hard.  Keep praying for me please.  We will see miracles.  God loves us.  I promise that. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN

 

 

Anziano Treadway

April 17, 2013

April 17, 2013

Hey everyone,

 

Another week on the job and the blessings are FINALLY arriving.  Its been a long time that we got the invite to come in and teach someone, but when we got it this week, it was from a 17 year old girl, and there was no guy in the house, so we had to turn her down and have her close the door.  Big switch in the roles for a little bit.  But we went and taught her the next day.  SHE IS AWESOME!  Cristina.  She has been struggling with her faith for a while now, and she is wanting to refind it.  So we talked about the Book of Mormon and told her that she would feel better and have more faith if she read the Book of Mormon.  We asked her to read the introduction, and we got the best answer, she said, "You know, I can read this entire book by tuesday, I love reading"  OKAY!!!  You do that.  Hhahahahah.  Well we went back two days later and she explained that she had read a lot of the book and loved the story about Lehi and his dream.  She told us PERFECTLY the entire story.  We taught her a great lesson and she accepted a baptismal date for May 11.  If her family says that is okay, it will be done.  I know that they will because they already told her, if it feels good that she should follow it.  I think that this is huge.  we havent had an investigator, but now we have one that is going to be full of referalls too.  She is awesome. 

 

AHHH like a breath of fresh air. 

 

We baptized on Friday.  Destiny asked me to do it like i told you all.  It went well and the pictures are there.  He was so happy to get baptized that he asked everyone to take a picture with him.  He wanted one in the font and everything, but we explained that he couldnt.  He had some major blessings promised in the confermation, so much that even a member got up during his testimony and said that it was the most powerful confermation he has ever heard.  That was good.

 

Monday we had an amazing mission council with Elder Allen from the Missionary Department of the church.  He is actually like the main person, the boss we will say.  He gave us so much good council. Major help.  All about repentance and how we can help the people that we teach repent better.  Because sometimes we baptize people without helping the repent, we skip that part, or we think that they did it already and we dont make sure, and within a year they are gone because the stain is still there, and they just cleaned it with water, not soap.  So that was major good help.  (that was really bad english) 

 

I lvoe you all.  You are all amazing.  keep up the good work.  Keep being the coolpeople.  I love you all. 

 

Anziano Treadway

April 3, 2013

Venice, Italy

March 27, 2013 Che cavallo voui

Hahaha, that is already one of those really sweet jokes that I have with my companion.  I love him.  He is awesome. 

Well How is everyone doing?? Ihope that you are all good.  I am really doing well here in Mestre.  I havent been to Venice yet.  Its not really a great place to be working, meaning, there are a ton of tourists and they love to go away after we want to set up an appointment.  But I do love the city and the people here.  htey are awesome.  Some are really really nice, and others have better excuses to not talk to us.  hahhhaa.  We have seen some awesome things and not so awesome things.  I will say that Having a car is really awesome. But people dont drive like they do in America, the speed limit at time is 90.  So I am right at home right???  I love driving when the TomTom works.  When it doesnt, its a pain, like lost for the longest time and cant figure it out lost.  Its okay that.  I know that god is alwaays guiding us right to the perfect gas station in the middle of the fields and to the right street when we dont know how we got there.  Miracles I say, but we are having a great time.  We are doing a lot of finding so there really isnt much to tallk about.  We have found some really good people, just got to see what we can do with em.  I hope things turn out the way the lord wants.  I know that this is the true church.  Easter is coming.  remember the savior.  Everything that he has done too. 

My new address in Via Monte Cengio 2/b Padova (PD) 35138 Italy

Love you all

Anziano Treadway

March 20, 2013 I'ma be on wheels!!

So wow.  Big week eh.  I feel as though the first thing that I should talk about is the call for BRIAN!!  Dude, I think that its awesome.  There are some members here in Ravenna from Ghana.  And they are the coolest guys ever.  I will say that you are going to go to some lessons and be kind of confused an wonder where there are.  I am not lying, they just sometimes dont show up.  Its rather strange.  But Its good.  I love them, they are the most awesome people.  You are going to be eating some food that you are going to be asking yourself, wait, WHAT IS THIS???  I have done it.  and I dont have the answer.  

As for me, I got the transfer call as well.  And I am going off to a very beautiful city.  Mestre, well that city isnt the most beautiful city, but there is another city in my area, 5 minutes away.  Its called Venice.  And I am super stoked about that.  I am super humbled that President called me to this city to be a zone leader.  I am really stoked to do it though.  For that reason, I am going to be on wheels.  I am going to have a car.  We arent actually going to be living in our city, rather we are going to be in a city called Padova to live because they are putting some sisters in Mestre to make room for the new missionaries.  28 are coming in.  Yeah, 18 year olds too.  Its exciting.  I might meet one.  That would be cool.  

Anyways.  I am going to miss the city, but I am excited to be serving with another awesome missionary, who is from Italy himself, so language wont be a problem.  We are whitewashing, meaning both of us are replacing the two zone leaders that were there. Big call, but we are up for it.  

Love you guys, i miss you guys.  

Love 

Anziano Treadway

March 6, 2013 To All......from ITALY!!!

Hey everyone. 

 

So this week has marked the one year in Italy.  That is crazy.  I feel like I just started.  And so Its time for me to blow some Italians away and get em baptized.  no, I have been seriously blessed in my mission.  I could have asked for a better one.  ITs really the best time of the life.  Its showed me so many things that I would not have learned any where else.  I know that everything happnens for a reason now and that even though we may think that god doesnt see us, HE DOES!!  He has always got our back.  Its great. 

 

We have been really trying to get member present lessons to show that we can do it.  No, its the best way to teach someone because when you do, its like the best.  They have a friend for church and they have someone else to really share their time and spiritual experiences with.  i know that its the only way to baptize people.  Teach with the missionaries.  Its the best help ever.  I would love to have even more members present. 

 

The other day, we went to a conference in Milano with all the new missionaries in the mission.  There were over 20 or somehting in the past 2 transfers.  The next group is even bigger.  HOLY COW!!  I think that there are going to be 28 in the next meeting.  That is completely insane.  What a pleasure to be in the field during this influx.  To see it and usher it in.  I am glad Im not one of the new ones, but the one to help the new ones into their shoes.  Its great. 

 

We did a scambio the other day in Bologna WHICH IS AN EXCHANGE WHERE WE GO WITH OTHER MISSIONARIES, (there ye go mom).  Well it was full of some cool miracles.  We found a guy that had been looking for the church for 6 years, he was already a member.  The other part was that he called us randomly on the phone.  He was awesome. 

 

i love Italy.  Its really the best. 

 

I love you guys.  Be awesome.  I miss you

 

Love

Anziano Treadway