The Hot:
#1 The weather here is beautiful! If Idaho would just get its
temperature under control and also import an beach it would be heaven
on earth.
#2 Last night I got called "molto sexy" by an Egyptian guy; a few days
ago we were walking out of the metro and there were Bangladesh stands
everywhere and one of the guys said, "Ecco mi! Ho chiesto per uno ma
ho ricevereto due!" Which means, "Behold! I asked for one, but
received two!" How creepy right?! Actually I love moments like this
because I just laugh and laugh and my companion gets sooooo irritated
that I would laugh when they can still hear me. "Don't encourage
them!" Is what she always tells me. Does it sound like they need
encouragement?! They're going to say things whether I laugh or not and
I'm a laugher, so I'm going to laugh. È così!
The Cold:
#1 We had a lesson with a guy named Vladimir Saturday morning. He was
an ex-simp that we had called to see if he wanted to meet with the
missionaries again. (Since exsimps are the only people who will answer
our phone calls! Grrrr) Anyway, it was kinda chilly that morning
because of the wind, but it was hardly enough to need a light coat and
our appointment was in the park. We sit down and start the lesson and
then he stops me mid sentence and says, "it's cold can I sit between
both of you. It's warmer that way." So I switched him seats and began
talking again. We went on this way for a few more minutes and then he
looks at me and says, "you look cold, here, wear my coat." I had my
own coat, but I wasn't cold (granted I had been sick this week and
still wasn't feeling too great, so I can see how he was unconvinced
with my red nose and tissue in hand) I insisted I was fine and tried
to get back into the lesson again, but he took off his coat and made
me wear it. And then he literally shivered through the rest of the
lesson, but wouldn't take his own coat back and wasn't about to let me
just put my own coat on. Anyway, so we get back to the lesson and by
this time I knew the lesson was a joke, but decided I'd make the most
of it and invited him to be baptized. He said yes, but that he had a
question for us first. He wanted to know how we could believe in our
prophet if we wore make up, cut our hair, and wore earrings.
Apparently it says in the bible that women can't do those things and
if they do the they are adulterers.. Then he told us for this reason
the Prophet wasn't a real prophet. I've never felt the Spirit leave so
quickly. Oh and he tried to tell us that we are married to Christ...
Where do some people come from?!
This was just a week for interesting people. We met a lady on the
metro and my comp had met her once before but I'd never talked to her.
She is slightly dramatic... Anyway, She was telling us that Rome 4 was
going to have their water shut off for 22 hours so that the city could
do some work. Then she says, "I have contacts! How am I supposed to go
without water for 22 hours?! My eyes will die!" I couldn't even hold
it in. I was laughing so hard. Later that night, the Anziani told us
that some of the people who had told them about the water being turned
off believed that terrorists had poisoned the water and that's why the
city was shutting the water off... Italians are so gullible,
superstitious, and irrational sometimes haha but hey it's funny for
the rest of us! Occasionally they get something right. Like one of our
less actives named Tina. We went to visit her this week and she said
something that I loved. " Io penso di oggi, ma Dio pensa di domani" I
think of today, but God thinks of tomorrow. Today we went to Rome! And
while we were sitting at the Trevi Fountain (my favorite place in
Rome!) a couple got married at the fountain!
I don't really have any pictures this week... Sorry! I love hearing
about what everyone is up to and all of the funny stories and seeing
pictures! I love you!
Love, Sorella Hatfield
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