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The great tie loss of 2000 |
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Oct - 8 2000 -
Today is Gen. Conf. We came up to Bozen to see it - and we've seen most all of it in English up to now (5:00 pm) Hopefully we'll get to continue in English. We have some time now between conferences so I thought I'd write a few incidents of the last few days.
We went by Elio's to pitch him the stop smoking program and he was really excited. It was so awesome to see him rip all of his cigarettes in half, and hear him really commit to change. He has to follow a certain 15 step program for the next 7 days and if he follows it exactly 100% it is an absolute guarantee, but if he doesn't do even 1 step then there's no guarantee. It reminded me of the commandments - if we are 100% faithful then we know our reward - but like the scripture says - if we don't "we have no promise."
We also moved to Mattarello (the ex-sister's apartment.) I found a huge bag in the old apartment and decided I would use it to transport my stuff. Well, it was a real piece of junk and just made things harder. Then one of the wheels broke off making it even harder. We got to Mattarello & unpacked it and set it outside to be thrown away later. Monica (a member) walked by and asked if I wanted her to throw it away I said yeah - so she did. The next morning as I was getting dressed I realized that I had left all my ties in a side pocket that I forgot to unpack. About 10 or 15 nice ties. So I went outside into the cold morning air to do some trash diving. After about a 1/2 hour rummaging through Mondizie I realized it wasn't there - I had looked everywhere: next to the I.V. Bag, the fruit peelings, and the baby diapers - nothing. I figure some poor person found it and decided to put it to good use. Bummer - that leaves me w/ 3 ties. (My 3 worst) - that shows me how much my heart was set on the things of the world. I really miss those ties!
We taught Sjlvie the 5th discussion - it was a little hurried, but she accepted everything. During the discussion she kept saying "So dove vuoi arrivare! SO dove vuoi arrivare!" Yep. She has a guilty conscience about her willingness to sacrifice this new house for God. Good. I'm happy. I think her guilt will work on her and she'll end up making the right decision. At least that's what I'm praying for.
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