May 14 email and photos

The Malta Elders (holding dead jellyfish!?)

"Always looking up"
(Elder N took this photo via a mirrored ceiling!)

He had great things to say about the branch council, how they function so well and discuss needs of investigators and what they can do to help; he loves the support the council gives the missionaries!

Some funny things their native Maltese teacher has said:

Don’t you have adjectives in your brain?

Put a potato in your mouth!

He was excited to find Doritos at the airport on his way to Italy, he has the Malta airport pretty well memorized now!

They had several disappointments and delays on their permesso quest like arriving just as the office was closing, waiting in line for an hour and a half, waiting in line after line etc. but they finally got it taken care of, for now, another trip will eventually be needed for the next step.

They got to go bowling with the missionaries in Catania and enjoyed a meal at McDonald’s, Italian pizza, arancini, and his first ever cannoli! He said “They only make those on Sicily and I never served there so I'd never had one! It was really good! Dang I'm craving one now! lol!!”

They did splits there the following day and he was worried because it had been such a long time since he had proselyted in Italian but said it was fine and everything went ok!

They stayed with the couple missionaries the last night there and they took them to the airport the next morning at 4:30AM! A member friend picked them up at the airport in Malta and took them straight to his house to help him and then he cooked a huge breakfast for them of sausage, bacon, eggs, toast and the British classic –beans!

He told about challenging the family to be baptized and described the joy they felt and the joy they saw on this couple’s faces when they accepted! The wife asked if she could be baptized in the ocean so they are going to find out about that.

They were able to take the sacrament to a new member who cares for her invalid mother. They have spent a lot of time helping these two and have grown to love them both and while they were there this time the Mom took them both and said how much she loves them, then the daughter said that too, he said that was so great!!

In Maltese class they learned a Maltese song! They are practicing a surprise song for the couple missionaries who will be leaving soon.

He also sent these photos: