Sorella Williams: Buona festa del papà!!!

     Happy Father's Day to so many great dads out there, especially mine! I love my dad and miss him so much. I was thinking about how influenced we are by our fathers and how not all of us have the best relationship with our earthly fathers, but we are also our heavenly father's children and he loves and carefully watches over each of us. I'm grateful for the knowledge that I know I am a daughter of God. I truly can feel his love for me and those around me everyday.

     This week I hit my 6 month mark which is so weird. I feel like I have learned and grown so much in this time simply by trying to put others before myself. It's incredibly humbling knowing that right now during this very short period in my life I am able to dedicate all my time to the Lord. I love that I can feel the spirit with me so often as I try to do His work. He has already put me in the path of so many amazing people. I'm so glad I chose to serve this mission. I'm looking forward to this next year.

     On that happy note, this week was pretty crappy to be honest hahah. So many people with appointments ended up not showing up! So that was fun. We did finding work pretty much all week long which always leads to lots of interesting encounters, funny stories, some miracles, and a lot of grand denials. We also were challenged by our mission leaders to call 25 random people we don't know from our area book. And we found lots of new people willing to meet with us and hear our message which was so exciting!

     In other news I may or may not have accidentally joined a band this week hahaha. I stopped a man on the street and we started talking. The man did not stop talking for AN HOUR PEOPLE. whew, it was rough I'm not gonna lie. He told me he was a musician and wanted to play with me in the park (even though I told him I can play "un bel niente" haha) I told him I wanted to teach him more of our message and next thing I know he's got me committing to certain days in the park with his band. It was one of the most confusing conversations I've had so far hahaha but he said he's bringing pizza so let's be honest I'll probably be there.

     I've been discouraged this week with the work in Siena. I feel such a heavy burden to help this branch. I'm doing what I can with my circumstances and I know God is aware of that because even though I come home exhausted, with virtually no lessons taught that day, I know I tried and did what I could. I've been on my knees more this week than ever before and that feeling of loneliness always leaves the minute I ask for help. I know that we go through trials in life for a purpose and if He could he would take it all away, but we have to experience this to grow and to become our best and happiest selves.

I hope you all have great weeks!

Love Sorella Williams