Caserta / Napoli Zone - Last Zone Conference

Cari Amici e Famiglia,

It was a great week.  On Tuesday we went up to Piedimonte Matese to look for a referral from Argentina.  We talked to a lot of people and walked around a lot to find the place but we eventually found it. Unfortunately he wasn't there but his neighbor took a Book of Mormon and number from us to give to him later.  It was really beautiful there.  On Thursday we went to my last zone conference and I gave my departing testimony.  It was a surreal moment because when I started my mission it seemed like a thousand years away.  I'm happy to be finishing but sad to leave as well.  I talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the positive changes it makes in people's lives. That has been the most rewarding experience in my mission.

On Saturday and Sunday we watched conference, Saturday morning session Saturday night and Saturday afternoon, priesthood, and Sunday morning sessions on Sunday.  Great talks and I look forward to looking at and studying a lot of the talks more in depth when they get released on gospel library.  Two people will be baptized Saturday in the chapel on the American base, one of our investigators and one of the sisters'. Two great young people.  It should be a another great week.

Anziano Blazzard

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From Italy Rome Mission Blog

Caserta - Italian/English Meetings

Cari Amici e Famiglia,

It was a great week in Caserta.  After the fun day at Pompeii on Monday we went back to Napoli on Tuesday for District Meeting.  The meeting went well and afterwards we went and got some pizza at Sorbillo's... Which is known as the best pizza in the mission.  I have to say it was exceedingly fantastic.  I will definitely have to bring my family there if we come back to Italy.  It was also cool walking through the city of Naples.  It's a really cool city with tons of history all around the place.  I need to take more pics next time. The rest of the week was pretty good.  We taught a bunch of lessons and found a number of new investigators.  We had a great lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ with an investigator and it was awesome to see someone really grasp it and let it change their life.  He will be getting baptized in a few weeks.  Another investigator wants to get baptized and came to church too.  After church we went to an American family's home for Easter dinner.  It reminded me a lot of what we ate back home.  Ham, funeral potatoes, cornbread, and other things.  Then we got a care package full of tons of American products!!  It was a great Easter.  Today we went to another American family's house for some burgers and root beer floats.  I really am getting spoiled here with both the work and food hahaha.

I hope everyone had a great Pasqua!
 Anziano Blazzard
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Napoli - Bikes and Pizza

Cari Amici e Famiglia,
Well it's been an eventful week with transfers and all.  The beginning of the week we spent saying goodbye to everyone and we taught some new investigators too. They looked online and found out about polygamy so it was a fun lesson.  On Thursday I finished packing up and then went to the store to get a sandwich for the train ride.  One the way back home a random guy we met a few weeks ago bought us some barley coffee and a new umbrella for my companion because his was broke.  It was
random but cool.  The train ride to Napoli was uneventful but we got there with an hour delay.  Then I met my new comp at the Napoli station as well as a bunch of old missionary friends including an ex
missionary from Germany who was on vacation in Italy.  Then we took a train to Caserta and when we arrived I found out we were going to be riding bikes a lot.  My gluteus maximus is super sore.  It also seems to me a little dangerous with the crazy drivers in Italy but we have helmets too.  I never looked so much like a Mormon missionary.  The work is really good though and there are several progressing investigators.  The ward is a mixture of Americans from the military base and Italians.  They do the meetings in both languages translating both into Italian and English.  They even sing in both languages so it's pretty funny.  The pizza is super good though and I've already eaten a lot.  Today we went to Pompeii.  It was really cool.  The city is huge and a lot of things have been preserved well so you can see how Roman life was back in the day.  There are houses, restaurants,
bathhouses, and gardens.  The roads have grooves in them from the carriages and there are also sidewalks.  Also they have a bunch of petrified things from when Vesuvius erupted like bread, nuts, animals, and humans.  Super cool.  Now we are probably gonna eat a good pizza from Napoli.  Have a great week!!

Anziano Blazzard