Ciao ciao ciao. How is everyone today? I hope well. Every day is a miracle and every day is a good day if you let it be! Those are lessons that I'm definitely learning here in Pesaro.

Lately, we've seen the work in Pesaro start to rise. We've seen a couple new investigators lately and many new potentials. This has come through lots of opportunity to do finding work. Finding work- walking around the piazza/park/train station/bus/wherever else you are and talking to every one you see. Pretty cool huh? How about I talk about the newcomers first.

David is an African man we stopped on the street last week. He comes from Nigeria. He speaks only a little bit of Italian, but he speaks English very well. Africans are the nicest people in Italy. It really is true; and all of them seem to know the missionaries. It's kind of funny actually, but it's cool too. I love the Africans. Anyway, David lives in a little village outside of Pesaro called Borgo Santa Maria. We have to take a thirty minute bus ride to get to him, but that doesn't matter. He questions everything we teach, which is awesome. We don't want people to just believe us. We want them to listen, ask questions, and then find the answers from God. God is the source of all truth after all.

I've already talked about José Luis, but I'll keep talking about him because he's awesome. He is a baseball player from Venezuela. He looks a little rough around the edges, but he's really just a teddy bear. He has a wife and kids back in Venezuela and you can tell that he misses them a lot. He really wants to have his family forever, which is something we're trying to help him with. He's met several members of our branch and now he wants to come to church this Sunday.

This week, I did a scambio (companion exchange) in Pesaro with Anz. Miller, the other one from Ancona. One of our members joked and called him Anz. Miller 2.0. Hahaha. He's really bravo. Even though he's fresh from the MTC and can hardly form a full sentence, he has no fear. When we did finding work, he talked to everyone. We got four potentials that day. Usually, we consider it productive if we had a decent conversation. Then we had a lesson with José Luis and he taught with such love and such simplicity. It was awesome to see.

We're almost through with this transfer already, which means that I won't be a new missionary anymore! Can you believe it? Next week, I'll have been a missionary for four months! Next week is the fifth week of the transfer, so that means I'm the senior companion next week. I have to make the phone calls and make the big decisions. Whew. It'll be crazy, but it'll be a learning experience. Of course, what isn't as a missionary? Life is a learning experience!

The picture this week is of pizza from Pizzeria Toni, which is the most famous pizzeria in Pesaro. The one on the top right is Pizza Rossini, which is the local specialty. It's dough, sauce, mozzarella, hard-boiled egg, and a mustard/mayonnaise sauce. It's sounds gross, but it's actually really good. Pizzeria Toni is next-door to the church, and it always smells soooooo good. We go to the church almost every day, so it's hard to ignore it...

There's the weekly update. Sempre andiamo avanti.

I love all of you! Stay awesome.

Love, Anziano Simcox.