Under One Roof

For the last two months a girl named Sophie has been living with her aunt here in Martinsicuro. She is from Mexico and Fiorella helped her to organize her education while she was here. Sophie is returning home in a few days but her family flew out to pick her up and tour Rome. Last night, they all came over for dinner. A last dinner in honor of Sophie and Fiorella's family. It was an amazing experience to have three different cultures and languages all under one roof, sharing a meal together.

During the course of the evening Sophie's family told us about their oldest son who has been studying to become a priest in the Catholic church since he was 12 years old. He is very devoted and while he is studying right now in Canada he will soon be studying in Spain. It was very interesting to hear about all the things he is doing and I feel very priveledged and honored to have met Sophie's family. They have kindly invited me to come visit them in Mexico sometime and I likewise extended the same invitation to them.

Today, during lunch Aureliano, Fiorella and I had a discussion about all our thoughts about the Roman Catholic church and some of the rules that it has. It was a very good discussion and I learned alot about some different beliefs held by those who claim to be "Catholic" even if only by name. I'm glad I had the opportunity to listen to some of the complaints Catholics have in regards to their church. I want so badly to share my understanding of these issues and what I know God thinks about some of these issues, but the language barrier is still too high. I can't tell you how nice it was to have a meaningful conversation....even if it was filled with emotional outbursts...which just for the record, is completely normal and expected.

(I'm learning how to express myself in a more blunt way, haha)

If you think of it, please pray for more and more opportunities to arise for me to talk about spiritual matters...I have so much I want to share but I need the right setting in order to do so appropriately. Thank you for your prayers regarding my health, I am feeling much better today :)

I pray for each of you to have a safe and happy New Years Eve with all of your loved ones and I wish you the very best in this new year!