The real answer is - you don't. Every day is different. We have taught some lessons with the help of the Elders. We are certainly not fluent yet in Italian but we understand quite a bit and we can bear our testimonies. Fortunately, many people understand English. We taught two different doctors yesterday and the day before. One said he had his happiest days when he was active in the church 30 years ago and knows the church is true. We told him outright that the church in Rome needs him and he will be blessed when he comes back. We bought new clothes washers (Lavatrice) yesterday to replace junkers in two Elders' apartments.
Anziano Marcucci has repaired doors, gates, windows - whatever - as we make our rounds of apartment visits.
One man we visited also bore a strong testimony and is agonizing over joining the church because his family has Catholic bishops and cardinals who are pressuring him not to do so. He states that he knows the church is true and has read the Book of Mormon twice. His wife is a Catholic missionary. He is afraid that joining the church will break up his family. Anziano Marcucci promised him that his family will eventually understand and he will be blessed if he gets baptized. He has gone to all three hours of church for many weeks. He spoke a little English and we spoke a little Italian. The spirit was there and the lesson went seamlessly. It was almost hard to know who was speaking which language The Sisters were with us, but they let us do much of the discussion because the investigator was responding. Tonight we are going to a dinner to welcome four new missionaries. We have driven many missionaries to and from the airport. Tomorrow we will say good bye to six "old" missionaries and it is transfer day and misionaries will be coming and going at the train station, bus depot and airport. The next day we will have 3 English classes to teach. That will be a 12 hour day.
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