Missionary Experiences: Elder Lawrence John Glavinic

 Date: 1-26-64 Still sort of "groping" along with the language. I guess I will have to get on the stick. That bed sure feels good. My companion has been giving me many opportunities to say tings in Italian, but I'm not studying hard enough. However, I've learned the second discussion in Italian and yesterday I gave it. That was the big turning point with my German. I hope it will be the same with Italian. I'm' understanding the language pretty good. My vocabulary is still too small to express myself adequately.  We have been having some good cottage meetings- and also some fine investigators. A family named Cechini is coming along fine. The man (young lawyer) said he would be baptized the first of March. Perhaps, we can baptize his wife also. We have some good German investigators also. I've been getting the opportunity to do most of the teaching. Therefore, I must learn the lessons (CHALLENGE!)  My current companion, Mascaro is really a good head except a...

 Date: 1-18-64 Well, we took a trip down to Milano a week ago. It was quite a trip. Our friend there, Mr. Porre, took good care of us. He showed us around then let my companion in on a place where you could get a nice over coat at a good price. Mr. Porre is a clothing salesman. He is planning to visit the states in 1965 or so. It was quite an experience because we missed our train and didn't get a train until 5,30am the next morning. It wouldn't have happened if we hadn't gone to see a movie called "Lawrence of Arabia" (it was great). It was too bad because it was in Italian and I couldn't understand too much. But it is getting better! I can almost understand everything now, but it is still difficult to talk. Last week, we committed one of our best investigators and his wife to baptism. They really are a good family. It's too bad that he may go back to Italy to live. But Cechini is really a "cool" young lawyer. I sure hope he and his wife come th...