Hello! So Monday I found out my next city: Alessandria! It's on the west coast near Genova. I'm excited! I've had three companions who've served there in the past, and they all loved it. Well, yesterday we had a great breakthrough. Our investigator, after many years of trying, stopped smoking! I'm really proud of him, he has really come a long way. He had lost confidence in himself, and had all but given up, but after a really powerful lesson last week, he finally managed to overcome it! The Missionaries here still have a work to do, but the big hurdle is out of the way. There was special moment in which I said that I was sorry if I'd been hard with him in the past, and he turned and said "Don't be. It was what was needed to get me here, without those rebukes, I wouldn't be at this point. You're the Elder who got me this far." I really appreciate alot more now the need to stay strong, to rebuke when necessary, and then to show an increase in love towards them (D&C 64:5 I think), and to always maintain faith in a person. Sometimes we lose faith in people, but we should keep it, when the faith becomes tried, and survives, that's when the miracles happen. I love you all! Anziano Nelson.