Vincia and Camilla Bottatemple missionaries from Italy
13 October 1989 – One of the first persons to greet us was Sister Botta, from Italy. She saw us come in, and she rushed into the room and started hugging Leona and kissing her on the cheeks; Leona was so surprised that she didn’t know what to do. She was also speaking in Italian, so we didn’t know what she was saying!
Later in his history, Dad made this reference to the Bottas:
Brother and Sister Botta, temple missionaries from Italy, told of their conversion (which is a great story, but will take too long to tell). However, let me tell you about Bro. Botta’s great sacrifices. He had a well stocked wine cellar when they were baptized. After lunch and dinner he greatly enjoyed a glass of wine as they visited. His wife, as usual, put the glass of wine by his plate after dinner. He looked at it, tears rolled down his cheeks, then he said, “Take it away.” After that he would quickly leave the table after eating and go back to work in his cabinet making shop – no more husband and wife conversations after dinner. Sister Botta got tired of that, so she brought the wine back and got a commitment from him that they could have time to visit after dinner without the wine.
I'd like to know of their conversion - if I can get Mom to tell it to me, I'll add it later.
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Brother and Sister Botta were in the apartment next to ours. They were very warm and friendly people.They spoke no English, and we spoke no Italian. When we invited them to dinner, we also invited Stan and Juliet Cardon. They spoke Italian, and made it possible for us to communicate with the Bottas. When Sister Botta first invited the missionaries into their home for dinner, she didn't know they were missionaries. She just thought they were two young men from America who didn't have their mothers there to take care of them. It was somewhat of a shock when she found out they were preaching the gospel. She and her family continued to befriend the young men.
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