Ciao tutti!
Another letter from my beloved father?!? After months of silence, how did I become so privileged? Lol. Trek is really coming up soon, huh? Hey did you take carts from Augusta? Does Concord not have enough, or did Augusta take ours? And yes... You have told me all those callings I think, but not the Crains!!! That stinks, they are the best! No more cookies for the home/visiting teaching!
Lol, would you actually let Jack go all the way to PA?!? That's crazy!!! And Jack, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CALL!!! Are you like super excited? Ok. Tips from a girl serving in the most fashionable part of the world ever. Get a GOOD fitting suit. Actually, everything should fit really really well. It is important. Also, worth sleeves. Do not get the wide awful sleeves. Get ones that synch in. Take a look at the district pictures I sent from last transfer. See Anziano Blaise in the front? Do that. Also, hair. See the Anziani in that picture. See the Anziani in the Zone pictures. All have it nicely cut, longer on the top, and shorter on the sides. Sorry, but most if not all...actually, all use hair products, like the old timers in the movies. You need to look sharp bro. These are my tips. You are going to the city. People are going to want you to be professional. Dude, you gotta be fly! These are my tips and tricks. If you need more, I've got them :)
Ellie, why are you doing summer school?
Did Manchester get a new mission president?
Ok. This week is a week of firsts!
1. We all went to Roma on Monday to say goodbye to the Waddoups. It was a lot of fun, and really kind of sad. They are so great! But I was nice to be in Roma so that I could got and salute them. Ok, salutare is a verb that has made it into all missionaries vocabulary. I do not know how to explain it more than its kind of like to say hi or bye, or to acknowledge someone... Boh. But yeah, it was nice to salute them before they left.
2. We met the new mission president! President and Sister Pickerd. They.... Seem like good people. I know he is called of God, and I know that he is supposed to be here. I'm excited to see how this next transfer call goes. So. The new president comes in, has the Assistants show him around, he has no information on any of the missionaries besides some medical stuff, he talks to us for about 30sec, and then, the next week, he has to do transfer calls! Ahhh! So stressful! I'm excited to see what happens. Should be interesting to say the least.
3. Thursday, a guy comes to English course that we've never seem. We start talking, and he turns out to be sort of Buddhist, so cool! He spook like fluent English, so it was a lot of fun talking about religion with him.
4. I love talking to people in English! It is so fun to find people that way. Then, invite them to English course, and bam! Spiritual though! I love it! And this week, I've noticed a lot of people how use English as the language in common. As in neither speak it natively, but both speak enough to communicate. We even say a couple, one Italian and the other Dutch who spoke English as their common language. They were able to build a relationship out of it! So cool, I love it.
5. We have been struggling when it comes to work. Non c'e proprio nessuno. But, we are looking. We had a cool experience when we went to go get our abbonamento, or the thing that allows us to ride the train without buying a ticket every time. We get to the station, and I had forgotten my wallet. Never happens, and I was so mad! It was like a 15 min walk! So, back to the house, and back to the station. When we get there, we see two women trying to figure out the map. We asked if they needed help, and it turns out that they speak English, and are from Germany. We were able to help them figure out their train stuff. In the mean time, we find this other girl, who comes up and asks us for help getting to Firenze. It was so cool to see the Lord guiding our day a little. And, we got rewarded with that funny dancing kid video that I'll send via ICloud.
6. We were able to find an investigator named named Dina. She is from Romania, and is actually a past investigator that we found in our area book. She seems like she is really prepared. She is looking for the truth, and has looked just about everywhere. She really liked the lesson, and wants to meet again on Friday, so it will be a lot of fun to see her again.
7. Our teenage investigator wants to be baptized... We stopped calling her for a bit, thinking if she wanted to set up an appointment, she would. Then, she calls us, fuming mad. We smoothed things over, and all was well. She came to church again on Sunday, and Sorella Hatfield talked to her about our purpose as missionaries. She understood really well, and said she wants to see us as missionaries. Then, in Sunday school, they talked about the temple. She loved it! She kept saying that she wants to go, and that she knows that she needs to get baptized first. Then, that night, she called us. She poured out her soul to us, and apologize for being so bad. She started reading the scriptures again, and she said that she really saw a difference from when she did and from when she wasn't meeting with us and not reading. She ate up TONS of scriptures, and was reading us some of her favorites. On Tuesday, she is going to come to the lesson with a baptism date!! Still going slow with her, but she has made quite a shift. She has NEVER taken the blame for anything. So, I think that she might actually get baptized, and even stay active. She is homies with all the members, loves going to Sunday school, wants to join the ward choir. We'll see.
8. Happy 4th of July!!! We had a party at the Hard Rock Café with all the Sorelle in the Zone. So much fun! I got a veggie burger, of course! At the end, we ask for the check... And the waitress said that it was already payed! We freak out, this place was like €15 each burger! There are 8 of us! Turned out, this LDS couple who is on vacation saw us, and payed for our meals because they felt bad about us being away from home on the 4th of July. Awe! It was the best miracle I think.
That's all, vi voglio un mondo di bene!
Sorella Hills
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