05/21/14

HELLO FAMILY!!!!!!

Boy I have so much to tell you guys. Hahahahaha I don’t even know where to start! STORY TIME:

Okay so last Wednesday everything was fine and dandy and I emailed you guys and everything was all good- well I get a call telling me all the Greenies coming in (There Were 9 Elders and 3 Sister) were stuck in Chicago because of a fire at the airport..... So I asked "Is MY companion on fire?" And he assured me she was not- I just wouldn’t have a companion until Saturday instead of Thursday. So Sorella Walch Left my on Thursday for Firenze and I went to stay in MILANO aka MY FIRST CITY with the sisters there.

So I am freaking out cause I get 3 days to just re-visit EVERYONE and I don’t know if you remember- but the first baptism I got to see in the mission- well she went in-active because she found some Anti-LDS material. Soooooo II gave her a call as soon as I got the other sisters cell-phone and I said "I AM IN MILLANO!!! MEET US AT THE CHURCH!!" hahaha Well it was such perfect timing, because that very morning she had a death in her family and she was in shock! So we were at the church and all of a sudden down the hallway I see her and she is just RUNNING FULL SPEED and totally tackles me hahaha She is SO WONDERFUL!!! Then we caught up and I chastised her hahaha and we made an appointment with the missionaries in Lampunano to visit her and her family, and we had SUCH a great lesson and so now she IS BACK. It was such a blessing to get to see her and her family and to help her remember her testimony. :) EEPPP!!! I love her so much. I also got to see a lot of members I LOVE and oh my goodness- we were at the church and a young women came around the corner hahaha and when she saw me she dropped everything she was holding and just started WEEPING Hahahahaha It was the cutest thing I have ever seen in my LIFE and BOY do I miss her- Mamamia I LOVE MILANO. Hahaha SUCH a blessing that I could see everyone. It was like coming home! Kinda....

THEN Saturday finally came (It was bittersweet to leave Milano but I was excited) and I got to meet my new companion. So us 3 sisters and 9 elders went to the Mission home and we ate peanut butter cookies and basically talked about everything we were supposed to do with legal forms to get their licenses to work here and stuff and then the training booklets and we went through all of that- And THEN Someone drops the bomb on me that there are no American sisters coming in........... 1 Italian and 2 Germans... So now I am like oh GREAAAAAAT Two languages I can’t speak!!!!! Hahahaha 

THEN they take us to a restaurant. THIS is where we get to meet our new companions. So all the Greenies are sitting there and the trainers stand up front to introduce ourselves and to talk about our city. Obviously there are only 3 sisters sitting there so Iknow it’s got to be one of them hahaha AND I got to go first!! haha Which is great cause when I was getting trained... I was last. So I say whatever I am supposed to say and I got my NEW COMANION!

Her name is Sorella Kras, She is German and she is AWESOME!!! Hahahaha We have already had such a fun time.  She loves Disney, speaks good English, is Hard working, 19 years old, super happy, super willing, super funny and I just love her!! hahaha Morning studies are fun because when there is a word we need to say we have to go from English-Italian-German or from German-Italian-English hahaha Its super fun. Luckily it only takes from German to Italian but for words like "Thyroid" yaaaaaaaaa my Italian is NOT sufficient. Hahahaha Also she can speak Spanish so she is learning Italian really fast.

MIRACLE DAY!

On out first work day aka Monday- we went to do some finding cause that’s just how it is here ahhaha and we taught 4 lessons  (which by the way is a fabulous day) and the first was in English the second in German, third in Spanish, and fourth in Italian.... Hahaha So that was awesome ahhaha I don’t know how that happened BUT it did. Hahaha GIFT OF TOUGUES IS REAL. Hahahaha

Then Yesterday we taught a few lessons and it’s just been really great! Everything is so fun! She is the best and miracles are happening every day. I don’t know what’s gotten into me but I feel like WAY less stressed then I have been feeling in last transfers, like everything is under control so I am feeling really good. We also have some really great Elders serving here that help us out when we ya know..... crash our bikes..... or are lost.... Hahaha 

I love you guys Muchos!!!! Tantismo!!! Ganz Dolle!!!!!!! A WHOLE FREAKING LOT! Now try to match languages... Hahahaha

Have a super great week- Life is Good!!!!!!!

 

05/14/14

HEY FAMILY!!!!

 

It was so great to see you guys and know I know I can make it for another 3 months. WOO HOO!!!! Yall look great, but I think yall still look incomplete without me. I felt left out.

 

HEY GUESS WHAT!!!! Transfers are tomorrow (SUPER SAD) and I am staying here in Modena and I am training a new Missionary! SO there are 2 coming in from Germany and I think the other is American. Just pray whoever I get speaks English. I am not too worried about it- Just excited! The other two sisters training are actually Gika used to be my Training Sister and she is Albanian (SO GREAT) and Bringas is from Florence, so I served in her families branch! I am so excited to meet her cause I know her mom and her sister and her niece and nephew but I still havent met her! Hahaha So I am excited! An American, Albanian and Italian trainers training 2 Germans and an American.... Hummmmmmm Hahaha

 

Our new apartment is great! Super safe and so we feel blessed! Hahaha

Its getting super sunny and super hot so we are oiling up and trying to get as tan as we can hahaha I will probably get Cancer. But lets be honest, I will probably get lung cancer from all the cigarette smoke I breath in EVERYDAY anyway. -____-

 

Because my companion is leaving, we have been visiting everyone and its been fun :) A Lot of meals... one in particular that is sticking out.... Fufu... A classy African dish from ghana. :) Perhaps you should look up pictures.

It is a super spicy soup with Fish heads and PlayDough to dip in it. You do not chew. You just swallow. And you use you hands..... She said "Oh, Dont chew- It JUST GO DOWN. " Well I bear testimony that it doesnt JUST GO DOWN. IT GO DOWN AND UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN. Literally gagged at the first bite. I ate about half and so did my companion until we both were so sick of gagging we were like I AM SO FULLLL hahahahaha But you guys this lady is the most amazing women IN THE WORLD that is not related to me :) I would eat that stuff everyday for her jst because she is soooo amzing. She was telling us "I know da man I call on. God love me, God love you. Danks do dis chuch, I know dat! All dad we need es to love eachudduh! Spirids speak to spirids and dad es how we know God es our faddah!" (Read as written) I swear we were sitting in her 1 room apartment and I thought I was sitting with the prophet. I am going to record her testimony for you guys. Her testimony made me weep. I LOVE HER.

 

HEYYYYY Beth and mallory have a dance performance!!!! I NEED PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!! Man I wanna go!!! Hahahaha I am so excited to see em all dolled up :) YAY DANCING! Dont worry- I dance everytime I hear music hahaha banks and clothes stores are basically my favoite place.. MUSIC! Hahaha Mo-Tab just doesnt make me wanna dance... bummer.

 

ANYWAY I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Pray that my companion doesnt get overwhelmed with the language or Italy or stress okay?? I love you guys so much!!!! MUAHHHHH!!!!! xoxoxoxo

05/07/14

HEYO FAMILY!!!!!!!   I will probably keep this pretty short since we SKYPE ON SUNDAY!!!!! EEEPPP!!!!! Hahahaha   Highlight of the week was we had Zone Conference and We Heard from Brother Snow And Brother Kearen and Brother Neilson and it was SO FANTASTIC! I was so surprised at how good it was and I basically cried the whole conference! Hahahaha I will tell you guys all about it when we skype!    Another strange thing that happened this week was that I moved apartments... again.. making this number 3 in the last 2 months.... Soooooo If I get transferred next week..... I might throw up just out of exhaustion. Hahaha Our last apartment was super unsafe and so President Dibb Saved us :) He is so wonderful. So Now am in a safe area- YAY!!!!   Other than that we have 2 Baptismal Dates right now and so the work is going good, and we have some really fun and great investigators. :) We are super happy, I LOVE my companion and I LOVE Modena and our members are AWESOME and even the Elders are SUPER GREAT in our ward. There is nothing more I could ask for! I am praying for you guys and I can’t wait to see my Beautiful Eternal family THIS SUNDAY!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!   SEE YOU IN 3 DAYS!!!!

 

These are my ladies!!!!!!!!- Blondie is Sorella Bollwinkel and Dark Beauty is Sorella Haslem. AKA my favorite people in the whole world. Nothing better then conferences!!!!!!!! Its like a family reunion!!!!! Hahaha We were all in the same MTC District and somehow we all find each other every so often. :) Thankfully! 

!st Day in Italy

pictures!

Zone conference picture 03/2014