Last Thursday-
Love This !!
Sorellanza at the Temple
Bekah's District at the Temple
Bekah with Sorella Smedley
Happy Easter !!
Such cute Bunnies
So much fun!
Lots of laughter ! Love it!!
I
got to go to the temple which was awesome! I went with my district and
it was so nice to be together because we always have fun. It was a nice
experience where everyone felt peace. It was our first real P day and we
loved it! We still had class that night but that's okay! Our teachers
are awesome and always make it fun! Especially when they share
experiences from their missions in Milan.
Friday- This day I
was feeling a little stressed out. I missed everyone and I was
frustrated with the language. Surprise, you don't become fluent in 2
weeks. Haha. I wish I could just sleep on my Italian dictionary and
learn everything through osmosis. Then, one of my teachers gave a
wonderful lesson centered on Christ. It was so amazing that after, no
one in my district wanted to leave the classroom because the Spirit was
so strong and we didn't want to lose that.
Saturday- Sorella
Mckenzie was feeling kind of sick so we stayed in during exercise time
so she could rest and I did some exercises in the dorm. Not much really
happened on Saturday.
Sunday- This day was completely amazing!
Elder Ballard came to speak to us and it was so awesome. The thing I
love about Easter in the MTC is that it was completely Christ centered. I
wish I had time to tell you guys everything but looks like you'll just
have to read my journal when I get home:)
Monday- So this
was a very funny day! We got 2 new "investigators". It's just funny to
see how you can make mistakes in lessons. No one is perfect especially
when you've only been speaking the language for 2 weeks so you just have
to laugh at yourself. Really hard haha. We got an amazing story from
one of our teachers that confirmed my faith that there are people out
there waiting for me. My teacher taught a lady whose son was inactive
and had moved. But he would always ask "Mom, have the mormons called for
me yet?". It is really just so important that we reach out to everyone
we meet. We don't know what trials they may be going through and they
may just need a friend or someone to talk to. I know that the Lord has
prepared people who will need me to help them bring them unto Christ.
Tuesday-
We did service this morning so the morning was all rushed. Funny story,
if you ever had me rap chat you (little snap chats of funny stupid
raps) I was telling my district about it. I was playing basketball with
Sorella Lo Russo and Perkins saying a little rap chat, granny shot the
ball and it made it in the hoop. That made my day haha:) In the choir we
sand "Praise to the Man". Something that struck me hard while singing
this is "sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven". As we
sacrifice things and make Christ our priority the blessings of heaven
will be unleashed for us. Through sacrifice we are able to come closer
to Christ and our understanding of what Christ sacrificed for us is
deepened.
Wednesday- We taught TRC which is where we teach
real members that speak Italian. This was so amazing! I wanted to
express all my feelings because I loved these people so much. It gave me
a renewed desire to learn the language so that they may know of the
love Heavenly Father has for them. We hosted new missionaries that day
too. It was so fun showing them where their room and classroom is! I
loved it! But I am so glad I brought a duffel bag as my carry on because
it is so hard to juggle 3 suitcases!
Here are so Italian phrases for the week:
"in la bucco di lupo" It is translated in the mouth of a wolf but means good luck.
"sirena" means mermaid
My district says "oh balena" all the time which means oh whale!
I love you all so much! Miss you too!:)
Until Next week,
Sorella Anderson
