9 mesi! MAMMA MIA!

Cara famiglia, So today I'm really not feeling super well, so I apologize for the short email. I wanted to write something good or inspiring or something, but my head hurts too much to do it. oh, and we saw a GIANT RAT that is literally half…

Una altra settimana nella vita di una missionaria ( letter dated 1/29/14)

Ciao la mia famiglia e i miei amici, My inbox is filled with all of this exciting news!  Auguri to my friends and family :) Hence, I'm having a hard time concentrating while writing this email.  I apologize in advance. Thank goodness for…

La chiesa e… orzo! (letter dated 1/22/14)

Cara famiglia, It was another beautiful week, filled with rain, lots of yummy food, and beautiful moments in church and progressing investigators.  The week was hard, as we are working our hearts out to help a couple of investigators keep…

Lo so.

Buon giorno cara famiglia, Live missionary experience: Sharing with the gospel with the woman on the computer next to you. Yep, you all just witnessed it :) Haha. She's super sweet, a little crazy, and took that pass-along card without any…

Il vangelo co porta la pace

La mia famiglia e i miei amici, Grazie per your emails and everything.  I just want you all to know that you are in my prayers every moment, and if I'm not praying, my heart is in continuous prayer like it talks about in Alma 34. I promise…
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Buon Anno! (letter dated January 1, 2014)

Ciao cara famiglia, Sorry I haven't emailed for a couple of weeks.  Christmas fell on P-day so I didn't really have time to email.  But it has been a great couple of weeks, filled with sweet missionary work experiences. Last night for…

La felicità vera

Cara famiglia, Come state? Buon Natale! ONE WEEK TILL CHRISTMAS! Let me tell you why Christmas as a missionary is the best.  All that I worry about is helping others come unto Christ, and that's what Christmas is all about, right? I'm sorry…

Dio c'è. God is there.

Buon Natale famiglia, For some reason, writing this email in English seems to be a struggle. Voglio scrivervi in Italiano perché penso in Italiano. Comunque, I mean, anyways, ah! Okay. English, here we go. This week has been COLD! And crazy!…

Il vangelo in Firenze

Cara la mia famiglia e i miei amici, Grazie per the emails! Love you all! And, happy birthday Mary and Grammie! Check the mail! So, yes, I am in Florence, Italy.  Yes, it is as beautiful as I could ever have imagined.  I have never had…

I Transferimenti

Buongiorno la mia cara famiglia, Rimini.  Rimini is a bellissima città. I love this place with all of my heart. My companion and I have poured my heart into this branch, this beautiful little tourist, freezing beach town.  This week, we…

La vita è difficile. La vita è bella.

My week was hard and beautiful at the same time.  Such is life. There were lots of little moments that made it all worthwhile. Highlights for the week: - Teaching the husband of one of our members.  C'era un bellissimo Spirito.  This family…

Stiamo provando il nostro migliore

Cara famiglia, It's getting cold here in Rimini! I'd imagine it is at home too (not):) and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA! I ate gelato to celabrate for you, I promise.  And I sent you something  in the mail so let me know when you get it. Writing…

Respire

Every week I hesitate what to write.  I feel like I have to write something inspirational, creative, poetic, or extremely deep :) We'll go for a couple funny stories today :) I love seeing the beauty in the every day moments of life,…

Una meravigliosa settimana

Cara famiglia, Ready to hear some really awesome stories for this week? Where to begin... Friday after a meeting we had with our branch mission leader we had an appointment with some members out in San Marino. (We have been trying to visit…

Siamo una famiglia

Cara famiglia, It has been a great week! Let me tell you about Saturday.  So we were invited to go with a bunch of our members and their non-member friends to find castigli...chestnuts.  Have you ever gone searching for chestnuts? Let me…

I Suoi Mani

Buongiorno tutti! So I am typing three times as slowly today because the keyboard space bar barely functions. I am trying to be Christ-like and not complain and just deal with it :) I will not type very much today though because it is taking…

La pioggia e conferenze generale

This week in Rimini has been.... cold, and rainy, and wet, and yet beautiful. And did I mention rainy? I miss the sun a little bit. (But hey, at least I'm not serving in Russia where it's probably snowing right now.)  Last week, after P-day…

La torta è un libro che puo cambiare la vosta vita

Once again, we have had another great week in Rimini.  And when I say great, I mean it, because it's all about how you look at it. Thursday, we had a scambio with the travelling sorelle.  It was so needed and I learned so much.  We…