So two weeks from now and I'll be in Italy. nbd.
But I loved the buisness tool e-mail!* During a gym gossip sesh this week (in which we ran around that stupid track 45 times --I was proud -- Ero fiera!) I was telling Sorella Bunker all about the magical singles ward back home and then I got to hear from all of those lovely ladies! And I had a pleasant surprise from Lissa just saying hi.
I've been extra baffled again recently about how I managed to always have such excellent people in my life. It's kind of out of control. The Elder who's companions with the District Leader (and therefore goes to get the mail with him everyday) said that I get the most mail out of the eight peeps in our district. It warmed the cockles of my heart. I love keeping up on everyone's lives and remembering how many people do care about me, even if there are moments where I feel distant and lonely and foggy, but don't worry, that's not very often. Moral of the story, the Elders finally understand that I'm kind of a big deal.
I'm really not sure what to tell you. These next two weeks are going to be like the last eight only I feel this pressure to really use every minute well. I finished the Book Of Mormon a few weeks early from my personal goal this past Sunday and have started the New Testament and the B. O. M. again in Italian.
I'm thinking I'm probs going to send home most of the mail from the MTC? I don't know, I'm thinking about it, I just have limited space so I think I'm going to take a few choice ones with me and send the rest to you guys to hide away from me, or if you want, Mom, you can sit and read them all and weep, but I'm sure there are more productive things you could be doing with your time.
Is anyone ever going to tell me about Ian's sleep study? I had an interview this Sunday and the guy from our branch prez asked "So how's the family?" and I said I DON'T KNOW! But really they're okay. But really guys, tell me! Lately I've been trying to think about where Ian will get called and I'm voting Canada, Toronto or B.C. Just an idea.
But really things are going well. I've been thinking about the power I've been given to succeed in doing this calling and how I need to make sure I never think that I can do this on my own, because that is all wrong. I need to be grateful and worthy to have the help of the Spirit in learning the language and teaching and being brave enough to talk to peeps. I still just feel lucky to know that I'm doing what I should be at the right time and in the right place. The reason I'm so excited to go to Italy is because it has felt so right since the moment I opened my call and I've some how known my whole life this was coming.
Hope school is okay Mom, both teaching and learning. Have you started planning your Masters adventure this summer? Dad when do you come to Utah? Is Ian doing more temp work now? Has anyone had a baby besides Beyonce?
OOOOH I remember!!!! Can you send the Patagonia shoes that I ordered that were too big? One of the sisters going to Rome wants to buy them. I've been meaning to ask for ages.
Well I'm officially out of time, by one minute and 6 seconds, now 9, oh no. I'm just trying to remember at least ONE funny thing that happened this week! Goooooooo. I sware we're laughing at something all the time. I did cast our district in the Lion King one night whilst running this week. I could tell you who everyone is but it would't be as funny since you don't know them. But I was the hyena voiced by Whoopi Goldberg and Sorella Bunker was Rafiki. And we cast the other district in Hercules and it was perfect because one of their Elders one day was pretending to be an investigator while the teacher did a sample lesson and the teacher was asking him for back story and why they were meeting and he said, "Well, you saw me walking out of the gym and noticed my strength." Ha!
Oh, and one more thing. I found my fav mormon message video this week, that takes place in a diner in NYC and they talk about Lot's wife and I just want to reiterate that there's no reason to think the future won't be better than the past. And we can't live in the past so we might as well go forward and live the best we can. No regrets twenty12!
Vi voglio bene.
I'm really not sure what to tell you. These next two weeks are going to be like the last eight only I feel this pressure to really use every minute well. I finished the Book Of Mormon a few weeks early from my personal goal this past Sunday and have started the New Testament and the B. O. M. again in Italian.
We had a really interesting devotional last night with Elder Nelson and he talked a lot about the scattering and gathering of Israel and referenced a lot of Old Test scrips that talk specifically about the latter days, and call them the latter days. It was cool to remember how wise and intellectually stellar the 12 Apostles are, but how they all have such different teaching styles. But he made me want to read the Old Testament. I wish I had seven sets of eyes because I've also been wanting to make my way through the Doctrine and Covenants. And I'm sure a few more sets would be useful to study irregular subjunctive verbs.
Good news is my teacher told me that for where I am, having been in the MTC for 8 weeks, I speak Italian very well. So that was encouraging. I feel like right now I'm just trying to do everything I can to help my first weeks in Italy be a bit less stressful. You guys can start placing bets in my first city.
There are times when it still doesn't feel real at all that I will be in Italy and only Italy for the next 16-ish months. Whoa. To get ready for our departure we're going to have a week of only Italian, starting this Friday after dinner going until the next Friday before dinner. As the two Italian districts that are leaving we are going to only speak in Italian, to everyone, I'm guessing it'll be about 95% of the time, things happen. But it has been getting easier I think, even though it's hard to gauge your own personal progress err'day.
Sorry I'm kind of boring today, I really just have been spending my time with about 7 open books on my desk. Sometimes I visit the Ukrainians, who are my fav sisters.
Sorry I'm kind of boring today, I really just have been spending my time with about 7 open books on my desk. Sometimes I visit the Ukrainians, who are my fav sisters.
Thanks for all those rad quotes Dad, we had a group reading last night and I shared them with some Sorelle and my friend Eliza who's going to Bulgaria.
I'm thinking I'm probs going to send home most of the mail from the MTC? I don't know, I'm thinking about it, I just have limited space so I think I'm going to take a few choice ones with me and send the rest to you guys to hide away from me, or if you want, Mom, you can sit and read them all and weep, but I'm sure there are more productive things you could be doing with your time.
Is anyone ever going to tell me about Ian's sleep study? I had an interview this Sunday and the guy from our branch prez asked "So how's the family?" and I said I DON'T KNOW! But really they're okay. But really guys, tell me! Lately I've been trying to think about where Ian will get called and I'm voting Canada, Toronto or B.C. Just an idea.
But really things are going well. I've been thinking about the power I've been given to succeed in doing this calling and how I need to make sure I never think that I can do this on my own, because that is all wrong. I need to be grateful and worthy to have the help of the Spirit in learning the language and teaching and being brave enough to talk to peeps. I still just feel lucky to know that I'm doing what I should be at the right time and in the right place. The reason I'm so excited to go to Italy is because it has felt so right since the moment I opened my call and I've some how known my whole life this was coming.
Hope school is okay Mom, both teaching and learning. Have you started planning your Masters adventure this summer? Dad when do you come to Utah? Is Ian doing more temp work now? Has anyone had a baby besides Beyonce?
OOOOH I remember!!!! Can you send the Patagonia shoes that I ordered that were too big? One of the sisters going to Rome wants to buy them. I've been meaning to ask for ages.
Well I'm officially out of time, by one minute and 6 seconds, now 9, oh no. I'm just trying to remember at least ONE funny thing that happened this week! Goooooooo. I sware we're laughing at something all the time. I did cast our district in the Lion King one night whilst running this week. I could tell you who everyone is but it would't be as funny since you don't know them. But I was the hyena voiced by Whoopi Goldberg and Sorella Bunker was Rafiki. And we cast the other district in Hercules and it was perfect because one of their Elders one day was pretending to be an investigator while the teacher did a sample lesson and the teacher was asking him for back story and why they were meeting and he said, "Well, you saw me walking out of the gym and noticed my strength." Ha!
Okay--officially logging off. You're all in my thoughts and prayers often!
Oh, and one more thing. I found my fav mormon message video this week, that takes place in a diner in NYC and they talk about Lot's wife and I just want to reiterate that there's no reason to think the future won't be better than the past. And we can't live in the past so we might as well go forward and live the best we can. No regrets twenty12!
Vi voglio bene.
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Sorella Bush
*The Amanuensis passed his Android tablet (a.k.a. The Business Tool) around in church last week so a lot of people could write little messages for the sorella.
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