Ciao,
Famiglia!
Ahhh! So this has
been a pretty insane week! I met my trainer, Sorella Carter, and she's been
pretty awesome! She's crazy and fun! Also, my new district is pretty cool and I
think we're going to have an awesome time(I'm still working on learning their
names but give me a break, I'm learning a whole new language!)
The first day, we
went to the Duomo (IT IS AMAZING) and did some finding. It was sooo intimidating.
So, yeah, most of
you already know, but my first area is the Lampugnano (gn makes the sound like
in canyon and gl makes the sound like the l's in million) area, which is in the
actual city of Milan! Isn't that so cool?!?! I get to start off in the main
city! We use mezzi(metro) and buses everyday and all the buildings look cool and
Italian-y.
So, I've aleady
been seeing lots of teeny miracles each day and it's pretty amazing seeing how
much the Lord cares about each of his children and helps us all out! My first
Thursday, we had a ton of appointments fall through, so we were just walking
around trying to find someone to teach when we came across a ward member who
really needed someone who talk to. She's been going through a really rough time
and since our appointments fell through, we were in the right place to meet and
talk to her and help her out. Everything happens for a reason.
That same night, the
Anziani tried to prank us on our walk home. They put a carved jack'o'lantern in
our path and put a phone inside of it which they called and tried to freak us
out. Unfortunately for them, it didn't scare us. So, the next night they got our
address and sent us a pizza that we had to pay for as another prank attempt. But
then the pizza place found out and ended up calling them back and shouting at
them for doing that to us, so it kinda backfired. They're pretty funny, though!
Oh, and I was asked about polygamy my very first day, so that was fun!
(not)
We had an English
class the first Thursday, (thank goodness) so I got a chance to actually talk
with people and understand them.
Oh, also,
unbeknownst to me, Sorella Hawks warned Sorella Carter that I'm a
total klutz on my first day, and then I ended up tripping and twisting my ankle and
scraping my knee really bad (it was actually super bad, like blood dripping all
the way down my leg and we had to go into a pharmacy to patch it up) like an
hour later, so that was kinda embarrassing. Thankfully, my ankle's already
mostly better, so that's a tender mercy.
So, I usually start
all of my conversations with people by telling them I'm new here and asking if I
can practice Italian with them, and they're usually pretty happy to do it, and
then I wind the conversation around to the gospel because they're usually
looking at my tag a ton. It's pretty interesting. Almost everyone believes in
Christ and most of them are Catholic, so you can usually have a good
conversation going, but it's just so dang hard to understand them! They all talk
so quiet and on the bus or the mezzi, it's really hard to understand them! Oh,
well, The gift of tongues is helping me! Plus, I can't spell English words for
my life anymore, so have fun with that!
Everyone's super warm and inviting, if only I could understand them. Everyone
calls me Sorella Nuova.
Sunday was pretty
good. It was fast Sunday so we had testimony meeting and wow I have no clue what
anyone said. There was one lady I could understand and I was so excited, but
then Sorella Carter leaned over and told me she was an American and had an
American accent. I had a scambio(exchange) on Monday with Sorella Hawks! Both
our colleghi are STLs (sister training leaders) so we were together while they
had a meeting. We went and did some parco( finding in a park) and it was good to
see her again!
We had FHE last
night and it was fun! Only like six members showed up, so half of the people
there were missionaries, but it was good! We played a game and had a spiritual
thought and I got to try and know some people better.
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| On her first p-day in Milan, Sorella Snow visited the Duomo and an interesting church that is not far from the Duomo. San Bernardino alle Ossa is best known for it's ossuary, a small side chapel that is decorated with human skulls and bones. |
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Inside one of the chapels at San Bernardino alle Ossa |
It's been raining
cats and dogs the last couple of days, and man, when it rains in Milan, it
pours. But I love the rain so it's okay!
Umm, what else. I
was trying to say we want to share a message (Vogliamo condividere un messaggio)
but said we want to become a message (Vogliamo diventare un messaggio). So I can't
think of much else for now! But I love you all so much!
Love, Sorella
Snow
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