I ate a lot of blood this week.

IT IS HOT HERE. I'm already dying. 

This week was awesome! Last week we went to the Amalfi coast which is this coast between my city and Napoli and it is BEAUTIFUL!!! There's all these great colorful houses built on the mountains by the city. Anziano Sherbel took us on a ride through it all and we stopped in a couple cities to take pictures. Also the Sherbel's have their son, his wife, and two kids staying here for the week. It is so fun and weird to be around American people! Today they took us out to Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii!! I'll send you those pictures next week! 

Amalfi coast!

Amalfi coast!

Amalfi coast!

Amalfi coast!

Amalfi coast!

Amalfi coast!

At the beginning of the week we had zone conference in Pozzouli and that was really fun. We have an American Navy base here which for missionaries means...American food! Which means Peanut butter sandwiches and chips and all those great, gross American food. It was funny when our Zone Leader said “And we would like to thank the US Embassy for providing lunch” haha we are so important here. 

Zone conference. familiar face!

This week we had some cool lessons with Rosaria. On Thursday she told us about how that was the anniversary of her dad's death date, but then she told us how the other day when we explained the temple to her, it really hit what we said about baptisms for the death and she would like to do that for her dad. She asked all sorts of questions of baptism and the temple and we brought her this temple magazine and she's really excited. On Sunday, she wasn't feeling so well and she knew we did blessings so she asked us if we could bring the Elders over for a blessing. We did and the spirit was so strong! She just cried the whole time and loved it. After we got out the calendar and had her chose her date. We really wanted her to chose it and be committed to it. She chose September 13^th! Which is a bit far away, but I think it will be a good thing. I remember Emilia in Pescara chosing a date two months away, but all that time really helped her prepare. Also Rosaria still has a strong belief in Saints which is something she is going to have to give up and I think having more time to read and understand everything will be good.

While we were at Rosaria's this week...she brought out this brown can from her fridge. She told us it was called Sangue nacho. Sangue means BLOOD. Basically pigs are kind of sacred here. They are more expensive and it is NOT okay to waste a pig. So in an effort to save EVERY part of the pig...they take it's blood and mix it in chocolate to make a snack. I'm not kidding PIG BLOOD in chocolate. And I ate it. It actually wasn't too bad...just tasted like chocolate...but there was this other taste to it...and I just knew that taste was BLOOD so I couldn't handle it. Then she made us eat more. So gross. WHO KNEW THEY EAT WEIRD THINGS IN ITALY? And who knew I would be stupid enough to try them all. 

We also got two more investigators this week! Both are referrals from Rosaria! Elena is this Romanian who has been baptized three times, but is interested in reading the BOM. We had a great lesson lesson with her and her daughter came in (25 years old) and asked us all these great questions about the church and seemed really interested in learning the truth. The second is this girl named Giovanna. She is 32 years old, is married, has a 5 year old son, her dad used to meet with the missionaries in the past and loved them, and it seems like her whole family is really confused on religion and what is right. They've studied with a lot of different church, but are still catholic. It was hard to teach a lesson because she had nonstop questions, but she wants us to come back this week and teach her and her husband! We have a cute little family!! I just have the best feeling about them! They seem like such good people! 

These past couple of weeks, I've actually been really frustrated with my scripture study. I do love reading the scriptures, but I felt like I wasn't getting a whole lot out of it and nothing was connecting. It was really frustrating and I kept praying for help. This week I received it. I found a BOM manual that you use in church and I've been studying it along with my reading and it has changed everything for me! (yep...I study with a manual. The mission has made me do all kind of nerdy things and I love it) The manual explains everything well, makes lots of connects that I haven't noticed before, and asks a lot of questions that really gets me thinking. My testimony has strengthened so much and I really feel this great love every morning. I'm better able to share with other people the importance of the scriptures and help them read better. For example, I found a smaller manual for our investigator Rosaria and gave it to her. This week she has read and learned more than the BOM than she ever has. I think the main difference is the questions; it's really hard to come up with questions for myself, but having all these questions to answer really helps me. LOVE the scriptures! Read them they are so awesome! Especially Alma 33, 34 in Italian. Who knew.

 Miracles: This week we were in this city and we needed to come back to our apartment for lunch. We waited at the bus stop and the bus came and completely passed us! It was so strange it did that. Another bus finally came and I went up to pay my ticket and ended up sitting next to this girl. While putting my money away I noticed she was starring at me and I got a big prompting that I needed to talk to her. But before I could even talk, she asked me if I was American. I said yes. Then she told me how she has this really good friend who was a missionary in this city a long time ago, but comes back almost every year to visit. I asked her what this missionary's name was and she said “Kendra”. (For a second I was like...that name sounds familiar...didn't they used to call me that in America?) I said “Non ci credo. Mi chiamo Kendra” (I don't believe it. My name is Kendra!) I just knew that this was a coincidence and that God was telling me that I was put in her path to specially find her. I hurried and got her number and hopefully we'll be meeting this week! 

Italy pride

 

Also, the world cup is HUGE here. Every street is covered with flags and banners, it's fun.

I've been in Battipaglia for almost six weeks now. TIME GOES BY TOO FAST. Love the mission!

Ciao! Bacio! 

Shh! I'm coming to church and surprising you!

Little car

So I don't have much time this week because we are going to the Amafli coast today so I'm writing fast. But this week Sorella Webster got a little sick and we did a lot of service, so there's not too much to report. Although when she got sick we took her to this less active who gave her all this stuff and it was a blessing to see the less active and get her more involved in the church. But this weekend we had some awesome miracles!!

Okay this weekend we had stake conference! So our dear investigator Rosaria, who is preparing for baptism, but has not come to church yet because some family problems. Well unfortunately (but fortunately for us) this family member got sick and was in the hospital...which means there wasn't any problems for her to come to church! She came Saturday evening and it started out really great and she loved everything then her son started calling her nonstop and asking her to come home because he was locked out and she was really stressed because she didn't want to ask President for a ride home yet, also I thought the conference was only one hour long...but it turned into 2.5 hours long! So she was having a hard time and wanting to go home, then her son got into the house and everything was fine and she stayed till the end. She told us that she couldn't promise that she would come to church on Sunday and we decided not to push it too much. Fast forward to Sunday and all of us are sitting watching the conference when I get a text from Rosaria saying "shhh!! I'm coming to church and surprising you guys!" Hahaha how cute! So it didn't end up being a surprise, but it was so cool that she called all these people to get a ride to church and showed up in the middle of it! She was a little disappointing it was stake conference and not sacrament meeting, but she promised to try and come next too!! She is so awesome! 

Me at the market

Lots and lots of Olives

 Also, we're teaching this lady named Irene who is the mom of some recent converts. On Saturday I called her to see if she wanted to come to church and she said she was going to her church. I told her, we would love it if she came to church here. I used my persuasive skills and she couldn't say no. She came and loved it!  

Making lasagna

Making lasagna

 For the Sunday session we actually had a broadcast from Switzerland where Elder Anderson and Uctdorf spoke to everyone in Europe. It was so great! 

This week two guys from Boston are staying here trying to find information about their family. Yesterday a member had us missionaries and them over for lunch and it was so funny! I'm so used to Italian culture by now and it was hilarious seeing these two guys having to adjust to it. It was their first Italian meal and she gave us a lot of food and they were dying because they weren't used to eating that much (babies, that was not a lot of food at all). We told them all Italian really in having spiritual experiences through their dreams (sometimes I feel like people's faith here are based off the dreams they've had, it's interesting) and then this member went off of this huge spill about all the dreams she's had about Christ. It was mostly just funny talking to one of them who served in Korea and hear what his mission was like compared to ours. 

Anyway I'm off to see the most beautiful place ever. Ciao! vi voglio bene! 

Lunch with the Sherbels. The best!

Martina!! My favorite!!

Helping and working with lots of people.

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun at the family party! I love the tie dye shirts hahaha ;). Aw poor Jordan! First car accident. How is he doing now? I am so glad that everyone was okay!!!! BE SAFE ! Is school out now? What are the plans for the summer? 

We made cheesecake for English course

Well this week was awesome! I can't believe it's PDAY again! The mission is going by too fast. :(

Okay so we have Rosaria who is awesome!!! We get to see her everyday and she is making such great progress! Everytime we go over there she tells us all about what she has read and it is so cute. Also...she gave us THREE referrals this week! She's been talking about us and how great we are to all of her friends and she told one day how two of her friends want BOMs...so we have two appointments set up this week to see them! Then yesterday while we were teaching...her friend stopped by and Rosaria invited her in to meet us. This friend is named Elena and has actually been baptized three times...she was born orthodox, then became catholic to get married to an Italian, and then became Evangelist haha. She was way interested and asked all these questions. The best part was that Rosaria responded to all of them! Rosaria loves the story of Joseph Smith and has seen the movie three times...and she told her friend his story better than I have ever heard any missionary tell it, she even quoted exact lines! The spirit was so strong as we bore testimony! We have another appointment with them tonight :). 

This place is known for their mozzerella di buffala (buffalo cheese!) they eat it here so often. This member brought us a bowl of 35 balls that us four missionaries were expected to eat! I could only eat five though. So much cheese. so good.

So we're working with this family named Melella who are two parents and four crazy young boys. They are new converts, but becoming inactive because the dad never actually stopped smoking. The Anziani are teaching the dad and Sorella Webster and I have been trying to strengthen the mom and the boys. The parents don't actually seem to care too much, but I feel like these four boys have so much potential and could become great missionaries one day so I really want to help them out with learning the gospel and having good examples. Our idea is to help them have a FHE every week and to help the mom teach her boys about the gospel. Last week we made cheesecake together and it was CRAZY! Four boys with fingers, spit, and blood flying all over the place (I'm not kidding about the blood part). But we brought some pictures of Christ and the BOM and one of the sons, Emanuele, was so interested in the BOM stories and wanted to hear all about it. It was so a cool moment teaching him about the BOM. Also, this week Emanuele got the Aaronic Priesthood to pass the sacrament....but he didn't come to church in church clothes (this is a normal thing in Italy, most people don't have money to buy suits), but they found a shirt and tie for him...but no pants. He happened to be wearing gray sweats with the name of a soccer team written in pink on his bum. It was so awesome because he's passing the sacrament and trying to be a good member...but I just couldn't stop laughing at how inappropriate his pants were! 

                  This is us with a less active and her grandchildren. We also helped them do their hair hahah!

 

This ward has kind of proved to be a little difficult to work with...it is really hard to get members to come to lessons and they seem really annoyed when you ask, which is a bummer because Rosaria needs to meet all these members! Then we have this one member...Maria. Bless her heart. I really love that woman to death. She is so sweet and funny and us missionaries just love her. But she has had quite the past...she has tried to kill her husband (luckily it didn't work), has had gambling problems, and almost every other problem before joining the church. Everyone in this town knows her and does not like her and does not believe that she has changed. She just causes problems with everyone and everything that it makes it so hard to get investigators to come to church. This week she went over to a new convert's house with beer to see if he would drink it. Haha she's the worst, but I love that crazy lady.

This week the Elders were teaching a girl named Anita. She is so awesome! I can't explain how special she is and how much I already love her. But at the end of their lesson....she had a seizure attack. I got to go up and hold her during some of it and it was a really cool experience. The more that she meets with the missionaries, the more attacks she has. I don't understand why it is like that, but I'm sure God has a reason for it.

Also, each week we do service for two handicap kids and help them do their exercises. I was paired up with this lady named Antonella and she is kind of scary and really hard to talk to. But I knew that I wanted to make a good impression so I tried so hard to talk to her and kept praying for help. It was still awkward and I felt like I failed. After, Sorella Webster told me how surprised she was that Antonella was talking to me that much because she never talked to the sister before me at all. So actually I guess someone I got on her good side and she loves me now. We've seen her on the street and she introduces me to all her friends and on Friday she was telling the family what a great helper I am and how I have “the eye” for taking care of this girl and how much we get along. So I learned when we put in our best effort...God takes our efforts and magnifies them by a hundred.

Besides Rosaria, we're kind of losing a lot of our investigators right now. Our goal was to get a lot of new investigators this, and that didn't really happened, but we got a ton of potentials!! We have the three referrals from Rosaria. We really want to find some families to teach so I quickly looked through the areabook for all the families that seemed interested to me. I made four phone calls...and three people said they would like to meet with us again in the next couple of weeks! We did some great park finding and we got some numbers of families and we have an appointment with one of them Tuesday. Actually that's a great story! We met this mom with three kids in the park and she seemed so interested, but there was this old lady who was very catholic so the mom wouldn't give us her number which was such a big bummer. A couple days later we happened to see her walking with some heavy grocery bags (and she is very pregnant!) so we helped her out and she told us to come back another day! Such a miracle that we got to see her again. Miracles!

UN GRANDE BACIO DA ME! VI VOGLIO BENE.

Battipaglia is unique and crazy!

Pizza. of course. just for you dad.

Church with Sorella Scherbel and a member

Ciao famiglia! Che settimana!! This week has been so great and a little crazy! Battipaglia is filled with the craziest stories that I have heard on my mission so far of just the craziest people and problems. I can't write it all, but be excited every week to hear more. 

 First let me tell you about Rosa.  Rosa is a sweet investigator who has read the BOM, knows it is true, and really wants to be baptized. But she is obese and has a bone disease where it would be hard for her to walk up and down 4 flights of stairs to come to church each week. We brought over Presidente Scherbel because we had no idea what to do. We talked for a long time and we actually figured out a way for her to get baptized! It will take lot of work, but it is possible to make it happen. So then we were stuck with the decision of do we still let her get baptized, even though she can't ever come to church? She wants to get baptized and baptism is important...but church is also very important and Italy already has a ton of In actives!  Luckily I didn't have to make that decision...President did! But he told us to work more with her and to try to get her family involved for the time being. Then we went over there and did the catholic lesson...the one where you have to tell them they need to stop praying and worshiping the saints and only God. Well she didn't take that too well. She has spent her whole life believing and praying to Mary, padre pio, etc, and she has received a lot of faith and help from them. She wouldn't accept the idea. But the worst part is is that we didn't have a lot of time before we had to catch the bus to talk through everything. But she still wants us to come back and I think she just doesn't quite understand the restoration yet. So she’s not getting baptized quite yet. 

Last week we went out with this member and the Elders to Salerno! This cute city by the sea and we saw this huge catholic church where they claim to have the body of the apostle Matthew. The whole inside was dedicated to Matthew and had pictures of every scene from his book. 

Salerno

Salerno

Salerno

Salerno

We also have Rosaria, who is doing great! I'm like shocked with how great she is doing. She's reading the BOM everyday, praying every day, wanting us to come and teach her everyday and is getting ready for her baptismal date. On Friday we had a fireside in the Scherbels home and we invited her to it. She called us in the afternoon and I didn't want to answer (when an investigator calls right before it is usually to cancel) but I did and she was just confirming the time. Then she called again and I was so scared to answer, but again just to tell us that she watched the restoration a third time and loved it more. And then she actually came!! She loved the fireside. I feel like she is too good to be true, but she is really so interested and is really progressing. I think we’re really going to have a baptism!!! But she does really like her saints and she doesn't like this ward member and she wasn't actually able to come to church Sunday so she's not completely a perfect. But still!! Pray for Rosaria!!! 

Those are basically our only two investigators right now. We have others, but they don’t seem too interested…which means a lot of finding! Which I am actually enjoying! I’ve been putting a lot of thinking and strategy in finding and it is fun! Trying to think of all our potentials and how we can get them to take the lessons. Sending out scriptures every night has made a huge difference here. Also, in Italy the month of June is called the month of the invite and everybody is a supposed to invite all the less actives to come back to church. There seems to be so much work here to do with the less actives and three of the people we are working with came to church yesterday!! 

Ok I'm just going to rave a bit about how awesome Sorella and Anziano Scherbel are! They are the senior couple that live across the hall from us and they are the best part of this city. Here is their blog if you want to see it...geriandpaulscherbel.blogspot.com. She adds pictures on it all the time. 

I found these next four pictures on Scherbel's blog and decided to add them.  

  

They do so much for us and the ward. Today Anziano Sherbel took us to this mountain top where we went hiking (I went hiking on a mountain! I love hiking!!). Also, sometimes they invite us over for our lunch hour and teach us how to cook yummy Italian food and then we eat it together. Anziano Sherberl actually reminds me a lot of dad…only because of his jokes. Today we went hiking and there was all this poo pellets on the ground and he told us the ‘’smart pill’’ joke just like dad always does. It feels just like being in a family here…our parents, us two sisters and then we have the two Elders as brothers. Oh funny story…both of the Elders here come from Pheasant Grove and American Fork.  In fact, Anziano Sorensen knows my cousin Todd! I have never been in a city with this little amount of missionaries, but it is kind of fun. We actually share a lot of  less actives and investigators…which I have never heard of doing…but it actually works really well here. With us all having the same goal…it doesn’t matter who teaches who what. They are teaching the sweetest lady ever named Anita who I just already love so much and she goes really well with them, but sometimes they let us teach her too. Anita has a really particular situation…she has epilepsy and she goes into seizure attacks whenever she feels the spirit. So she wants to be baptized and loves the church…but goes into seizures whenever she feels the spirit really strong. So do we not teach with the spirit? We don’t know what to do with that one either. Haha but she’s great.

Cooking with less actives

The church...the yellow building in the back.

Also, by the way…I love cooking!! The Italians have got to me and now I can’t spend my lunch hour doing anything, but cooking. And it’s not good unless I have to at least spend 10 minutes of cutting vegetables and use at least three different spices. Yeah J
Okay we saw so many miracles this week...Rosaria progressing, 3 in-actives coming to church, meeting a lot of people who are ready for the gospel.  Also this week...well there are three people we're working with (members, investigators, etc) that are named Mina or Nina and I was trying to call one of them...but being new here...I forgot her last name and called the wrong one.  Realizing what I did and not knowing who I was talking to...I thought eh I might as well get an appointment with this random lady.  So I did.  I told Sorella Webster about it and she was so amazed because they have been trying and trying for week to get a hold of her.   God knew when she would be there and knew that we probably wouldn't have called at that time anyway so he had me call her on accident.  Hahah!  buona settimana!!!!

p.s. Grazie for the package! Loved it! Especially the cool scripture study book! I need to find a good time to make that cake though!

I'm Spoiled!

 I said goodbye to Sassari. That was a bit hard. All our friends threw us a going-away party which was the sweetest thing ever. Those six months in Sassari went by so fast and I loved every minute of it. Those people are absolutely amazing. I was sad to leave, but I know I am a supposed to be in Battipaglia so it wasn't too sad. So Wednesday morning we got on a train to Cagliari, then an overnight boat ride, then I took three train rides to Battipaglia. It was crazy traveling because we had to take some extra suitcases and we ran into so many problems and almost missed everything, but by the grace of God...we made everything without losing one thing! So now I am in Battipaglia!!!!I already love this city so much!! 

goodbye party.

the best future missionaries ;P

Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye

Coming to a new city has given me this new spirit and motivation for the work. I feel like I'm a Greenie again with how much I want to work and do my best. Also, it is kind of cool being old in the mission...I have so much experience! It is so cool coming to a new city with it's own problems...and realizing just how many ideas I have! I feel like my experiences in Pescara and Sassari have even prepared me to come here! Like here in Battipaglia we have this huge group of youth who love English course and hang out at the church all the time...but don't want to take the lessons. That's how it was in Sassari, but now that group is all praying and reading the BOM. So I am so excited to work here and have all these new things to try. 

Boat ride with the elders

And my companion, Sorella Webster? Is amazing!!! She's from Idaho, 19years old, and is just the happiest, cutest girl ever. She is loves the work, never gets tired, and always just wants to learn and do more all the time. We get along so well and this transfer is going to be the best. 

Battipaglia!

Okay some random things about Battipaglia: It's a small branch here (it looks smaller than Sassari, but I guess a lot of members were gone this week). There's quite a few spanish people in this ward. There's a ton of less actives in this area. I live in a huge apartment (6 Elders used to live in it). I live by MOUNTAINS! Every week we help two handicap kids do exercises which is super fun. I teach Primary! It is so fun singing Italian primary songs! I don't understand Napolitano (the dialect they speak here) at all and the accent is way different here. Cheese from buffalo is really famous here. But the best part is that we have a senior couple who lives next to us! They're named Scherbel and are from Wyoming and they do everything for this ward. Anziano Scherbel is actually the Branch President which is so nice because he gets to do it full time basically and is so involved in coming to lessons and friend-shipping. They do everything for this ward. Also, I heard they have us over all the time and every Pday they will drive us out to do something fun! So basically I am spoiled here! I've only met two of our investigators so far, but they seem great! One of them, named Rosa, has already read the whole BOM and knows it's true. But she is obese and can't walk down and up her 4 flight of stairs to get to church. We're hoping to try and help her get more exercise so she is able to walk around easily.

Then we have Rosaria, who is a fairly new investigator.. We went over Friday and we taught her the Restoration again and we watched the film and she loved all of it and believed it was true. Then she told us about she had a dream many years ago where (and during that period she was reading a lot of religious books) Mother Theresa told her that the truth is not found in one of her books, but in a greater book...and she told us that it was the BOM that Mother Theresa told her about! It was so awesome! So we invited her to be baptized and she wanted to be, but is scared so we asked her to pray about it that night. The next day we went back and she told us that she prayed about it, read 4 chapters of the BOM, and felt really good and she accepted the June 7^th as her date!! Then on Sunday she felt sick so she couldn't come to church so we'll have to move the date back a bit, but she is so going to get baptized!!!
Bacio!
Sorella Knudsen
p.s. The Scherbels went into Rome today and we bring me my package so I finally will have it! Thanks mom!





Last P-day we went fishing with some members!

yum hahaha

my fish 

yum hahaha

Release Date from Mission President

To the Family of Sorella Knudsen

Sister Knudsen will be completing her mission 28 Oct 2014 .

We are extremely grateful for the time we have been able to spend with your missionary as she has served the Lord and the people here in Italy.  However, the time has come when we must look ahead and help you make plans for her return home.

Sister Waddoups and I would like to thank you for the support you have given us and your missionary.  We ask that you help your missionary continue to work hard and stay focused in her missionary work.  The last six months in the field often prove to be the most fruitful for our missionaries.

Best personal regards

Michael G. Waddoups

President

Italy Rome Mission

 

I'm Feeling 22!

 THIS WEEK WAS CRAZY! First, ''I'M FEELING 22....'' -name that T-swift song! Ho compiuto ventidue anni! Sono vechia!! --I'm old!!! My Birthday was so awesome!! I am completely spoiled here. My companion and the two other sisters who I live with completely spoiled me. They covered my apartment in sticky notes, made me the famous ''Holey cake'', and Sorella Rost made me the best, healthiest lasagna. 

Sticky notes everywhere

holey cake. I took this typical photo just for you mom

Also, I got a call from Sorella Waddoups to wish me happy birthday...and then to tell me...I AM BEING TRANSFERED...TO BATTIPAGLIA!!!!! WITH SORELLA WEBSTER!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it was coming because I've done almost 6 months in Sassari and I could feel my time was up...but ah!! Battipaglia is a city by NAPOLI! (aka best pizza in the world!), by the sea (well pretty much every city in Italy is by the sea), and I've hear so many things about how beautiful and great it is! And I get to be with Sorella Webster who is very new in the mission! Greenie spirit! I am so excited! I never would have picked it out, but it seems perfect. But that means I have to leave Sassari...which is so sad.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!!! LOVE YOU!!!! And what a great Birthday present too! It was so awesome skyping you guys. I wish I could've seen Dallan though. What things did he say? That was awesome how all the missionaries, friends, investigators...came in at the end to wish me happy birthday! That was so sweet and completely made my day! I guess they all planned this suprise Birthday party for me and they brought over all this cake and sweets. I LOVE THESE PEOPLE. 

Surprise Birthday party

Surprise Birthday party

Also, another crazy thing is that out of our district of 10 missionaries...6 of us are being transferred. That like never happens, usually just one or two. This past couple months seem like they have kind of been difficult for our mission, just us feeling down and things, so I guess President just completely switched everyone up. I am actually grateful for it. I feel like a change is needed and I'm so excited to work in a new city. But this was really sad for all our members and friends. When I came here there were hardly any youth or young adults, but now we have a good group of young adults who are coming to church and reading the BOM. It is really awesome, although sometimes I'm just scared they're only doing that because we are all such great friends. I think all of us leaving will be good to help everyone realize why they are coming to church. All of our goodbye testimonies were kind of directed at them about really being converted to the gospel (not us missionaries). Then Anziano Philips gave his testimony last and he was such a boss and over the pulpit, he invited everyone to reconsider being baptized so that they could feel this spirit always. It was so awesome. I'm going to miss all these people, but I know good things will happen to them.

Well besides that this week wasn't super productive. I was sick the first part of it so we spent the first few days inside sleeping. Which I think was needed for all of us sisters. Even Sorella Patterson who wasn't sick, I found out she hasn't been sleeping well at all lately and has been really stressed because of it so it was a blessing for us to take a little time. We made a lot of calls and studied how to improve our corse d'inglese. The great thing about this week is all the referrals and contacts we made! 

member birthday party

The Branch President's family invited us over to their kids Birthday party and there were a ton of family and friends! We talked to so many and got a ton of numbers, addresses and appointments! They all were super excited and wanted to learn more! We've been having really great luck with our in actives lately! We met 3 at a Birthday party and they are willing to let us come over. There's this one lady who hasn't let the missionaries come over in YEARS, but said we could come over and visit her. Then yesterday while walking home, this lady stopped us, told us she used to be a member and would like us to come over again! So awesome!  

abbacio!! 

My whole Sassari ward!!!

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My favorite snail selling guy. also, he's been coming to church these past few weeks.

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