Comp on Crutches

Ciao tutti 

OK, So last week for p-day we went and PLAYED SOFTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was the best p-day of my freaking life!!!!!! It was super fun and all the Anziani had played baseball so it was super fun!!! However there was one part at the beginning when we were in the outfield catching flys and poor Sorella Fossa tripped and she hurt her ankle super bad..... which leads to the rest of the week.

We were stuck in the house THE WHOLE WEEK!! ahhhh I've never been so bored in my life!! The only times we left were for english course, ddm and to visit the doctor! As missionaries you are used to running around all day never stopping and never having 15 to yourself so it was way weird just sitting here for a whole week. We did do A TON of area book, we stamped pass along cards and I did some serious damage on the Bible and Jesus the Christ  (I'm almost done with the four gospels WAHOO) but that has basically been my week hah. 

Funny storry thats  not that funny. one night for language study I was telling Sorella Fossa the story line of "Les Miserable" because she didn't know anything about it. (we tell each other movie lines often to practice telling stories and using pass remote) Anyways, so last week I had explained to her the story line of warm bodies (a movie about zombies) and she thought it sounded really good. Then after I told her the story line of "Les Miserable" and I told her "there isn't a movie better then Les Miserable" and she says (in italian) " WHAT?!? What about "Warm Bodies!!!!!!" hahah It was hilarious but as I'm writing it, it doesn't sound as funny. So sorry for the waste of time for all of you who just read that.

Also great part of the week!!!! Yesterday was Sorella Fossa birthday!!!!!!!!! wahoooooooooo!!!! She really wanted American food (Mexican food) and so we organized a surprise party for her at the house of an American family that is in our ward!!!!! So yesterday we went over and had Mexican food and watermelon and lemonade!!!!!! It was sooo good!! There was a huge chocolate birthday cake for her and it was just fabulous!!!!

anyway thats all I really have hope you guys have a great week!!! I love you all so much!!!!!!! mwahahhh (kiss sound) 

Sorella Felice 

pics 

BASEBALL

Comp on crutches 

the nice raspberry i gave birberg during baseball 

happpy birthday fossa (at mcdonalds)(her favorite "resturant") 

classic small italian car with all six missionaries inside 

Gesù e FIGHISSIMO

CIAO TUTTI!!!

Well this week went well!! 

Last pday was crazy!!! we finished emailing and then we went outside to catch  a bus home and it started POURING RAIN!!! I have NEVER seen it rain that hard in my life!!! We were stuck under this canopy thing and it was hailing and the street LITERALLY turned into a river (it was so strange because that morning it was super hot) Anyways.. so we needed to catch a bus home and it was starting to become pranzo time (from 1 to 4 even the biggest cities in italy die and everyone is inside. All stores are closed, and no busses come) So needless to say we HAD  to catch the bus but the bus stop was like 50 to 70 yards away. So we are sitting there watching the busses pass and trying to get up the courage to start running in the hail and then the hail stops... so we book it!! The sidewalk was already a river too at that point and the water went up to my ankles. So we are running and I couldn't see that the side walk ended and I ran right into the street (there werent any cars). The problem was that when I stepped off the sidewalk the water went up to my KNEES!!!! HAHAH I felt like I was swimming to the bus stop!!! Sorella Fossa was behind me laughing because she saw me fall into the huge river street thing. haha, anyway we got to the bus stop and by the time the bus came the storm had passed.... okay sorry that was long

This week was zone conference and it went pretty well. I had to give a training all by myself since there isn't another stl in my zone so that stinked.. it was about finding. Then I gave a training with the zone leaders about role plays. At the end we got yummy panzarotti!!!! (fried calzone) and faccacia and cherries!!!! so that was worth it!

We had a ward activity this week that one of our investigators and one of our less actives went to... so we went too. We went BOWLING!! It was so fun!! We bonded really well just having fun with the people we work with!! There was an arcade there and there was this crazy air hockey table that had over twenty pucks at a time... anyway super fun!! however... my bowling skills have gone down a bit... i got a score of 20. YIKES! oops. haha

Ok, Funny story!!! So yesterday in sacrament meeting Anziano Kiser comes up to me and asks if I would translate for a african lady because she wants to bear her testimony (so she would bear it in english and then I  would attempt to translate it into italian for the congregation.) Anyways, I dont know if many of you have heard a REAL African speak english.... but it was the funniest thing of my life!! She was screaming how sacrifices are of the devil and how she had been saved and...... it was the most interesting testimony I've ever heard. I had a hard time translating her testimony into Italian because half the time I had no idea what she was even talking about!!!! it was a pretty good moment. 

Anyway now for THE BEST PART!!! So a couple of months ago Sorella baker and I went to a little town called Troia and we did absolutely nothing (worst pday of my mission) We were leaving and it was raining and this nice lady gave us a ride to the bus stop and took us to the only grocery store that was open at that hour to buy something to eat on the way back. We talked to her about the gospel but she said she wasnt religious....etc. Anyway she called us Saturday and asked us for help translating something into english. So we met her at the church last night and helped her and after we watched a mormon message with her called "because Of Him" It's the best Mormon message I've ever seen and at the end she was BAWLING!!! She told us how she lost her Mom and she doesn't believe that she will see her again but she wants to believe. We bore our testimonies that we will see our loved ones again and she started crying more. We waited and she said... what do I have to do. I'll do it, but what do i need to do? AHHHHH SOOOO COOL!!!!!!!! It was the coolest first lesson I've ever had on my mission!!! So we talked to her for a bit more and then she said we could come to Troia whenever we wanted!! Ahhhh I'm soo excited!!! It was the COOLEST LESSON!!!! Oh, and then the best part is that after the video she is crying and its really quiet and we are waiting for her to say something... and the first thing she says is 'Gesù e fighissimo!!!' which means Jesus is freaking HOT! hahah so good!!! We were laughing about that for a while! 

Anyway love you all so much I LOVE MY MISSION!!!! Im enjoying these last couple of months I have and I'm relying on the Lord. I cant wait to see you all and remember that Jesus is so freaking cool! and that he can change lives!!!!  

Con tutto il mio cuore

Sorella Felice 

me finally on the bus after the rain storm

us at the bowling alley with all our cool peeps 

how i do missionary work (distract the kids with my hair... ) 

E CICCIO è ROSSO!!!!!!!!!

Ciao tutti!!!

This week was pretty fun! Ok, first of the title is because we were crossing the street the other day and this guy was running a red light and we were walking through and Sorella Fossa screams E CICCIO è ROSSO!! which means "hey little chubby one its red!!!!" hahahahah so funny

So last p-day we went to the church to do Family Home Evening with the members that don't have families. Some of our less actives came that we were working with and also a student from our English course. So there is a spiritual thought and then after we played spoons (with special cards that are from napoli....) but in Italian its called Cucchiaio. It was so funny because the student form our English course didnt understand the game and when he got three of the same card (instead of grabbing a spoon sneakily) yelled CUCCHIAIO!!!!! And then all of us grabbed spoons and he lost haha… sad! OK, maybe we just thought it was funny. It was one of those "you would have had to been there moments" (i'm still laughing) 

OK, so every week we have a meeting with all the missionaries called ddm and our district. Everyone participates, like one person tells a miricle they saw this week or pick the hymn blah blah blah. One person always does an activity and this week it was Sorella Fossa. So we went to the church early and with some yarn we created a huge spider web mess thing and at the end of the yarn was a cake that I made. So then when we did the activity all the elders were blindfolded and she read the story of the iron rod and how at the end of the iron rod was the precious fruit.... well anyway, the Elders didnt do so good and I got it all on film! hahah it was sooo funny!! they kept falling over chairs and running into things that we placed as obstacles! Ha. It was sooo funny!! 

As for the work. It's going good! We found a new less active that we have started teaching and our less actives are REALLY progressing!! We have made the temple the goal (because it should be done in a year) and we are helping prepare all of them to enter. We had a beautiful lesson yesterday about the temple. It made me miss being able to go whenever I wanted. ahhhhh! The temple really is HEAVEN ON EARTH!! 

Our investigators were all super busy this week so we didn't get to see a lot of them. So we are hoping better for this week.

OH fun story.. short story too. I got bit by spider this week and I tried to tell Sorella Fossa that I got bit by a spider but I actually said that I got bit by a peanut!!! hahaha.. oops. 

ok well thats about all I have for this week. Love you all so much and can't wait to see all your smiling faces soon. 

ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY WESLEY!!!!!

Con tutto il mio cuore 

Sorella Felice 

Un sacco di italiano!!!

Ciao Tutti!!

Wow I don't even know where to start this week!!! I LIVE WITH AN ITALIAN NOW!!!! It's so different! She is always making food for me and I'm going to get so fat!!! ahhhh! I'm running extra hard in the mornings now… haha. This morning we went running, when we got back I hopped in the shower real fast and when I was done she was in the kitchen saying "I made you an American breakfast!!!!" (in italian) and she made me scrambled eggs a hot dog and a grilled cheese sandwich…. hahahahahahah sooo funny!!!! She is very fun and has A LOT of personality!! hahah I just love her!!!! 

so this week we had a pranzo in church and it was super fun. It was all the missionaries and then a missionary (who is italian) he finished his mission and his parents picked him up from the Villa in Roma and took him to visit Foggia cause he served here. His parents fed us all lunch, it was super fun and yummy. Then the next day we went to Bari to drop off Sorella Baker at to pick up SORELLA FOSSA!!! When we got back to Foggia we took all her bags to our apartment and then the Anziani called us and told us that the new Anziano (who i served with in sassari) had no one to pick him up at the station cause they were in a lesson... so we had to hurry back to the station and do a split and take him to the church. It was a fun day. 

Our new district is SOOO cool!!! We are already all super tight, so I'm excited for this transfer!! 

Our simps are doing good. I was scared because a lot of our simps were really attached to Sorella Baker but we met most of them this week and they all seem to really like Sorella Fossa so that is good! 

FUNNY STORY!!! so this week we were walking home and suddenly these men were walking with us and they were kind of following us... So instead of walking to our house we walked to the Anzianis house and they left . Then this sunday in church THEY CAME!!!!!! I've invited people to church my WHOLE MISSON AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT EVER ACTUALLY CAME ARE THREE STRANGE MEN!!!!! (you know what they say... flirt to convert right.. haha jk) So that is my funny story for you all.. also some guy at the Bari train station tried to kiss me... so that was just great. I'm sooo sick of Italian men trying to kiss me! 

ok that is about all... in conclusion I haven't spoken english in a week... which is way wierd. I'm going to get fat AND I LOVE MY MISSION!!! It's the best experience of my life and im so happy that I had this oppurtunity. I cant believe how well god knows us. I NEVER wanted to serve a mission and if the time wasnt right (like it was ) I never would have. But I've grown so much from what I've experienced here and I'm so happy SO SO SOS OSOSOSOSO HAPPY! Its really changed me for the rest of my life.

ok thats all... I love you all so much and I'm so happy that I have you all in my life.!!! miss you and love you

Sorella Felice 

ps the mosquitos are coming back :( i already have soooo many bites!!!

this is the food was talking about. after the huge plate of pasta they fed us salami and mozzerela balls (which were so good!!!! i went to the store and bought more for the week haha) 

one of my favorite anziani with MY NEW COLLEGA 

Me and sorella fossa picking up the new anziano from the train station cause the anziani couldnt get there in time 

pesto cream pasta fossa made for me 

our first gelato together (its starting to be gelato season again!!!!!) 

the breakfast sorella fossa made for me.... again

fuggi da foggia (it means flee from foggia)

the new BEST district IN THE WORLD