Serving An 18 Month LDS Mission

In the LDS church, when a girl turns 21 she has the opportunity to choose to serve an 18 month, self-funded mission. I have wanted to go on a mission since I was a little girl. My parents both served a mission in Rome in the 1970's. In 2001-2002, my sister Letty served as a missionary in Hong Kong and my brother Algot in the Philippines. As soon as I turned 21 I submitted my papers. The Prophet and 12 Apostles determine through inspiration which of the more than 300 missions worldwide each missionary will be assigned. I was overjoyed when I opened my mission call and discovered that I was called to Rome, Italy! I feel immensely blessed and I feel that God has been preparing me to serve the Italian people. Each week, while I am on my mission, I will send my sister Letty an email and pictures to post on the blog. I won't see this blog till I come home, so I will be unable to directly respond to your comments until then. However, the sidebar will always have a current street address for me, and I promise I will respond to your letters! If you would rather write via email, just email your letter to my sister and she will print it out and send it me with her weekly snail mail!

Friday, August 31, 2012

Rose's Pictures Now Have Names!

Hello all- Rose's MTC pictures from the earlier post now have names identifying the missionaries going to Italy with her! (She finally got me a letter naming them!)

Letty

Thursday, August 30, 2012

MTC Letter #4

Hello all!!
I am can't believe it is p-day and I get to email you again. Time flies!! I wanted to thank you for all the letters and packages. They were wonderful. Mom I love the angel reminder you sent me, It is beautiful. Also I am completely healthy and well :) I wanted to tell you all about my week and schedule at the MTC I realized I forgot to and I also assumed that everyone already knows what we do. So ann thank you for reminding me.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

MTC Letter #3

Hey Everyone!

Time is flying by here at the MTC. I love it and I am getting over my cold! :) We are teaching 2 progressive investigators regularly now (my teachers) and at the TRC every Monday. I love it and I am learning so much.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

MTC Letter #2

Hello all!!!
I love you so much and I have loved all the emails and letters and packages I have received. This past week has been wonderful filled with amazing experiencing. I have a slight cold but it is getting better. Hooray for Sudafed!!!

My district is amazing I am sure I have raved about them a lot. I have not told you all who they are.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Pictures from the MTC!

Sorella Brown, Sorella Durfee, Sorella Preston
Since there is no time (or method?) to upload pictures at the MTC, Rose sent me her SD card so we can get a look at her first week in the MTC!

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Thursday: Letter #1

It is my first P-day! I love it here. I only have 30 minutes on the computer to read and write emails so sorry if they are rushed :( please forward these email to the rest of the family. I love you all so much. I am loving the MTC everything here is so wonderful. The spirit is so strong. They have increased security and you need to use a card to enter any building. Also they have just thrown us in. I love it.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Send Rose an MTC Care Package!

For those of you who have asked about sending Rose a care package or treats direct to the MTC, I've researched it and the following links appear to be the best, BYU Bookstore being the cheapest usually.  Of course, if you have the time, home-grown care packages are always awesome, but for those of us for whom clicking and buying is the more-likely-to-happen method, these are some awesome options.

http://www.byubookstore.com/ePOS/form=item.html&item=W40283&store=439

http://www.called2serve.com/

http://www.dearelder.com/index.php

Rose's MTC Address!

Sister Elna Rose Preston
Missionary Training Center
ITA-ROM 1003 MTC Mailbox #233
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah 84604

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Rose is Officially a Missionary!

And Grandma Took the Best Picture of the Day!
Hello friends! This is Letty, Rose's sister.  She entered the Missionary Training Center at 1:25 PM today! We started the day with some last minute shopping due to a clothing mishap (yes, you can sprint thru a mall in heels) and then ran back to Grandma's house to pick up everyone else. Mom, Dad, Me and our 93 year old Grandma headed down to Provo to drop Rose off at the MTC, where she will spend the next 9 weeks learning Italian and missionary teaching skills.