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!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Pictures from P-day in Albero Bello, Italy

 Us at Albero Bello on Gennaio 30

 Albero Bello. All of those signs are supposedly ancient
Christian symbols.

  More Trulli with symbols
 
I dont know if you have seen that Mormon message about Gordon B. Hinckley and leaving money in a shoe. We saw a man working in Campagna and left 2 euro in his shoes secretly and took a photo with him.
Us With old Man mentioned above. Sorella Rosato, Me, Sorella Wagoner, and him. Albero Bello was wonderful. Daniele the investigator of the PF sorelle drove us and took us to lunch.
  Sorella Preston in Front of a Big Trulli church
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  1. Mark and LisaMarch 26, 2013 at 11:25 AM

    This is Lisa Wightman. Slla Wightman's mom. I understand Slla Preston went on the ten hour bus ride to Sicily with Slla Wightman. Where is Slla Preston stationed now? It sounds like she is really loving her mission!

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  2. Mark and LisaApril 12, 2013 at 11:13 AM

    I am so sad you are no longer blogging. I love reading about Rose's adventures in Italy! I hope all is well.

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    1. UnknownApril 24, 2013 at 11:15 AM

      Hi Mark and Lisa! It's Rose's sister Letty! We had a series of crisis for a month or so there that stalled our blogging! But the letters were still coming, and it should all now be current! Happy reading! I think there's a picture of Sorella Wightman in there too!

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