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, November 28, 2012

Random Pictures from Bari

We were at a contacts house and their parrot just flew and perched on Sorella comollo’s shoulder. He would not leave the whole time we were there. When we left we saw he had pooped on her coat.

Mom and Dad this is for you!! This store's name is 'O Sole Mio'

Us pretending to tract. I love that sign. Yes it is real.
This is a super cute fruit vendors we ran inside and they had a giant nativity built in their loft. But this was in October. They turned on the lights for us and even let us climb into the loft!!
Sorella Preston up in the nativity
This is with the lights on and Sorello Comollo up in the Nativity.

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