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, December 26, 2012

Pictures from Christmas Day

Editor's Note: We had a wonderful chat with Rose on Christmas Day, it was so fantastic to speak with her! She had not yet received the packages Ann and I had sent to the mission home, but luckily Mom had mailed it direct to her apartment, and she got it because she happened to be home to receive it! So she had some presents to open Christmas morning! Following that she and her companion were invited to spend Christmas with some members in the ward, the Diciollas, and skyped home from their computer.
 S. Comollo, S. Roommate, S. Roommate, S. Preston

 Me opening Mom and Dad's presents
 REDVINES! The tweetable, eatable treat! I loved my presents thank you!!
 Me christmas Day with Sorella Diciolla. They gave each of us missionaries a Christmas ornament with their name written on it :) HOw awesome is this family!!
 Albert and Isha were with us on Christmas Day. They are the cutest couple ever!!
The whole group on Christmas with Sorella Comollo. Simona is the Diciolla's daughter and she is being a sulky teenager in these days! YAY!

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