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, October 24, 2012

First Pictures From Italy!

Bari beautiful sunset
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Letter #2 From Bari, Italy

Ciao Cari!
This week has been wonderful :) I have loved every minute of it! The members love hearing about mom and dad. They would like to see some of your mission pictures if you could send them. Grazia Bellomo sees me on sundays and she calls me over saying, "sorella Preston, Vieni vieni!" She loves saying my name.

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Last Pictures From the MTC

These are the last of the pictures Rose sent from the MTC! She left the MTC on the same bus as one of her good friends from home!

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Letter #1 From Bari, Italy

Hello everyone, I still love Italy. I was talking with my companion and she pointed out how I have not really had a culture shock:) I think it is because I have heard mom and dada stories growing up and have studied the culture so I knew a little what to expect :)

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

First Letter From Italy!!

Hello all
I loved getting all of your emails. It was so nice to hear about what is going on and to hear your testimonies.I am getting used to using an italian keyboard they look a little different but I like it! After I called you I had a wonderful flight to London and then we got on the plane to Rome.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Rose Arrives in Italy!

Dear Families,

Just wanted to share this photo! I'm sorry that it's taken my a couple of days to get it out. We've had a busy week with 18 new missionaries and 16 returning to their families! We are so thankful for this great group of missionaries. Thank you for sending them to Italy!

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Rose Calls From the Airport

This Tuesday afternoon Rose had the opportunity to call home from the airport during her layover in Chicago. It was a nice unexpected bonus, because usually they only have permission to call home on Christmas and Mother's Day. I guess because they are discouraging families from showing up at the airport post-MTC but pre-Mission field they give the missionaries permission to call home during a layover.

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