Eva email 01/18/12
Ciao Tutti!
I hope all is going
well for everyone at home. I hope you had a white Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(pun intended:)) I have not seen an inch of snow in Provo yet, which I guess I
must get used to since in southern Italy it doesn't snow. This is my last email
from the MTC, Crazy!!! I leave from here next Tuesday at 5am. I will give you
my itinerary:
SLC to Dallas -
8:10am-11:55
Dallas to London -
4:45pm-7:30am
London to
ROMA!!! - 10:35am-2:05pm
I will most likely be
calling you when I am in Dallas since I have about a five hour layover, so plan
on me calling about 2pm or so:) I am still not sure on all the rules of
calling, but I think I can talk for about 45 minutes. We shall see:) So be
ready to answer the phone! (I am not sure, but I think I can call more than one
person as long as I am aware of the time, so perhaps I shall call in the
morning in SLC before everyone goes to work and than in the afternoon again!)
Also, I am sending a
bunch of stuff home on Monday, so be expecting a package from me next week!
I was wondering if you
could do me a huge-mongo favor? Can you send me my blue pocket size italian
dictionary today so I can get it before I leave. It should be on the book shelf
in my room (which Sam, I am sure is so lovely taking care of:)) or if it is not
there it should be on the shelf in the closet on the left side where all my
textbooks are. Rosie knows what it looks like because she has the same one. If
you cannot find it or do not think that I will receive it by Monday do not
worry about it, I can just buy one later, but if you can that would be great!
Also, Mamma do you
think that you could send me a dearelder or letter this week letting me
know how much money I have on my Debit card? I cannot look here and I just want
to make sure just in case I need to use it at the airport and whatnot. Thank
you so much!
This week has been a
good week. I finally realized how to really prepare for lessons and the
principle is that I am using to accomplish it is forgetting myself and focusing
all my time and energy on the investigator. I am not sure if I have explained
this yet, but now at the MTC we start teaching
"investigators"(usually our teachers), in our mission language from
week one. We also get to teach in the TRC, which is where members or even less
actives come from the "outside world" and volunteer to talk
with us for a bit on the gospel. I have really loved my MTC
experience. I actually do not feel nervous to go to preach the gospel
in a new language, because I know why I am doing it now, to invite people to
come unto Christ and there is nothing better in this world than this and I
am excited for everyone to hear this incredible message!
We are teaching a
lot about the commandments lately. I am learning so much about why we
need them and what they can do for us. I was thinking about
commandments during the sacrament and how we covenant to take upon the
name of Chirst and always remember him. Well, how do we do that
exactly? My answer thus far is keeping his commandments, which in essence
is following his example. When we follow the commandments we are putting God's
will in front of our own and we are changing our entire lifestyle to
be in harmony with his. If the commandments help us change our lifestyle
that means that everytime we follow a commandment we are remembering Christ and
putting his will or his name upon us and acting as he would. I have been
striving to think about this in everyday things, like why would I eat
healthier(since this seems to be a commandment I struggle with, just look at my
chubbalub;)jk), by following the commandment of the Word of Wisdom, I am doing
it because The lord has asked us to and then that reminds me of my Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ so I am literally keeping my baptismal covenant when I
think of these things and as I DO them! I encourage all of you this week to
implement this mind set of remembering the why we keep
commandments(notwithstanding all the blessings we receive, like eating healthy
has a lot of other blessings attached to it:)). For example, why am I
abstaining from the morning coffee, or why am steering clear of media that has
degrading content or why am I going to church, etc. In the end all of it comes
down to remembering Christ and really applying him to our lives.
I hope that made
sense:)
I did not know
anything before!!! The gospel is amazing! It is true! I know it with all of my
mind, heart and soul! I have never been so close to my Savior and my Father in
Heaven and I have never been so happy too (even through all of my trials, which
are not so bad in the scheme of things). I am so blessed to have this
priviledge to serve my God and I know that as we have faith, repent daily (so
as to come in stretta harmony with God) and have charity and serve one another
his spirit will be with us in more abundance and there is no better thing in
the whole world than having this taste of the glory of God in our lives!
I love you all so
much! I am so grateful for all of your prayers and support! Have a great week!
TALK TO YOU
SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE
SORELLA COMOLLO
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