Week 54

(Week 1 Rome)

I have safely arrived in the city of all cities. ROME! It's massive and
it sure is going to take us a while to get around quickly but I'm not worried.
Leaving Bari was the worst!!! Sweet little Camilla, her sister and mom, and
even the dad came to Bari to salute me and I just didn't want to leave! We also
got to see all our investigators which was a huge miracle before I left! Then
the actual transfer day came... Goodbye Sorella Torres. I definitely lost it...
I was crying before the train even pulled into the station. What an amazing
Sorella she is! She taught me so much about missionary work and about myself.
We really worked hard together and talk so well together. I already miss her tons
but she is going to continue seeing miracles in that special Bari city!
Bye Sorella Torres, I lietrally have never cried so much as I did saying goodbye...
Handing my baby off to her new companion.




Rome! After an anxious five hour train ride to Rome I picked up my second
greenie! Sorella Erickson!!! She is a tiny little thing and just the sweetest
human ever! She is from Hooper, Utah and one of ten kids! I'm excited to see her
grow, grow, grow and use her energy to grow the Lord's work here!
Tender mercy!  Passed through my dear Caserta (first area) on the way to Rome!








New greenie.... Sorella Erickson!!!!
Finally saw my long lost MTC companion Sorella Tingey!!
The three Sorelle from our MTC group together again!
Rome 1! The past Sorelle left a couple of investigators and when we called
to set up appointments almost all of them dropped us except a super old couple
so we are basically starting from square one. It's going to great! The ward…..
I feel like I am in Peru! Almost everyone is South American and from Peru!
There is just a handful of Italians in the ward... Sooooo different. Our ward
mission leader is super great and is also Peruvian! This Sunday they had all
the new missionaries bear our testimonies. It was awesome. Sorella Erickson
absolutely blew everyone away with how awesome she already is and I got up and
basically told them all we are ready to work together. 



After church we had an awesome miracle. I felt like a missionary out of
the district. We were talking to the Bishop and R.S. President about what we
could do for the ward and they just looked at each other and then the Relief
Society President smiled and invited us to pranzo at her house where we could
talk! She fed us and then we got the whole run down of the ward! It was
awesome!!!! We are all just excited to restart and get things down the right
way! She has given us some names of sisters she wants us to visit. I'm just
seriously so grateful to have the trust of this ward and have some awesome
leaders that are going to help us accomplish our work!





Cool story!!! We went to go see a less active sister and as we were walking
down her long hill I saw the top of a massive church so I asked her what it
was. She just laughs and says it's St. Peter's Basilica. (VATICAN!!!!) We are
literally three or so metro stops away from the great and abominable church!
Crazy! 

Anywho, I'm really excited to work here in Rome and get this work rolling.
I'm grateful to have greenie magic with me and I feel just super full of energy
to do my best here.





Sorella Nelson







Goodbye Maria!!
Goodbye Gabriella!
Goodbye English Course!!
Goodbye Antuanet and Camilla!








Matching Sorelle aprons.
Gelato with my new district Rome 1.


Visiting Trevi Fountains with the Sorelle.