Another week 15/10/2014

Heather Hastings	7:14 AM (3 hours ago)

I never know how to start these weekly letters. Last week’s birthday was great! Fuddruckers American style hamburger with cheddar cheese, an Oreo milkshake, French fries. Mmmm :) Then the chocolate factory... pictures will follow. A good day indeed. That night, we went to out ward Mission leaders house to help his daughter with English for a college class. Well, they made us dinner and surprised me with a cake. It was perfect! 

This week we just went around Milano in search of some things. We ate a Kebab for lunch today, finally. Look it up. It's like a gyro, kind of sort of. They are everywhere on the streets here. It was good! But what is the mystery meat? No one knows.

Well, I got to do the scambio this past week in Lugano. La Svizzera è bella! It was like dream land. So beautiful, but so very expensive. The missionaries who live there have to shop in Italy every pday because it so expensive. Craziness. But I had a great time and loved Sorella Boscia! In fact, Liz, she reminded me a lot of you. She is 36 years old and dated someone for five years, got engaged, then broke it off and decided to go on a mission. We spoke only Italian and I did fine! I learned a lot and it was a really cool opportunity. Becca, Lisa and Liz, I love you all :) she felt like one of my sisters and so I thought of you all a lot. Oh, and go buy a Toblerone bar if you want some Swiss chocolate :)

This week in church our dear friend Sabrina came! Ok, I may have said before that she is crazy. She is so funny though and we have a bap date set with her. Well, she was really nervous and tired and asked for coffee. Of course, we didn't have coffee. Then in sacrament meeting, she wanted to clap after a family sang a prelude song. She was getting annoyed that parents were making the kids stop playing and be reverent because she thought they should be allowed to play. Then, towards the end, she pulls out her pack and tries to roll a smoke... during sacrament. We told her to put it away and wait... aside from that, she liked it! We visited her yesterday and thankfully, she said she will come back. Phew. 

Then, on Monday: superhero day! We visited a sweet less active lady who needed us, then district meeting, then pizza, then we helped a lady in the ward recover her passwords from her computer and contacted her niece, then our friend Rosa... remember the girl we were teaching English? Yeah, her. Well, she didn't pass her English test. Just this last Thursday she decided to Move back America. We we hurried and met up with her on Monday at McDonalds. She left yesterday to fly to New York! She wants to live there until January to study English, then come back in January to Italia and finish school. We had a lesson with her on Alma 26:36-37 (I think) and Mom, I gave her a meet the Mormon bracelet that said, "One choice changes everything." It was sad because she was my first goodbye but we are so happy for her! She's so brave. I just know good things will work out for her.

What else to say? We are busy. Time is flying. Sometimes it’s a like a dream, listening to all this Italian around me. In this past week I really feel like my Italian has exploded. The gift of tongues and the power of God through prayer is real! It's SO cool! 

We did laundry this week and it took two whole days for our towels to dry. Welcome to Europe... fun times. I am glad that I also bought that quick dry towel.

Life is good, as I've said. Nothing to worry about me. I have the coolest companion ever and we get along mostly great. We laugh so much, and she's so crazy, but she is such a good teacher and example to me. She makes me come out of my comfort zone, and we work well together. 

La vita è bella!

Vi voglio molto bene! Grazie mille tutti per ogni cosa!!! A dopo!

Sorella Hastings =)

Love and Be Loved