Heather Hastings	Apr 15 (2 days ago)

So here's the thing: it has been a busy week but this keyboard is driving me nuts, it doesn't type easy. If I withhold informatino I blame the keyboard. Also I've been chatting, so there is not much time left.

Anywho, we are counting down the days until we have the Bednar conference! 12 days.

Last week we had zone training In Bergamo, another all day trip. We are just preparing spiritually and physically as missionaries to be at our best for when he comes. We won't get iPads I believe until after he leaves. That night we did a scambio, (companion exchange) and that was fun! Went well.

Ok, I will just get straight to the good details. We were waiting around On Friday night getting ready for bed, talking about our predictions for transfer calls. Usually president Dibb will call trainers and sister training leaders and zone leaders first thing Saturday morning, but because he was coming to our stake conference saturday/sunday, he called ME FRIDAY NIGHT! When we saw "President" on the phone, my heart jumped and sorella pavich screamed. It was pretty funny. Sorella Hastings, how is your health? Then we talked for a bit. Well, I need to make sure you can work full time because I have work for you to do, I want you to train a brand new missionary! 

Oh, mamma mia! Ok.

Ok.

Ok.

So he gave me the details. No, I don’t' know who she is! Tonight we sleepover with the sister training leader in Pavia, then tomorrow I go to Milano and we have a little training, then meet each other and yeh! So, I’m going to be a mom! I am in my 7th transfer but I am pretty excited! I could be more anxious, but I do feel pretty good about it. It's what I need and what God needs right now, so there we go. The house is all cleaned and ready for her to come. I am excited and I guess ready enough. I just will do that which my trainer did for me, with some of my own wisdom.

Sunday we had stake conference. We went as a ward in a big bus to Verona! Elder Kleen and my mission president where there, and it was a really good experience. Our investigator Anna came, and she brought her friend Christina too. Anna is preparing to stop smoking and is just so happy! She loves the book of Mormon and is reading right along. She calls us her angels who brought her Jesus. She is sweet, this lady. 9th may. We're gonna make it.

Also Sunday, oh boy. Weston, seriously, how do you  handle these Africans? Guess I haven't got the touch yet. We go to teach Anna a lady we met on the street and she told us she would have a friend for us too. We show up and she lives in an open multi-family open style home. I don't know how to describe it. A lot of Africans and foreigners get those in share them, cheaper. So there was her, and THREE other Africans. But they weren’t just her friends, they were members from her church! They kind of set us up. Ready to hear us out, we teach then the Restauration. It started out great! Christ is the center of our church, god loves us. Then... we got to prophets. We got stuck. They confused themselves and we probably did a bad job explaining. I left feeling very frustrated and so on. We have been doing some good studies and are going to go back with a member from Ghana to re-teach the resto. Me with my brand new sorella...

 Today this morning we went to pass by the Catholic Church next to our grocery store. As we enter, the grounds keeper church keeper man takes us in, we chat about our name tags, then he gives us a personal little tour explaining everything. SO cool. We even discussed our different views on baptism at the baptismal font and he said he'll come to our church sometime. It was pretty cool, and pretty. Cheisa di San Pietro and San Prospero.

Then, Sorella Pavich and i got our last Pizza from Mister Pizza together, and inside a dad says to his boys, "hey you two come talk to these girls, introduce yourselves, they're American."  So they did, and they start flirting with us. Cute, if I can say. But remaining professional (you have NO idea how many times a day we get boys/men hitting on us here in Reggio!) we told them about English class and invited them to meet with the anziani. Ok, so there's hope. Mario and Marco. We'll see.

Fun times dear family. In the past, now and to come. I am happy, spring is here and I am well, no worries. Yu can expect a detailed letter next week about week one with la verdina!

Vi voglio bene! Grazie per il vostro sostengo e tutto ciò che fate per me. Davvero vi voglio bene. Buona giornata, buona settimana!

Sorella Hastings =)

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