This first week here has been so awesome! I don't think I have ever felt the spirit more in my life than when I'm here. Its crazy awesome!! My companion is a stud! He has such a strong spirit! And everyone in my zone is just so cool!! They are all spiritual giants!! They teach me new stuff everyday!! It was really great to see Jake again. We've seen each other a couple of times. We are in the same building just a different floor. So here is what happened this week....
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| Elder Warner and ElderAndersen |
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| My Zone (Minus 2 Missionaries) |
Wednesday:
Whoah, today was crazy!! They got right into it!! As soon as you walk into the class room they don't speak any English! I can’t wait to start learning Italian. My companion, Anziano Allen is a solid guy!! He even agreed to wake up early and work out with me!!! Crazy right?! Such a stud. The spirit here is super strong, and everyone is so eager to learn its great!!
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| My Awesome Roommates. I love these guys! |
Thursday:
I didn't really think today could get crazier than yesterday, but it did. We woke up and got ready for the day and headed to our class room. Then we were instructed to study, and then we were taught a great lesson on how to love our investigators. It was really great! Well after that our teacher walks in and tells us we will be teaching our first lesson in Italian tomorrow. Haha I have never studied so hard in my life up until then. Later we had a branch meeting. In the meeting we talked about how we need to all make sure we demonstrate exact obedience. It was a great meeting. After that they said they were giving out callings. I thought I didn't have to worry because I'm new. Well I ended up getting called to be a Zone Leader.... I don't think I have ever felt more unqualified for a job, but I know the Lord will help me and I can't wait to serve all the people in my district. They are all awesome missionaries!!
Friday:
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Today was a little different, we got a letter yesterday saying we needed to head to the consulate in SLC to get some papers signed. They told us to meet us at the travel office at 6:20 but they didn't even show up till like 7:00. The train ride was nice though, we were able to catch up on some studying and I took a 20 minute power nap. Then after that we struggled through some Italiano. Its coming, slowly but surly. |
| Italian Consulate |
Saturday:
This morning we started out with a solid workout. I was able to get my companion and another guy to wake up early and work out. It felt Great!! Then we had Italiano classes. At lunch we started laughing about something, I'm not quite sure what, but the whole rest of the day as soon as someone started laughing we all just broke out laughing and couldn't stop. We would laugh for literally no reason. I love these guys! Later that night we had our first lesson in Italiano, and it was a total mess!!! That's okay, because it's only the fourth day right? Later we did some interviews and prepped for our meetings tomorrow.
Sunday:
Sunday started out rough. We got like zero sleep the night before because we literally couldn't stop laughing all night. We started out with some leadership meetings in the morning and talked about how we could help people in our zone. All the Anziani in our zone are solid. They all have such strong testimonies, I learn so much from these guys!! Then tonight we ended it with a talk from Elder Bednar about losing ourselves in the service. It was so awesome. I can't wait to get out to Italia and get lost in the work. Then at the end of the day I was given the opportunity to give my companion a blessing. He's such a great guy and a hard worker.
Monday was pretty normal. Besides the fact that we had to teach
someone we had no idea we were teaching- In italiano! It we pretty good considering the fact that we didn't plan!! We spent the rest of the day studying the language.
Tuesday:
Today was a another good day. We finally got a good nights rest, but we were still tired. As a missionary you just kind of get used to it. When we were all doing our studying we started joking around with each other and couldn't stop laughing again for like 2 hours straight. I don't think I have ever laughed as hard or as long in my life. To end the night we had a devotional. I was super excited to go but then I got there and they started playing some soft hymns and next thing I know its over. I felt really bad, but the lack of sleep caught up with to me!! I'll just have to pay twice as much attention to the next one.
Wednesday:
Today was legit!! We got to keep teaching our same investigator. Then we went and checked the mail and I think it made everyones day!! Then we played a bunch of other guys in basketball. Let me tell ya, I thought I took recreational sports pretty serious. But everyone out here will do whatever it takes not to lose. It's so crazy haha.
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| Thanks Julie! |
Thursday:
We started out today with something awesome, a talk by Niel L. Andersen. He talked about how we need to not be entitled to things and how just the air we are breathing is a blessing. It was awesome. Then we had a Thanks Giving lunch... Which, if I'm being honest, was terrible. It kinda made me miss home, but all the cooks worked for us on Thanksgiving, which was so nice of them. It meant a lot. Then we had a closing devotional which was good as well. Then we made a ton of meals for the homeless, it was really cool. We didn't get to see them, but knowing that we were helping out people who didn't have food was an awesome feeling.
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| Thanksgiving MTC Style |
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| Also Thanksgiving MTC Style (Deseret News) |
The first week of the MTC was crazy to say the least. I don't think I have ever learned so much in such a short amount of time, I truly am blessed to have this opportunity to come serve the Lord and the people of Italy. I just want to say thank you again for all the people that helped me get here. I really couldn't have done it without every single one of you. My whole district is so legit. They're all just spiritual giants, I sometimes feel under qualified to be here, but I know l'm where I am supposed to be and where the Lord wants me.
Love ya guys!!
Anziano Andersen
P.S. Thank you for the package and the letter this week. I was so stoked to receive them. You guys have no idea, thank you!!
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| MTC Miracles |
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