Battaglia, Campania, Italy

Week Two At The MTC...

So the MTC this week has been way cool. I have never been so spiritually motivated haha. But I can't wait to get out into Italy. Though I'm nervous about the language...

Friday  was P-day and it was stellar. We slept in till like 7:00 and it felt like I slept till noon. Then we went to the temple and did a session. I got some emailing done then we played some basket ball.  Later that night we set up Christmas in our room and it was a blast! Then we  got our whole zone to do a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. We all counted down from 30 and just went crazy when we turned the lights on. It was so awesome! Then we got in trouble for being to rowdy, but it got us all in the Christmas spirit!!

Provo MTC Temple


Decorating the Tree

Saturday morning I woke up with a massive head ache and it never really went away. We needed to talk to our zone about some problems we've been having and then some dude got mad at me for some reason. He later apologized and now we are buds.

Today was a good day.........

Sunday was interesting. We started off the day right with a solid prayer in Italian. Then we went to some meetings. Every time they ask if someone can play the piano; nobody ever raises there hand. So after one of the guys in our room told us he hasn't played in like 5 years, he literally sat down and played like Mozart. It was hilarious and we all cracked up laughing. We then spent 4 hours on some deep doctrine which was pretty fun. After, we went to a devotional and everyone was super mad for some reason; like I'm talking about 'explode and beat someone up kind of mad'. (I think we were all exhausted.) Then, it just kind of made me and everyone in my room crack up laughing again.        

Monday morning I looked outside and saw that it was snowing. I don't think I've ever been that happy in the morning haha. Then as the day went on I realized I wasn't going to be able to ski and I got a little sad. I think Heavenly Father knew I was having a hard time with that, so he decided to let the snow stick to the cement and I was able to some-what ski. It was fun! We ended the day with a ton more studying and learning.

Snow!

Tuesday was a good one. We had a good devotional tonight. We talked about using the Holy Ghost to teach people. It was great and the spirit was really strong. When we got back to our room we had this cheese ball throwing competition and it got lit!!! It was legit.

Wednesday we taught 3 lessons in Italian and it was super hard. I thought I knew a decent amount, ha ha it turns out I do not. But its okay because its only the second week and we still have a month left to learn. Then we played some basketball.  Anziano Allen and me had to teach a couple of kids a thing or two about basketball. Then I got a package full of healthy snacks from the family (which is so amazing because I have to eat the same thing everyday because they don’t have a lot of healthy options here) so it was nice to switch things up a bit. 

Overall I’m doing great, I love it down here. It makes me even more stoked to go to Italy. I’ve never prayed more in my life, to be honest haha. There is no way I could do this without the Spirit, that’s for sure.  Just the fact that I am learning and studying for like 12 hours a day and run on 6 1/2 hours of sleep on a good night (maybe that’s just because I wake up like a billion times a night) and being away from home.  There is no way I could do it without Him.  

Thank you all for your support and prayers! I really feel it!

     

                Love you all!

                             Anziano Andersen