Mama! Caio!
Ok so I am very short
on time right now but I will do my best.
So yes, I do leave
July 10. I will call from the airport in the morning before Noon... I hope. I
really don’t know. I do not have any
travel plans as of now. I only received a packing list for my carry on from my
mission prez. Neck is good. Language is
not good haha, and I have no idea what I’m doing!
OK so now to the
weekly report:
The last week has been
really rough. I Lost my companion last Friday and he went home so now I am in a
trio. Its hard teaching with three people but it’s a good experience because
the 2 anziani I am with know the language very well and are helping me so now I
am learning a ton not just about the language but about teaching people. The
language... ya I still have no idea what I am doing. This is going to be nuts!
In a week I step on that plane and I don’t know anything. I can talk about
churchy stuff but outside of that... nothing. Should be fun though! Jumping in
the deep end that’s for sure!
Tuesday we had 10 of
the 12 Quorum of the 12 at our meeting, many of the 70, and all the new mission
presidents. It was basically conference just without the prophet. The only
people that were not there were Boyd K. Packer and Robert D. Hales, and the first
presidency. What an opportunity to see all these men in real life. I’ve never
been to conference, and to be so close to them was amazing. I couldn’t believe
how strong of a testimony L. Tom Perry gave. Just to hear his voice shake the
gym rather than my TV at home was the best thing ever. You can’t deny these men
are true disciples of Jesus Christ. I saw Elder Ballard walking around and Russell
M. Nelson gave us the guns with his hands as he was driving out of the of the
MTC when we came back from gym ha-ha. They really are not that serious of guys
in real life. They are just normal men with incredible lives. They are way different
at the pulpit that in life I’ll tell you that. The best part of all this is
that being a missionary is just like being an apostle. You carry the title
Elder and you are representatives of Jesus Christ. The only difference is that
I don’t carry all the keys that they do, however we still have the same priesthood
power. My favorite quote I heard here was that "Missionaries are Apostles,
with a lowercase a." Now that is cool! that came from Elder Bednar I believe.
I encourage everyone
to read the Book of Mormon every day. There is such power in the Book of
Mormon. We are taught here that it is our most powerful tool for conversion.
Read every day and I promise your life WILL change as you look for the evidence
that Jesus is the Christ. It is another testament of Christ and through it we
can receive revelation for our lives.
Italy is a week away
and I’ve done my best here. I have very few regrets and although I am very
nervous, the Lord is right there at my side every step of the way. I love you
mother, father and sisters.
Some sweet Italian
stuff:
In la boca di lupo- in
the mouth of the wolf meaning... good luck
su serio???! -you
kidding me?! (slang)
tu sei un creep- you
are a creep
computer-computer
(haha)
il gato- cat
ti volio bene- I love
you/I want good for you-(to a friend, but not a girl or family)
that list was so
random haha
Talk to you in a week!
Anziano Benson
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