I'm here!!

Ciao Everyone!

It's been a busy couple of weeks! I got in Italy on the 23rd and have since been stationed in Ostia. Ostia is just to the west of Rome, on the coast. It is so beautiful and the culture is just delightful. All the stores are small and it's easy to get to know the owners. We are friends with Mario (who runs a fruit stand) and also the owner of the little bar near our apartment. (Bars are pretty much the equivalent of a café) 

My trainer is Sorella Harmon and she is just the sweetest person out there. I love her so very much. We have so much fun together and also think similar so teaching goes super smoothly. 

We have several people we are teaching (And some of those are in English! So yay!) And they are all wonderful people. I have only known them a couple weeks but I love them already. And that goes for the ward too. They are this small adorable ward that is just full of love. I'm very blessed to serve alongside them. And they are so patient with my inability to understand haha. But they have already put me to work musically. We have been asked to do two different musical numbers, and I've played for Relief Society and ward choir. At least I can give that without being able to speak Italian.

There has been so much rain here. I don't have rain boots so I stole a pair of the discarded shoes in the apartment, but those now have holes in them... So let's pray that either the rain stops or that I find some boots. But it is kind of pretty. Except when you have to walk to church in pouring rain and sit dripping wet for a couple of hours. But it's okay. The water eventually dried off the floor. (Which is a miracle with this humidity lol). I have been able to see a lot of cool things since getting here and I look forward to everything else I will be able to see. This is really an enchanting place and I am so grateful I get to serve here. I just find all these tender mercies happening and it just witnesses to me that This is not my work, it's His. 

I love you all and am so grateful for your support. 

Vi voglio bene