Pictures

A trip to Noto

Hi folks,

 This is a short one. Just pictures. But I love you all!

Sorella Thorup

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A nice view we had as we explored the city Noto

Best burger I've had here in Italy

Super fancy sandwich I ordered for lunch at Noto

We took a dog for a walk as a service for a member🐶

Me as a stick figure

Cool arch in Noto! 

Hello, yes I'm still alive!

Hello a tutti!

I'm still alive and well in the great Italia. I am so sorry I haven't sent a weekly in several weeks. It's been a mix of being busy/working up the will power to type something out! But here I am! And I will try to be more consistent in my weekly emails. These past weeks have been super super busy for us! The work is going so well here in Siracusa. We are teaching some amazing people and they are really progressing. I will include some photos of them.

This last week we had a ton of meal appointments. We had lunch appointments every day since Wednesday and an extra dinner appointment Friday. So in five days we have had six meal appointments. Plus another one tonight and a lunch tomorrow. So we are pretty loaded. And yes I think I gained weight. The Italians feed their guests sooo much. So I end up eating a double portion. That's okay though because we walk everywhere and sweat it all off. Also this week we had a ball in church. Like from the 1800s. Yes- it was amazing. I loved it so much. There were soooo many people there it was crazy. The church was packed. It was really cool because after we were able to mingle with everyone and the people were so open to listen. We even had a couple of people show up in church on Sunday because of it.

Also, transfers have come around the corner and I will be sticking around Siracusa with Sorella Spencer again! So I'm excited about that. I literally love her with my whole heart! She's literally such an amazing missionary and I've been learning so much from her so I'm excited to stick around. Basically life is good and I'm loving being in Italy. I'm very grateful for my mission and the miracles I see every day. I love you all so much and am grateful for you!!

Have a fantastic week!

Sorella Thorup

OH yeah. Took a weekend trip to Rome. That was fun! ❤️ Here's a Pic of the temple! 

Weekly!

Ciao

Tutto bene? Spero di sì.

Vi racconterò un po' di cose, sopratutto sulla mia nuova collega. Lei è una sorella con 2 gambe, 2 occhi e un naso. E il mio nuovo capo di distretto, anziano Perez, lui è alto e dell'Uruguay.

Qui è bello e soleggiato. Grazie

Ci vediamo. 

Sto sudando. 

Anziano Cabez... Ah no

Sister Thorup

P.s. La mia nuova compagna ha anche 2 orecchie.

Well everyone, that is my weekly in Italian. All thanks to Anziano Cabezas who says hi. This week was pretty dang good. I love my sweet companion Sorella Spencer. We're having a party. Sorry it's so short. I love you all ❤️❤️

Sorella Thorup 

What a Wonderful Week

Ciao tutti! 

This week has been pretty special. A lot of cool things happened that just proved that God is helping move this work along. Well that being said, I'd like to share these little miracles with you. The first one was Monday night. We were doing some house to house when this older lady let us in. Some relatives were members and she was so sweet to us. We spent about an hour with her and shared a message of our Savior. Our week days were filled with Members and people we are teaching. It was cool to see their faith grow and the desire of all these people to be more like our Savior. But Friday and Saturday were days pretty strange. We had a lot of time open and it's hard to find appointments because of the holiday this next week. So we were just on the street talking to whoever would listen. And all of these very strange opportunities came up to share the gospel. It mostly deals with food. 

We went to the pizzeria near our house to get a treat for our friend. And they gave us a free dessert, and we were able to invite them to the church activities coming up. As we are walking to deliver the treat to our friend, this older man we have talked to in the past rolls up on his bike and tells us he wants to buy gelato for us. So we had a really cool conversation with him and set up an appointment to go sing at rest home with him. We start walking back and finally drop off this treat from the Bakery to our friends and they ended up buying us granite (creamy slushy) and we didn't really know what to think of it. But again it ended up being a wonderful chance to talk with them. As we headed out on our way, Sorella Neff complimented someone on her dress and the lady said she would take us to where she bought it. So we got in her car as she drove us the short distance. We had such a cool conversation with her and she will be coming to English Course. And it was stuff like this that just kept happening. 

Then Saturday night, we were seeing similar miracles but the best happened at the very end of the night. It was almost 9 and we were almost home. Earlier that day we had done some house to house at the apartment building near ours. No one had answered but we left our pass along card on a few of the doors. But then that night we are in front of that same building and stop a mother and her daughter. We had a beautiful conversation about Jesus and she invites us to go spend a half hour with them and explain our church to her children. We walk in and it's in one of the apartments where we had left our pass a-long card. She took it as a sign of destiny. It was sooo cool and she fed us dinner too. But she wants us to come back and she was just the nicest. I could tell she was a person of high values. 

Then on Sunday I was asked to give a talk about how if we love God, then we will love those around us. And if we love them we will want to share the gospel. I was only given a morning to prepare the talk but it was really special to share my testimony with all the members. My work is to share the best message that has ever existed. We have a loving Heavenly Father who is there for us and who has created a plan of happiness for each of us. I invite you to share that with someone this week. 

I love you all ❤️

Sorella Thorup 

 Photos:

Pday adventures from last week

Pictures from finding IN Ortigia 

And District Pranzo! 

Hey it's a real weekly this time!

Hello everyone!

I am so sorry I haven't written these past two weeks. But I hope you enjoyed all the photos. 

So to catch you all up, I am now serving in Siracusa, on the island of Sicilia. My companion is Sorella Neff, and she is literally such a good missionary. I love her so much and we are working hard together. It is like a paradise here. It is literally so beautiful and I love the people. They are just very open and kind. We have some good work here. There is this sweet couple that we have been working with and they came to church for the first time this week. We just started teaching them my second day here. And we are going to be going to meet her daughter who wants to hear our message. It's really cool. There is just nothing quite like watching the gospel change someone's life. To see a light change in them. I can't quite explain it. 

Anyways, there were a lot of cool things that happened these past few weeks. But one of the experiences was when we were on the bus coming back from an appointment. There were two girls from India who were on vacation. But they spoke perfect English. Anyways, we helped them know where they needed to get off the bus, and so we started talking. One of the girls was very interested to just hear about our church. Both girls were very intelligent and enjoyed learning about different peoples and cultures. So we explained about how we have a living Prophet who directs the church on the earth today. And as we were bearing testimony this girl look at us and said, "Wow you have got some divine light coming out of you. Have you been told that before?" It was just such a cool moment. I've learned to love sharing my testimony. I love telling people about the joy that I've found, the peace, happiness, and the answers I received. 

Something else that has happened this last week was Zone Conference. It was really fun, because we all have to go the day before and stay over night because of distance problems. So it was a party! But we went on Thursday to Catania. It is a beautiful city. We did our interviews with the new mission president and his wife. They are both so so wonderful. We all ate lunch together, and we practiced the musical numbers for Zone Conference. Well I was doing good in practice, but purtroppo it wasn't that good in the conference lol. It was still fun. 

Things are going well. I love my calling, I love talking to people, hearing their life stories and seeing how they think. We went out one night with these two sweet old ladies we had met at the park. And it was just nice to walk with them, and hear stories of how they found their faith, stories of their families, and just eat Italian food with them. I am here to teach them of the plan that God has for us, but I learn sooo much from them and all their wisdom. 

We have also been doing some house to house lately. It's fun to turn it into a game. It's fun with Sorella Neff, she's good at making things fun when it would otherwise be long and hard. When we are outside the house, we speak in Italian, and she will just ask funny questions that I have to respond to or just tell me stories. Makes the hours in the sun pass a little bit quicker. 

Anyways,this email was a little all over the place, so sorry about that. I will try to keep up on my weekly emails and not just send pictures. Haha but no promises. 

Anyways I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! 

Sorella Angela Thorup

I might have already sent the beach picture. I don't remember. But it is still beautiful. 

Last week we went and had a fish pedicure so that was fun. 

The picture of the street just looked very Italian. That was when were were out finding last night. 

The cutest little girl, Purity wearing Sorella Neff's hat. 

Just pictures again

Hey I'm short on time but here are some pictures from the week

We went and had fish pedicures

Us with member who made us necklaces

Nutella pizza (I promise I eat normal healthy food too. You guys just get photos of the fun stuff) 

All the water we had to buy for the transfer (almost 50 gallons) 

Waiting for the bus and looked over at the paradise near by

Love you all♥️