10/17

alright.. so this week is an improvement from the last. thanks for all your prayers.. 

so i am in siracusa. its really beautiful. my area includes the city of siracusa as well as a little island (you cross a bridge to get to it) called Ortigia. which is italy like you dream it will be. seriously. its so beautiful. its been really rainy and humid but i think thats normal for this time of year here. there have been some pretty sweet lightning storms as well. not so sweet when they last the entire night and i have to run around the apartment shutting doors and windows at 1am so our apartment doesnt flood with rain ha... but... its okay. its been good. 

and yes, i am with my first mtc companion again, sorella spicq (from france) and we are just... doin work here. just makin it.. 

in our district there is anziano lacey and anziano smit (greenie).... so......... its different. not sure how i like having elders in my city. in ladispoli it was just us... (sorella ivory and me.) its just going to take some getting used to..... its fine though.......

well.... investagators...... there is sabastiano. he's about 60 i think and he is our one and only progressing investagator. and he is just the best.. he always comes into lessons having read something in the book of mormon that he really loved or telling us something that he's learned. he's so great. he came to church for the first time last sunday and when we asked him how it went yesterday he started talking about how he's been to many churches. and heard many people's preachings and studied many religions, but he almost started crying when he talked about his experience in church. ''theres something different here..'' it was a really beautiful lesson. he's really great and has such a big heart.. 

i really cant think of much else to write. its so hard to understand people down south in sicily. i think thats why i started near rome. cause they dont really have accents up north...... but here....... it sounds like a scottish person speaking italian. so weird.... 

love you all and miss you all like crazy. 

keep praying for me. i really can feel your prayers.... i think youre all the greatest. 

sorella sudweeks