merrrrrry christmas! and happy new year! 

for christmas we went to a members house where we got to skype my favorite peeps in provo! it was really fun. had the weirdest italian christmas dinner haha....... it was good though... the day after xmas was pday and we got to watch movies with our district. we watched remember the titans and the princess and the frog. and played ping pong in our chapel. (i am still the master.)

friday was transfers. ladispoli now has 4 sisters instead of 2. sorella ivory is training for the 3rd time this transfer so she has a fresh out of the mtc baby. and i am with sorella comollo who has been in italy for about a year now. she's pretty cool. she has giant frizzy hair which im down with so......... 

shes a way good missionary too. she talks to EVERYONE. which is a talent i dont have, but im learning from her...... its fun still being in the same house with sorella ivory but we are...... just a little out of control sometimes haha.... our comps just.... dont have the same humor as us.... so sometimes we just..... take things to a new level..... 

its fine though..... working hard, having fun, loving God. what else is there.

the last week has been super slow with missionary work because of the holidays. italians basically celebrate christmas/new years starting on dec. 24 and dont finish until jan. 7th. so..... there's like nothing to do around here since everyone is out of town or inside partying.

yesterday, new years day, was a cleaning day for our whole mission. basically you deep clean your apartment for the entire day since there is literally not a SOUL on the street. its probably the biggest holiday for italians, which is weird but... i mean. hah it is.

oh yeah. both our new companions are cooks. they are both half italian and... just make us stuff every day hah. sorella ivory's comp, sorella ehorn, made us banana/zucchini bread this morning. sounds weird. was way good...

its been weird spitting up the work between these two companionships... i dont really like it because whenever they're going to visit someone i know im like... dang.. i wanna go...... 

but its good cause i am pretty sure im leaving ladispoli next transfer and mine and sorella ivorys job is to just pour all our knowledge on these other 2 sisters so they can carry on the work. so i guess... its all gonna be good.

i cant believe ivory is finishing her mission....... 

i am now in the place she was when i first got here.... so crazy!

so... sorry guys haha... this weeks been real slow.

uh.. for new years we had to be home by 6pm so our chef comps made us a fantastic dinner. also we had ''champagne'' or apple juice, fanta and sprite. it was good. and lemon peal (antonio brought us back a lemon the size of my HEAD from napoli.)

then we slept :) 10:30 baby.....

my new years resolution for this year is to NEVER STOP LEARNING.

and right now i am studying the gathering of the tribes of israel so that wont be hard haha... 

if anyone has any information about that by the way, please send it my way. 

love you all. hope the holidays were special and fun :)

sorella sudweeks

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-2013 will be a good one

-so much room for activities!