BUON HALLOWEEN!!!!

Ciao a tutti!! Come state?? How was everyone's Halloween?? Halloween was great here in the MTC. Our teacher brought us candy, and we wore masks and took pictures haha and that's the most you'd get to do here for Halloween, but it's all good. We also got to hear from Craig C. Christensen of the Presidency of the Seventy on Halloween night, which was cool. And on Sunday Mitch Davis, the director of Other Side of Heaven, came and spoke to us, and it was amazing. He talked about getting lost in the work and being courageous because this time isn't for us, it's for the Lord. We also got to watch bits and pieces of Other Side of Heaven, which was cool because that's probably the closest I'll get to a movie for 18 months lol. Overall, this was a really good week, and I've seen the most progression in my Italian this week. The gift of tongues is so real! I probably could not speak and comprehend like I can if I was trying to learn Italian any other way than by the Spirit. I love learning Italian; it's the most beautiful language in the world for sure. (;

Okay so here are some funny things that happened this week: Our entire zone tried VeggieMite, which is apparently the Australian peanut butter equivalent. Anziano Davey made us try some, and he was so excited to see our reactions, but everyone hated it hahahaha we felt so bad because he was so disappointed, but we couldn't fake it. It's like solid soy sauce...  We also taught TRC to some members, and we are teaching 2 new "investigators," which is just our teachers pretending to be different people. All of their different personalities get a little confusing hahaha. And as always, we've been chopping our apples with our hands, which sometimes prompts a response from the cafeteria staff hahaha so we kinda stopped doing that. But don't worry I got a video first (;

Something that I came across this week during my personal scripture study is a verse in Mosia capitolo 2. Versetto 34 dice: what knoweth that ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are . . .  After I read that, I just thought that it perfectly explained my reasons for wanting to be on a mission. Sometimes it's hard to separate yourself from your selfishness or things that you feel like you need and do something hard that the Lord wants you to do. Because He asks everyone to do hard things. But we will always be eternally indebted to Him. No amount of service or time dedicated to a mission will be enough to express my gratitude for all of my blessings, including my life, my family, the Gospel, and my potential to grow and become like Him. It's truly amazing all that He has done for us without receiving anything in return, except the satisfaction of seeing us grow. I really love that scripture. (: There are so many gems in every single verse in the Book of Mormon if you read slow enough to see them. 

I love you all so much! Vi voglio bene! I appreciate all of the emails, letters and packages that I got this week. (: (there were so many hehe). You are all amazing, and keep on doing the best you can! Devote some time each day to try to become like Christ and to show Him your gratitude for your blessings! 

Con amore,

Sorella Henderson 

Pics 1 and 2: halloweeeeeenies

Pics 3&4: Bob Ross friends for life gotta represent our inspiration