Sorella Ashlyn Henderson: Italian Heat Melts American Missionary

Ciao tutti! Well this week has been straight up AWESOME and really busy. Which is good. We had combined district meeting yesterday with the entire zone, and Sorella Tafur and I had to give our training on language skills and using the formal you form... not my favorite thing ever but it's okay. And my Spanish has been improving! I can now have conversations and teach lessons in Spanish! And I had my first dream in Italian this week as well. Probably because I never get to speak English.

We saw some awesome miracles this week! Learning Spanish has been so helpful in starting conversations with people on the street or in the metro, and we have found a lot of potentials from it. MIRACLE STORY! So yesterday we had about 30 minutes before English class started and we decided to go out and do a little bit of finding before class. We got almost to the church when I realized we forgot the Anziani's box of Book of Mormons that we needed to bring them. So we turn back and I'm walking back to the church holding this massive box. And we're almost to the church again, and Sorella Tafur tells me, "I have a feeling we need to talk to the people behind us, but I don't know what to do!" So I said, "ci penso io" and dropped the box to the ground. Then I picked it back up, and the lady was passing by us at the perfect time. So we started talking to her, and she is interested in learning more! Always follow the promptings of the Spirit! She said that we can meet with her next week.

I am loving my mission! I can't believe that it is almost halfway over. Time is flying, and I am just trying to use every minute of it up and work as hard as I can. Life is good in the roasting hot, Italian humid climate.

until next week! Vi voglio bene!