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Life everyday at Mormon Hogwartz is pretty much always the same (read, study, eat, sit, study, sit, eat, read, sit, study, teach, eat, read, eat again cause we made it through the day) but these are a few of the high lights throughout the week.
General Conference: The MTC basically shuts down for conference and I was able to watch every single session. The theme's that stuck out to me where how important families and marriage are (funny, my heart is locked thanks General Authorities for teasing a sister), missions are essential to being successful and lay a foundation unapparrelled (shout out to the 65000! There are 3600 here at the MTC and shout out to Becca- one of the 20000 waiting to go!!!!! Holla at mission power!), and enduring "Happily" to the end. I loved every second of it and it was a much needed break from the everyday life. Story: So I'm sitting in between sessions trying to catch the segment about olympus and suddenly there is Scott! I start freaking out and hitting Sister Nelson, "Sorella!!!!!! That is my becca's boyfriend! That's my scott!!!!" SO then I am GLUED to the screen and there appears my Becca boo for like 15 seconds! So instead of being mature, I spring out of my seat, sobbing and yelling "THAT'S MY BABY SISTER!!!!!!!!" Thousands of missionaries just start hooting and pointing at me, a blubbering proud Sorella Alley. I had been shot with the excitement of seeing Becca. I blame you all, if the Alley's weren't so freaking awesome, I would still have dignity at the MTC. Oh well....
Next story, so we have TCR's every monday night. Bascially members come in to be home taught for their Family night experience. We, of course, teach in Italian. Sorella Nelson and I have an awesome lesson planned, know all the vocab and totally feeling ready. At the end of the lesson, we were talking and I feel impressed to switch things up a bit. I go off script but totally know what I want to say and all the vocab. The mood is right, the lights are dim (joke, this is the MTC- the lighting here is equivalent to the Celestial Kingdom...need some sunglasses), and the volunteer member is focused on me. Here I go. I look him dead in the eyes. Slowly and with all the conviction of a my 21 year old heart, "I KNOW that God loves you." A few seconds pass and the volunteer's cheeks start quivering and his eyes are shining. {"I've done it! The Spirit is so strong, I brought a grown man to tears!"} I think to myself. Well after the lesson he says, "Sorella Alley, you did a wonderful job except when you said, "I KNOW that God will kill you."' F.A.I.L with a capital crash and burn!!! ahahahahahaha you can all stop laughing at me now. Turns out the volunteer was biting his cheeks so hard to keep from laughing at me, his eyes teared up. I love learning a new language...perhaps one day that line will be useful in my Mafia exploits....
Another story. (STOP LAUGHING!) Sorella Condie and I go on a walk to chat about a few things in our residency hall. We live on the 4th floor so we just walk the 4th floor. We make our way back to a hallway that is more dim. We've stopped walking and are in a deep conversation when I see some fluttering out of the corner of my eye. This is what went down. S. Alley- "Sorella Condie, did you just see fluttering?" S. Condie - "Noooo, AHHHHHHHH something just flew over our heads!" .....we look up and a bat is attacking us! YES A BAT! Like a vampire bat, in my residency hall! WHAT?!?!?!?!! Naturally, we start screaming bloody murder and take off down the hall....
Screaming, "THERE IS A BATTTT! SHUT YOUR DOORS."
Random sister on the couch, "Shhhhhh, it's quite time."
S. Condie, "I'm sorry I'm not selling cupcakes, there is a flippin bat!" hahhahaa
S. Alley (on the emergency phone with the office)"Yes, I'm calling to report a bat in 17M sister's residency hall.
Operator: "Oh no, we were hoping you wouldn't notice."
S. Alley: "I'm sorry what?!?! Is that normal."
Operator: "Yes, it's been there for 3 weeks but we were just hoping he wouldn't fly around when you sisters are awake."
S. Alley: "Oh naturally. Well, could you please have someone come and get it? I'm not batman (good one, right?!)"
Operator: "yes, we'll send a police officer. Please Sister, please don't try to pet it."
Yes, because I'm going to try to pet the little creepy bat...
So 3 rent-a-police-officer/BYU-coed show up and after 10 minutes the bat is caught! And they say this place is safe....
Well folks, that is about it. That sums up the week. Thank you for all the letters and especially the stir crazy and packages!!!!! I even shared the stir crazy, but it was hard. Mom, congrats on winning!!!! And please sing loudly to les mis for me! "Andrew, look down, don't fall off that bench! Andrew, Look down, please protect your face!". So life is good, I am happy and I miss manly hugs. Dad, yours especially.
Ti voglio bene!!!!
-Sorella Alley
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| Stir Crazy from my family, curtesy of my Favorite Sister!! |
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| I sit right under the flag |
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