Another
week has come and gone, another leaf has fallen, and soon enough it
will be snowing!!!! Around herrrrre in Lodi, the locals say about -17
degrees cel. is normal for the winter. For you Americans, 0 cel is
freezing. Basically I am about to freeze to Death. I am going to have to
find lots of people to save to warm my soul.
So, let us start with the end of last transfer. For our
last night in Rimini, Sorella Burkman and I ate dinner with Emilio and
Ilaria. The evening was wonderful and then we gave Emilio a surprise.
Burkster and I had made a shirt with our faces on it and when we
presented it to Emilio, his face exploded with pleasure! He was so happy
and now he will Always have his two favorite missionaries with him :)
So we said goodbye to Mamma Ilaria and surprise, tears. We packed, went
to bed and then woke at 5 to catch our train to Milan. Emiilo took us to
the train station, helped put our luggage on the train and then we said
our goodbyes. Okay, now that really sucked. He is hands down the best
person I know I literally saved my life so many times in Rimini. He went
out of his way to make sure I was happy and okay. He wrote me a
beautiful letter and I am contemplating being buried with it. hahaha :)
Well we made our way to Milano, and actually passed Lodi on the way....
In Milano I was greeted by Sorella Killpack, the same
transfer as Sorella Burkman. She was trained by Sorella Harward who
trained Lindsay Stephens so that has been a fun discovery. But She is 20
and from Cedar City. She is rad. She has been inactive most of her life
and only started going back to Church last may, a year and half ago.
She definitely loves the gospel and absolutely loves less active work,
so we will focusing a lot of our efforts there. She is tall, about 5'11
and has the prettiest blue eyes ever. Hahaha With my blonde hair and her
blue eyes, we get lots of attention.......So our apartment is in Lodi
but we are hardly ever in Lodi. On average we will spend about 2-3 hours
daily on traveling to Piazzini (meaning little countries) in the
surrounding areas. Lodi itself is very industrial looking and the
outskirts mostly farmland. The area is a ward and they have some
stalwart members. Apparently many of which are South American, and
mostly Argentinian. Maybe I will squeeze some referrals out of them for
Hermana Alley.
They had 3 baptism in last transfer and now we are
starting over with our teaching pool- I have done more tracting and
finding here already than I Have done on my entire mission. In Rimini we
led the mission with weekly lessons so I am Learning everyday how to
find and talk to people on the streets. Everyone we talk to thinks that
we are Amish and I am either German or Norwegian. Hahaha They are
shocked to learn that we drive cars, use electricity and are normal. But
I'll take the german-norwegian thing - means I dont have too much of an
american accent!
We have a really nice apartment, which is mostly empty.
They were the first missionaries in it so it is bare to the bones. But I
am very excited for this new adventure and have already grown a lot.
Sorella Killpack speaks Italian well and I am Learning new concepts and
words from her daily. This new change, while hard and intimidating, is
exactly what I needed. Hurray for President's inspiration!
Well Family, I love you guys tons and pray for you each
daily! Becca go kill it in Argentina and just remember the sooner you
just love the people the easier it will be. Happy almost Halloween!
Sorella Alley
my new address!
Sorella Alley
E Patr Chiesa Di Gesù Cristo
V S. Fereolo 44
26900 Lodi
Italy
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