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I am so glad to hear from you and to know how everything is going. I love getting your emails and I am excited to share mine. I'll send pictures in another email...I have a lot!
OKAI! For starters....right now, my legs hurt so much! Ha ha my legs and feet have been swollen for the past few days and it's not exactly comfortable, BUT I'm not dying or anything. All is well...OK...
Now that my complaining is over, we can get to the good stuff.
We have 3 new investigators!!! We have FHEs and lessons with meno-attivo families a lot. We visited a family and they had a friend over!!! WOW she is amazing...golden, golden, golden! She told us about how she didn't feel right in any church, and how she went to a lot to find the truth... We talked about the Book of Mormon with her and we told her we wanted to meet with her and WE HAD A GREAT TIME! She came to the church, and a member showed up too, and the Spirit was so strong. It was really special. We were able to help her understand more about our church by giving her a tour (we have a pretty big building..I'd say) and by sitting in the chapel to close the lesson. I think we all felt the Spirit very strongly. I'm really excited to meet with her..
2 others are from less-actives families..well part-member families I guess. We have been visiting people and I feel so much better about it now...We didn't have a lot of investigators because we did a lot of 'reactivation' work and I felt that we were missing a huge part of what we needed to be doing as missionaries...but WAIT...our purpose is to INVITE OTHERS TO COME UNTO CHRIST...there is so specific title or person mentioned...that means all others. I feel so silly for forgetting that. I love this work...everyone needs to feel that the Saviour knows and loves him/her...everyone.
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We met President Dibb!!!! He came to our ward on Sunday with his wife!!! And we had Zone Training and interviews this week. Mommy, he is amazing!!! He is so kind, loving, funny, and TALL!!
He said something really silly ''Be kind to your companion, she/he might date your husband/wife''. His trainer dated Sorella Dibb before she became a Dibb.
ALSO .------guess!!! just guess!!! President Dibb's first city was MILANO!!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness, when he told us that, I got so excited! He was here first, just like me!
Sorella Dibb is sweet and so lovely. I love her!
Also, President and Sorella Dibb told us that they want to teach our lessons with us........WHAT!!!! Our mission president, his wife...with us...in our lessons!!! WOW!!!
SOO COOL!
MY Mission President is here...and I love him.
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Speaking of cool...not.... ;)
It's getting really warm and humid here, so we've been trying to find nice airy clothing so that we don't overheat and die. Ha ha...Italians wear a lot of see-through clothes...yeah, we can't wear anything like that, but we've found some things and we just try to walk in the shade and sit down when we can. We're totally all good though. We're alive and well and we are staying as cool as we can.
I think I'm completely over the jetlag and hour change...6 hour is literally...like it's a huge difference, but I'm definitely over it now. We also have to sleep with fans on at night because our little house gets so stuffy if we don't. We live in a 'duplex'...it's a house but it's for two families. Our landlord family is so nice.
EVA!!! I was doing areabook the other day...I found a name...just guess what the name was....just guess....
GIORGI !!!!!! Georgie is in Italy!!!
[Editor's note: Georgie is Eva's dog - named after George Harrison of the Beatles.}
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TANNER! How is your program? is it over yet? have you gotten to ride around with the firemen yet? How was it? How are you?
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Mommy...my dear, dear Mommy! I am so glad you're getting everything all worked out. It is so amazing!
And Liam, our little Liam is now able to be on the ward records. WOW! What is going on? All this cool stuff is happening. That is so special...He is there, with us, recognized as a member of our family. I won't be able to read it until next week, but how did he get a baby blessing?? Can you tell me about that?
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We found a Leonardo DaVinci doll, just like at Watchung Booksellers!
I LOVE that you send me emails with a weekly section of weird kids names, it's the best!!! Thank you...
WELL....this is all I've got. I'll write things down to put in my email for next week, and then I'll send those to you.
I love you and....AND ALL THAT READ THIS...so much. You are the fuel to my motivational fire. I do this so that all my dear ones may be blessed, including the souls that I have met out here...and my own. You are a power of strength for me and I thank you.
Never give up-
Never surrender.
We have the knowledge of truth, that is enough to continue forward. Let nothing stand in the way of a relationship between you and our Divine Saviour, Jesus Christ.
I LOVE YOU
I MISS YOU
I pray that you will be well, whole, happy, and blessed.
Please know, Mommy, that you are not without me and I am not without you, we are still together. We are still connected. Time and space makes no difference. You are here with me, and I with you.
I love you, Mommy...when you're old...ha ha in 50 years, it'll be my turn to tell you, I love you my mommy...like you did for me, just like the children's book...and I will want to because you have never left me alone...so I'll never put you in a nursing home! :) he he
I love you with my whole being...from the former life to the next.
Siete i miei cari! Don't forget your worth...He never will.
Love you!
Sorella Carlock
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