Boun Natale, Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas!

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!! I cant believe it is Christmas already! I hope you guys will enjoy your Christmas. We are not sure what we are doing for our Christmas. We do know that we will be watching a Disney movie, most likely finding Nemo. we are going to midnight mass which I am really excited for. Our president said we are allowed to go! So its going to be awesome! That's really it with our Christmas haha. this past week we haven't found anyone new, but that's OK. So next week I will find out if I get transferred or not. I feel like I will and I also don't feel like I will. I don't know. Vediamo. Yesterday we had our conference with all the missionaries in the zone and it was really fun! we acted out the nativity. We were all selected beforehand to play a certain part, I was chosen to be a sheep!! It was really awesome! It was funny. We also celebrated the birthdays that are coming up and so I got recognized for my birthday. Its weird to think I'm about to have my second birthday in the mission. We also were given a tie from the mission president. Its really cool because every missionary that is serving in Italy has this tie. Its a symbol for unity amongst all the missionaries in Italy. Its a really nice tie! It will fun to get to talk to all of you! Maybe this time I will speak a little more Italian to you, maybe I will even just speak only Italian so you guys can practice a little bit :) Don't worry about not be able to send anything its fine, I'm not really in need of anything except shoes of which I will buy right after Christmas because there will be huge sales everywhere so Ill get some nice shoes for a cheap price. Well I will hear from you guys on Tuesday! Talk to you then!!!!!!! Love you!

I didnt know Santa Spoke Italian....

Hello Everyone!!!! IT has gotten FREEEZZZINNNGGGG!!!! ITS SOO COLD! Last p-day I went and bought another hat, another set of gloves and I got a scarf. I'm looking good! Yes I wear a scarf, the Europeans convinced me, it keeps me warm. Comunque, I am doing very well. Our Investigator is doing really well. She wants to be baptized and she is doing great. We had to drop our other investigator because he started to ask us for money and he was not progressing so that really stunk. We are still looking for more investigators. So fooorrr Christmas this is how its going to go down. I can skype home just like time. Can you guys be around the computer around 10 am to 12 pm. I should skype sometime within that time. Can you also send me the skype email you will use. I will need that by next week so that we can be organized. This past week I got a free suit!! A missionary in Torino got 5 free suits from a member, and he gave me one. Im not sure If im allowed to wear it here, I will have to ask president. Its a nice light blue suit. I will have to send a picture next time. People are putting more and more stuff up here in Cuneo. They really do go all out for Christmas. Its a lot of fun. I did a scambio the other day and I was in Torino for a day. It was really nice to be in another city doing missionary work. I feel like a have been at Cuneo for a long time. It has come to the point where I can point out different people and tell my companion who they are. I'm not sure what will happen next transfer. Transfers will happen the week of Christmas so it will be interesting to see how things work out. I hope that you are all doing well! love you!

Cold....wet......rain...

Hello Everyone!!! The past week rained a lot. I don't think I remember a time when it wasn't raining. Luckily recently it started to get a little sunny. So this past week we got two new investigators so we are really excited about that! It has been nice to meet with people that want to talk to us. One of them is progressing really well. She wants to be baptized and everything. We are pretty excited about that. She already is friends with tons of the members which is awesome. She is really elect, cioè she really wants to be baptized and will do anything to do it. Other than that I was sick and what not. It sucks being sick while on a mission but I'm pretty used to it by now. My companion also got a little sick so we did a lot of sleeping in the past few days. Now we are good. I still have a little cough but that's OK. Our thanksgiving was reallllllyyyy goooooodddd!!! I think I might start making stuff from scratch for thanksgiving more often. IT was soooooo goood!! Unfortunately we didn't have any rolls, nor that salad stuff with coconut and mandarins and marshmallows. Claudio made a pumpkin pie completely from scratch. He started with a pumpkin, that's how from scratch it was. It was the BEST pumpkin I have ever had in my life. Words cant describe it. Today I am taking my comp for his first Kebab. It will be awesome. Other than all of that, everything else is pretty much the same. So that's fun. Cuneo really decks out for Christmas. They have put up decorations everywhere. They have a huge tree in centro, they have put lights all over town. It's fun. Love you all!

Sorry we are a bit late to emailing.....

Hello! We are celebrating thanksgiving today with some members today. We are very excited. We cooked yams. I will send you the pictures. This past week has been good. I have been a little sick in the past few days because it has been raining. I finally ran out of my american cough drops so I had to buy some Italian ones. Little did I know that the cough drops I got were black licorice flavor. They are soo nasty but I have to take them so I don't cough up a lung. Right now it is snowing. I feel like it will never end, the rain. . We have been finding people and getting appointments set up which is awesome. My comp is very good at being a missionary. Even though he just got here, sometimes I feel like he is better than me so it is good that he is helping me. We found out that there is a friend of a member who wants to meet with us so we are very excited about that. We haven't been able to meet with her yet because our schedules have not been in agreement but we will see each other soon. Last Sunday there was a stake conference. It was sooo good. All of the talks were really good. Most of them dealt with persevering in rough times. I felt like that was a very good topic because here, especially it has been very hard. There is a crisis going on and there is little to no work for anyone. We need to learn to hold on to the faith even when times get hard. We need to strengthen ourselves for when times do get hard so we don't fall. And we also have to be aware of the things that we put or faith in. One of the talks related this to water. We need water to live. We need to always have a reserve on us just in case there are hard times and there is no water. And we have to drink the right water because there is water that could harm us. I thought that was a very good message- I have seen the same in my life, especially now. Its been very hard for me to go out and talk to people everyday and see little success. But I know as I continue to be obedient and I do all that I can do I will be blessed and will be happy no matter the success I see. Christmas is coming soon. Its really cool. Here in Cuneo they have already put up tons of decorations. They really love Christmas here. I hope that you all are doing well!