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!