Yup indeed our room is the top floor, and very last door. haha but anyways
Oh my goodness guys....it feels surreal, but yes this is my last pday here at the mtc..
We just got back form the temple, last time for 17 months...I will miss it a lot. Also, 1 suitcase is packed 1, to go!!!! Mom you'll be proud...i came here with 60 pounds, and it only weighs 49....so expect a big package coming home soon with lots of fun stuff that I decided not to take. ;) We got our flight plans, and we leave early tuesday morning, fly to dallas, then to london, then to Milan, so our total travel time is about 25 hours....but hey I get to take the longest nap of my life and I can't wait;)
So a few things that happened this week. One of the Anziani (Elder Harrison) in my district went home. As a district we pray for him everyday, and last we heard he wants to come back out in a few months, so that's awesome! I'm going to miss my little district next week...it will just be me and my trainer, but the friendships i've made here will last forever, and i've literally met people from all over the world. The MTC is like a big melting pot of different cultures, and it is so fun to hear everyone's stories. :)
Me and Sorella Weeks got to teach class in Italian, about how to conjugate some verbs and all this other crazy future tense stuff. Ha it was funny cause I don't even know this stuff in English, but you learn that every teaching opportunity is so important and you take advantage of them when you can. :) Also...I have a big bruise on my knee...I ran into a pole this week, so lesson learned, don't Read papers and walk at the same time! 
This week as a zone, we tempted to do an "English Fast" so only speak in Italian...the first day went really well, and then we kinda fell apart after that...but The words we do know we try our best to speak in Italian. My verb conjugations are out of control, and I try really hard, but when you have 14 tenses to memorize It gets a little confusing, so that'll be the day When words come out naturally without pausing for 5 minutes smiling super awkwardly cause I don't know what to say. Anyways, nevertheless, through my language barrier, the lord has blessed me so much as I teach lessons with my companions. Words, and phrases come to my mind that I didn't think of previously,and it's so true that the spirit is the universal language. You don't need to understand words, but rather it's the feeling you get when truth is being testified, and As we taught one of my teachers this week, she told us just that. She said,"I didn't understand a word you said Sorella Rindlisbacher, but When you talked to me, I can feel something inside, and I feel a type of love I've never felt before." That is the language of the spirit and everyone can feel it if they open their hearts to it. 
Our devotional this week was awesome! Sister Jones from the General Primary Presidency came and Talked about how being happy is merely a choice, something we have to choose for ourselves. When we have a heart full of gratitude, it makes it easier to notice how much we have been blessed with, and allows us to look for the good in our lives rather than everything that may be or is going wrong. I've noticed here, As I continue to keep a smile on my face, and every morning make a mental note to myself, "Sorella Rindlisbacher, you are blessed with so much, so choose to be happy." I truly feel happier. Plus I am a missionary, and I get to share the happiest, most important message to the Italians:) I can't explain the feeling everytime I put on my tag, that I am wearing Christ name on my chest, and I get to be a representative of him! I'm so blessed! 
Sorella Hoareau went to temple square this week, so me and Sorella Week's had to teach TRC by ourselves....so it went a little something like this. :) We just smiled and nodded our heads! haha no it was actually really awesome, and the cute lady we skyped was from Rome, and had such a sweet spirit. It was a great experience, and we talked about Christlike attributes, and one she wants to work on better in her life.
Also last night was our last "PDAY EVE" with the Rome sisters, so we played That Bean Boozled game Mom sent me, and oh my goodness....I haven't laughed so hard the past 6 weeks!!! Wow what a hoot! 
Haha some sisters took handfuls and ate them all at once...brave souls...but anyways I gotta head, and I just want to finish with my testimony in Italian. :)
Io so che Gesu Cristo e affetuoso, e ha sentito il nostro Peccati quindi noi abbiamo vita eterna e ricevere il perdono il nostro peccati tramite la sua espiazione. Io so Il Libro Di Mormon e vero perche io ho leggo e pregato riguardo Lo e Spirito Santo testimoniare la verita per me. Ti ama Il vangelo perche lo daro speranza e pace in la mia vita. Io so Joseph Smith il vero profeta di Dio. Ti amo Questa vangelo, nel nome di Gesu Cristo Amen.
I love you guys!! Off to Italia I go!! I can't wait, and can't wait to serve the sweet Italian's i've been waiting to meet. <3 Love, Sorella Rindlisbacher
My entire district
My little olaf pumpkin my family sent me:D
My teacher sorella bucco (in the green skirt)
And lastly....our night playing bean boozled....haha great memories<3
Here are some pictures she sent in our sister e-mail group this week. So before Nick left her Paige and I had a constant group texting thread that would be going off all day long every day haha! So we now do group e-mails instead! Except this time it only goes off one day a week 2 or 3 times.. :( But it's still fun. I think I mentioned last week about the Olaf pumpkin and why Paige sent her it hehe. But Nick said it made good classroom decoration and that the witch Bray made was her door decoration. So excited that I will be able to talk to her on the phone next week! Can't wait! Love You Sorella Rindlisbacher! <3 <3 <3 xoxoxoxox
Yep, Paige one day shipped her her favorite salad from Applebees. Surprisingly enough it made it there and stayed fresh haha! She was pretty excited for some "real" food.
Seriously Nick is the most beautiful girl ever! And even though she's completely exhausted from sitting in a classroom everyday learning a foreign language the past 6 weeks, look at how much she still is glowing! I look up to her more than she will ever know. Now the "real" mission begins! She leaves to Italy on Tuesday morning. CRAZY. I'm so excited for her though.
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