Happy Valentines from Italy!

Ciao friends and family<3 FIRST... HAPPY LATE VALENTINES!!! I hope you

all had lots of chocolate, and did something nice for someone else:) I

made Sorella Meager and Me Hot chocolate, and she made us popcorn...so

that was our little treat;)

Okay random funny things of the week....

-So yes Just found out this week...Italians fry Nutella....did I try

it....No..... do I want to No:D Haha okay random, but I just found

that so strange!

-cooking me and Sorella Meager dinner the other night, I lit the rag

on fire, and Fastest reflexes IN MY LIFE!! I put that out fast....Good

thing there was a bowl of water next to me already!! Haha, but cooking

is always an adventure;) I've learned a lot of things to cook and

enjoy making us meals.....when they turn out how they Are suppose to:)

lol my cooking skills=work and progress except I will say I have

mastered Italian Potatoes! 🏽

-Every Morning this cute fella (we call him the Monopoly man cause he

looks just like him) but he walks his dog (that has to be atleast 500

yrs old) outside our apartment in circles in the middle of the street

for who knows how long...Literally the cutest thing! Haha 

-When I first got my new comp....I got us lost on the way

home...Missed our bus stop so we walked a bit longer to our

house....haha first 15 minutes being with each other, I think she

realized how bad at directions I was without even telling herI mean

I've been in Collegno for 3 months and still can't find my way around,

But Since that day, I've managed to get us to all our appointments

this week....Thanks to our ipads and maps me! I feel lots more

responsible now being the one getting us around, finding train times,

and even making phone calls although I still barley understand

Italian! The members always know when It's me on the phone....They

always Say this is Sorella Rindlisbacher huh! Haha It's been hard, but

a fun challenge...making me grow up a bit;)

-And lastly, we taught our english class how to say Sally Sold

Seashells by the seashore, and Oh it gets me every time!!! 🏼SO SO

FUNNY!!!

Well it's been another busy good week, but let's just start with the

sad part...saying goodbye to my trainer:( I cried and cried at the

train station....haha It was a sad day, but I know Sorella Springer is

going to do great things in her new city, and our 12 weeks together

went by just way too fast! She's great, and Again I got so so lucky

with another amazing companion "My bottle breaker." Sorella Meager is

from Texas...only girl with 3 brothers, and LOVES RODEO!!! So much fun

to have that in common with her since that has always been a big part

of my life....horses and high school rodeo Anyways we get along so

well, and Everyday we are laughing over who knows what, and just so

happy to be doing the lords work with such an awesome comp! She is

just hitting her 1/2 mark in the mission, so her Italian is BEAUTIFUL

and she helps me so much with it:) But miracles guys...MIRACLES! This

past week, I don't know how but all of a sudden I can speak so much

more Italian, and it's literally all credit to God, because he is a

God of miracles....I still have a long ways to go, but looking back at

the first weeks here, My Italian has improved so much, and it's all

thanks to the gift of tongues cause my slow brain could not learn this

much Italian in 4 months without that.

Anyways I'm so excited for this transfer! Already seeing miracles with

Sorella Meager, and love seeing how she does missionary work:) We talk

to so so many people, and She helps me feel more confident talking to

people on the buses, metros....It's always somewhat awkward cause

people are so closed off here, so starting conversations is fun;) but

I'm getting more comfortable just talking to random people, so that's

been fun learning from her:)

We did some finding (door knocking) and Never before have people

invited us back over, but a few people did, and again....Miracles:) We

have had so many appointments this week with members, less actives,

and looking to find new investigators everyday! I found the busier we

are, the more happy I feel because I'm thinking less about myself and

more about others, and it's so true like the scriptures say, Serving

others truly brings us so much happiness:) We took a train out to

Pinerolo which is on the boarder of France, (Like 40 min train ride

from Collegno) to have family night on monday with the Lusso's and

Sassi's who now live with them while they find a house, but Seriously

so much fun<3 We Made them cookies, talked about the Importance of the

Book of Mormon, played some scripture chase, and yes guys....I'm just

so blessed to be with these people<3 Each of them holds such a special

place in my heart! And something cool we talked about along with the

Book of Mormon is a quote I love, We talk to god through Prayer, and

God talks to us through the Scriptures....so If you guys feel like you

aren't receiving answers to your questions, sometimes all you have to

do is study the words of God, and it will come....It just takes some

effort on our part:) Also a pretty cool Miracle....We had a feeling to

go see Gabriele (this little old man who has been taking lessons from

the Anziani) but we just dropped by and brought him a treat, and

shared with him a little mormon message. He said he was so grateful we

came to see him cause he was having a very hard day....I asked him why

and he said it was a year ago today my wife passed away, so God sent

you 2 over today when I needed a little pick me up. HOW AWESOME IS

THAT! Moments like that are moments that being a missionary is the

absolute best<3

Last night we had an awesome lesson with Silvana, and I felt impressed

to ask her and Matteo (her husband) to read the Book of Mormon

together and pray together about it, and they said they would:) i love

watching people's lives and hearts changing before my eyes...it's

truly so humbling and powerful. And it really all comes down to the

Book of Mormon! It truly is the keystone of our religion....if the

Book of Mormon is true, then everything....EVERYTHING else is

true...it's just that simple:) so like President Monson says...if you

haven't read the Book of Mormon, read it! I know it can be hard, trust

me, I've been there too before...finding time to read, even just

having the desire to read was not there most of my life, (ask my

parents about it) lol but guys I truly know now.....now how important

the Book of Mormon is because I've seen it change lives here on my

mission, and seeing people give up so much to be apart of the true

church and treasure the Book of Mormon more than I ever did cause I

always just took it for granted... and I regret how many years I never

took the time to read it. So if your not, start now, it's never too

late:) It will change your lives as it has changed mine!

Okay well that's it for the week....So I'll end with quote of the

week: "Do not pray for easy lives, Pray to be Stronger. Do not pray

for tasks equal to your powers; Pray for powers equal to your

task."......If Life gets too hard to stand, Kneel." -Gordon B.

Hinckley

Love Sorella Rindlisbacher

My comp is so cute! She even made my bed for me the morning while I made us smoothies :)