It is Going by so FAST .....

It happened so fast I can't even remember this week ... Let me think!

Oh Yes - Thursday ... what a great day. We met L that day. L is a referral from a member in another ward. She is always busy with work but we were able to meet with her last Thursday and again this Tuesday. Um She is just amazing. She has already read the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Doctrine and Covenants. We decided to share with her the new Easter video Alleluia along with the hashtag, and she had already seen it. AND she showed us her banner on her phone it said "Choose the Right". Then this Tuesday she basically taught us the restoration. She is so sweet and super special, I can't wait to see her next week! One totally awesome thing about this week is that every day we had a lunch appointment. It IS was super wonderful to not have to cook. The weather has been starting to get really really warm, minus this Monday where it started to pour as soon as we walked out the door. 

Things have been quite busy in our district. We had a sister leave early, and Sorella Roper is finishing in a week. They are closing quite a few cities this transfer in our mission. Everyone is anticipating a bit of change. I love it here in Busto so much! It will be a fun last week with Sorella Roper, and it will be interesting to have to show someone else around this town soon. (or Hallie may get moved!)

This week I did a fun little project. My walls in the bedroom or horribly boring and ugly. I was having a little trouble focusing so I decided to make the walls a little better. So I took strips of paper and looked up and wrote down some of my favorite uplifting scriptures. I linked them all together and made a cute paper chain. I put the craft on the wall near my bed. That way if I am ever feeling down, I can just look up and find a scripture to change the day around. :) 

I am so happy to be here and to be a missionary. There really isn't a way to describe it. I am happy for this day and for all the journeys ahead. 

Vi Voglio Bene 

Sorella Teague 

Pic1: Pizza Time (Hallie found Gluten Free Pizza) 

Pic 2: When you run into the Elders at the only wifi point because all of the trains were canceled today..... Yeah Italy! it was our last travel P-day as well.... 

Pic 3: District Missionaries

A LOT of Rain; Pass Along Cards and The Last Supper

Week 15 already? That's just crazy! 

This week we had more rain and then the sun came! I was just so happy for that... This week has been so filled with things and then at the same time I am not sure how to describe it. Wednesday's English class was surprisingly busy considering that it was storming outside. I ended up just working with one lady. She is the sweetest we had the best conversations - that's what we really try to do is teach people how to have conversations. On Thursday it was raining like crazy. I had a goal to hand out 10 little pass along cards in the morning. To my surprise, mostly because I didn't think there would be 10 people outside, I was able to do it. We were absolutely soaked afterwards, but so happy to just talk with people. And guess what mostly everyone was happy as well. But the rain was just crazy, you know it's bad rain when even your raincoat is just soaking. By the end of the morning our skirts were stuck to our legs, and our hair was soaking wet. Our umbrellas eventually became useless.

Friday we had a zone conference. We talked a lot about what it means to teach people and not lessons. After zone conference we went to Milano for our scambio. We had a good time and taught some good lessons. We didn't get back to Busto until Saturday night. We made brownies for one of our investigators we won't be teaching anymore. It's a long story but he is being passed to a set of Anziani (these are the male missionaries) in another city. Speaking of the which I think my miracle this week was that lesson with him this Sunday. The mom (a member) made a really yummy dinner. For our lesson / message, we really weren't sure what to share or say. We decided to share our favorite scriptures and say our testimony. I can't fully or justifiably, describe what happened. But let me just say that when we take the time to share our hearts and bear testimony - miracles happen and the spirit is there. That lesson was just what I needed, a reminder of why I am here.

Tuesday we had some good lessons and the best Italian meal I have had so far, the risotto was so good! Yummy Yummmmy. (Mom here - when we talked to Hallie on Mother's Day - she made us laugh about telling the Italians that she was gluten intolerant.  She had this funny thing where she says "Risotto - Yes!  Gluten - NO!"  When she told us this, she had her hand out expressively and we were all laughing with her.  So hearing about the Risotto just brought that memory back....)

Today was our P-day, we went to Milano for the day. We started it with seeing DaVinci's Last Supper, it was amazing. There really was a spirit in that room. When Elder Christofferson  was here in the mission a few months (before I was here) the Last Supper was one of the things they visited. And now I know why - it is just so incredible. We spent the rest of the day exploring and shopping. We went to this vintage Italian clothing store which was awesome! And now we are here in Busto preparing for our English class, what a good week! 

Love 

Sorella Teague 

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own Sunshine"

It is actually week 14! What a wonderful surprise. And tomorrow will be my 100th day so that is pretty darn exciting! This week has been full of rain, lots and lots of rain. But whatever, it only makes the weather very humid and the people very exhausted. Here I have noticed that

when it rains it mysteriously and personally affects the people. They all seem to be in a gloom and have all of the sudden come down with an illness. On Thursday we visited our investigator E, she made us a very yummy healthy lunch. Unfortunately we haven't had an opportunity to see her again. But I am very hopeful that we will. Sometimes it just takes time I think. 

Lately any kind of appointments have been lacking, so we are trying to discover ways to find people to teach, to visit members to try and get referrals, and do pass bys. One day we walked for about an hour to try and see a less active family, and they weren't there. Oh the joys haha. But it looks like they still live in that apartment - so we will just try again. This Saturday we had a mostra for our English class. This time the Elders picked the city, so we went to Legnano. Anytime that we had been to Legnano we just though it was a suburb type area. Well to our complete surprise Legnano actually has a central. We literally had no idea. It was very nice and sunny Saturday morning so there were lots and lots of people. We had an FHE scheduled Saturday night with a group of church members. One of them is our new convert C. Her and her sister wanted to surprise the other two women who were there with a Mother's Day theme. So we helped them out and made cards and shared a message with them. It was a good day. 

This Sunday was Mother's Day!! We got to Skype home to our families, so crazy!! It was wonderful, I loved talking to them. It was fun to see them in person, and it helped give me the little uplift to keep on working hard. Ot definitely doesn't feel like I have been gone for over 3 months. Today, Monday, and Tuesday have just been drenched in rain. For P-day today we decided it was best not to travel. I needed to get a journal though and we had to do spesa (this is a shopping trip!). It was quite tricky walking hoe with heavy bags of groceries while holding an umbrella. But we did it! We made lunch, relaxed a little, we made an apartment tour for our families, and all is good in the world. 

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I have really recently learned that work takes faith and hope. I have noticed that if we start the day with a negative attitude, well that day is going to be the literal worst - we will have that mindset all day! But instead we try to look at all of the good things and count the small blessings in life. in fact I think this is a trick I need to apply to all of my life not just the mission. Oh how I love being a missionary! We have a busy next few days planned, i can't wait to see what is in store for them. 

Sorella Teague 

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own Sunshine" Anthony J. D'Angelo 

Week 12 - Allergies Hit but Sorella Teague keeps Going ...

Well another week has passed by! This week was a little slower paced than the previous weeks. Last Wednesday we went to Switzerland and oh my goodness it was so beyond beautiful, and it was super clean and well kept. We had lots and lots of fun walking around exploring castles and things like that. We also had our first English class here in Busto! It was quite a small turn out, but hopefully today more people will come. This past week my allergies have been absolutely brutal. Both Sorella Roper and I struggled quite a bit with them. A lot of the people we visited had them too. On Sunday I had completely lost my voice. And to my surprise after 5 weeks of being here and never having to introduce myself, the bishopric called me during Church up there to speak my testimony. I literally had no voice and my head was aching. I could barely think in English let alone Italian...... It was interesting, but whatever it's all good!  The great part of the week was that we had two new people come to church! We are meeting with one of the tomorrow. We are very happy and very excited! Our Elders here in Busto are seriously the best. They are very sweet and are hard workers. They always seem to have a person we can contact. A lot of people they stop and who are interested in our message need to be passed on to us. It has been a blessing though because lately our efforts in finding people to teach haven't seen much success. Although this past week wasn't very significant, I have a good feeling about this coming up one. Hope you all have a wonderful week!! 

Sorella Teague