Wednesday, August 15, 2012

August 9, 2012
  Well hello family!  Well this is actually just going to Mom and Dad, cause those are the only email adresses I have.  So please feel free to foreward this to everyone, and to all those, feel free to write me emails whenever!  I will only be able to respond on Thursdays though.  Well I just got back from the temple and it was amazing as always!  Today has been a very nice change from the normal schedule we will be following for the next 8 weeks.  I feel like I might be repeating myself a little from my first letter but this is just such and amazing experience that its just hard to keep it all to myself!  I miss you all a ton, but I am so happy to be serving the Lord.  So this morning I had some time to write a few letters, did laundry, ironed my clothes, ate lunch, and went to the temple.  I also recieved letters from Aunt Danika and Dad!  But I always save them for the evening to see if I reached my goals for the day first.  All of your letters and Dear Elders have been appreciated!  It just puts a pep in your step all day knowing that you have letters waiting for you at the room.  As I have mentioned before my companion Anziano kasper is awesome.  We get along great, and find new things in common with each other each day.
     Now I am just awaiting the arrival of my first package!! That will be a good day.  It was kind of funny today I was thinking about how Uncle Brent and Aunt Kathy get here on my birthday, and that is also the day that the new Sorrelle and Anziani get here!  Its also funny, Mom, that one of the older Sorrella (Sister) worked at chick-fil-a with Cathy Chudlieghs daughter!  Im am seeing tons of guys from both Skyline and Hillcrest in here so that is always nice to see a familiar face.  I also found out that my friend that went to Rome only left a couple of weeks ago so there is a chance I could serve with him!  All the mission confrences and Devotionals are Amazing! Our first night here all the new missionaries met in a meeting and we sang "We are now the Lords missionaries" and it was extremely powerful! It really makes me want to go to Italy right now and teach those people who are ready for the Gospel.  our group that came in had 28 people going to Italy, and that is the biggest groups they have had, especially in the past 20 years.  That really tells you that the great Italian people are ready, and that the temple is generating a ton of excitment!  Sorry that I can't write a ton more because I would love to, but I have about 3 minutes left.   I sent some letters off today so they should be on thier way.  I want you all to know how much I love and miss you all, I wish that you all could be here experiencing the with me!  The atmosphere and spirit here are like nothing I have ever seen before, it is truly an amazing place.  We had our first "investigator" agree to be baptized yesturday after teachihng her in Italian since the 2nd day!
 
 
Love you all so much,
                                                Anziano Bird            Jared Bird

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