Okay, this has easily
been the craziest week of my mission, and it hasn't even been a whole
week! Started out early Wednesday morning when we had to catch a bus to
Catania, then got on the train that heads up to Rome. It was sweet
this time because it was light outside so when we were on the boat
crossing over to Italy, you could see everything.
We got to Rome pretty late and got straight to the
house where we were staying the night (my new house) where 22 of us
missionaries slept that night!!! So Thursday was spent getting everyone
on the right buses and trains to get to their new cities. Then we had
an interview/meeting with our mission president. And I received the
call to be the new assistant to the president! WOW! I am only starting
my 6th transfer and so that will make me the youngest assistant ever in
the mission!
So the keys to the mission van were handed over to me
and my Rome driving experience started there! It is WAY different
driving here, a lot of fun too! Then Thursday night they had all the
"dying" missionaries at the mission home "the villa" for their final
night and dinner, and we got to go to that which was way fun! Then we
got to spend the night there too! Friday we had to wake up at 4a.m. so
that we could take them all to the airport, it was crazy but everyone
got home, there was actually a kid from Idaho Falls that I went to
Hillcrest with in that group. Pretty interesting.
Then the past couple days have just been crazy
between taking reports for end of the month stuff and trying to change
everything for transfers, and preparing for the new mission president in
a couple months, and since our mission is growing, working out where
everyone is going and all that fun stuff!! We spend a lot time in the
office, on the computer, or on the phone, and in the car. Today in
church was of course my first day and it was crazy! It is probably the
biggest ward in the mission and has a lot of American members, and is
also the ward all the tourists come to. My companion said on average
they have about 20 tourists in church every week, today was
no exception! Today one of then was actually a General Authority!
Then we ran home and ate, came back to church to see a
baptism that another Rome ward was having! So it has been a way
awesome week and a way awesome day! And we really don't take p-days so I
will be emailing on Sunday nights from now on. I hope everyone is
doing awesome, and know I love yall all a ton!!
vi voglio bene,
Anziano Bird
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