HEY!
I'm sorry it's taken so long to get back to you guys, but my P-days are Thursdays, and we didn't have last week's because it was the first day with all the orientation. I'm sorry to seem like I'm ignoring you guys, but I'm not, honest!
My first week has been bittersweet. The first half was the bitter part, simply because of the abnormal stress levels. Our first lesson with an "investigator" was on Friday, and it was all in Italiano. Talk about jumping in with both feet! Luckily I could get the general idea of what he said (probably because I learned how to listen to spanish, and that helps a lot), but now my companion thinks I have the gift of tongues or something, which I don't feel like I have (yet, at least). My companion has been fantastic, and he's so open to learning everything. He's just nervous about the language, so I'm trying my best to help him become familiar with it. Talk about the blind leading the blind! The hardest thing for him to get is pronunciation (he mixes up the "a" sound with the "e" sound a bit) so I made some flash cards with just the vowels on them yesterday to try to help him get pronunciation down, which I feel is half the battle. Anyway, the first lesson went well, as did the other four we've had this week. One almost every day. In Italian. Yeah.....
My teacher's name is Brother Merrell, and I think he said something about you guys. He noticed my middle name was "Arrowsmith", and he mentioned it to me on the first day and said something about "genitori" which is parents. I dunno. Do you know him? Blonde hair, went to Milan, a few inches shorter than me, kinda lanky. But he's a fantastic teacher. He doesn't speak only in Italian, but helps a lot with writing the lessons when we need it. And he taught us how to pray the 2nd day, and I can say thoughtful prayers already! It takes a few minutes to find the right words, but I'm amazed!
We get to go to the temple today, at 1:20. I'm excited to see this one!
I'm glad to hear that you all got home safe, that's scary with the gearshift going like that! And I hope your back gets better, Dad!
I loved the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts from Mom the other day, and so did my District! We actually have a "drawer of consecration" where we agreed to put all our goodies and then they're up for grabs, so sharing won't be a problem!
By the way, I would love some letters, from you or friends. If you could, do you think you could put my address on my facebook account again? It really brightens my day when my companion comes back from the mailbox and hands me a letter, which doesn't happen nearly as often as some other people in our district. Eh, jealousy. Guess I better get over myself.
Anyway, gotta go. I love you all! I wish I could write more, but I'm really rushed here!
Bye!
Anziano Walker
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