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Hi fam!

Ok, before you get disappointed again: I forgot to bring my memory card for my camera to the computer. Again. Sorry. It's not that bad, I don't think, 'cause the only pictures I've taken thus far are some of my district from the first Sunday here, I don't really carry it around. We're not really supposed to, and when we're allowed to, I don't remember it at all. My bad!

I'm so glad to hear all of you had a fun little week! Mine here has been kind of a let down. It's just been hard, for a lot of reasons. We just had the new Elders and Sister (yeah, just one) come into the zone last week, right? Well, one of them went back home last Friday, another Monday morning, and another yesterday afternoon. So that's been hard on everybody. Plus, the Fireside speaker gave a talk (which I thought was pretty good), but he phrased some stuff in a way that was hard for a lot of people in the district, and made people second-guess whether they could make it through the MTC, let alone the mission. Plus, it's just been super hard mentally here this week, and I'm not sure why it just hit so hard this week. I dunno. Satan is real, and he will take advantage of anything he can, so be ready. That's the best I can say.

But I'm so dang glad that everything is going well at home, and I can't wait to here what you get up to next week! Those were some amazing blessings for you all on the temple trip, it's lucky that you're still able to get there with that old dinosaur! Dang, that van is ancient....

We should be getting our travel plans today in the mail, so hopefully they come! But we are gonna be leaving for Italy probably in two Tuesdays (so not this one, but the next one). Gosh, that's so weird!

Oh, and Elder Holmes said he's related to the Hatches. He's not going to Italy.

Ok, this kinda bugs, but today I went with Elder Johnson (he's the one going to Milan that I knew from my first BYU ward) for those try-outs for Fireside music performances. Apparently, you can't be your own accompanist. Oh well. But he tried out with that song I asked you to get me, and he had the Sorelle in our district do it with him, Sorella Harward on piano, and Sorella Lyman on the violin. Oh my gosh, it was SO AMAZING!!!!!! It's the most BEAUTIFUL song I've heard since coming here, and it was so good with the violin part!

But yeah, nothing else really happened this week. Just studying and working.

I love you all, and thank you for being the best family I can ask for!
Anziano Walker