Oct 14 Email

(the first few lines are Elder Parker's answers to questions or comments from our letters, I left them on here this time so you would get that info too)

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will for sure tell Tuni about my bro and the sympathy he has! Tuni broke his when he was getting out of the bus and it drove away before he was all the way out, they do that here, you gotta go quick! He is doing much better now!
I will just pull the tooth my self!
haha yeah thanks for taking my surf board lol! :D that’s a REALLY good idea!!
our mission does have a rule about toys sadly...its a no no! but thanks anyway!

So this week has, as usual, been awesome!!!!

After email last week we went to Catanzaro, it’s a city in our zone, about a 45 minute train ride, to see some of the stuff and go to a store there for some contact stuff for Anz. Shaw. It was a blast!!! We had a great time! There is also a McD's there so we had a quick bite to eat! It was really fun!

Also while we were there we went into this little store to get a notebook for writing letters, and I found one with a picture not only a surfer getting barreled but jack Johnson getting barreled lol! It was a great find! And only 50 cents! So I got it and now am writing my letters from it lol!!!!

On Thursday the highlight of the day was English course, but no one in my class came lol! It was because the next day was a festa (a party) for some random saint in the Catholic Church. So I joined with Anz. Shaw’s class! It was fun. After that we went and got a pizza from this little shop that we like with an offerta....deal.....of a whole giant pizza (I mean HUGE) plus fries and a 2l drink for 10 euro! The people at the shop really like us and finally dream of my life is coming true! lol! We walk into the shop and they say hey all excited and then say...the usual! ha ha I have always wanted that! I don’t know why but I have, and now it’s a reality! It’s such good pizza too! And the best part is they are starting to ask questions about the church! as well as the other usual customers that know us now too! It’s great!

You see that’s a large way that missionary work goes here. We do do a lot of housing, street etc...but we also like to make friends with people its a really good tool here!

Friday was the usual, we got up and did our usual routine and then went out to do service with Alessandro! That is always fun! When we get there he always gives us money and tells us to go get graffe from this little bar on the corner! Graffe are SO GOOD!! It’s like a doughnut kind of bread that has sugar on it and then inside there is a great cream filling! They rock! We only eat them once a week though! Oh and so you know a bar in Italy isn’t at ALL like a bar in America! Its just the name they use here, its just a place where you go get sweets and maybe a sandwich, its more like a café they just call it a bar!

After that we had planning, which is always great!

Saturday we did the usual...missionary work! We were doing street in the evening and this lady heard us practicing Italian (like pres. told us to do all day when we are outside) and we started talking to her! When we talked about the gospel she had some great questions and here is the best part...SHE WANTS TO LEARN MORE!! She has seen us walk by her house everyday (she lives up on our hill) and has been curious and she really wants to learn! it is AWESOME!!! The family name is fortunati which means the fortunates! lol! They are pretty well off! :)

Sunday was really interesting! Most of our branch including Pres. Sarcone went up to Switzerland to go to the temple because Giovanni is leaving on his mission next week, so it was just the two of us! Anz. Shaw conducted, we both passed and blessed the sacrament, and we both gave talks, and led the music, for the three ladies that came! It was great though! It was awesome!!

Monday we did the same ole same ole lol! Nothing much interesting from Monday!

Tuesday again the high light was English course! I taught my students (they came yay lol!) about reductions and contractions in English! For example instead of saying is he, we tie it together and say izzy, or for going to we say gonna! lol! It was really fun! The class really liked it! They had fun talking like Americans! It was great!

And then that’s it!! It’s been a great week so far! We don’t know for sure what we are going to do today but we are excited about it!

I hope you have a great week! I hope all goes well for you! Good luck with everything!! Talk to you later!!

Love,
Anziano Nielsen