Letter: August 24, 2012
I am just sitting here waiting for the Tuesday devotional to
start. Word is it will be Dallin H. Oaks. Tuesday devotionals are always an
apostle, general authority so it could be Oaks, or just be a member of one of
the quorum of the 70.
Tuesdays are so great. Service in the morning and it always goes
short so we have quite a bit of free time and just relax then lunch (sack
lunch), then 1-2 is language study as a district, so no church clothes until 1!
Then it’s class (2-5), dinner, TALL (Technology-Assisted Language Learning) and
the devotional, then we discuss the devo as a district then bed.
Today I had to write down the outside of big trashcans in
bathrooms with Windex but my first one smelled horrible. So as
instructed, took it to rinse out with toxic chemicals, I found what died. The
bag leaked and milk(?) maybe puke and dead animals maybe were covering the bottom
with furry mold. Yeah I puked, well almost. It was awful. But I would maybe eat
out of it because I cleaned it so well. Ok it was still gross but it was clean
for sure, cuz I’m awesome. Then the man in charge sprayed half a can of air freshner
in the hallway. Anyway yeah it was way eventful.
Update! Some guy of the Quorum of the 12 walked in! Neil L.
Andersen. WOOO! So cool! You can hear about him later!
Well it is later…it was very cool to have him walk in and it
became dead silent as everyone stood up. No one even whispered. He talked about
Thomas S. Monson’s teachings, he read 9 things that Pres. Monson would say and
then told a story or just expounded a little about each point. I really enjoyed
the point “Trust in the Lord: you will be an instrument in His hands,” and
maybe even more, the point, “Never ignore a prompting.” Such a good talk. Also,
on Tuesday, Elder Andersen put up a picture of Pres. Monson and it was his birthday
so we all sang happy birthday to Pres. Monson. That was really awesome. Monson
is 85. Also, when Monson was ordained an apostle, Andersen was ordained a
deacon a month later.
My thing I want most in Italy would have to be seeing a big
fat Italian man making pizzas. He would have a white undershirt on, gold cross
chain, and is just tossing pizza dough in the back singing. Yeah, if I find him
I would be the happiest man around! My collega, Anziano Klemm, can’t wait to
get to a plaza or busy square and just shout about the truthfulness of the
Church.
Io so che il Libro di Mormon e vero. So che Dio è il
nostro Padre Celeste e Gesù è il mio Salvatore. Io so che le famiglie sono
eterne. Joseph Smith era un profeta vero e Thomas S. Monson è il profeta di Dio
oggi. Nel nome Gesù Cristo, Amen.
I love you all so much. You are in my prayers every day, multiple
times too.
With love, your favorite,
Anziano Edwards
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