Happy 4th of July! Here is the third update!

Ciao!!!

I havent heard anything from Giusi yet, maybe next week! This week has been pretty average to be honest. And apperently now I have a blog? Cool. We do however get to watch stadium of fire after a devotional tomorrow! So thats kind of fun. Food here continues to be mediocre at best. Oh, a few things I have forgotten to tell you the past few weeks. So  I met President Dibb the week of the world wide broadcast and he is pretty cool! However, there is a 0% chance of us getting to go to the Rome Open house. We arent allowed to leave the mission boundaries, and neither is President Dibb, although he has a SLIGHT chance of being able to go. You arent allowed to listen to music in the MTC which is pretty poopy, but Ill make do, im not sure what Presidents Rules are reguarding music, but he seems like a white Bible kind of guy, and if thats the case, we are in the clear! I got a letter from Sister Jeurgens as well as Mark potter, Tell them thank you so much! Im so excited for Quinn and AJ as well as Jacob to come here! The Days here are SUUUPER long, but the weeks go by pretty quickly, I find it hard to know what day of the week it is very often. I am very ready to leave the MTC, but it has been an alright experience. I just know that once I hit italy time will fly. I can teach in Italian very well, but my conversational Italian is lacking. Its interesting to see how the Spirit will guide you with what to say when you are teaching, but when you are using the language for you own purposes how hard it is to speak. However, im sure that were I learning the language any other way, it would be waaaay harder! Our two investigators right now are Dominico and Sandra, who are based off of people our teachers taught while on their missions in Italy. Dominico is a High school drama teacher from Bari, who has a strong desire to pray, but does not feel he is worthy of Gods attention. He is very quiet and listens more than he speaks. Sandra is a caretaker who moved from Peru to watch after the elderly in Italy (Apperently thats a normal thing over there) Italian is her second language after spanish, so we got her a Spanish book of Mormon to read, she was super excited! She asks a lot of questions and is very sassy. During one lesson I was trying to say the word for ship (Barca) But I couldnt remember it, so I ended up saying machina di mare , which translates to car of the ocean, or machine of the ocean. It was pretty funny, but it got the point across. Its the little things like that that keep us going. When you sit for 9 hours a day, pretty much anything is funny. This sunday we watched a talk from David A Bednar called the Character of Christ. Its an MTC talk which means the church doesnt put it up but I would encourage you to look for it, who knows, you might find it. It is POWERFUL. He talks about how the character of Christ was so strong. He said that "The character of Christ was that when the natural man in us would turn inward, Christ always turned outward" For example, after Christ suffered in Gesthemane and bleed from every pore, he must have been very tired. He had just done something very hard and was drained mentally, spiritually, and physically. But when Peter cleaved off the guards ear who was here to take Christ to his death, what did Christ do? He healed him. He must have not been in the best mood, he must not have had much energy. Had he not healed him, people might have understood. But when everyone else would say "Im tired, ive done so much, let me rest" Christ turned outword. There are many many more examples in the scriptures, but It was a very good talk, I encourage you to look for it, but you probably wont find it :(

 

 On A side note, I would very much like for mom to send me a Texas Flag to put over my bed, as well as my white super mario vans. That would be aweeesome to have another pair of confortable shoes. Valerie  or Joseph- I have a request of you. I would REAALLY like for you to burn me 3 cds and mail them with this package. All the files are on my computer under ipod content 2 in their respective folders. I would really like that Radiohead Piano Cd that val gave me for my birthday, and from jo I would like 2 death cab for cutie albums Plans and Transatlantism, he should know what im talking about. If you think of any other good classical music maybe some coldplay or something If it fits the chill music send it my way. Maybe a recording of Pines of Rome? Idk. Nothing less mellow than coldplay. Instramental is perferred minus coldplay or deathcab. Piano music is fantastic. Classical music, also. Aaand a cd player with little speakers. If it cant be done, so be it. Hug mia for me! 

 

Until Next week!

Anziano Trevino


Let the others know about this stuff, Its easier than me writing them a letter.

Sister Jeurgens - Im So excited to hear about AJ, I cant wait to see how his mission is going! And the Twins are home soon, arent you so excited! I know that his language is going to come super fast and that he will LOVE it out there! The MTC can be very draining but tell him how nice its going to be when he gets to the field! I hope he is working out his arms before he goes, because he is going to have a TON of baptisms! Quinn as well! Its exciting to know that I am serving with a ton of my friends and that we are in this together, There is a sense of brotherhood between all the elders here, the spirit is truly amazing. I cannot wait to get to Italy and teach the people there! But until then Ill continue working here!

Mark - Thanks so much for your letter! I have gained a stronger testimony of prayer since I came here as well. We pray several times a day here, It seems like we pray on average 10 times a day. The spirit here is truly wonderful, and you find that if you ask, the Lord always answers in one way or another, whether it be with personal concerns or teaching investigators. Teaching in italian is going very well, and conversational italian is coming along at a decent pace. Its funny how the spirit works to help you in a lesson when you need it, but when you are floundering outside of class it lets you struggle. Im so happy to be in your thoughts, and you are in mine as well! Keep me updated on things at home!