Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:45 AM
Haha, yeah yeah, I promise this email isn't all glumbum...but..I must say this past week has been such an adventure.
Yes, I am now in Milano 3 and the ward is HUGE!! They are so fast paced here, my companion (Sorella Bethany Hanks from Boise, Idaho) and I were WIPED OUT this past Sunday. We left with our heads spinning!! But we are excited for the work and are actually working with the AP's as our companion elders. Our focus is going to be reactivating less actives and baptising part-member families. We have been feeling really bad because of how much cleaning we have been doing (50 euros later and 5 days)...we are finally clean. Any of my guy friends out there...I sure hope you kept your apartment's clean...and are now keeping them clean. If not, for goodness sake...use a broom!! Mom, I will NEVER leave a mess ever again. It was a MONSTER to clean up...grease and dust EVERYWHERE. But now, we feel the Spirit (TRULY...cleanliness is next to Godliness) and now we are working on the area book. We don't have any current investigators, but a boy we keep seeing on the street...I think he and his mother will be future investigators, if not members. THey are Evangelist, but so kind and welcoming. We have an appointment with him tomorrow. He keeps saying to his mom that WE are evangelist too...errr...we'll clean that up tomorrow. :)
I am actually super stoked to be here in Milan. Sneezing was our constant companion the first week, but now we are getting used to it. We live in a more tranquil part of the city and are really excited to be here. We walk everywhere (which doesn't help my ankle, it still swells every morning, but I can walk without a brace! FLAT STREETS!!) and are finally starting to get our feet wet in the city. Sorella Hanks is a GEM to serve with and I'm super blessed to know her. We found a gluten free store just around the corner from our house and that has made all the difference in my ability to work. When I actually ate normal food, I was SO TIRED every single day. I couldn't wake up until at least 10:00...but Sorella Hanks was so kind about it all..."we are only cleaning". So I know I need to be here in Milan and the Lord has blessed me greatly.
The weather is finally changing and we are finally moving into Spring!! We actually have been without tights and have actually worn sandals! I love it and am so excited to dig my feet in and let the Lord guide me. Things have been hitting me right and left...next week I'll hit my year mark. MY YEAR MARK!! I'M OLD IN THE MISSION!!! And I feel like I'm just now getting the hang of things...but, thankfully the mission never really ends. You just keep growing from here! I just feel so blessed and am really excited to be in the tranquil part of town...NO SIRENS and NO CRAZY GUIDO YELLING AT 3 IN THE MORNING!! Woo hoo! Sorella Smith went to Firenze and Sorella Nilson is doing very well in Verona.
There isn't much to report, only please pray for Sorella Hanks and I to find those who are searching and to lift those families who have sunk down. It would be a wonderful help, seriously. Tonight we are making lasagna but using eggplant instead of noodles...we want to eat as healthy as we can and so far so good! We went to the HUGE fruit and veggie market today, as well as the street market, and are super excited about the treats we can eat!!
I really hope this letter isn't sounding whiney...if anything, it's a rough patch but we are still laughing and having so much fun. The work is going to take off and I know the Lord's hand is REALLY in my life right now. It has to be...there isn't any other explanation to anything else :) Love you all!
baci e abracci,
sorella bowman
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