Ansiano Hale's Mission

> Mom i am jealous you are swimming with the dolphins and get to see myan ruins. that is awesome. well everything here is going well. when i look back i realize it really is going quick. this saturday will be my half point mark in the mtc. i'm not counting down or anything but i am super stoked to go to italy. yep the first lesson is in a week from yesterday. i am so pumped. I am learning so much each day and i love it here cause the spirit is always here and the teachers and speakers are amazing. on sunday the new president of the mtc spoke and i really liked his talk and then he came to our sacrament meeting. fast and testimony. it was cool. well we sure stay busy here. always something to do. i run a mile 4 or 5 times a week and then play basketball with anziano marris, divett, and romero. i love them. marris and divett are going to milan so that will be sad i won't see them on the mission. but hopefully after. I truly can see how the lord blesses me so much. i see blessing from him every day. i know that as we listen for the spirit he will always have things to tell us to help us with our days. this week when we were teaching in english i accidentally said an italian word instad of english. it was so funny. and last night i had a dream about studying how to conjegate (sp?) for the future. it was funny. well i am growing closer to my roomates and companian every day. it will be sad to leave them. oh yeah ann cochran or something like that from the washtonian news came to our class of 12 missionaries and we represented all the missionaires. she asked our class a couple of questions after we introduced our selves in italian. she is not lds but her son went on a mission to italy she is a writer and talked to two of the apostles before coming to us. she is doing a article on missionaries. it was pretty cool and an honor. well i get to watch a movie every sunday night and this week it was the testaments. it was such a good reminder that we cannot do this without our savior jesus christ. i am so so grateful for him. i am so blessed to be able to represent him and teach his gospel to the people in italy. i love you all. thanks so much for the letters. ciao! oh btw is paul married yet. and that's cool about the kids going to milan blessing eja i will be looking for him. Arrivaderci!
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