First of all I want to say thank you to everyone that emails me! It really means a lot, and even if I don't have time to answer, I want you to know that it does not go unnoticed. I can read emails throughout the week, but I can't answer until Friday.
This week helped me to realize why I am here on my mission. Before I came to the MTC I was excited to go to Italy. Now I'm excited to go to Italy AND to help people become happier through the Gospel. Since Friday, Slla. Cook and I have had 5 lessons with our "investigator" (she's already a member but pretended to be Catholic and spoke to us in fluent Italian). We have to teach the lessons all in Italian and they have to be at least 20 minutes long. We always go over, though, which is kind of funny considering we have only been learning the language for a week. The 3 years of Spanish I took in high school have really helped me lately, and I am also able to help Sorella Cook with her Italian because she's never learned a language before (besides English haha). Yesterday was our last lesson with this specific "investigator," and I didn't use any books or write anything down to ask her, but the lesson was really powerful. It's amazing how much peace and happiness you can feel, even when you're trying to convey your thoughts in a broken foreign language. It makes me realize that the Gospel doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes saying something as simple as "God loves you" can be so profound and can be exactly what someone might need to hear.
On Sundays and Tuesdays, the whole MTC has a devotional. Also, the MTC choir sings at the Tuesday devotionals, which I joined. It's really fun. On Sunday, June 18, Donny Osmond came and spoke for our devotional. It was hilarious.
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He mostly just talked about himself and was shocked when like 1/4 of
the missionaries in the MTC didn't know who he was haha. I don't think
he realizes how old he is. His son is in Rome on a mission right now so
he got a picture with all the Italy missionaries in the back after the
devotional. I am attaching a few pics of his visit. After the Donny devotional, we got to watch a video of a talk by David A. Bednar called "The Character of Christ." Definitely the best talk I've ever listened to. Sadly, it's only available in the MTC to watch. It was soooo good. If anyone wants to see my notes from the talk, let me know!
On Tuesday in the morning/afternoon, a bunch of us had to go to the consulate in SLC to make a personal appearance to sign for our visas to go to Italy. It was so great going back to Salt Lake and riding the Frontrunner and Trax and seeing the U on the mountain.
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❤ I definitely miss it there. Also we got to go to Chick-Fil-A at City Creek after our appointments at the consulate 
😍 The MTC food isn't bad but it was cool being out in the real world to eat. On Wednesday we had a great language class. My teacher, Sorella Francom, was having us read out of the scriptures and asking us what we thought, but we weren't all really contributing, because we're supposed to answer in Italian (or as much as we can in Italian). So she left the class for a minute to go decide on her own what we needed to do. When she came back, she had us go to another building and look at the big pictures of Christ and scriptures next to them. She told us to ponder the question, "How does Jesus Christ feel about me?" I'm attaching a couple of the pictures I really loved. The new MTC buildings are great for pondering. Once we got back from our little field trip, she had us write to our companions what we think they're doing well at and then give them the note. It really helped me to hear what Slla. Cook said. After that, we bore our testimonies to our classmates in Italian. It makes me so happy when other people can be happy.
"All things that are unfair about life will be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ."
Thank you everyone for your support. You are all so great.
I'm attaching some pictures of the Donny Osmond devotional, the new buildings/pictures inside, some pictures of my zone, and some misc. stuff I hope you will all appreciate
😂CIAO
🇮🇹Sorella Johnson
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