ella update!

i got a letter from Ella and Ella wants you to know that they are getting 39 new Italian missionaries! That will make it the biggest the Italian zone has ever been! she is really excited! she says it makes her happy because " I know that Italy is gearing up for the temple being built. the work there is moving forward" she goes on to say that if it could move forward there where no one really thought there could be a temple ... it could move forward anywhere in the world. she says especially in Hawaii, although its hard to do missionary work at home it is important. that members are there to help as missionaries come and go. she also says she feels blessed that she got to grow up in the gospel and that she is grateful to her parents for raising her in the church. as well as her grand parents for raising our parents in the church for those who accepted the gospel and their responsibility to share it. she says she hopes to be a great missionary in italy (we all know she will be) she also says she loves the MTC and any RM would tell you the same.... she leaves the MTC on April 5th so any thing you want to send nows the time after that things will need to be sent to italy and must be marked missionary supplies other wise she will be charged for all contents of the package!

she had bore a little part of her testimony so i could share it.

"I know that this church is true & that God is our father in heaven & he knows us all so well & gives us trials that will make us stronger if we endure them righteously. I know that Joesph Smith saw God the father & Jesus Christ in the flesh and bone. they are real. I know that living the gospel with exact obedience will bring us blessings & help us back home to our father in heaven. i know that commandments & the teachings of all the prophets since Adam are true & are applicable to us individually at all times of our lives I hope one day i can be that good to be a servant of God that at the last day he can say to me "well done , thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things. i will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord."- Matt 25:21 one day I'll be much better at being a disciple of Christ. :) I love this work , love learning & growing everyday. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ. amen"

wow two posts two days

i stole some stuff from an email ella sent to my mom shhhhh! thought it was ok to share so i copy paste it below!!!!

so here's the update. im officially past the halfway point of my MTC experience. love it. but am way stoked to be getting out into the field. i cant wait to get there. uhm there are some thoughts that has been on my mind recently. first of all how important it is for everyone to hear the gosple there are people everywhere that are ready and willing to hear the gosple. i think that uncle greg is doing a great job at getting th ward members involved in the misionary work. it is so much easier to be new to a ward where you have friends already. thats where the memebers come in. 2nd of all how important it is to do your best at any calling. no matter how insignificant the calling may seem it comes from God, and he wants you to succeed in all things so he gives you these little things to help you grow in some way. and 3rd something that you always told me which has helped me throughout my life. God NEVER gives you more than you can handle. with proper use of the atonement we are able to have Christ help us lift all our burdens and we will make it through a better person than what we were when we went into the situation. there is so much to learn about the Gospel we can never stop our learning because that will stop our faiths progression. that will hinder what God can bless us with. anything in our life has to have one purpose. to bring ourselves closer to christ. :)

thats just a few thoughts i have had while i've been going through the week.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS MISSION POSSIBLE FOR ME!!! even if it ended now it would have been totally worth it, i can only imagine how great it will be in 17 months from now!!!

love you guys oodles and bunches!

molto amore!

--sorELLA Arume

the first pictures of the mission

this is the disclaimer, the pictures are not in order and Ella writes really small so if i misspell anything (i can't spell to begin with) Ella wrote small and i copied it wrong.

we are so happy sorELLA Arume sent us the pictures we hope that you are to!

millie

sorella simkin's (my running buddy)

me & the dd & new zone leaders

Anziano Portellano (french) & Anziano Wilkey (english)

(the real europeans)

mom cafe rio

la mia collega and the world map

the girls of zone 33 :) week 1 feb/6/2011

(note by tara: really love ella's dress totally was eyeing it out when i was up there)

sorella bishop & sorella simkins

the new district + the old ones- the whole zone feb, 13, 2011

me & my companion in front provo temple 02/20/2011

anziano ( elder terry) & sorela cazier ( my companion)

District 33-e feb 13, 2011

(tara note: this is just cause she loves me and i love chick fil a )

sorELLA update!

hi everyone ella says hello and that she is getting our dear elders and letters! she loves the letters and the support. She let us in on what's going on a little but she will be sending pictures soon! YAY! according to our letters she is growing a lot and is enjoying the salad and wrap bar in the cafe ( which according to ella is way better than BYUH cafe ). please keep sending ella all the letters you can! the link for dear elders are in an earlier post! keep checking in i should have pictures up in a week!