Week 45: catch up and a lot of sleep

ELDER BEDNAR CAME LAST WEEK!!!!! Coolest experience of my life. He is such a cool person. He let the elders take their coats off and he rolled up his sleeves; he was just very natural and normal with us. It was a very different perspective than what happens in general conference. He taught us a lot, but he let the Spirit do all the teaching. He just asked really good questions. I wish I could teach like that :P and then at the end it was just a big q&a with and APOSTLE OF THE LORD which was incredible. He told us how he writes his conference talks, and he talked a lot about marriage and family stuff, which should be weird for a group of missionaries, but was actually really cool. He said several times that "you create the marriage you want, you don't find it." I hadn't really thought about that before. There are a lot of things I have learned as a missionary that I had never thought about before, and I hope that I never forget them :)

Other than that, nothing has really happened...oh! PDay we went to Castel Sant'angelo, it was the tomb of Roman Emperor Hadrian, and then got converted into a prison, and then was connected to the Vatican via underground tunnel and used as a place of refuge for the popes when the Vatican City was threatened. Super cool tour, lots of walking. See pictures.

Well....I guess I will talk to y’all next week, and SKYPE WITH YOU ON SUNDAYYYYYYY WHOOOOO!!!!! So excited to see everyone. How are we gonna work it out with Kyle and Jess? I wanna make faces at Milo! :)

Love you all, thanks for all the love and prayers, I swear I can feel each one. It seems like there will be moments of random sadness, and then all of a sudden I feel a calmness and I know it's because someone is praying for me. So thank you!!!!!

All my love,

Sorella Decker

mac n cheese (yeah, american and italian pasta are superrrr different)

I MADE BRUSCHETTE IN ITALIA WHOOOO

Selfie in a really overpriced thriftshop we found. The girl who owns it knows about Seattle (no one here does....unless you own a thriftshop. Go figure.)

Signed my name on the wall of the thrift shop!

Allseeing eye inside the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

beautiful stained glass window at a church near the airport in Rome. I think it is Noah's ark.

Me and Slla Barona

Anziani Blair and Anderson

Me and Slla Hassel

ME AND SORELLA ARGYLE LOOK AT MY CUTE MTC COLLEGA

MTC group reunited!!!

Me and Sorella Margheriti. Love that girl!!!!