Happy last week!!

Buon Giorno Famiglia!!!!

How is everybody?? THINGS ARE GREAT HERE!! FANTASTICO!! So the countdown is on... We have our flight plans!!! I already sent you a copy today.. You should have them tomorrow or Thursday.. Let me know when you get them.. Anyway, we fly out early next tuesday the 27th.. To Dallas TX, then from Dallas to England!! Then from England to Rome.. Total travel time is about 24 hours.. Total flight time is about 8 from Texas to London then 4 from London to Rome.. How crazy is that?? I think it's so BOMB!!! I can't believe it's finally here.. Anyway.. As for a phone call.. I will have about an hour and a half in the SLC airport around 11ish next Tuesday so stay ready for that.. Then in England we have like 4 and a half hours so yeah!! Except for those hours are from 12:30 in the morning to 4:30 for you.. So who knows how that will go.. Just be ready!!! Thank you so much for the packages.. The cheese, shirts, everything!! Haha I'm so spoiled...It's sorta ridiculous.. But everyone loves you.. Tell Aunt Jana thank you!!!!!!! I would write her today but I have a feeling that she would much rather have a post card from Rome in a week... So that's what I'll do!! Haha there was so much from her that I made everybody come in and grab a cookie and each one of the Elders I made say "Thank you Aunt Jana!".. So she's an absolute star here... I'm so very thankful for all of your letters and dear elders and packages while l've been here at the MTC.. The amount of love has been absolutely amazing.. THANK YOU!! I do not know if I will get to e-mail home next week so this could be it!! Hayley has a small letter coming with the travel plans that I sent so be ready for that... What to do about a phone?? Are you going to send me a pay as you go phone or what?? I think that would be most easy, especially for International, but it's totally up to you.. I will be perfectly fine with anything and everything.. The weekend should be pretty awesome.. Saying goodbye to our teachers will be hard.. Fratello Silva is my best friend.. I'll write him the whole mission but still... Speaking of which... Remember how we have a God of Miracles? That he only ceases to do miracles because of the lack of our faith?? Fratello Silva's Grandma, Agnes, is not a member of the church.. He and his brother have been teaching her for years and even their father, who is a writer for the church, could not break through.. Fratello Silva told us all about it and it was absolutely amazing at what they had been through and what great lengths she's made to being baptized, but just couldn't do it.. Anyway, about week 3 he asked if we would write a letter to her, as representatives of Jesus Christ.. He made it completely optional.. So we all wrote... Just yesterday Fratello Silva bought his plane ticket for the day that we leave to Rome for him to fly to Hawaii and baptize her.. He invited her and she said yes... What an amazing thing this work is.. It truly is His work.. Miracles happen Family.. Every single day.. We just have to believe!! Have faith, fear not, but be believing.. The experiences I've had here at the MTC are worth a lifetime.. I truly hope that I have not failed to share such with you.. You're my family and I think of you all the time.. I'm so happy we have this Gospel.. That we can be together forever.. This is the true Church of Jesus Christ.. I know this.. It is the only true Church on the earth today.. Because it is His church.. I love you all!!! I'm gonna get back on in a little bit.. If you have any immediate questions for me then dearelder me and I will get it in about an hour and a half and try to answer back.. One other question.... "We should never be too busy in our lives to not carefully contemplate each decision with prayer." Are we doing this? I know it's hard.. I fail at it all the time.. But we try harder.. I PROMISE you that the blessings will pour out.. Love you lots and talk to you again soon..!!

Ciao!!

Anziano Gatchell

"Happiest Elder on the Earth"