Email from Sara 4/1/09

Happy April Fools Day!

Dear family-
How great it is to hear from you all! It’s really been a pretty normal, but surprisingly quick week. I guess writing on Thursday last week makes Wednesday come a little faster.

I seem to have acquired a little bit of a cold. It’s ugly and unfortunately makes staying awake on the bus nearly impossible when I take cold medicine. Of course it’s not enough to keep us from working, but it just makes it less fun for me. But this too shall pass, right?
We have found a few potential investigators and are still learning our way around. There are a lot of less actives to work with and we’re still learning who the members are and everything. It’s a great branch.

The other night we were coming home on the bus and there were about 5 college Americans who got on the bus also and we started talking to them and a few of them said that they would try to come to zone singing this Sunday. The only problem now, is that we won’t have zone singing this Sunday because of conference, so hopefully we can run into them before this Sunday. They were here for school and from all over the country. It’s always nice to be able to have a conversation with someone and be able to say every word that comes to your mind.

Funny story about last Sunday and Zone singing. It had been kind or rainy and cloudy all day, but we were going to have go sing anyway. So we’re out there singing in this piazza and suddenly it starts to downpour. Usually the rain here is just slow and constant, but this was like POURING! So all the umbrellas pop up and it starts raining even harder and there wasn’t enough room under the umbrellas and so a few of the Elders made a run for this covered arch area. It was quite humerous to watch all of this. Then the rain stopped and we went and started singing again, only to be rushed back to cover after it started pouring again. It was pretty funny and entertaining. Luckily we were able to talk to a few of the people who had also run for cover.

I working on mailing two small packages heading home, both with ties and with a few letters. A few of the letters are to mail and a few are the ones that I was sent and just need to be put somewhere until I can re-claim them. Let Justin pick first from the ties since it’s his birthday and he’s turning 12. Hopefully it will get there before his birthday. There are 7 ties so you can divide them how you like. There really are tons and tons of super nice ties here, it makes it really really hard to decide which ones to buy. But if anyone, and I mean ANYONE wants a silk Italian tie for €2-3, just let me know. And let me know specifics of color, pattern, etc.

I also found out that we will actually be watching zone conference in Prato, which is another area but only like 20 minutes from our house. Apparently they don’t have satellite or whatever is required to watch it in Firenze, so everyone from the district (it’s not quite a stake yet) goes to either Pisa or Prato. I’m so so so excited to hear conference and to hear the words of our living prophet.

I hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for sending the news about Charlie and Teresa. It’s a humbling and sobering reminder of how fragile life really is. I hope everyone can find comfort from being with one another. Experiences like this make me truly thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. That we KNOW that we can be together with our families for eternity when we live a life in accordance with His will.

Thanks for all the love and support that I enjoy everyday! I love you all!

Love,
Sorella Leckie

This is me with the other sisters who all live in the same apartment. We were going for lots of unity and all wore red to DDM. A few of the elders didn't even notice. It was pretty funny.


This is at one of the many tie places in the markets. This was where the elders told us to come because the ties are only €2, but we found lots more that we liked at other places that were only €3, but unfortunately I had already bought 7 here. Seriously, let me know if you want some ties.