Teeth!

Well, as a lot of people know, before the mission you are supposed to have medical and dental things taken care of. I have been missing two teeth for a long time, and I needed dental implants (I have been wearing a retainer with fake teeth on it for a few years now). After years of waiting, I finally got them.  Thursday, February 21, 2012 I finally got dental implants! WOO! I am so happy I do not have to worry about my teeth! :)

(Without teeth)

(With teeth!!)

             (Yes, these are webcam...and not the best quality. But hey, you can see the teeth!)

   Ready to go to Italy with my new smile! :D 

30 days— Ahem, It’s Blog Time.

Today, something kind of big relating to my mission happened. Therefore, I decided today would be a good day to start the mission blog, because things leading up to the mission are important too! 

Well, today I got a call from the MTC. It was one of the teachers (Brother Taylor?), calling to see how well I speak Italian. Apparently they call everyone who has had Italian experience to see where they are at. Brother Taylor called in the morning while I was driving to the airport, and unfortunately that meant that I had to wait all day to actually have the conversation with him in Italian. I was a nervous wreck pretty much the rest of the day. Luckily, in Italian class at BYU, we have to speak forty minutes in Italian with another student each week, so I have had some practice. I also prayed that I would be comforted, and that I would be able to speak to the best of my ability. Heavenly Father let me know that no matter how well or poorly I did with this conversation, that I had no reason to worry. Heavenly Father would put me where I am supposed to be. Luckily, it went well.

Brother Taylor and I had a pretty good conversation in Italian, and afterwards he said that he was impressed with my handle on the language, and that I would be a really great help for my companion and district. Oh, well that is encouraging. Phew.

Anyway, thirty days until MTC time!

Right now I’m in block classes at BYU (Italian being one of those) that end on February 27^th. After that, it will be a mad dash to move out of the dorms, and really start getting all my things together to actually leave for the MTC.

Volere è potere! (Basically, “where there’s a will, there’s a way”)