Alison's first email

Part of Alison's first email to us. It is not all of it because the other is personal stuff.

Hey Mom and Dad

The MTC well I have to study for 9 hours italian everyday or at least that is what I have been doing lately. I can officially pray in italian and I know how to bear my testimony and I pretty much speak it as much as possible. The first day was a little crazy and yes mom my tag does say sorella Hanson. The food well at times is not the greatest. You know I did not know I was a picky eater  until I came here. Like the other day all they had to eat was everything that I do not eat. But I improvised and had something else. My schedule, I wake up everyday at 6 because the showers are normally taken in the morning and I want to make sure I have enough time. I have study time from 7 to 7:30. Breakfast from 7:30 to 8 and then class from 8 to 11. Then we have personal study from 11 to 12:15. Lunch from 12:15 to 1, Language study from 1 to 2:10, classroom tme from 2:10 to 5:15. Then dinner from 5:15 to 6 and every other day I have gym at 6:10 and then it changes the other days to 2. I prefer 6:10 because it is cooler outside when that occurs.

But we have given five lessons in italian. And it is a little hard sometimes to concentrate when I am writing in english because my mind want it to be italian. My collega and I cannot do our prayers in english it is just weird. Now about your friend's daughter funny story, so last night I was doing one of my contacts, which means our district is doing a goal to bear our testimonies in italian once a day to a random stranger, so the elders we were bearing our testinmonies to turned out to be in her district and I just told them to tell her hi for me because I have no idea where she is, but I got that far :).

 It is kind of weird that I have to go around with another person, trust me that will take some time to get used to. And we have walked around it the temple and yes I took pictures. Everything you bought is ok, but I think I might want to send home a few things because we did not need the 4 sheets and if I have anything else I will. Oh so apparently in italy, we get to wear sandals during the summer YAY. So one of my shoes gave me blisters the other day so painful. I really so not know what to say.