#makerealconnections

The temple was closed for the past two weeks, so many of us went on a vacation from our vacation! haha I had the chance to go to Venice, Switzerland, and Germany. It's been an incredible two weeks. I have learned SO much! As much as I love the adventure and the experiences of being out of my comfort zone, learning and growing.... There is no place like the temple. I felt so happy tonight when I got back to the temple and was able to peek inside again. It's coming home. I'm grateful for the past two weeks, and I'm grateful to be back to start temple work again Tuesday!  I met another fellow solo traveler. We explored the first day together.  First day in Venice! Lido, is an island in Venice. It's beach, bikes, camping. Such a pretty place You guys... Switzerland has my heart a little bit!  Amy is a coworkers family member and kindly hosted me for my stay in Switzerland! I watched Gene...

There is so much history in Rome and Italy in general. It is neat to learn and get a bigger picture of things that have happened and about the world we live in. Humans have come a long way with their way of living and how we treat one another. There will always be hatred, abuse, opposition. We're told that in the plan, but the opposite is so true as well, love, peace, hope and I feel that so much. There is so much beauty, connection, simplicity to happiness if we allow it.  There were children's drawings from around the world about peace and connection. The Winder gang! Everyone needs good friends  Diego showed us Rome at night, it's a beautiful city day at night. A street vendor tried to sell us roses. We told him no, so he gave them to us and said to keep them. We held onto them and walked away. As we were looking at the view, he came back up to us and told us that we needed to pay for the roses. We all looked at each other, the others gave back the f...

Hiked up 521 stairs to the top of St. Peter's Basilica's Dome and overlooked all of Rome. 360 degrees. Bella  I've been here 6 weeks already! Wowsers. You know, it does feel like 6 weeks. I feel like I have fully lived each one of those days. It's wonderful to experience so many neat things. I want to write everything down, but I'm accepting that I'll live it up in the moment and if it's important, i'll write it down or remember and share it when needed. I've been continually learning so much about perspective. Working in the temple so often is a reminder of what's really important and why we are here. So when things go wrong, storms occur, life doesn't turn out as planned, It's all okay. It's probably better anyway.  A Fratello(Brother) at the temple taught and made us Ravioli! There were about 60 people and about 400 raviolis made. These noodles are just egg and flour. Stuffed with cheese and spinach.  Kami,...