Charissa's mission 20080716

Charissa Black wrote the following to family:
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I love you all a ton.

i just saw melissa barazza and said hi to her ( a girl who was my neighbor last year and now works here ) ok guess what. a few days ago bro and sis rees (from stl) came up to bear their testimonies to me in romanian. they are way cool and i said i'd let you know i talked to them. thanks for activating my card! i love you a ton!!!

thanks for asking LeAnn to send the stuff. i love you a ton!

ok, so what happened this week...ok so, last tuesday alexander b morrison of the emeritus 70 he was amazing! wonderfully genius, great speaking, talked about missionary work, big surprise anyway, yesterday for RS was Mary Ellen Edmunds, she was hilarious and very interacting and blunt. engaging...anyway, we ( my comp and slla lewis from stl stake) sang there is sunshine in my soul today, it was fun

i cant believe i'm leaving in a week, only 18 more meals here-wahoo! i am so excited to leave and go to teach the italians! i'm seriously excited to be there and meet the amazing people!!!!

in sacrament meeting we 3 sang "mandate voci" its an italian song, its amazing. anyway, thanks for the sicilian stuff, it is always fun to read wikipedia thanks everyone for your support

KATIe, sounds like you're having a great life, i'm so happy!!

so there are 2 sisters going to stl in a few weeks sister ericksona and sommers. they're amazing!!! have you been up to Nauvoo this summer?

oh, flight plan details: so we're on ..... to rome, and ..... to catania. apparently we get to call home once we're in the mission office to to let you know we got there ok. then we're off to work the next day!

dad, thanks for sending the wikipedia stuff.

lydia: yay!! i'm so glad you're growing up!

jon, wow you're amazing!! i cant believe you're growing up! bummer no choir treats. how's the pool?

rose/elizabeth: that's interesting...i like rose a lot too

william. wow, i can't believe you'll be driving!!

ari: sweet, what kind of laptop do you have? when do you come here for band?

mom: wow, sounds like everyone's doing well. sounds like the vacation will be fun. i guess you can take home all the stuff from the box i left for ari that she wont be needing. i love you a ton. ... yay for choir warmups. what are you singing for christmas?

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i love you a ton and am so grateful every day to be a member of the Black family!!!
my district rocks and i'm so glad we all get to travel together yay catania mission!

love sorella charissa black!
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