'Our Father who...who...who...?'

Hey there! (How is it possible for a city to be so sunny and also so cold???) I’m sure it is starting to be a lot colder back home, as I have quickly realized it gets really cold pretty quickly here as well…

Living here is such a mix because you have people coming and going from all different parts of the world (I’ve had to realize just how turistic Rome truly is.), because of which, I am able to speak English, Spanish, and Italian, and also listen to and understand French. My brain has never really functioned on three + languages before, so intensely! It is really common for you to engage in conversation with someone in English, two seconds later in Spanish, and then it always happens that someone who only speaks Italian is waiting for you to translate all that you have said in English and Spanish to them. It’s rather exhausting, but truthfully keeps your mind in check. Only, it has its downfalls for sure…

Because this month is the month of the rosary, the sisters and some of the girls living in the house get together at 9:15 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday to say the rosary. All the different nationalities together, the sisters have decided it is a good idea to take the rosary around the world, that is to say, recite it in different languages. Last night was the night we were to recite the rosary in Spanish, and Suor Palaga, the Superior, kindly asked me if I would lead. Well, never assume things will come back to you that automatically when your brain is calculating three + languages. I begin to recite the ‘Our Father’ in Spanish, something that I recite back at home EVERY day, and then I realize, ‘My gosh…I think I forgot how to say this!’ I only remembered how to say it in Italian and English! So everytime we began a mystery, every time, I said half of it in Italian, or every time I made something up. Needless to say the next time I won’t be so trustworthy as to think my brain can do such a mix of things. Next time, I will take my Spanish book of prayers with me to the chapel.

As for all the rest, I am doing quite well. I love you all and God bless you