What were you grateful for this week?I’m grateful for all of the adventures this week brought! It was a busy week! 

What was the most challenging part of this week? Trying to adapt schedules and changes to having guests in the home. 

Tell us about a “wow” moment you had this week.I stayed late with [my host family’s son] so that he wasn’t alone when he was going to bed.

Tell us about your week! This week literally went by so quickly that I cannot remember much of it! I think that’s in part because I got home from a weekend trip (to Positano) on Monday and then left again early on Saturday morning (to Venice), and our days were just so busy in the middle that I completely lost track of time! 

[My host family’s son’s] dad came up to stay with us for the second half of the week, and that was fun to have a little change of pace in our daily routine, although that also brought some challenges. But that was fun, and then [my host family’s son] and I had a little bit more time together than normal in the beginning of the week, and that was great! We played games and did some of his English homework, and that was good!

And then the days were filled with things as well, as some friends and I went to the park and had a picnic one day and we went to the temple another — it was all really good! 

And then to top it off we spent the weekend in Venice! We were there without a huge itinerary, and it was nice just being able to wander and explore the streets and canals. We are all feeling like we need a good rest now, but it was all so much fun and so worth it! ????