learning to speak italian

on wednesday, giuseppe asked me if i would like to have a half an hour every day to study italian.
of course i jumped on the opportunity :)
so i found a site online that has a self-taught italian course. i know the alphabet already, now i'm going to start working on the numbers... i'm so excited! i just want, more than anything, to be able to communicate, even just a little bit, with the people here. it's not fair for me to sit here and speak english and not even try to be a part of the language and culture here.
so... could you be in prayer that i would be able to work hard to learn italian? i'd love it. thanks :)
-e