Alright, so this week we made a stop in at this Refugee
house that we found. All of the people living there are African Refugees. They
are all kids about the age of 17 and are essentially owned by the government of
Italy until they get older. They have these "Moms" that live with
them 24-7 and cook for them and send them to school. It’s pretty cool! They
love us, too! None of them speak Italian. A few speak Arabic, few French, few English,
one or two really only speak African Dialect, so they all have to speak to each
other in Italian. It’s a weird situation but it’s good. At first the
"Mom" didn’t like us. (The one “Mom” is Italian, one “Dad” is from
Afghanistan and another "Dad" is from Palermo. They all take shifts
at the house). But we turned on the Ol’ Magoo and now they like us and we are
going to do a pancake night with them and hopefully get some sweet
investigators!
We also found an almost investigator this week in the
street (we still have to re-contact him) and he has like a doctor’s degree in
TELEPATHY! He makes his money reading peoples’ minds. I don’t quite understand
it, but I thought it was noteworthy. He is good man. We like him.
The weather is getting super-duper hot.
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The BBQ with the members was super fun last week. They
all danced and sang Sicilian Songs and ate for like 24 hours. Super good. We
played a little kick ball type game with the youth of the branch and their
friends. It was a good time had by all.
This next week we are going to Catania for the Mission
Tour. I have a feeling it will be a humbling experience for all us... All the
missionaries are afraid he is going to "raise his voice" if you know
what I mean. That is usually how all these mission tours end up. Calling us to
repentance and putting us in line. I personally am super excited! The best part
is we are staying in a hotel (complete with continental breakfast)!
Questions from Dad:
I'm curious, what do they cook for a BBQ in Italy?
Lots of bread, sausages, salami, intestine
with onion, sweet lemons, oranges, chips, more bread, salads with homemade
olive oil, thick slices of bacon, so pretty much just meat and bread and if you
are lucky a super oiled salad!
You
mentioned in your letter a Mission tour in Catania and a big Zone Conference in
Rome. What does that mean?
The Area Presidency is going down to check up on us
and to put us line! I am super excited! Everybody still remembers last year’s
mission tour! It’s a humbling time for everybody
Do
they know anything about St. Patrick’s Day in Italy?
Yes and no... Every day here is another Saint’s holiday.
Today so happens to be San Patricio... Nobody seems to be doing anything here
though, sadly. I myself am sporting a green tie and pinched Anziano Brown for
not wearing green this morning.
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| It's Quaresima in Sciacca (40 days before Easter) and all the bakeries in town have these goofy little tings for sale. It's supposedly a big ol' tradition here in Sciacca. Yes. It is just an egg on top of a piece of bread. But everybody is going crazy over them! |
Well that’s about it for me this week.
