What was coolest
thing you saw this week?
This week we organized a party for English course. It was
super fun! It was a pancake party. Literally all we did was made pancakes, play
games, and had country music playing in the background. But they all loved it!
They also really enjoyed the pancakes. We made syrup and had bananas and all
the other fixins. It was good.
Who was the most interesting person you talked to this week?
Well... We got invited to come "preach," as he
put it, to this house full of Bangladeshi men. It was pretty fun. We got to the
house and it was in this weird little back alley where the street was literally
3 feet wide and smelled heavily of curry. But we go into the house and there
were 4 men living in an area about 6 feet by 10 feet with twin size beds on
both sides of the walls and a small, 2 foot pathway between the beds. We sat on
their beds and talked about God. These 4 guys are living here in Italy alone,
with their families still in Bangladesh. They had awesome Indian accents (we
spoke in English). But after the lesson they invited us to come again next week
to "preach to their 8 friends.” So the next time to see them we will be
preaching to the masses. It’s gonna be sweet.
What was the hardest thing you did this week?
This Sunday we both were super ill and we didn’t
have any appointments planned. But we worked our best that night for 5 hours. Didn’t
really get any numbers. Got yelled at a lot. Got harassed by a lot of gypsies
and wandered our way into this Arab ghetto where nobody spoke Italian. Super
scary. But we survived the night. We also met this pretty cool man and had an
awesome conversation, but in the end he gave us the "I will call you"
answer. Meh...
What was church like yesterday?
This was like the first time in church that it was
somewhat relaxing. I had to translate. Haha. I really enjoy translating because
I can really only hear about 40% of what they are saying so I have to make up
the rest. Telling random stories and citing random scriptures. It is impossible
to follow the lessons. But I really enjoy translating. I hope the other people
enjoy my translations.
What was your most spiritual experience this week?
This week we taught this old man from Peru whose grandson
was baptized a month ago. He doesn't speak like any Italian so I just brushed
up on a few Spanish words before doing the lesson. The only words I really know
are Jesus Christ, People, Fasting, and God. But all we did was bear testimony
and watch the Restoration film in Spanish. He loved it. It was really funny
but also super cool because we had 0 clue what each other was saying but in the
end it was a good experience.
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