Happy
Valentine’s Day to all our dear family and friends! I love my
family and friends all year long, every single day. But having one
day dedicated to LOVE does make us think about how blessed we are to
have the wonderful people in our lives that we LOVE! We have to come
to LOVE so many people and things here in Italy. We wanted share
some of them with you!
This
elderly couple really touched my heart. It isn’t something you see
everyday, older couples showing their real affection for one another.
These
are all the missionaries in the Genova Zone. There are about ten
zones in the Italy Milan Mission, each zone taking in four or five
cities. There are about 200 missionaries in our mission. Mostly
from the United States, but there are about 20 native Italians, a few
from France, Spain, and one from Hungary.
These
are our two missionaries that we have been working with in Savona. We
sure LOVE them! They are very hard workers. Elder Jones (second
from right) was recently transferred up to Milano. We miss him
already!
With
the transfer of Elder Jones, another missionary arrives to take his
place. This is Elder Petruzziello (far left) who is an Italian from
Rome. He has only been a missionary for one week and he is
unusually tall for an Italian. He is a professional chef! He said
he would teach me how to make some wonderful Italian dishes! We LOVE
him already!
We had a luncheon with our
wonderful sister missionaries (left) and a mom and her daughter from
the Savona Branch. It was great to get to know them better and they
did LOVE my food! (Whew! I’m nervous to cook for Italians!)
This
is the Robiola family. They struggle to make ends meet, yet were so
generous towards us. The son is amazing. He is smart, articulate and
has great potential.
We LOVE this sweet family!
They
made us a most incredible meal, typical of most Italian homes. They
have raised eight
children and been
members of the church all their lives.
Stalwart and faithful! We LOVE them!
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| Antipasti |
Caprese
salad, with eggplant, mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil.
Fruit,
nuts, and cheese pizza.
I
didn’t get pictures of the fourth course pasta and the last course,
chicken cutlets. I was so full my brain was going fuzzy!
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| 10 acres of fruit trees and gardens |
Our
Wednesday and Thursday night English class students. We have so much
fun with them. Each one is amazing in their own way, from a
professional bicyclist, an artist, a gymnast who can do the splits, a
comedian, two policemen, and a former train engineer! Lots of LOVE
with this group!
We
woke up to find we had been “heart-attacked” by our sweet,
adorable sister missionaries last night. We felt the LOVE from them.
It was beautiful!
