tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86182228974607349392024-03-20T03:16:39.694-07:00Elder & Sister Hall's Italy Milan MissionMiles and Patti Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806034193348842780noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618222897460734939.post-75238180201373105632018-05-19T10:19:00.000-07:002018-05-19T10:19:48.154-07:00Arrivederci Genova!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arrivederci a Genova!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">We cannot believe
that this is our last blog post in Italy. The time has gone by way
too fast, as everyone told us it would. As we approached New Years
Day 2018, we were invited to attend a conference for the young people
in a beautiful little village on Lake Garda, Italy’s largest lake.
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were there to
promote Pathway, an online class for Italian students to learn
skills such as English, Math, Finance, Time Management and prepare
them for further education at the college level. There are currently
about 40 Italian students participating. All the classwork is online
and we meet with a group every Thursday night online where we review
their homework and each student gets a chance to lead the group
discussion. All of our students are scattered throughout Italy, but
we were able to meet three of them in person here at the conference.
The conference was a lot fun with about 150 young people. We ushered
in the New Year with fireworks and a “cenone”, which is basically
an eating marathon – mamma mia!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">In February we
organized a group of about 28 young adults to go to the Aquarium in
Genova, the largest in Europe. It was great to have so many
participate, many of which we hadn’t seen for a while. </span></span></div>
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said goodbye to Xavier who left from the Genova 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward
on his mission to Chile. We were really excited for him and he is
such a great kid!</span></span></div>
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activities with the young adults, including lunches at our house
which was so much fun to get to know them all and try to help them
with their challenges.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italians show their
love through food and boy have we ever been loved! We had several
invites to eat at members’ homes including sweet Sister Fava who is
full of energy and a very faithful member. </span></span></div>
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Cagnacci’s house. Sister Cagnacci is from Puglia in the south and
cooks a mean Southern Italian meal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We also have eaten at Sorella
Pistone’s house several times and she is also </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had fun putting
birthday wishes for Sorella Lewis on her door. It was only right
since they “heart attacked” our car for Valentine’s Day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">We were surprised in
February with a rare snow storm which pretty much closed the city
down because of all the hills. I did venture out to the store with
my little rolling cart.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I taught institute
in the Genova 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward every Sunday night while Patti
cooked wonderful American food which the Italian kids just loved. We
have introduced them to Sloppy Joes, ham and cheese sliders, macaroni
and cheese and the latest, ranch dressing, which they go nuts for.
Italians only use oil and vinegar on their salads.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Patti lived in Arenzano near Genova when she was 10-13 years old because her dad had a job here. Several American families working at the same job started the American School of Genoa which is now the International School of Genoa, fifty years later. What started in 1966 with 23 students is still going strong today with over 300 students. She was invited by the director of the school one day and was quite the celebrity being one of the first students.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we approached our
last several months, things got a little crazy for us. Along with
our normal duties, we had visits from my cousin Vickie Benincosa and
her husband Rob. We had a great time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, we had our
daughter Emily and her husband Xavier visited for a several days
right after Vickie. We also had a great time and they hiked up to
several of the forts surrounding the hills of Genova. We all went to
the Dolomites where they rode bikes up to Corvara, a famous area for
serious road bikers. Miles even rented a mountain bike and did some
riding as well – it was a blast!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, to top it off,
the week before we ended our mission, we were in charge of a senior
missionary couples’ activity in the Torino area. We visited sites
such as the Museo Egizio, supposedly the best Egyptian museum in the
world and other local sites. The best part was visiting Torre Pelice
and Angrogna where early church leaders in the 1850’s first opened
up Italy for missionary work. It was a great way to say goodbye to
our colleagues and honor the efforts of early church missionaries in
Italy. We even sang hymns in a cave where early Protestants, the
Waldensian's, worshipped to escape religious persecution from local
churches. It was a humbling experience!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has been such a
blessing to be with these fine people and we have had several get
togethers to say our goodbyes. They have all been so gracious to let
us know how much they love us and we are so sad to leave them. We
never knew the depth of love we would develop for the people we have
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, Arrividerci
Genova and Italy – we love you and we are feeling so very sad to
leave you, but, excited to be with our family again! We love doing
the Lord’s work and in serving others. It has been the best time
of our marriage – so far!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arrivederci a Genova!
Ci vediamo!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">We have </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">been very busy the past few months </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">and apologize for the
lack of posts. To </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">get us </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">through from summer to Christmas, we </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">will
start by listing the four sets of visitors we </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">had </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">starting in
September through November.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">In
September our good friends from Oregon, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Reed and Jean Baxter, came
and spent several </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">days with us. We had so much fun and picked </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">up </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">where we left off over 20 years ago when we </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">moved to Texas. We loved
looking at iconic </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Italian scenes as Reed is an excellent artist and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">he collected many photos for future works.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">The
end of September our </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">daughter Tara visited us and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">we were able to
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">see where Patti lived in Italy </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">50 years ago in Arenzano. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">We also saw Portofino, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Florence, Ravenna, Venice, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Bolzano and the
Dolomites </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">and ended in Como. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Tara is </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">our good traveling </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">buddy and
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">and why. We got to see </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Otzi,
the 5,000-year-old </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Ice Man in Bolzano and </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">take a gondola up to </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Alpi </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">di Suisi in the Italian </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Alps. Even though it </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">was a whirlwind trip,
we </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">had </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">the best time and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">loved having Tara visit us.</span></span></div>
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after Tara in October, Patti’s sister Holly </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">came for several days.
Holly really enjoyed </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">seeing where they had lived and went to school </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">when they were younger. It was a very nostalgic </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">time. We had to do
some missionary work while </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Holly was here, but she found her way
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Genova and loved walking the streets and </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">eating </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">outside
watching the Italians. She is a </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">good traveler and we spent many
hours just </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">talking. It was a very pleasant and calm visit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">She even
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">in Genova.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">In November our son Chris and his wife Kristy </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">came to visit Italy with their friends from Texas. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">They saw Rome and Siena before we met them </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">in Florence. We also saw Pisa and a lot of </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Genova. They were able to come to church with </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">us and see what we do on Sundays. We sent </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">them on their own to Cinque Terre, as we had </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">some work to do here at home. We drove them </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">to Portofino and had a lovely time, but had to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">leave them in Santa Margarita with their friends </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">interested in all the sites, especially Kristy, who </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">made many videos for posterity. One very cool </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">thing was when Chris met an Italian firefighter in </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">a store. They exchanged shirts and jackets from </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">their stations. It was cool to see that the </span></span></div>
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back up to Halloween. We planned two </span></span><br />
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church groups </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">(wards) in Genova. We were surprised to see </span></span><br />
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to pull them both </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">from </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">their family Thanksgivings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">We
also inspected 15 missionary apartments </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">including San Remo, Savona,
Genova, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Alessandria, Cuneo, Collegno and Torino. We </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">are trying to
teach our young missionaries how </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">to manage a home. Miles also does
the minor </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">needed repairs. On our inspection visit to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Collegno we
were able to have dinner with the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Caruso family who I knew 46 years
ago when I </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">served my mission in Italy. We shared fond </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">memories of
the good old days and the food </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">was </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">amazing as usual!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
first week in December we went to Milano </span></span></span></span></div>
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Senior </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Missionary
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Couple
Conference. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">had a great time with the other couple </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">missionaries and visited
Milano’s Duomo, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">shopping and La Scala. We also went to Como </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">one
evening and rode the funicolare to a great </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">view of Como. We also saw
amazing Christmas </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">lights they project on the walls of the building</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">s
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">We
have had a busy month of December.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">our
normal activities</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
we got a call from </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">a </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">missionary</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">who</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">
hurt his knee playing soccer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Long story short, </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">he
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">femur. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">We
took him up to Milano and </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">he
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to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">go home for surgery. Hopefully he can return in </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">3 </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">months or so?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">We
had a couple </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">of
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Christmas
parties w</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">hich</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">included a lot of planning and cooking on our </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">part. We have a new
center for the young adults </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">and we had a Christmas Lunch for them.
Patti</span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">made Hawaiian Sliders and meatballs </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">which </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">they </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">downed. </span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">We
played the White Elephant gift </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">game which they had never seen before.
They </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">caught on very quickly and were stealing gifts </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">like crazy. It
was a lot of fun! After that the kids </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">got on a bus and we all went
to a rest home and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">sang carols to the old folks. We also went to the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">room of an elderly sister, Cate, who is staying </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">there after breaking
her leg and having a heart </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">attack. </span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">t
was touching </span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">and
the</span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">
event was a total </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">success and we all had fun and it was good to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">see
the kids enjoy service.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">R&R and went to </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Bressanone
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">morning. The train ride was very relaxing and </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">once we got
to Bressanone we met up with </span></div>
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We </span></span></div>
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stayed in a very lovely hotel that was </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">originally over 500 years old.
Of course, its </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">been </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">brought up to date and had THE #1 best </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Bressanone and Bolzano. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">They were just the cutest, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">these
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">We just
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Except maybe more snow </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">on the ground.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Everyone speaks </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">German, but they </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">understand </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Italian and some </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">speak
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">We would </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">love to </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">live here in this idyllic </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">little </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">village! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Everyone </span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">was </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">so friendly. But it was a tad on </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">freezing </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">cold
side. We had the bright </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">sunshine, but it was </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">cold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">We
also went to a museum that had Nativity </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">scenes from the 1700s. Like
the entire village </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">around the Nativity. They were amazing!
There </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">were also other scenes such as all the prophets </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">who had
prophesied of the birth of Christ. </span></div>
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and took them to lunch. The missionaries </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in Bolzano came with us.
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">mountain to the PLOSE
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">freezing </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">cold
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">of </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">the town in the valley below. It
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Christmas Eve </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">we
had lunch at the stake </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">president’s house with the missionaries with </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">both </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">red and pesto lasagna’s - yum! </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Patti</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">macaroni and cheese which</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">quickly </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">as we went back to missionary work. On </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Christmas we took one of our Nigerian brothers </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">with us to dinner at
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had a good Christmas dinner. Smoked </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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salmon, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">potatoes, etc. Oh, and panettone. That’s </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Manuela in the red
sweater, who we work with. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">She is the Institute Director </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and
her</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
daughter, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Christina. Mavis is the </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">young
man from Nigeria </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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learned a lot that made us so sad for </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">him. Too long of a story to go
into now, b</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ut
at </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">23, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">he has already been shot at, seen his </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">friends </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">killed, put in
prison for two months and </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">his boat to Italy sank, but, they were
saved by </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">the Italian Navy. We just love Mavis!</span></span></div>
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heard a great quote yesterday - “Everything </span></span></div>
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other side of fear”. We </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">need not fear for the Lord wants us to be </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">successful and happy!</span></span></div>
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were so excited to have a visit from our son Brian and his wife
Kendra! They had previously spent time in England with her brother’s
family, so we only had them for four days. But we made the most of
it! We toured around Genova and then headed to Florence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Florence is so quaint. Everywhere you look it is just so Italian!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">May, June, and July were very busy months for us with many activities. One was a Talent Show Night. </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It was very entertaining and everyone had a great time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a high percentage of families from Ecuador living in Genova. It is a little bit of a mystery to us why there are so many living here. But they had great fun at the Talent Show and we learned more about their country! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, there is always food at the end of every activity! And Ecuadorian food is very good! But it can't beat Italian!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
youth (12 to 18 years of age) had a “Missionary Day” where they
went out with the missionaries to see what it is really like. It was
a hot day, but they were troopers and had a great time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We
recently had our Stake Conference (where all the congregations meet
together). Miles was able to see some of his old friends from when
he was here as a missionary 44 years ago. It was a wonderful reunion
after all these years. One man still had a book that Miles’ father
had given them when they visited. It was amazing and emotional to
see his dad’s handwriting in the front of the book. </span><br />
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here 50 years ago, there were not any of our church members here.
When we sat in that rented auditorium and looked out to see how many
people were there, it brought tears to my eyes. The church has
really grown here in Italy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On
one of our days off, we took a day trip to Arenzano, the little town
I lived in, 50 years ago. We were able to find my apartment building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We spoke to a
nice lady coming up the sidewalk and found out that she lived in the
exact same apartment that my family did! It was a beautiful
coincidence to meet her that day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love going back to Arenzano and
reminiscing on the magical time it was for me. My family would get
gelato and walk along this “lungomare” in the evenings. It
hasn’t changed at all, except that the trees are a bit bigger.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
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the first Sunday of each month, all of our Young Single Adults meet
together after church for “pranzo” (which is lunch). It is so
much fun for everyone to get together. I will admit that it is a LOT
of work for me cooking for that many people. </span><br />
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feel like I am “feeding the 5000” and always worry that we won’t
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<span style="font-size: large;">This
is a wonderful lady named Cate, from South Africa, who we visit
weekly. She is not able to get out of her house, so she loves the
company. She has a lot of frogs all around her apartment. She says
that they remind her to <u>F</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">requently
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again it’s transfer time. We had a little goodbye dinner since a
couple of them were returning home </span><span style="text-decoration: none;">to
the states</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">. It’s always
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is a little over an hour’s drive from Genova. Such a gorgeous
little fishing village and home to many yachts of the rich and
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was a crazy month, trying to move all our belongings in our little
Toyota Yaris from Savona to Genova, about a one hour drive (we made 5
trips in all).</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mCmIlpPiQ8AjPhxbrNSkfEYNY5Sv62lVwI3Ro0auIo_g5SCo8SB1M53QVPPv5yZQxV5e4quhYzy2LAwsKIz-WnsbDDGlnHsIIXkCR4aobkjOL-ADTUsEjgd3hyphenhyphenvFkm2uR1Q64MdczXE/s1600/IMG_2241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-size: 16pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mCmIlpPiQ8AjPhxbrNSkfEYNY5Sv62lVwI3Ro0auIo_g5SCo8SB1M53QVPPv5yZQxV5e4quhYzy2LAwsKIz-WnsbDDGlnHsIIXkCR4aobkjOL-ADTUsEjgd3hyphenhyphenvFkm2uR1Q64MdczXE/s320/IMG_2241.JPG" width="320" /><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> I had to practice what I preached, so I cleaned our
Savona apartment from top to bottom. I’m not sure it had ever been
so clean before. Fortunately our Genova apartment was all cleaned
and ready for us to move in. Miles couldn’t figure out how we
could have five carloads of “stuff” to move when we only arrived
in Italy with 2 suitcases each! I admit I had accumulated quite a
bit, but it was all “necessary senior missionary couple stuff.”
I have the Church’s Keyboard class curriculum, including a
keyboard, all of our English class curriculum and notebooks, all of
my “learning Italian” books, and lots of kitchen supplies. I
have even acquired some house plants!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
have three words to describe how we feel about moving to Genova and
our new apartment. WE LOVE IT!!! The apartment is lovely, with very
beautiful antique furniture. We have beautiful big windows in every
room. I love sitting in the kitchen and looking out the window at
the cars and people passing by. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> The best part of all is we have
parking! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">I won’t repeat the details, but here in Italy, that is
more precious than gold. </span></div>
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wild and crazy tile in the bathroom. Not sure what they were
thinking when they picked this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">We
live in the hills above Genova in an area called Castelleto. During
the 14</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> century, Genova was fortified and protected with
a wall and fortresses built high above the city.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christopher Columbus's house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Porta Soprana, ancient city gate </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Castelleto lies
right below these walls and forts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">To
reach our apartment from “downtown” or centro, as it is called,
we take a little red train or “funicolare” up the hill. Our
apartment is right at the top of the hill. Or if you still need to
get your 10,000 steps in, you can always take the stairs! But you
will be sore the next day!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I
thought I would hate this big, crazy, conglomeration of a city, but
now that we know our way around, we love it. There is so much
history, so many beautiful buildings (palaces and castles), and
ornate apartment buildings everywhere you look.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We
are supporting the two Genova wards, working mostly with the Young
Single Adults (people between the ages of 18 and 31). Each group
meets twice a week for Institute (religion classes) and also a Family
Night. I’ve been making brownies and lemon bars for these events
and they LOVE the brownies! There are 83 names on the rolls, but
only a handful of people actually show up. We’re hoping to change
that. We are also in charge of having a big activity every two
months. Our first one is going to be a talent night on May 13<sup>th</sup>.
This has caused quite a bit of excitement with everyone, so we are
hoping for a good turn-out. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Our
first Sunday at church Miles met an elderly couple who were new
converts when he was here 43 years ago. He loved seeing them and the
brother has been a stake president and president of the Swiss temple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">We
invited our Savona missionaries to come to Genova so our Italian chef
could teach me how to make REAL lasagna. It was quite a process
taking over four hours, but the results were amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We
had our Senior Missionary Couples Conference in Ravenna, Italy. We
had all of the senior couples serving in the Italy Milan Mission meet
together for 3 days. It was amazing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Ravenna is famous for its
churches and basilicas built 1400 years ago that are decorated in
mosaics that will take your breath away. You just need to see it to
believe it. There is a lot of early Christian history and symbolism. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We
loved spending time with the other senior missionaries and getting to
know them. Since we are all spread out across northern Italy, we
don’t see each other very often and it was so helpful to hear about what they are doing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">As we walked through a piazza in the middle of town, who should we meet but the local elders, with their pass along cards. Way to go, Elders!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We
had a fabulous dinner at a trattoria, which was the best Italian food
we’ve eaten since being here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">On
our last day, we went to San Marino, which is that small, independent
country in the middle of Italy. I had no idea it was a cliff-side
castle, reminding me a where Beauty and the Beast might live! It was
breathtakingly beautiful, not only the castle and fortresses, but
looking down it was surrounded by green rolling hills, clay-tiled
roofs, dotted with wineries.</span><br />
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our last evening, I was feeing a little adventurous at dinner and
wanted to order something other than pasta. The waitress described
something that she said was delicious. I heard “potatoes and stew”
and thought I was safe. I guess I need to learn the Italian word for
“baby octopus”! I didn’t eat one bite.</span></div>
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the last day, before we left for home, Miles and I wanted to say we
had been to the Adriatic Sea. It was only a few minutes drive from
Ravenna. It was beautiful, flat, somewhat desolate, but we loved it.
Just to say we had been to the Adriatic Sea was enough for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">A
wonderful gift for my birthday was attending the baptism of a sweet
young girl. The ward was extremely supportive. There was enough
food to feed an army.</span></div>
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of the hardest things we’ve found on the mission is transfer time.
Just when you have truly come to love these hard-working
missionaries, they get transferred. The upside is that they are
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have been moving swiftly along for us. We find ourselves busier than
we were the previous month. We had the opportunity to go to Florence
to meet another Senior Missionary Couple, the Ferrara’s, as we
delivered a church keyboard to them. It was so great to finally meet
another couple who had more time and experience in the mission field.
They shared good advice and suggestions on how to become an amazing
missionary couple. We rode the train from Savona to Florence,
through the beautiful Tuscany countryside. I took way too many
pictures, but I was like a kid in a candy store. I couldn’t take
my eyes away from the train window as we traveled. We passed nearby
Carrara, known for its marble quarries. The white markings on the
mountains look like there is snow, but it is where they have quarried
the marble. We rode near Pisa and I saw a brief glimpse of the
“Leaning Tower.” We had a whirlwind one-day visit through the
city of Florence, as we joined a walking tour, hitting on the
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Yes, we carried this keyboard on the train with us! We got some funny looks, but we always get that so we're getting used to it! </div>
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makes all of it’s foreigners apply for a “Permesso”, which is
essentially a card saying that you have permission to stay in the
country for a certain period of time. All of the missionaries need
to apply for one. This entails filing out paperwork, paying fees (of
course), taking your fingerprints, and on occasion, you are randomly
chosen to take a “culture class.” I was excited about this, as I
pictured learning all about cool things in Italy, such as food,
holidays, native dress and dances, tourist sites, etc. Boy, were we
ever disappointed! Five hours of watching a video where two people
sat at a desk and discussed the Italian constitution! Not once did
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most interesting part of the culture class was the diversity of
people taking the class! The majority were from Albania, with the
remainder including Africa, France, Egypt, South America, Saudi
Arabia, India, and us! The only Americans! We’ve been surprised
at the number of foreigners from other countries living here in
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> It can take months to finally receive your permesso, but both Miles and I got ours within a week of finishing our culture class! YAY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">They have a very subtle sweet
clean fragrance that I just love. I remember it from when I lived
here as a young girl. On every street corner there was a man selling
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tradition is to give the women a bouquet of yellow flowers. I think I really love this holiday</span>!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 21.3333px;">The other tradition is for women to all go out and celebrate together or some other event. Our Relief Society joined together at a pizza place. I never knew how many things you can include on pizza! The strangest to me was the tuna pizza. (They put tuna on everything) But I had to admit it was pretty tasty! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 21.3333px;">To top it off, they brought us Nutella pizza! Hey, why not!?!</span></div>
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members and missionaries to our house for lunch and dinner. It’s
been fun to try out certain American recipes to see what goes over
best. By far, the favorites have been the Ham and Cheese sliders, my
Orzo Pasta Salad, and my homemade brownies (which I have perfected
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missionary couple is to help and support the young missionaries.
Twice a year we are asked to go and inspect each of their apartments
to make sure things are kept clean and tidy. This was to be a “white
glove” inspection. We were assigned 12 apartments to inspect
around our zone of Genova. It was so much fun to go to each
apartment and get to know the missionaries better. Some apartments
were better than others, naturally. I brought plates of brownies to
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<span style="font-size: 21.3333px;"> I couldn’t really believe it until we had the keys in hand and we turned to lock </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">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
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These
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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
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sure LOVE them! They are very hard workers. Elder Jones (second
from right) was recently transferred up to Milano. We miss him
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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!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">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!)</span></div>
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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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We LOVE this sweet family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This
is the De Milato family. He was a policeman in Milano for 30 years,
but has now retired to this incredible mountainside farm north of
Savona. He has about 10 acres of fruit trees and gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">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!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">professional bicyclist, an artist, a gymnast who can do the splits, a
comedian, two policemen, and a former train engineer! Lots of LOVE
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A couple of weeks
ago, we needed to find a lady in our branch and make a visit to her.
We had her address, but we weren’t sure exactly where her town was
located. So we decided to make a “practice run” to find her
address before we actually had our appointment. It just so happened
that her town is located about 30 miles to the west of Savona, where
we are living. This means we HAD to drive along the Riviera coast road until we got to her town of Loano. It was one of the most incredible drives we have ever taken. The scenery was breathtaking. I remembered driving along this very same road when I lived here as a 10 year-old with my mom, dad and sisters. How strange to be here 50 years later on the same road, experiencing the same gorgeous scenery.</div>
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Earlier in the month
I started seeing flashes of light in my left eye when I was in the
dark. At first I thought it was from the fireworks that were going
off on New Year’s Eve. But when Miles said he didn’t see
anything, and the flashes continued later in the week, I started to
get worried. Of course, the first thing I did was Google it and my
suspicions were correct. I had a retinal tear, which if I didn’t
see a doctor right away, I could lose my eyesight in that eye. I was
so scared that #1. I would have to go back to the States. We worked
too hard to get here. I was NOT going home. #2. That I would lose
my eyesight in that eye. I was ready to do that if needed, but I
really didn’t want that to happen. To make a long story short,
through the help of a wonderful friend, we were able to find a
top-notch eye specialist in Genova, who performed a laser procedure
on my eye to “seal” the retinal tear. It wasn’t a fun
procedure, but it fixed the problem, thank goodness. He did a great
job! AND, we got to make several train rides into Genova. We are
getting very good at riding the train and getting around that big
crazy city. Here are a couple of pictures of landmarks in Genova
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Train station in Genova that is becoming like our second home</td></tr>
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We are still waiting
for our apartment in Genova to be ready for us to move in. It looks
like it will happen in February, if all goes well. Here is a picture
of the building from the outside, if all goes according to our plan!</div>
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It is still very,
very cold here. In the 30s and 40s. But what makes it unbearable is
this wind that blows down from the Alps. It is so freezing cold.
The other thing is that I haven’t been used to being outside and
walking when it is this cold. But now we walk a few miles every day.
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And last of all, for
those who really know me well, you will appreciate this picture from
today. I finally found a place to get my hair colored and cut! At
half the cost of what I pay in the States! All is right with the
world again!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy at last thanks to Alessia!</td></tr>
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</style>Miles and Patti Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806034193348842780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618222897460734939.post-86859696560391769782017-01-06T10:43:00.001-08:002017-01-06T10:43:54.934-08:00Historical Savona and Genova<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
There is a huge
fortress here in Savona, called Priamar that we pass by when we walk
to the church. On New Years Day, we had some extra time in the
afternoon, so we decided to go check it out. This was a fortress
built in 1542 that has been used as a castle, used by the military,
and was also used as a prison until 1903, There was also a cathedral
built in the 7<sup>th</sup> century but that was demolished to make
room for other edifices. This place was huge! I can see where it
would have lasted for 470 years.</div>
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We had a fun Family
Home Evening with a couple of our African Refugees. My heart really
goes out to these young men who are searching for a better life.
Many of them have left their families in Africa and are hoping to
find a job and earn enough money to reunite in Italy. I hope we can
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again made the trip into Genova to look for an apartment. They want
us to move there to work with the Young Single Adults in the church.
We found the perfect place, but I don’t want to post pictures until
it is done deal. Genova has a long history as a seaport, dating back
as far as Christopher Columbus (who was born here). It is now a
highly industrial seaport and also services many cruise ships that
dock here. But as you move inland a bit, the city suddenly turns
into hills that would rival anything we saw in San Francisco. But
this hasn’t discouraged the building of huge apartments right on
the hill. The cute thing is that you can take the funiculare up and
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</style>Miles and Patti Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806034193348842780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618222897460734939.post-22825882459742234472016-12-28T10:24:00.000-08:002016-12-28T10:24:48.683-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">Life in Savona</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have had an eventful first two weeks here in Savona. Most of our time has been spent moving into our apartment, getting it cleaned up, (that took several days), getting to know our way round Savona like where we can walk and where we should drive, learning about where we can park and where we shouldn't (we already got a parking ticket!), finding out the best places to buy food and getting to know the people in the branch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did find out that we will not be staying here in Savona. The stake president in Genova wants us to move there and work with the Young Adults. They are in the process of finding an apartment for us. I am somewhat sad to leave Savona. It is a smaller city and of course we are right on the Riviera. Genova is a crazy city. The streets are like a big bowl of spaghetti, with nothing straight or perpendicular. But we will see what happens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Someone suggested I just do a picture blog, since there is way too much to write.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here are a few pictures to show just a little bit of our life here in Savona.</span><br />
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This is the view from our apartment balcony. Yes, that is the ocean, or rather Ligurian Sea. Yes, it is the Italian Riviera.<br />
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This is what our apartment looks like from the outside. Very typical Italian.<br />
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Learning how to make REAL focaccia from Omar. I haven't tried it yet.<br />
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This is what our street looks like--Apartments on the right, the ocean on the left.<br />
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Our branch Christmas party--before the food was served. This is also the chapel.<br />
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They asked Miles and me to "judge" the desserts at the Christmas party. Tough job! The "apple pie" won first place.<br />
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This is our little car we get to drive. Toyota Yaris. I'm so happy it is small!<br />
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Beautiful sunset across the street from our apartment!Miles and Patti Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806034193348842780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618222897460734939.post-47554679977258093152016-12-19T09:58:00.000-08:002016-12-19T09:59:11.737-08:00We're Here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems to impossible to be true, but we are finally here in Italy. We had a very stressful, crowded, hot, noisy flight from Dallas to London. The TSA there had a heyday with all my cosmetics I had packed in my carry-on bag. The lady dumped EVERYTHING out and asked me what every bottle and jar contained. Beauty cream! Hair cream! Body cream! It's all creams, lady! It was quite embarrassing, but I had to let it go and move on. The Milan flight was much better. It was so amazing to open the window in the morning and see we were flying over the Alps! We were met at the airport by President Allen and his wife and the two office elders. We had four huge suitcases, two smaller suitcases, and our carry ons, so it was great to have help. After a wonderful lunch and some preliminary business stuff, they took us to a really nice hotel to sleep. It was so good to get into a nice soft bed! We helped the following day with a missionary conference, serving lunch to a huge bunch of missionaries. When I went to the market, I was greeted by these fine octopuses. And the wonderful foccacia bread. Guess which one I chose to eat!? The next day we drove to Savona, where our apartment was waiting for us. There's a ton of work to be done there, but it has been slightly fun to clean and fix it up.<br />
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Miles and Patti Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806034193348842780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618222897460734939.post-8309019173302941372016-12-11T20:46:00.000-08:002016-12-11T20:46:03.895-08:00Missionary Training CenterAfter spending one week at the Missionary Training Center we leave for Italy in the morning! We are excited and nervous. It's hard to believe that after all the waiting, planning, anticipation, and delays, we are finally going! <br />
It was fun to have our son, Brian, drop us off as we had done with him 20 years earlier! <br />
We had an incredible time at the MTC and learned to much. We don't know where we will be living in Italy, but we should find out when we get there on Tuesday, so stay tuned...<br />
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<span class="s1">There’s too much to tell, but in a nutshell, I broke my arm. And not a clean little break where they can put on a cute little pink cast and send you on your way. I had a spiral fracture in my humerus going from about the middle all the way up into the ball of the bone. It was in about 4 pieces. I ended up staying 4 days in the hospital and having surgery where they put in a titanium plate and 10 screws. Basically, my left arm got twisted in the basket or something and stayed back as I went forward. The pain was worse than anything I've ever experienced. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">So needless to say, our perfectly laid plans were delayed. We will be leaving Texas on November 30th to go up to Utah for our training. We go to the Missionary Training Center on December 5th where we will be trained for one week.. </span></div>
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Miles and Patti Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806034193348842780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8618222897460734939.post-22724809249051443002016-08-23T14:55:00.000-07:002016-08-23T15:52:44.511-07:00We are so excited to serve the Lord and the people in the Italy Milano Mission. We will miss our family, but are so thankful for their support. We report to the Missionary Training Center in Utah on October 24th, and leave for Italy on October 31. We invite you to follow our journey.<br />
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