Our week has been productive for sure. We have loved having the temps cool down in the 80s.
We have wanted to relocate the elders to a better apartment. Their current one is on the second floor immediately over the main bus terminal by the train station. It is kind of a seedy area.
After hunting on the internet and not having much luck getting return phone calls, we were finally able to tour a potential apartment with a leasing agent. We sent photos and the details to the mission office with our recommendation to move ahead. We're praying for success in getting this accomplished. This apartment is just a 2 minute walk from ours and about a 10 minute walk to the Sisters' apartment.
Saturday evening, we wanted to try La Maddalena, a pizza/panzarotti take out restaurant, the young missionaries raved about. We walked there only to find they open at 7 instead of 6. So we walked around a very unique church and watched some firemen try to do something with their boom truck. I ordered a baked panzarotto, kind of like a calzone and Dawn had pizza. Mine was good. Hers was better.
Sunday was a great day. We drove an hour and forty minutes to Foggia to attend the ward there. Bishop Dicarolo (former stake president) asked us to speak at the end of the meeting. Dawn did great. The Italians are so grateful that she is making such an effort to learn the language.
We met so many nice members. Some visitors from Torino were there with their five kids, 3 of them are going to the YSA conference next week. This couple happens to know Maria Giovanna Maglitto, whom Elder Cox and I taught and baptized in Torino many years ago. In fact, their son takes piano lessons from her. This was a tender mercy for me.
The Foggia chapel is as nice as the kind members we met.
Sister Cannariato packed a wonderful lunch which we shared with Anziani Reay and Lott in the missionary apartment that I inspected while there in Foggia. The members want President Smith to put missionaries again in this city. Right now, these two elders come up about once a month.
Our GANS FHE last night was well attended. The sorelle brought home made snickerdoodles and Carmen, who has a culinary degree and works at a bakery brought an awesome cheesecake! Can you see the beach, the sea and the foam?
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