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| Gesso in the streets of Lungo mare |
So big surprise, I'm still in Taranto!!
This week was actually probably the first of MANY normal weeks
this week. We unfortunately had to drop an investigator. She wasn't keeping any
of the commitments we were giving her and we asked her if she would want to be
baptized and she gave us a hard no haha. But she said maybe in the future.
So let's hope for that.
We also had a ward party again!! Our ward does so many events
and it's like super irregular, but it's fun. All of the men in our ward did
like a cleaning up activity to clean the road, so why not throw a party after
to celebrate it.
On Thursday we had pranzo (dinner) with one of the Anziani's
investigators. It's actually Matteo and his family and they come to English
course so we have kind of been working with them as well. Unfortunately he
moves to Scotland on September 8 so he is not going to be ready to be baptized,
but we're really hoping he will find the missionaries there. We had kind of a
non traditional Pranzo. We had like pizza rustica first and crostini (I don't
know if that's how you spell it and I don't really know how to describe it
either.), then these crepes that had like mushrooms and
cheese in them, then this meat that she cooked in straight
butter and fries, then she made tiramisu but it has coffee in it. Well you soak
the cookies in coffee and she didn't know that we can't eat coffee (or drink
it) so that was kind of sad. But it's ok. We taught Matteo a really cool lesson
after about receiving answers to prayers. And for having five missionaries
teach one person it was super impressive.
One thing I have decided I will master is how Italians use their
hands when they talk. Matteo's family were so confused when they figured out
that they don't use hand gestures in America haha.
Then we stopped by our investigator Lucia's house. She doesn't
answer her phone so we just stop by every now and then and usually she is home,
but we got in there and sat down and she says to me, "your face has gotten
a lot rounder since I saw you last. You gained weight." And I'm like
uhhhhh......... I just started laughing so hard because when I feel super
awkward I just laugh and Sorella Flansberg started laughing and she says,
"why are you guys laughing? It's true." And I was like OK I get it. Thank
you. Haha Italians. We invited her to be baptized, she said she will think
about it. She still is confused that we are not part of the Catholic Church
even though we have explained it to her at least fifty times hahaha. But it's
better than a no.
We did another gesso with the Anziani and the question we drew
was "C'è un profeta oggi?" Which just means "Is there a prophet
today?" And we went to Lungo mare which was very successful because it's
super pretty so people go there to watch the sunset and just look at the ocean.
We were able to talk to a lot more people because they weren't in a hurry to
get anywhere. I got six "no's" and one "I don't want to answer
the question." Haha so that was good!! It's fun to talk to people even
though I'm terrible at it and don't speak Italian yet. Also it's funny because
you say, "Can I
ask you a question?" And then it's just a no. Or a pity
smile with the shake of a head. I'm like you seriously can't answer a question?
They make me feel like a beggar and I'm a REPRESENTATIVE of Jesus Christ!!!!!
But we love them anyway.
In church on Sunday some lady asked Anziano Anderson if a
mosquito attacked his face because he had zits on it hahaha. He was like, no.
And it was so funny/so sad. They just don't get it. They also always ask me if
my mom liked drinking coffee a lot when she was pregnant with me because of my birthmark.
Yesterday for pranzo we had a really good meal. It was this
lasagna that had prosciutto and mozzarella. Then for the meat it was basically
just hamburger meat in a loaf with salad and she had this like fry sauce stuff
that tasted like the sauce they put on Big Macs, so basically a Big Mac. Haha
and then potatoes and these little like
eclairs. It was good. I would say that was the best food I have
eaten so far. Then she asked us if we wanted to stay until she had to go back
to the church at 6:30 and we were like, uh sorry. No we can't. And went and
waited for the bus for an hour and the bus took us like way out far and then
the bus driver decided he wanted to take a break so he did and the bus was SO
packed with dogs barking and beach goers.
I was so claustrophobic haha. Then we had a birthday party for
Sorella Lahaderne (the senior couple) at the church which was super fun. Once
again. Another party. But I think that is the last one for a while.
Today we got permission to go out of our zone. Which is like a
big deal. Our zone is all of Puglia, but we are right on the edge of it so to
get to the other cities in our zone takes like five hours one way, which means
when we got there, p day would be over. There is a city that is in the Bari
zone that was only an hour away from us that is really cool. It's called Alberobello
which means beautiful tree. It is basically all of these little houses that are
all white and are in the hills and it's really cool. So if I don't email anyone
back this week, then I'm very sorry. I love you all and miss you dearly.
Happy Birthday Papa and Olivia!
I love you both.
Siete BRAVISSIMO. VI VOGLIAMO BENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorella
Lucy Ann Gochnour
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| Alberobello |
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