Well, Thursday was one of the most uneventful transfer days I have had in this mission. I got on the train with Slla Lewis at 8 in the morning and went to Siracusa, rode the train for two hours, and then arrived at the station, said goodbye, and got on a train with Slla Stebar, and came back to Ragusa.
No dramatic early morning trains/busses from Rome to Sicily or the Puglia or anything exciting. It was just like scambi. And now Slla Stebar is here and we already know each other and we are slowly and surely getting Ragusa all organized. She called a bunch of people we have had on our "to call" list for ages and she set up a bunch of appointments.
She is magic.
She is magic.
Right after I emailed last week we set another baptismal date with Romeo. We were telling him how Corrado was going to be baptized the 21st and he said, I am getting baptized before that! And we were like, oh, okay. Bishop would like that they get baptized the same day if possible because the font is hard to fill up, so we will see if we can get a compromise going. Romeo might have to wait.
Corrado is amazing and still wants to see us every day. He brings Salvina and Aurelio with him and the way all their schedules line up we can usually only see them for 30 minutes, but it works out pretty well. It is just taking a little bit to get through everything, with the short time period and everyone's comments. But they are all so happy to meet with us! Corrado and Salvina have told us probably 100 times
now how good they feel in the church and how much they
love coming to church and reading
and how they feel like new people.
It is incredible.
Corrado is amazing and still wants to see us every day. He brings Salvina and Aurelio with him and the way all their schedules line up we can usually only see them for 30 minutes, but it works out pretty well. It is just taking a little bit to get through everything, with the short time period and everyone's comments. But they are all so happy to meet with us! Corrado and Salvina have told us probably 100 times
now how good they feel in the church and how much they
love coming to church and reading
and how they feel like new people.
It is incredible.
Sunday was a never ending ward lunch. But it was SO fun. We drove up with Fllo Guastella (the younger) and Slla Magrograssi who is always hilarious and her ADORABLE baby. I took this picture of the two of them, but Slla M was making this awful face and forced me to delete it and called me a terrorist.
We went to Slla Rollo's house out in the countryside
and picked fruit and almonds and ran around.
It was very fun.
I love all the kids here (and the adults)
they are just so fun!
Remind me when I get home
to do some impressions for you.
We went to Slla Rollo's house out in the countryside
and picked fruit and almonds and ran around.
It was very fun.
I love all the kids here (and the adults)
they are just so fun! Remind me when I get home
to do some impressions for you.
And then Slla Stebar got to meet Raposelli, who tried to get us to sing hymns in different key changes which did not work for me. But he is very excited to have someone who sings alto in Ragusa.
Slla Palermo is still in the hospital, she is so sweet when we come visit.
Slla Palermo is still in the hospital, she is so sweet when we come visit.It has been raining and a bit cold but usually it clears up for a least part of the day. The other day we got caught in a huge storm and had to take shelter in a caffe and of course
our friend Pablo was there to be like,
"you can't be out in the rain, you'll catch a cold!"
our friend Pablo was there to be like,
"you can't be out in the rain, you'll catch a cold!"
Yesterday we taught English Course and there are three guys that come that are just so hilarious. One of them has a British accent and was telling us about his adventure in Japan and another one was telling us why he never shouuld have studied Japanese and how the first day when they taught the alphabet he ran away.
We are always very amused listening to them.
We are always very amused listening to them.
Life is great,
everyone is wonderful, and most of the most wonderful ones
never have time to see us,
which makes us sad, but we go on ahead.
everyone is wonderful, and most of the most wonderful onesnever have time to see us,
which makes us sad, but we go on ahead.
LOVE YOU ALL,
Sorella Laws
Extra pictures:
Pictured here is the whistle man, who walks around and whistles.
And us picking figs!
My favorite of all fruits.
Bus driver smoking = classic Italy.
Me and Destiny
Me and Romeo.
Best drink ever!
I forgot to mention a fun new recipe we came up with...So they dont have rice crispies here in ragusa and they dont have marshmallows, but they DO HAVE...coca puffs and SMURF (i Puffi) marshmallow'like candies.
The result of the two combined?
MAGIC. very sugary magic.
In these pictures you can see the results of some games
that were invented
and Slla Stebar supervising the whole thing.
ADORABLE baby Ivan.
And the wheel chair I always sit in when we visit Slla Palermo, yes, it is very entertaining. I will be like, hold on, I didn't hear that, let me roll closer to you.
Some pictures of what I look like when I wake up,
for your viewing pleasure.
And a picture of the grey hair I found. No, not grey, silver.
In these pictures you can see
that we are serving in South America
just like everyone else.
Extra pictures:
Pictured here is the whistle man, who walks around and whistles.And us picking figs!
My favorite of all fruits.
Bus driver smoking = classic Italy.
Me and Destiny
Me and Romeo.
Best drink ever!I forgot to mention a fun new recipe we came up with...So they dont have rice crispies here in ragusa and they dont have marshmallows, but they DO HAVE...coca puffs and SMURF (i Puffi) marshmallow'like candies.
The result of the two combined?
MAGIC. very sugary magic.
In these pictures you can see the results of some games
that were invented
and Slla Stebar supervising the whole thing. 
ADORABLE baby Ivan.
And the wheel chair I always sit in when we visit Slla Palermo, yes, it is very entertaining. I will be like, hold on, I didn't hear that, let me roll closer to you.
Some pictures of what I look like when I wake up,
for your viewing pleasure.
And a picture of the grey hair I found. No, not grey, silver.
In these pictures you can see
that we are serving in South America
just like everyone else.
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