WOW! That's a lot of cars. And it was crazy seeing that they're all so BIG compared to anything here! That's really sad that the van's going, but hey, they've all gotta get out of the driveway somehow, right? :)
Ok, first things first: Transfer calls came in on Saturday. I am going to...
L'Aquila! It's way in the north of the Rome Mission, and is in fact pretty close to Rome, in the mountains NorthEast of there. My new companion is gonna be Anziano Esplin, a missionary who's gonna be dying after next transfer ("dying" here means going home. I was also "born" in Messina, and my "dad" is Anziano Stewart. I don't really like the system, but everybody uses it, so it just unconsciously happens sometimes). Anyway, I'm getting out of really nice, sunny days (spring came early this year) and going to snow and clouds. Woohoo! But I really am SUPER excited. And not just because the name of the city means "Eagle". Cool fact for the day.
So with that, most of this week has been kind of getting ready to go. Namely, seeing members and investigators one last time, and packing and so on. Not gonna lie, it was kinda sad saying goodbye to some people. Others, however, I'm almost breathing a sigh of relief. I know that's not very missionary-like, but..... it's not like I don't like them, it's just that it'll be good to NOT get a call EVERY night at any time between 9 and 11. Just saying.
But some of the people we saw were really great! Like for lunch after church, we went to Milazzo to see the Buonanotte family (They cooked something for us called Totano, you'll be so proud of me, I ate everything, tentacles and all! It's kinda like squid, but not quite according to them. It was good, but strange that it still looked like the animal. That was the only reason it was a little difficult to eat at first.). Then one of the people gave me a book in Italian, Le Cronache di Narnia (yep. All 7. She asked what I wanted, and I made sure to say only the 6th one.). Yeah, so now I got a giant book that I won't be able to read for a year and a half.... be expecting a package soon, possibly with this and several other things in it.
But in between all the goodbyes and whatnot, we actually got to meet someone who we found in the Former Investigator section of our Area Book. We met with him on Monday, he's a Carabinieri (which is like the police that are more respected and effective than the state police here), and super cool! He was really interested to hear that we're still doing English Course, but he said he might be willing to learn a little more about the church too. Sweet! We're getting into positions of power, muahahahaha! :)
But yeah, I'm leaving tonight at 9 here, and get into Rome at 6 tomorrow morning. All on bus. Great.... Then I'll meet my companion there and we'll get to L'Aquila somehow, probably bus again. So that's my week in a nutshell!
Oh, what lessons we had, we used pictures where we could, and it worked FABULOUSLY! Conversation just naturally flowed back to the subject matter (usually. They're still Italian). Definitely want to keep using this.
Well, I love you all, and I love to see pictures of what's going on there, it's fun!
Ci vediamo!
Anziano Trey (it took me a few trys to type that, haha!)
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