TARANTO!!
woo! i am still in my city and LOVING err minute of it! what a
relief! i hope you are all enjoying crisp fall air and a bit of a
chill ... because i barely remember what it feels like to be cold. enjoy it for
me, my loves, because it is still HOT and HUMID out of control here in my
italy. but that is okay ... i guess. ha!
okie. so this week. so good. sooo gooood! after i emailed last
week i ate gelato in a brioche bun ... whaa? yeah that's right. so good. so bad
for you. so worth it. also, you are never going to believe this, but i have
been senza diet coke(dc) since the MTC. that is over a month of being without my one true
love! but i found some in a pizzeria! and bought in, ripped that sucker open
and dumped it in my mouth. it tasted like tin. and was a huge disappointment.
sad. we also saw a castle and i don't have an eloquent enough vocabulary
(especially now that i am stuck in this weird language limbo that i cant really
speak english and i cant really speak italian so i just speak my own tongue and
it cray) to describe it's beauty so good thing i have pictures! woo!
gelato and brioche.
me and dc.
the castle. kind of. google it for a better view.
me and taylor on top of the castle.
view from the castle.
some man gave us a free chicken the other day. we gave it to our
neighbor (you remember franco ... the guy that reminds us to say hello to you all
from him every week, including today) and his wife that is afraid of us or
something. nothing bonds neighbors quite like chicken.
we went to the opening kick off activity that introduced the
weekly (that is right WEEKLY) relief society activities. they will cook a
pastry one week, a meal the next week, have a cultural night the next week, and
the last week of the month is a service project. so great, right? love
them.
a really cute sign for the rs activity that i am in love with and KNOW that courtney is too.
we, mia bella sorella taylor and i, have deemed this week
CONFERENCE MANIA! we have talked to literally every person about conference and
i have never been so excited for conference. but i have to admit, i am going to
miss my city A LOT this weekend. we have been telling the members what
conference weekend is like in salt lake city, because it is seriously every
members dream to come to salt lake for conference, and i get a little sad every
time we talk about it. so love it for me this weekend. it is like a holiday so
treat it like one! it will be fun to experience it in the boot this year
though!
our investigator valentine is great. he was worrying us a bit
last week with some things but last night some beautiful miracle happened, as
it always does when you look for them. the incredible youth of the ward just
opened their arms and sucked him in last night, which is a little tricky since
he speaks english. and now valentine is their NUMBER ONE fan ... yeah even more
than i am. he told us "i love god. i love the bishop. i love my new
friends. i need to be baptized!" so we will see. oh happy day!
oh also there are these crazy parades they do for the saints
here. there are always statues of certain saints in the cathedrals and they all
have holidays (i think it is the day that saint died) and they take the statues
out of the cathedrals and walk around with them while the members follow
holding candles and singing and praying and stuff. i'll include pictures. we saw
a procession for san cosimo and for san teresa this week. the after party
included eating and singing karaoke until the wee hours of the morning. all for
the saints!
san cosimo marching band. haha!
san cosimo and his brother that is also a saint but i cant remember his name. don't tell the catholics!
the line "its always darkest before the dawn"
(florence, my love) has been on constant replay in my mind and now i am
witnessing it firsthand. it is so true! woo!
guys do me a favor will you? will you:
- watch conference with a PURPOSE?
- read the talk called "its better to look up" by eldercarl b cook?
- read 3 nephi 13:22 ... let me just write it out for you here ok?
"the light of the body is the eye. if therefore thine eye be single thy
whole body shall be full of light" (cassie and ben ... i know what you are
thinking right now and no this scripture has nothing to do with the illuminati ...) i love love love this because if our eyes are always looking to
christ, simply looking (like that story of moses and the serpent on the stick
and he tells everyone to look at it and be healed) then we will be filled with
HIS light and everyone will see and feel that light. bellisimo!
- ask my uncle john to share the talk that he shared with me with
you? because it is a gem. beautiful.
okay my lovelies, it is that time agian. LOVE conference, will
you? i will!
all of my love from the home of pizza and gelato,
sorella wightman
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