A Bunch of Bologna

One place in Bologna, I never got good pictures of the really tall tower or cathedral on the hill though, sorry.
--Anziano Benge

On Friday I had an exchange out of Padua! For the scambio I had the
opportunity to serve in Bologna for a day. My companion for the day
was Anziano Beaulac, he's from the French side of Canada, and a really
fun guy! He is a Zone leader, that is why I had this opportunity così.
Almost immediately when I arrived in the beautiful city we rushed off
to an appointment (which the investigator didn't show up at)
We went home a bit disappointed and I dropped my stuff off and ate
some pasta. Afterwards we found a member's address and went to help
her fix a refrigerator (unclogging a drain), then we went to another
appointment! We did finding all the way.
The next appointment that night was with a 19 yr old Italian who is
very ready and has a baptismal date and everything. We met at a
member's house and we talked about temples and eternal goals. The
lesson went very well, at the end Anziano Beaulac even taught them
French.
On the way home that night we got gelato, and I got chocolate chip but
instead of a cone I got it on focaccia. It was alright, but probably
too sweet.
Maybe I'm filling this with unimportant stuff but we also met a crazy
man. He was convinced that anyone who used money was from Satan. We
asked him to pray and he told us that there was more than one God,
which one should he pray to? We tried to teach him again because he
obviously didn't listen, he interrupted and told us the sign of the
beast is 666. He said it like 30 times. As we thanked him for his
time, he denounced us and said we were using money evilly just like
everyone else.
You sure meet interesting people on a mission.
The next day was simpler, since we had to catch a train early, we
stopped at a cafe where an investigator works. We ended up having a
conversation with him, his coworker, and his employer. Also, at the
same time, people were coming in and ordering coffee and stuff,
everyone was joining in conversation!
By the time I left on Saturday, to return to Padova, the Bologna
elders had 4 more potential references!
It was pretty cool, now I want to try Cafe finding more often...
Other than that: just normal finding, calling investigators who can
never meet, etc. the good life, I love this city and mission!
Today, for PDay, all missionaries are supposed to do this huge deep
cleaning (so fun!) and so we've been inside all day. After I send
this, I will do shopping and then go clean again. (More fun than this
morning!)
I hope you all know why I'm out here, I hope you know what good this work is!
Love you all!