2+0+1+7 equals 10. That means 2017 is not divisible by 3. So sad... I guess that just makes it a prime year to get stuff done.
Our New Year Eve here in Pordenone was fun. At 8 a.m we had to be at the church to clean it. I vacuumed to whole church and did the trashes. It was fun, (well, boh, it gave me time to think). Then we had leftovers for lunch. At 4:30 there was an 8 yr old baptism for the American Ward and then everyone was off to New Year parties. The missionaries were asked to be inside by 7, unless there was a Ward party, which there wasn't. So, we sat inside, staring at the wall in the general direction of exploding fireworks until 2 a.m. (It finally quieted down so we could sleep).
Our New Year Eve here in Pordenone was fun. At 8 a.m we had to be at the church to clean it. I vacuumed to whole church and did the trashes. It was fun, (well, boh, it gave me time to think). Then we had leftovers for lunch. At 4:30 there was an 8 yr old baptism for the American Ward and then everyone was off to New Year parties. The missionaries were asked to be inside by 7, unless there was a Ward party, which there wasn't. So, we sat inside, staring at the wall in the general direction of exploding fireworks until 2 a.m. (It finally quieted down so we could sleep).
The next day, Sunday, we had 6 hours of church because now we are the only missionaries over two wards. Yay. Fortunately the Bishop Kongaika (of the American Ward) brought us New Year leftovers from their party (ribs, BBQ, and islander foods) so that we could eat. Italian church went until 6pm. Oh well, whatever. I don't know if we can do 6 hours of church every Sunday, but we'll do our best.
Monday we found two new investigators, Boateng and Olivia. They are a Ghanaian family with a two year old son. They live up by Sedico, BL, Italia. And.. you know it was really really really time consuming to go up there and come back. It was beautiful, but they don't have a car so they'll maybe never make it to church. 2 hours in car, one way, makes that so hard. On train, it's the same or longer. Anyway, they loved the restoration lesson, and we'll be seeing them again in 2 weeks. They were referrals, and I just wished they lived closer.
The next referral we are supposed to meet is a resident in Portogruaro, another even more unreachable town. Sighs all around.
We do lots of work with inactive members, and we'll be busy with two wards. I'm no longer sick, and my companion is hale as well.
Really nothing more to say. (Today for Pday we're...doing housework, ooh exciting)
Love you all!
--Anziano Benge
1-combined district meeting yesterday.
2-near Belluno
3- our stop at Sedico
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