We got up early on Sunday and drove over an hour or so to Terni to attend church. This is not the ward they usually attend. We did not tell anyone we were coming and we got quite the greeting because the mission President was visiting of course. They asked Heather's parents to both speak at the end of sacrament. They get asked to do this a lot I discovered.
This is the chapel after they cleaned up many of the chairs. Elder Pizza interpreted for us during Sunday School. Then the Sunday School teacher interpreted for us and another woman during Sacrament while he bounced his baby girl and tried to keep his older girls quiet. They had a microphone and headpieces we could use. I loved the lessons in church. They stuck to the essentials of the gospel and tried not to stray from the scriptures.
Missionaries in Terni. Elder Pizza is on the right. He's from Utah. Poor guy with that last name in Italy.
Cute family that we talked to for a long time. We talked about the differences between Mormons in Utah vs.outside of Utah. The father (Marco Petrolini) was on a Mormon messages video under "beekeeper". Look it up. It's a good one. The mother says she visit teaches 5 women. Many live a ways away and it took her 3 hours to visit 2 of them last week.
Afterwards we drove to find a hilltop village. This is in Labro.
We looked so awesome in our dresses and bright blue shoes. (We changed after church, don't you worry)
The view from the top of the village. Could you live here? It's beautiful but very isolated. We kept talking about how awful it would be to bring groceries back home or to drag furniture up.
Sister and President Waddoups.
The hilltop village had it's own theatre, chapel, etc.
Me behind the pulpit. I bet I could give a killer sermon.
Carnations in front of one home. I look ruffed up here.
Another home in the village. Adorbs.
The mission home plaque just as you enter the Villa.
We went to the Catacombs of the Capuchins. This was pretty gruesome. It was constructed around 1732-1735. It's all artwork/monuments made out of bones of over 3,700 Capuchin friars, Romans and children. This is one of several rooms. We weren't allowed to take photos so I got this one online. A sign greets you that says "What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you shall be."
We paid to have our car parked in a lot while we went into the catacombs. This is how the parking attendant parked all the cars.
Up the street from the villa was the aqua sacre. You bring your own containers and fill up on fizzy water or natural water. Heather and I hated fizzy but her parents love it now. Heather's dad put a bottle under the faucet of fizzy water and walked away. Once it filled up, it started spraying everywhere and sprayed Heather's mom all over. She started screaming and couldn't shut it off since water was spraying everywhere. It was so funny and I wish my video was on.
This guy was just shaking his head at all of our shenanigans.
Heather and I had the pick of a million rooms. We each took a bunkbed in this little loft at the top of the stairs. We had a sleepover every night essentially. We did like to hang out in the "General Authority Room" at night though. That was the fancy one.
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Here are some of our culinary delights.
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Some things I learned about Italy:
They aren't as fat as Americans.
There are smokers everywhere.
They look classy, not scroungy. No sign of sweats or flip flops anywhere.
They only wear dark colors. No flash or pop of color anywhere.
Also, I want to live in Europe for at least 3 months of my life. It's on my bucket list as well as a mission when Nelson and I are older.
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