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| Pizza with everyone. |
Wow this week was crazy! I can't
believe that I got to spend EASTER in ITALY! Easter here is a huge
deal! And the day after Easter was a holiday too so that's why I'm
writing you today. On Friday we got to see the Processione! Which is
basically a religious parade. There was this one church which was
filled with people and they reenacted the crucifixion,
then they took his body down, placed it in a coffin, and took it
around town, visiting every church in a huge parade. It was so crazy!
I can't even put to words what it was like to be in that catholic
church. It was almost scary...everyone chanting prayers, the priest
yelling all these things, the way they worship Mary, etc. It is so
crazy what church is like for people here. Nevertheless it was cool
to see and after we followed the parade around a
bit...because...Andrea led it! Hahaha he plays the flute and was in
the band and he ended up being at the very front. The newest Mormon
in Sassari led the catholic parade. Hahaha!
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| Processione |
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| Catholic church |
Here instead of all the small little eggs filled with candy...they get HUGE chocolate eggs! I-ll give you a great picture next week! Also, another traditional sweet is the Colomba which means dove. It's a huge cake in the shape of a dove!
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Okay now to tell you
about my Easter lunch....haha! So the Murgia family invited us over
for lunch and we were so excited! We went over and they gave us some
delicious red sauce lasagna. Then some pasta typical of Sardenga.
Then they brought out another lasagna but this time with artichokes
(so good!). Then they come out with bread. Then they brought out FOUR
different meats—pig, lamb, lamb with mushrooms, and the organs of
the lamb that we were expected to eat. Oh and a huge thing of
potatoes! We were dying!! We were so full! We had to take long breaks
between courses just to be able to eat it all. And yes, I did have to
eat a bit of the organs of the lamb...I don't know what part it
was...either the heart, veins, liver, etc. Why does Sardegna eat all
of this?After that they gave us a huge chocolate egg, Easter cookies,
and cake to eat! Italians know how to feed you!!!! I am stuffed for
the rest of my life. And I probably gained five pounds. Oh well.
There's this member
who works in a flower shop by our house and he has a friend named
Pietro. We pass his shop often and we always see this friend so we
always go in there and talk to him about the gospel. He makes a lot
of jokes and didn't seem too interested. Then one day he asked for a
BOM because his wife wants to read it. We wrote her a nice note in
the book and gave it to him and they invited us over for dinner! They
were so sweet and the Dad kept being a jokester the whole time, but
they are really interested! They had their nephew and his wife over
(who just found out she is pregnant!) and they asked a lot of great
questions. Th mom is reading the BOM everyday and they are so excited
to have us over again...and we are so excited for them!!
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| Service |
Besides all of this,
I have really loved this week because my testimony has been
strengthened a lot. I read a couple chapters of Jesus the Christ (YES
dad I am reading it now so don't you worry!) about Christ's
resurrection and it was so interesting to me and I knew that it was
true. Lately, I've been meeting a lot of people who don't believe in
God or Christ and it just breaks my heart that all these people don't
know how happy they could be if only they could get to know their Savior. Also, the biggest difference between our church and the
catholic church (well besides the whole authority thing) is how we
see Christ. They see him on the cross in a sad and tangled state.
Yes, we see that too...but instead we see him more as the beautiful
resurrected being that he is today. Yes he died for us, but the
miraculous thing is that HE LIVES today. He was resurrected! He
gained a perfect body! He accomplished everything! And now he lives
through each of us, helping us every day of our lives! I know he
lives because I can feel him helping me everyday to become like him.
Anyway I hope you
all are well...I CANT WAIT TO HEAR WHERE KELSEY IS GOING ON HER
MISSION!!! Congrats to Isaac and Daniel! Put an extra flower on
grandma's grave for me. Tell the whole family I love them!
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