(Jared's mom forgot to forward me the email from this week, so I'm including some of the comments he sent in an email to me)
"Ciao!
First
off, I'm sorry that it took so long to send you an email today. We spent
all morning in Gaeta at a hiking spot. Gaeta is a really cool ocean side
town about an hour and a half train ride away from Termini. I will attach
pictures to this email if I don't forget.
I'm sorry about the guys here...they are
pigs...seriously. Their entire culture revolves around "love"
but they often confuse "love" with lust and sex...it's terrible.
And they don't respect women much...especially since a lot of the American
vacationing women come here to meet and sleep with Italian guys...Its just all
bad. That's just one of the many reasons that they need us Missionaries
to teach them the way to true happiness :D So, like I said, be careful of
those Italian men! Don't let them kiss you! Haha and the guys who
calls you his girlfriend...totally flirting with you. The old men go
after the younger women, too...so...be careful!
Well,
enough about that! And to answer one of your questions, the reason I have
people send me letters to the mission office is because I go there fairly
often, and its more reliable than where I am living. And I did get your
letters! Thank you thank you thank you so much!! haha that post card you
sent was super cute :D
Anyway,
I should probably answer the rest of your questions! I get a new/follow
up trainer because Ginolfi is dying/going home. So they are keeping me
here, and I become companions with Elder Smith tomorrow. He's a hunter
and a red head, but people tell me he's awesome...so we'll see! But ya,
usually greenies stay with their trainer for at least two transfers but I'm
just a special case I guess :D
This
week has been pretty busy, not because we have a lot of appointments, but
because Anziano Ginolfi is going home. We have been running around doing
a few last minute things outside of our appointments. Here in Ostia,
aside from our normal appointments with less actives, Mangiacotti (the guy who
feeds us a ton), and the Fresta family, we have mostly been tracting. All
of our investigators right now are in Latina! So, we only see them
usually once and sometimes twice a week. It's just hard to get there
because the train costs money and we can't go very often. When we do go,
it's an all day event.
Speaking
of Latina, the last time we went was this last Tuesday, and we went to a nearby
city on a mountain called, Sermoneta. It is the coolest place ever!
I felt like I was stepping into the past. The city is built around
a castle, and all the houses are inside castle walls and built into walls
that have been standing for hundreds and maybe thousands of years! It is
a pretty small town, and we tracted the whole thing in maybe 2 hours, but it
was super cool and we even met one guy who is actually really interested!
Which gives us an excuse to go back to that awesome city ;) (I'll
include pics :D)
I
also met the Banchini family recently. They are members and their sons
just recenlty were baptized. By their house, there is a mall that is
exclusively just FOOD. It is literally called, "Eataly".
However, everything is super expensive because apparently its all
supposed to be super good. I beg to differ...the gelato wasn't THAT great
haha
love,
Anziano
Jared Burnham
P.S. I
sent some pictures of Sermoneta, but I will send more in another email because
I want you to see how cool it is! :D And Gaeta is not as cool so I
decided that one can wait haha"
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