Nov 26 - 1st Thanksgiving in the field and a sprained ankle!

ATMS there are called “bancomats”

The supermarket where they shop is called “Pam”

There are way more apartments than houses, the apartment buildings (kinda like Kinser Towers) are called Palazzi

For their Thanksgiving dinner his comp got a package with gravy and stuffing and they found some instant mashed potatoes and Anz. Nielsen had a cookie mix that I sent from Sam’s Club but the turkey they had ordered didn’t come in time so they bought a chicken instead and slow cooked it for about 3 hours and felt “pretty proud of ourselves cooking our Thanksgiving dinner by ourselves! Lol”

They were able to download all the hymns from the Church website so they can sing with those in their Sunday meetings, he said it has been a real treat to sing with music! A typical Sunday – he taught the Priesthood lesson and gave a talk and blessed with Giovanni (for the last time before he left for his mission!).

Tuni (that was scheduled to be baptized) received his “documents” and is “legal” now but they sent him to Rome! He told the Elders on the phone he was leaving that night. Luckily they were able to meet him at the train station and take pix and say goodbye. Anz Nielsen said “the Anziani (Elders) in Rome have now received the greatest referral ever! He said the greatest thing in his life right now is to be baptized. So that is awesome!! It was really sad to see him go though!”

They were hurrying to catch a train and Anz. Nielsen slipped on the stairs and fell and thought he had broken his leg! They called a member friend who took him to an Italian hospital where he had an xray and found out it was just a sprain. The following week he wrote:
“Yeah i went to the Italian hospital here in Crotone! It was crazy! Not scary, just weird being in an Italian hospital! There were statues of Catholic Saints and the Pope everywhere, as well as crosses above every door! We were able to communicate perfectly! (HUGE blessing!) I was a little affrighted lol! The update for the ankle is i am pretty much 100% now! HUGE blessing again! I walked with a brace for a while but now i am without brace and walking fine! I shouldn't have to follow up with a doctor! Pres was concerned but calm as a cucumber (how calm can cucumbers be?)! lol! Everything is hunky-dory now!!! you know the cool thing about my ankle is the doctor told me it would be about six weeks before i could walk perfectly again, but after ONE week i am totally good to go! I even went running yesterday! SUCH A MIRACLE!!”

An investigator they taught gave them peanut butter, pancake mix and American syrup and they were REALLY happy about that! He said the family had “got this food from family that live in America but they didn’t like it that much! Hooray for us!”