Day 9 - Mastering Mao

Today we went to church, but this time we went to the LDS one :)It was good. We arrived 20 minutes early and just sat there, taking up a third of their seats. One of the women in the ward gave us headsets in order to translate the meeting. A few of them arrived and the meeting started. True to 'Mormon' form, the rest of the ward arrived late. But that's alright. We had a very good testimony meeting. It was fun to hear their different testimonies. Then we went to the YSA sunday school. There are only 4 YSAs, who all know English (one is actually from the states and she is nannying here in Italy), so we had the lesson in English. It was really good. He combined the Holy Ghost lesson with a lesson on Prayer. Then RS, where we used the headsets to hear the message. Overall, it was a very good experience.

After church, we went back to the apartment. Here are some pictures of said apartment:



View from balcony.
Kitchen/Dining Room/Extra Bedroom

We decided to chill in order to recover our aching bodies. We have seen so much in the past couple days that we decided that our bodies deserved a break so that we don't die when we see a million more things in the next few days. We played a few card games including Mao, which I can't explain. All I can say to you is that it is a game where you learn as you go ;) Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Then everyone in the group gathered into apartment 50 and had pasta for dinner. It was really crazy, but it was tasty! Basta! (This means finished in Italian, maybe) :)

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