Enjoying the Journey

Visitors

Emily, Peter, & Greg Palatine Hill

Peter and Emily Andrew, Greg's nephew from Detroit, came to visit us Jan 25-26! On Monday morning, after taking the train and the metro (subway), we enjoyed seeing the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill. Toward noon it started to rain. We were hoping it was just a short cloudburst, but it ended up being the start of several days of rain! After a pizza and Italy’s famous hot chocolate (hot pudding really) we walked to the Pantheon.  

Rome Temple Construction

Then we drove them to see the construction site of the Rome Temple, where they are working on a lot of the interior sheetrock. The Rome temple is the only temple that has an oval exterior.  In the evening Peter and Emily treated us to dinner at a fun Italian restaurant—we enjoyed having them visit us!

Elder & Sister DeFeo

Wednesday evening we attended an Institute Fireside with Elder DeFeo, our area seventy. We had a great turnout with about 50 Young Single adults attending. Elder DeFeo and his wife gave some excellent ideas about the focus of temple marriage, and Elder DeFeo gave some great doctrinal points—we were glad to be there. Elder DeFeo also announced a new Pathways program being offered by BYU Idaho to the Rome Italy Institute members so that they can earn a degree online.

Baptism of Carolina Laender

 

Saturday evening, Feb 1, we attended the baptism of Carolina Laender. She is from Brazil and is here in Rome going to school in Architecture. She came to our YSA Fireside week before, and we were happy to attend her baptism—she is a great addition to the YSA program!