17 Jun 09

Greetings from Cuneo, Italy.

To the left is Drew (right) Claudio (center) Elder Wigant(left). This was taken at Claudio's baptism.

In the last post ( I know, it has been a while) Drew discovered gelato. Before I go on, just a bit of history about Drew. When our family gets ice cream, by the time I have passed out the cones to everyone and finally gotten mine, I can hear the cone being bitten into by Drew. For whatever reason, he has ALWAYS eaten it fast. Now, he has taken that habit to Italy and scolded by the Italians for eating his gelato WAY too fast. He says that is something he will work on.

Currently he has 3-4 people that are being taught and have committed to baptism. The branch is growing slowly and is on the brink of becoming a ward. They need more men to fill in leadership positions in the area so everything can function as it should.

I asked him if he had seen everything he wanted to see in Cuneo, he said he had seen the city 30 times over. It is a small town, but very beautiful. Google earth offers a great way to explore it without being there like Drew.

Some of you may know that Drew is an avid Airsoft player (guns that fire small plastic BB's).
He was at a dinner appointment when he spotted an airsoft gun, when he asked whose gun it was, a young man at the table spoke up and said it was his. Drew was in heaven. He can now say he has had his first Airsoft conversation in Italian.

Just a bit of trivia, he said he weighed himself and he came in at 76 Kilos, which is about 167.2 lbs. we will see how the gelato, pizza and pasta affect him over the next 2 years.

We received a package in the mail containing a DVD full of pictures. I have posted some for you to see. I will try to rotate through some of them every few weeks.