Ok, so me and my companion had both heard vague rumors about this guy that gave out free ice cream to missionaries, and I knew which place it would be, but I had never been there, or met the guy, so yesterday we decided to check it out during p-day. We got there on our bikes, and it's a fairly large gelateria, and some guy comes out to greet us, which NEVER happens. No one comes up to missionaries, lol. But he asked us how we were doing, and we asked him his name and he said <<Bruno>> and then pointed to the huge sign on the building (this is like, a building easily visible from the freeway) that says <<Gelateria Cortinovis>> and then he said <<Bruno Cortinovis>>. So the owner was now talking to us, and then without saying anything else he waited for us to lock up our bikes and escorted us in. So we started looking around, because gelato was sounding really good. After about 30 seconds (he was on the phone) he comes over to us and takes us to the counter where he tells his worker to give us some ice cream. So we were like ok, sweet! Free ice cream! It is true! And then he just walked off again. Before we had a chance to finish that gelato though, he came over to us again and told his worker to give us some of these delicious pastry treat things. Immediately after she finished and we were about to talk to this guy to see what the deal was, he takes us over to these 40-80 euro cakes (the euro is like 1.4 dollars right now) and tells us to choose one to take home, and then starts describing how to store them and such. So finally at the end of all this, we were able to gather our wits and ask him why he was giving us all this stuff. He didn’t give us a straight answer however, and just told us he had been doing this for the missionaries for 25 yrs now. (the rumor among the missionaries is that his mother's dying wish was that he gave the missionaries free stuff, but idk the real story). So I felt a huge responsibility to get him to church or something, do something to serve him if only because he has been serving the missionaries for so long! So when I started to bring up religion he said sadly that he was an atheist, and when I tried to find out why he said that he never talks religion with anyone... Then he told us that his workers are always here, and they know to give us free stuff, and he encouraged us to come back soon. So I decided that next week I’m going to get his phone number, and then set up an appt. to talk with this mysterious Bruno Cortinovis about the gospel. To be continued . . .
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| Also, the little pastries that look like shells are ridiculous! Theyre so good! And like as crunchy as i imagine a shellfish thing would be.... coincidence?? nahh. Also the two next to the shell fish pastries look like they could be bugs that Timon and Pumba would eat. And they're way good. |
My new companions name is David VanAucker, and he's pretty cool. Everyone in the mission loves him, and speaks way highly of him (as did everyone about Anz Jenson). All in all, we'll get along pretty well. He's convincing me to put meat and what-not in with the pasta I make, which reminds me, do you have any tips on cooking meat? I feel pretty comfortable about cooking ground hamburger, but there's stuff like horsemeat here that I really want to try, and I still know nothing about spices. Just like for seasoning meat to go with pasta or something. ALSO! They have fish, everywhere. Like in the grocery store just lying there, not skinned or anything, for all to see. Weird.
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| So, i bought a calzone, and tried to use the fork they gave me, and the fork was in the calzone for no more than 0,5 seconds. And it got murdered. AND I made easy candy. Success! |
Claudio is doing great! He's learning so much better now, and with the word of wisdom, he has this coffee substitute called <<orzo>> that he said tastes different, but works just fine, and the grape juice we got him to replace his wine he said was way good, and he was going to go buy more!
Azayra had personal issues on Sunday, but she is going to get baptized this Sunday, and I will confirm her a member of the Church of Jesus Christ on the Sunday after that.
And I can honestly say I have not counted the members that attend church, but I'd say more than a hundred, and less than two hundred. Every missionary that has seen our ward says it's huge, so yeah it's huge. But not quite as big as 9th ward.
vi voglio bene
-Anziano Bushman
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