January 2017 in Pictures

Here it is the last day of February and I am sharing with you our sights and sounds, well mostly sights of January in Sicily and Palermo.

January took us from Fuggi (up near Rome) for the GANS Capodonno Event (New Year's Eve) to Sciacca in the southern part of Sicily as we traveled the island for missionary apartment inspections.  Plus all over Palermo in the pursuit of interesting, historical, and beautiful Palermo.

If you want feel free to come along with us.

We enjoyed wandering around Fuggi and old town Fuggi during the Young Adult New Year's Eve Conference.  Fuggi is known to have the best water source in Italy.

Overlooking new Fuggi from old town Fuggi

Christmas lasts until January 6

Fuggi springs forth with the best water

After a great weekend in Fuggi, we headed home and spent the night in Cosenza.  Cosenza has this most amazing art museum all outside along the mall.
 

Cosenza has a unique outdoors art museum

As part of our missionary service, we inspect missionary apartments and sometimes drive a couple of hours through Sicily to the apartment or to Catania for apartment supplies. This year Sicily received quite a bit of snow.

On our way to Catania

We could hear the bells ringing on the sheep here in the middle of Sicily

We also were blessed to attend Agrigento's branch conference where I met my newest friend.

My newest friend Antonella

Sciacca is in our Palermo Zone, it lies along the sea, and is know for its ceramics and ceramic stairways.

Craig on one of the many Sciacca ceramic stairways

Sciacca ceramic stairway from the sea to the city center

Palermo has so much to see.  It is a city of 600,000 plus people. A lot of Palermo was rebuilt after WWII. Here you can see one of the most recent additions, the tram wires.

I captured a rainbow once while we where driving through Palermo

Our Parco Utidore for our morning exercise

Craig on his morning run

Palermo is located on the northwest side of Sicily and the Gulf of Palermo. We had fun with our Palermo Zone missionaries on p-days.

The Gulf of Palermo and missionaries after a great p-day of ultimate frisbee

District 2 team

Another p-day of iceskating

Luckily several of the historical sites of Palermo where not bombed during WWII. There are at least 7 World UNESCO sites in Palermo.  We hope to see all of them.

Palace Zisa

San Giovanni degli Eremiti

One of the perks as a senior missionary couple we could see an opera or play here at Teatro Massimo. So far we have only taken a tour.

Teatro Massimo, 3rd largest theater in Europe

The inside of Teatro Massimo

We love to walk all over the city.

Palermo streets

One of the many intersections with minimum traffic currently

Stray cats are prevalent

January is orange season and if there is fruit on the public streets you can pick them.  Also the graffiti is pretty cool too.

Love these colorful buildings.

The Great Palermo Zone - January 2017 Version

We love our missionaries and all they do and all we do with them.

We spend time learning with them at District Meeting each week.

District 1

Our fearless Zone leaders before Anziano Blocker left for home

District 2 - take 1

District 2 - take 2

Anziano Anderson (District 2 leader) and Anziano Adepoju

Anziano Young and Anziano DeFeo

Special musical number at Zone Conference

Anziano Covalt and Anziano Wilkey

Anziano Souwan before he headed home with his greenie Anziano Strong

Anziano Strong and Anziano Ponce

Sorella Oehler and Sorella Carver

Anziano Wright and Anziano Bowers in District 3

Anziano Campbell and Anziano Garrett - sea baptism the day before Anziano Garrett left for home

Anziano Jensen and Anziano Alexander the day before Anziano Jensen left for home

The Blues Brothers in Sciacca

Anziano Alexander with his greenie Anziano Dickey and his first arancina

We have to say goodbye to the best of them when their family decides 2 years has been long enough.

These boys are home now

I should say these amazing, valiant men are home now

 We get to help with transfers by loading lots of luggage into our car along with the missionaries for early morning train rides to their new assignments

Early morning transfers at the train station

Saying see you later to several of the best

We also get to play together sometimes as big groups or little groups.

Ice Skating with the girls and some of our Young Adults

Palermo Zone on Ice

A little dodgeball missionary style

Waiting for a chance to get back in the game

Ultimate Frisbee Soccer Missionary Style

Seashore activity

Palermo Zone - District 1 and District 2

Anziano Kolsen and Anziano Melling with our weekly gelato

Selfie with Anziano Melling and Erice behind us

P-day in Segesta

P-day with our amazing Trapani Anziani

Sorella Erickson, Sorella Frogley, Sorella Ferre, and Sorella Carver before Sorelle Frogley and Ferre went to their new assignments

Sorella Erickson was my companion for the day

Sorelle Erickson and Acerson with Anziani Dickey and Alexander Pday adventure with us at the Valley of the Temples

Agrigento Valley of the Temples with these guys

One last one at the Turkish Steps near Agrigento with Sorelle Erickson and Acerson

Needless to say, we love our missionaries, each and every one!