May 21, 2017
What a great day we had in Sciacca! A good number of our Young Adults went with us to Sciacca for the day for an experience of missionary service with the missionaries and members in Sciacca.
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| Gathering to leave for Sciacca |
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| We gathered at the church on Via Catania to leave for Sciacca |
Sciacca is a beautiful coastal city along the southwest coast of Sicily about 1 hour from Palermo. We drive through the mountains and valleys of Sicily to get there. It is one of my favorite drives on the island.
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| Those clouds! |
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| Our first view of the sea |
Above arrival in Sciacca, we attended church, and afterwards had lunch together.
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| Thanks to Pres Mannino and his brother in law preparing our lunch |
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| Salvo, Craig, and Denis |
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| Denis |
After lunch there was a little relaxing, picture taking, and music until it was time to go to the plaza for some sharing of the gospel.
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| Because we really do like each other |
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| Salvo playing and John taking selfies |
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| John playing |
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| Me and my phone |
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| Sharing pictures |
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| Gathered in the hall with the Sciacca missionaries ready to go convert the people of Sciacca (John's phone) |
It was decided the plazza was the best place to share the good word of the gospel with the people of Sciacca. After lunch around 4, people start to wander and gather on the plazza so we headed there.
Sciacca is such a beautiful city and has some amazing ceramic artwork, plus lots of history.
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| Religious Ceramic Art on the street corner |
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| Through the Porta of Palermo gates we walked |
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| Denis and Antonio |
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| My favorite ceramic steps |
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| Live roses and ceramic roses |
We gathered on the plazza and took in the view of the sea while enjoying some sweet music from this man while waiting for the missionaries to arrive.
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| Craig, Gabriele, John, Dario, Antonio, Suzy, Papon, and Denis |
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| Squinting eyes because I wanted a picture |
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| Sciacca Harbor |
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| What sweet music |
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| Overlooking Sciacca |
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| Clara and Simone |
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| That looks comfy Dario |
While waiting a few of us decided to take a walk to the harbor. If you go down stairs you have to climb back up some.
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| Fishing nets |
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| Papon had to touch the water |
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| More ceramic steps from the sea up |
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| Me and my giraffe wall |
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| More ceramic art |
On our way back we had to take a moment at the Basilica to see its beauty.
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| Sciacca Basilica |
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| Those ceilings! |
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| Bartholomew resting place |
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| It was this stained glass window that caught my eye at first |
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| The light through the stained glass reflecting on the floors and pews |
Now we were ready to meet the good people of Sciacca and share the good news.
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| Discussing the plan |
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| A few songs were sung, a few cards were shared, a message was given, and a lots of smiles. |
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| The plan of salvation and until next time Sciacca |
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