as you can see, the women of avanti italia went to a women's convention this weekend which left the MEN of avanti italia with the responsibilities of 'running the operations at the bible school.' scary? we thought, "no." so here is a brief summary of what the men of avanti did while the women were convening:
we knocked out a wall putting in these:
a new industrial refrigerator AND...
the new washing machine & industrial dryer. one word: HUGE.
we read & taught "the giving tree" to 30 children at the scandicci library
we played scrabble for game night at the bible school.
on saturday, we did a 4 city tour in tuscany. we started in montalcino where we tried to dispose of zoey. sadly, she has excellent upper body strength.
we had lunch in pienza. this was our view while we ate.
at twilight (hint), we visited montepulciano which subsequently was a filming site for the movie twilight: new moon. this specific piazza was the site of the filming for the movie.
we finished our day with dinner in siena.
on sunday, we taught the children's class at church and then peter, kyle, and i traveled to pisa for the afternoon.
we finished our sunday at the movie theater. we met my student, gabrielle, to see 'il grinta' or TRUE GRIT (which wasn't released in italy until february 18th). it was the perfect movie to cap an unbelievable weekend.
also, it was a 'farewell tour' of sorts for eric because he & jessica will be headed to taranto, italy on thursday morning to begin working with the church(es) in the area. we hope that God blesses them as they begin their new work there.
Did you LOVE Il Grinta???
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