Happy Easter!!

Ciao tutti

This week went by so fast I honestly don't even know what I'm going to

say in this email. But I'll just write down whatever I think about and

we will see what my brain puts out. (Usually it's nothing)

So it's (was) Easter week here in Italy and it's a pretty big here

compared to America. People go pretty all out for it, a lot of it is

Catholic stuff but more or less now it's just tradition. Like Friday

night they had a big procession downtown. It was actually pretty cool.

Every church in Catanzaro had a cross that was a different color like

one was red another blue another black. So there was a dude who

carried their church's cross respectively down the street. Then it was

followed by a Cardinal who blessed everyone. Then there was an empty

tomb followed by Mary. All in all, it was a really cool cultural

experience. (I'll send some videos)

Then Easter Sunday was cool too. An after church Italian Easter lunch

is one of the best things in the world. Trust me. I've learned how to

eat a lot in one sitting here in Italy but this pranzo (lunch) was

just way too much. We had our appetizers of assorted meats and pickled

vegetables and cheese and bread. Then lasagna which, because we are

missionaries, we get double what everyone else gets. Then we had some

roasted pork, and this potato bake. Also salad. Also rice with

assorted vegetables. Also this thing that I don't know what it's

called and I've never eaten it before but basically it's this lettuce

leaf folded over, filled with like cheese and covered in red sauce and

then baked. Then after that we had cake. I'm still full from that

meal. It was so good and so much fun.

Anyways, today for PDAY we had an awesome time. We went with some

members up into the mountains for a picnic and then explored this park

a little bit. Then they took us up to this national park wwwaayyyyy up

in the mountains it's called "Sila" and it is beautiful. It's so high

up and when we got there it was all foggy because we were literally in

the clouds. So it was like misting and all this stuff. It reminded me

of our family trip to Yellowstone. It was amazing. Then we explored

this little city up there as it got dark and it seemed like a ghost

town and with the fog it was like a scene from a scary movie and it

was so fun. We saw so many cool things and it was beautiful. I can't

really explain it here in writing so I'll let the pictures and stuff

we took today do the talking.

I hope everyone had an amazing Easter and that we can all

appropriately remember what Jesus Christ's death and resurrection mean

for all of us :) love you all and hope you have an amazing week. With

love

Anziano Yskes

Happy Easter From Home!

Happy Easter From Italy!

Picnic Adventure

Sila Pics

Creepy Abandoned Hotel in Sila