Who Would Have Guessed!

Just this weekend, we had the opportunity to spend time with our Sunday school leaders, Jim and Kathy, from Indianapolis! It was a great surprise, and truly, a time of encouragement and relax given by the Lord. With them we were able to take Saturday and, after Jim and Zeno made a trip to the dump (Fun! Fun! Non every Italian tourist gets to see the dump!), we spend the afternoon seeing some of the sights of Milan. You would think Zeno and I’d already seen them all, but really, we don’t take time out of our schedule usually to site see in our own city. We saw the oldest church in Milan, we showed of the façade of the Duomo, and, we tried to see the Museum of Science and Industry, but it was closed… they’ll just have to come back for that one!

Walking around during the day, we all got good and dehydrated so we took an easy afternoon and napped and worked on light work. Then, we changed for a special dinner together at a magical Thai restaurant located near Milan’s old canals. It was just lovely, we were able to see the canal by night, show the spot where the women of Milan used to come and wash their cloths on stones near the canal, and most of all, we had beautiful, refreshing fellowship over delicious Thai food surrounded by an incredible atmosphere with the waiters and waitresses in traditional clothing and orchids… to top it all off, Kathy and I headed home with roses! One of which, Kathy bestowed upon a darling little girl who’s eyes lit up so bright as Kathy gifted her a princess rose.

Truly, friends are a gift from God!