Heyyyy,
So it's almost been a week since I've been here in Torino. There's been a lot to do! Torino is the bee's knees. It's a lot bigger than Piacenza and the work here is completely different. In Piacenza you found a lot of people in the park or knocking doors. Instead here you get more referrals, street contacts and you do work on the buses, trams, metro, etc. There are also a lot more people here who take our English class. It's super hilarious to hear italians try to speak English. The accent isn't super great, although they love the english language. Torino is kind of like Salt Lake, just without the suburbs. It's amazing to see how many people they can pack into such a small area. In Torino there are about 1 million people; the city is divided into 2 wards, Torino 1 and Torino 2. We are in Torino 1, and we split it with another companionship. So we have a population of about 250,000 people to work with.
I don't know if you've heard much news here from Italy, but the weather has been beating down on us for the last little while. It's been raining for the last 4 days straight here in Torino. Cities like Genova, San Remo, La Spezia, and Cinqueterra were pretty badly affected. There were some pretty heavy floods and a lot of damage. President Wolfgramm called us this Monday and told us we might be going to Genova this weekend with the Helping Hands organization to help clean up the city. It's not sure yet though, so we'll see.
Super stoked to hear about the Utes victory over Arizona. It isn't too tough to forget about football during the week, but it is nice each wednesday to get news about my Utes. Although I have to warn you, being here in a mission heavily populated by Cougars... I'm broadening(?) my horizons a little bit. But we'll think about that in a year or two. To answer your questions: as far as the bikes go it depends on the city. In Piacenza we had bikes, but in Torino we use public transportation (bus, tram, metro, train).
Super stoked to hear about the Utes victory over Arizona. It isn't too tough to forget about football during the week, but it is nice each wednesday to get news about my Utes. Although I have to warn you, being here in a mission heavily populated by Cougars... I'm broadening(?) my horizons a little bit. But we'll think about that in a year or two. To answer your questions: as far as the bikes go it depends on the city. In Piacenza we had bikes, but in Torino we use public transportation (bus, tram, metro, train).
It was a little sad to move away from Piacenza, especially with all of the success that we were starting to see. However, the Lord has blessed me with an amazing opportunity here in Torino. One of our investigators with a baptismal date, Victor, is moving here to Torino! He will be here by Friday and we can pick up right where we left off and hopefully get him in the water. The work here is great, especially with Anziano Minà. He's a machine and I'm learning tons from him, both how to speak italian and spiritually as well. We live with 2 other missionaries in the apartment, Anziano Russo and Inouye (in-oo-ay). They're both from California and are super funny. It's fun living in 4, but it is a bit dirtier than with 2. You already know we had a talk about that :)
Anyway, I've got to go, but before I forget here is my new address in Torino:
Anziano Proctor
Corso Grosseto 59
Keep those letters comin'!
-Anziano Proctor
P.S. Mom, there actually don't happen to be any Christmas decorations here in the Torino Apartment... what are they thinking?
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