Sfeugatell’ (from Emmalee and Andrew)

After a delicious Italian lunch (and Andrew learning his first Italian word in Italy, Sfeugatell’) our team settled in to our rooms, and we began to explore our new home for the next week. We continued bonding as a team by wandering through abandoned cabanas, and the scrap piles of metal. We also played pickup games of soccer, and climbed surrounding beach structures. Another great activity was swimming in the deserted Mediterranean waters. Later on in the night we learned from the youth group that the reason the beach was so empty was because a mile down the shore is a sewage plant! This means that we were swimming in the fantastic freezing cold Mediterranean waters of human waste. Yay!

After we all showered (thank goodness) we met as a group to pray about the night to come. We talked about being outgoing and trying to connect with this youth group that we will be working hand in hand with for the next week. So with our spirits up, we meandered over to the church excited to meet the amazing “Jars.” To our utter disappointment no one was there. So we did what any foreigners would do, and took some cheesy group pictures!

A few minutes later Jars began along with a night full of icebreaking and enjoyable community games. We played “Never have I Ever”, and “4 on a couch” to learn all of their names, and to teach them ours. We shared laughs and old stories in order to get along like old friends. To conclude our night, we ate some fantastic Italian pizza (Yum) and went up on the roof to blog!

Ciao,

Emmalee and Andrew