Friday September 11, 2009

September 11, 2009

First off, although we are in a foreign country surrounded by a foreign culture, and foreign people, our hearts and minds are remembering those lost on September 11th, 2001. We also want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those in the US military protecting our individual freedoms, and for sacrificing so much, we truly appreciate all of you!!! No cliché little patriotic phrases, you have our utmost respect and gratitude! Thank you for serving.

Friday
The boys along with our good friend Trevor have been dreaming of climbing Mt. Vesuvius ever since we got to Naples. This morning was our only available opportunity to attempt this great adventure. We five brothers, plus Trevor, loaded into a van and head towards the famed mountain ready for a great adventure. We had some trouble finding the right trail, but soon stumbled upon it and made it to the top just in time. The amount of energy required to erupt and eject that much material is beyond belief. All that remains are sheer cliffs that make up the walls of the very deep crater. When we hurriedly left in the morning I had grabbed the only food available from the church, which turned out to be a breakfast pie thing, which we all devoured at the summit. We headed back to the church just in time for another great chapel service. Afterwards we all met for pranzo, which lasted several hours of great food and fellowship with the team.
Festival
Tonight we were the first band up, so we got right into setting up and sound checking. We enjoyed playing for some new friends we have met that attend the church we are staying at. After festival ended we met a some of our good friends on the mission team to do some swing dancing and play some games back at the church.