Busy day at the Institute

We went down a bit early to prepare for Taco Tuesday, which makes things more relaxed for us. My wife also made a bunch of Spanish rice to add to the mix, and it was popular. Turnout was very good, with kids in and out all afternoon. Until recently we have been going through only 1.6 kg of beef each Tuesday afternoon, but now we are using more than 2kg regularly. Nice! The lunch room was full of kids -- no real place for us old folks to sit, which is a good thing. I had to shred extra cheese a couple of times as more people showed up.

 

 

 

 

A bunch of the kids then hung around to play Bang! after lunch. It was a loud and raucous game😀

Choir started at 6pm, with eight of us singing. We started to learn the Italian version of "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing", one of my favorite hymns. Some of us are still upset that it got taken out of the LDS hymnal in 1985! It was a fun class.

In the evening, Ugo was out of town, so he had asked me to moderate the Institute class via Zoom. Three different kids each taught part of a chapter, and I just got to sit there and enjoy the spirit of the group. The internet was a bit flaky for us, but we were still able to communicate pretty well. There were at least 23 different locations around Italy participating online -- awesome!