HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

This past week we were able to visit Southern Italy!  We went to Bari, Bitonto, Foggia, Lecce, Brindisi, Taranto and Statte!  We have been asked by the Mission President to inspect all of the missionary apartments in our mission.  We check each apartment for safety and address any problems.  We are really enjoying getting to know the missionaries in our mission! We were able to meet with 22 missionaries on our trip to the South!!!   We also give each set of missionaries a spiritual thought, which has been really special!  Larry has typed up a three page study on the Atonement and the Book of Mormon!  Awesome!!!!

                                                 Elder McAffee and Elder Stewart

 We had to find lodging for the night and found the Park Hotel Elizabeth in Bitonto on the internet.  We were told it wasn't far....so we started driving and ended up driving....forever......and we finally stopped and we were directed to keep going......this was late at night and we couldn't see very far in front of us, because the little road was not well lit.  We eventually found this entrance and there was a huge gate!  We were starting to think we were in a movie or something!  As we drove up to the gate, we looked beyond and couldn't see anything but a very long road.....lined with trees....and with nothing at the end of the road!

         We called on the exterior intercom next to the gate, and the gate opened very slowly....

                                         We thought we were entering another world.....

           After traveling down the tree lined road for....a long time......

 we finally started to see civilization!!!!!

 We finally arrived at the Park Hotel Elizabeth!!!  We felt like we had been driving for days!  We loved this Hotel!  They had a restaurant inside, (good thing because we were in the middle of nowhere!)

                                                Elder Schwing and Elder Holland

                                                Sister Heiner and Sister Hicks

                                           Elder Pedreira and Elder Larson

                              

                                          Elder Mickelsen and Elder Wright

                                Elder Mickelsen made us Lasagna and Pasta for lunch!  Yum!!!!

We were able to have lunch at the nearby church with the Bari Zone!  We had so much fun getting to know all of the missionaries!  We also enjoyed the food!  

Thank you for all of your prayers!  Love,  Anziano and Sorella Krueger