Tuesday,April 19, Milano

hello everybody, i wont worry about spelling, punctation, or capitalization,
i dont know if you are reading these, but here goes another try.
i have some problems to overcome. all the directions on this computer are in italian, and the keys are different, wont elaborate.
this will kept things up.
sat. April 16 arrived in rome at 3:30 pm, picked up at airport by pastor santos, went directly to bible school, ate sandwich and taught 3 hrs. on pauline theology to about 40 bible students. main focus, god reconciled us to himself through christs substitutionary atonement and is now present in the holy spirit, perfectint and sanctifying us as we await the consummation of all things. afterward stopped at gelatoria and ate a three scoop cone. then went to hotel close to santos home.
sun. april 17, up at 7 am, breakfast in lobby, picked up at 9 am by rodel atienza, went downtown rome, ate lunch at restaurant that in italian means hot tables, one block from church, which is 2 blocks from spanish steps, after eating pasta, walked to spanish steps before service, rained most of the day, rodel bought me an umbrella from a street vendor.
service began at 1:30, spoke on warning from matt. 7:13 and following.
lunch with apartment full of philippinos, delicious food, ate light, because we had to meet pastor santos and ruth and friends from vienna at 7:30, met them at italian restaurant, more pasta and gelato, on way back to hotel rodel and grace and i stopped at a bar and had tea and dessert. in bed at 11pm.
mon., april 18 (lauras birthday) picked up at hotel by pastor francis and ruth, and others, ate breakfast at corner bar by christian school, croissant and tea. francis then drove me to termini train depot to catch my train (eurostar) to milano, depot busy place, trains run on time, 1.5 hrs to florence, another hr. to bologna, and total of 3.5 hrs. to milano. laura, after we left florence, i had lunch in the restaurant on the train, ate with three other people that were placed at my table. laura, i thought of you on your birthday, hope it was nice. i ate some wonderful pasta in your honor.:)
at milano, picked up at depot by a brother name godi. he took me to my hotel - hotel corvetto, which is downtown, checked in and took a 20 minute walk for exercise and orient myself to the neighborhood surroundings, located internet point, gelaterria, bakery, etc. the essentials:)
picked up at 7 pm by donald and willie. we walked the 15 min. to church, on the way we stopped at a bar and had tea and fruit dessert and a sandwich for me.
the church is on the 2nd level of a large bldg. at the back is a kitchen where two ladies were preparing our evening meal, which we ate at 11pm - philippino food - will make it for everyone when i get home.
3 other churches joined the seminar - about 60 people on the first night and it will probably grow each night they said. they are very enthusiastic, very philippino- warm and loving.
the first session went great. taught history and background of corinth, results of inspriration, and dynamics of gods word. presented 9 major problems in the church at corinth. late dinner at 11pm, got back to hotel at around midnight, did some studying on subject that pastor santos wants me to speak on next sunday night in rome.
my hotel room overlooks a busy downtown intersection, with constant din of scooters, motorcycles, cars, etc. - noises that laura would love.
tues. april 19 - got up at 8 am, took a long walk ate bread, apple, and croissant, and now at internet point two blocks from hotel. eveything is going great. hope you all can read this and post me some comments.
love you all,
dad