So my warm and fuzzy idea of spending my evenings quietly reflecting on the day and blogging for everyone back home was quickly derailed by late night dinners and early morning wake-up calls. In Italy, lunch starts around 1:30pm and dinner isn’t until 8pm or so. Every night we gather at the church in Ariccia for dinner and are treated to 4 courses of pasta, meat, salad, and desserts - most nights with multiple desserts. We normally leave the church sometime between 10pm-11pm.
After dinner, (and gelato) when everyone has arrived back at the hotel we gather as a group for some time of reflecting on our day and sharing information for the next day’s activities. We are then led by Youth Ministry Intern Philip Riley in a nightly devotional. Philip has done an incredible job facilitating these times and helping our group to share where they have seen God throughout the day and how we are growing in Christian community - koinonia - with our brothers and sisters of Ariccia.
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