Going to Church

 We have had quite the adventure getting to church each Sunday.  Church is on the main land so we have to take a boat from our island to the bus or tram station, a bus to the main land. The first week we were here there was a huge marathon across the only bridge to Mestre.  Certain forms of transportation were shut down and bus routes were changed.  We left on an early vaporetto (bus boat) to the main bus station in Venice.  We found a bus we thought would take us to the right place...well, it stopped close to the center of Mestre. We couldn't figure out if any other buses would be coming, so we walked for 2.7 km (glad it wasn't raining!)

 

When we finally saw this sign, we were exhausted and ecstatic. We were only 45 minutes late.

 We were ushered in to Sacrament meeting and then on to the other classes.  We were very glad there were some missionaries to help translate for us.  David went with the two young men and one young women. The primary was practicing for the program, so Allison, Bridget and Chris started learning Book of Mormon Stories and a Child's Prayer in Italian.  We'll see how they do in a few weeks.

The way back was not as adventurous, but LONG! It took us over 2.5 hours!

This week was much better.  We found a bus with wheels (as Chris calls them) that took us straight to the church, of course after our vaporetto.  The way back though we added a new form of transportation, the tram. Can't say you take three forms of transportation within an hour to get to one destination.  We have it down to 1.5 hours each way!