Perugia, Sansepolcro, Citta di Castello, Badia Tedalda, Ponte Presale, and Ca Buffa!
These are the cities and villages where we visited friends this past week. These are people we have shared our lives with in our past ministry. We have continued to stay in touch with them through writing and to see them face to face has assured them that they are still important to us.
Perugia: These are friends we met in 1992 when we were in Italian language school.
Maria, Sue, and Imma
Sue met Imma in the outdoor market in our town. She worked for at a fruit and vegetable vendor. Our kids, Alison and Hannah, remembered Imma being the banana lady.
Maria and Francesco (in red) and their son Fabio (holding the dog) were the first neighbors we met in Italy.
Citta di Castello: This city is where we attended church our last 7 years in Italy. Cristian and Christi and their children attend this church. Cristian attended our camps at Camp Maranatha and met his wife while serving one summer at Camp Sankanac in Pennsylvania. Many of you know Cristian!
The Cenciarini family are special friends of ours from Citta di Castello. They blessed us with their hospitality many a Sunday in their home and Anja is a dear friend of Alison from Italian high school.
Badia Tedalda:
Sue and I stopped by to visit Centro Maranatha where we helped run camps and maintain the property for 11 years
We were happy to find Daniele our "Frutivendolo" (Fruit Vendor) on his rounds with his truck.
Ponte Presale:
Tosca was one of our next door neighbor our last four years in Italy.
Ca Buffa: And the family Montini
Ca Buffa is a little cluster of houses a couple of miles up the mountain from where we lived in Ponte Presale. Alessia (with her mom, Katerina) was Hannah's best friend in Italy.
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