Italian Film Museum

This week has been really great, two of the mornings have been spent hauling stuff, one day for our ward and one day for a missionary apartment, so that has been pretty crazy. In fact this morning we did it, we were called last minute and now only have time to do internet and shopping oh well! Its good to give service. 

Another fun story this week is we drove out into this outlier city to find a referall, knocked every house we could on the street (many houses), and then found out it didnt exist. So we decided to take a picture since we were all the way out there. Here is the picture.

One of the best miracles that has happened this week is that we saw an amazing part member family! A member in our ward found them (they arent on the ward list) and they want to return to the church. They remember almost nothing about the church except how good they felt going to church every week. So we are now going to teach them every week as well as their nonmember husband. Its great :) 

We also started out english class up again finally, we had a small turn out the first time but we are going to start passing out fliers so more people will come. It was anziano Torgersons (the canadian blacksmith) birthday this week, and so the sisters in our district made him brownies and we all ate them. 

Its so much fun being with anziano Christiansen, we continue to do a lot of good work and have the guidance of the Spirit often. 

I am also learning so much about the history of the church and more doctrine that is changing the way I look at things. It gets me excited for personal studies even more every day. 

Okay, ill send some more pictures now in other emails.

I love you mom!
Anziano day

Here is a picture of our district this transfer, we are a lively bunch

Last week we went to the film museum which was really cool ! Here is also a cool handshadow picture

 Its in a really cool building l so we went to the top.. Unfortunately it was really cold and rainy but we took a picture anyways.

Some original film cameras 

and a giant statue

The Ceiling of the National Cinema Museum in Torino 

 A Giant refrigerator prop 

 Here is our kitchen... We did a fast for a day and we put the chairs there so we wouldnt forget and eat food. That happens sometimes when we forget. Its the worst if we forget.

Here is a very strange picture of some graffiti. People pay to get professional graffiti done on the buildings so that other graffiti artists will not tag their buildings with bad looking graffiti. Its pretty cool in some places.



Note from Mom :The only one in Italy and among the most important ones in the world, the National Museum of Cinema is located inside the Mole Antonelliana, the historic building symbol of Turin. The Mole Antonelliana, designed originally as a synagogue, has been completely restored as an absolutely unique shrine to cinema. At 167 metres, the Mole is certainly the highest museum in the world. A scenic lift, that goes up through the centre of the building to the dome and pavilion gives not only a view of the objects and exhibits on display with 

spectacular and fascinating effects and perspectives, but also a complete scenic panorama of the city and its surrounding mountains.

Another special element is the museum collection itself, among the most complete in the world including 7,000 film titles in the cinema library; 9,000 objects, paintings and old prints; 140,000 photographic documents; 150,000 posters; and more than 200 magic lanterns along with a collection of 4,500 slides. The museum is completed by its library with 20,000 volumes and 3,000 periodical titles, an audio library and print archives of great historical value.A fantastic route has been planned for the visitor through the various collections and the early experiments with moving images up until the birth of cinema. Ten "chapels" placed around the Temple Hall are dedicated to great themes in cinema history: Love and Death, Cabiria, Cinema in Torino, Animated Cinema, Experimental Cinema, Mirrors, The Absurd, Horror and Fantasy, True and False, Big Bang, all with film sets, photographs, designs and sketches...

  (From Italiantourism.com)