"I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello"

The Spring semester of HUF ended and we were all a little sad to see them go, especially because Laura's brother, Clayton, and cousin were here but had to leave. No worries though, the next group arrived the middle of May and several of them stayed here for 2 weeks and now the villa is ready and all of the HUF students are there. 

Side Note: Also, Laura's parents came to visit soon after the HUFfers left, so we were not short on Lemmons for another week or so. While they were here we had a cooking school, and grilled out for Laura's birthday. It was great! It was also Christy's birthday, a lady from church, and her and her family came over as well. What a party! We played games and ate lots of food...everything good for a party.

Anyway, with the new HUF group, we've done a hike/trail cleaning day. What that means is Robbie split everybody up into 3 groups and we went in our prospective groups to hike and pick up trash on a trail in Scandicci. The art school in Scandicci also went with us so the students got to practice their Italian and the Italians got to practice their English. On the trail I went on, we hiked to the top of a hill to the Forest Fire Fighter's Base. They weren't there but it was still pretty interesting. Afterwards, we had a cookout all together and then headed back to the Bible School. There have also been several concerts at the villa including a piano concert, Passogigante(a local band), and a Beatles cover band.

Our favorite director singing to his wife accompanied by Sgt. Peppers(Beatles cover band)

Lemmons - Stephens Clan(minus Clayton)

Thank you to Ryan for letting me use some of his pictures! Currently at the Bible School, there is a group of Harding Bison Athletic students that are only here for month. They arrived May 31 and will stay through June. It's a little different than when the HUF students stayed here because we are responsible for several of their meals, which we spend a lot of time on. So far so good. They left for their first big trip today to Rome and I hope they have a good time. That's all for now but more tomorrow on Andrea moving, Bologna weekend, and the youth weekend here.