Wednesday Evening the Missionaries planned a video night. They invited all the English class to come. They showed the  video , "Joseph Smith the Prophet", with Italian subtitles. We had 6 class members come to see it. The video is so wonderfully done! We cried , we laughed and we were all amazed at the courage and faith of all those portrayed in the movie. Most everyone has a Book of Mormon who came but one family, Mom , Dad, and 2 sons, they just started to come to English Class, they did not have the book. They asked for it last night and tonight the Mom came to class with her book marked with questions.  We were all notably impressed. 

 Primary activity, we had two primary aged children show up and they loved their time with the Sorella's. They played games, made crafts and learned what Easter is all about. They are investigating with their Mom.

 We had dinner some time ago with an investigator, She made a fabulous  dish called Eggplant Lasagna. It was so good, I got up the nerve to ask if I could make it. She told me how through the Sorelle, she explained what was in it and how to make it. Today we tried our first attempt.
We bought 2 eggplants, (we were suppose to have 5 we found out tonight!) We washed and sliced them thin.

 This next step is important , place the sliced eggplant in a colander  and press out the extra juice with weight. When we started the eggplant was up over the colander top and within minutes (20) we had to change the bowls and plates because , as you can see they were down to the top. You are to press for 4 hours. We took 1 and I/2 hours. not enough time.

 The next step is to fry the eggplant, FORGOT  as you place the egg plant in the colander you salt each layer. When you fry, you sprinkle salt in the oil and the oil does not spatter so much.

 After frying you place the slices on paper towels to lessen the oil.
The next step is to put a little tomato sauce in the bottom of the pan, lay out the fried eggplant and then put fresh chopped tomatoes, basil, garlic, sliced Provola cheese, 1 beaten egg( we used 3 eggs because to had ONE layer), tomato sauce and then  cover with eggplant slices and start the toppings over again. We did not have enough slices to do hardly  2 layers so we learned. Finish the top with sauce and Cheese. bake for 30 to 40 minutes , we did one hour-- to long-- We forgot the garlic and it was still wonderful! We are also going to try it without frying it next time. 

 May not look it, but it is way good!

One of the English students brought Easter Eggs for all of us. She has a step she does to imprint the leaves on the eggs. The colorful egg has a plastic cover, but the leaf was done, we think--- no one could quite understand how she did it. She puts a parley leaf on the egg, then wraps onion skin around the egg, ties it on with string and then boils the onion covered egg in water. All eggs here are brown so not sure how white eggs will look but we will try this tomorrow and see how OUR Russian Easter Eggs come out.