Words and Definitions

• adestramental - training
• Anziani - Elder (a title used by male missionaries, also, an office in the Priesthood)
• arancini - a type of food
• biliotini - pass along cards
• cannoli -  a type of food
• Caritas - like a soup kitchen, service 
• citofono - a little placard with the name and a bell at a person's front door
• colega - companion
• corso - English language classes
• destramenti - training, instruction
• DDM - District Meeting
• Fratello - Brother (a title used by males at church)
• gelato - a frozen dessert made with milk and eggs (like ice cream, but more like frozen custard)
• Gesso - where you do a chalk drawing on a dark sheet and hand out biliotini
• kabob - are a little like shawarma in a tortilla
• lungomare (plural: lungomari) - a road or promenade that runs along the seashore
• Permesso di Soggiorno - Permit to Stay. A permesso is my permit to stay in the country. It has to be started eight days after you arrive in the country or they can kick you out. http://www.lifeinitaly.com/moving/permit.asp
•  porta di Roma - The closest thing Italy has to a shopping mall. It is right across the street from the Rome Temple.
• palazzo - similar to an apartment or condo
• pranzo - lunch
• scambio - exchanges, when a missionary companionship switches companions with another companionship for training or other purposes.
• shawarma
• simpatizzanti -  an investigator, someone who is taking the missionary lessons 
• Sorella - Sister (a title used by female missionaries, and by females at church)
• sorelle - sisters, plural
• Vi voglio bene! -