April 14, 2015: You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Italy Rome Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, August 19, 2015…
“For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.” ~ Mosiah 3:19
Called to Serve: August 2015 ~ August 2017
Recent Posts
Week #99 – Unselfishly and Wholeheartedly
It’s been an interesting last 10 days. I think I have learned more of what it means to unselfishly and wholeheartedly serve others, despite one’s own circumstances, this past week than I have in my entire life.Starting from two Sundays ago, I woke up very early to make our flight to Palermo. The Pickerds were […]
Week #98 – Willing To Set Aside Time
Hello Everyone!We had 4 conferences in 5 days. Bari, Taranto, Napoli, and both Rome zones together. Starting from the top, after a 6 hour bus Sunday afternoon we arrive in Bari and I stay with Anziano Wiggins and Anziano Osmond who are both awesome. I missed Anziano Wiggins so much!Monday at Bari zone conference I […]
Week #97 – I Count My Blessings
Hello Everyone!So right now I’m sitting on a bus headed to Bari because this week begins a stretch of zone conferences that won’t end until we’re back in Rome Thursday night. So next time I write you I should have plenty to talk about!The past week was one for the books. We had a bit […]
Week #96 – Welcome to Roma
Hey Everyone!!So this was basically the most busy, roller coaster ride week of my mission. It started off taking the departing missionaries to the airport early Tuesday morning which was extremely sad. I loved all of them and so many of them helped me throughout my mission. It was a tough moment, but then just […]
Week #95 – Farewell to Napoli
Hello Everyone,Wow, what an absolutely crazy week. Without doubt the most unique week of my mission. We started off on a high note last Monday gathering almost the whole zone together to go to Castel dell’Ovo and get some pizza from di Matteo. It was an awesome P-Day and I’m really grateful we had a […]
Week #94 – Who Is God?
Hey Everyone!I’m sorry if I have said this pretty often in the last 10 or so emails, but the weeks just fly. I hate it. Time needs to slow down. We had incredible miracles though!To start, we met with our friend, Francesco, on Tuesday before English group. He shared with us that he not only […]
Week #93 – The Great Grace of Our Savior
Hey Everyone!Did you ever have a week that on Tuesday you think it’s Friday and on Saturday you think it’s Wednesday? That happened to me. The first one was a relief. Realizing we still had a whole week in front of us was awesome! But the second one threw me for a loop. Oh well.We […]
Week #92 – Develop a Mentality of Consecration
Hello Everyone!Having P-Day on Tuesday caused this week to go by faster than usual, but there was no lack of miracles for anyone here in Campania. Things are happening! It’s awesome to see. I whole heartedly believe it is because of increased attention on obedience and following the Spirit.Two things that if put together will […]
Week #91 – I Love This Zone
Happy Tuesday Everyone!Yesterday we had zone conference here in Napoli and so today is our P-Day. I have already realized that Tuesday P-Days are awesome. So much stuff is open that is always closed on Mondays. That’s Italy for you.Sunday Claudine was confirmed! It was wonderful. The best word I could use to describe her […]
