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 #61 – Feelings of Inadequacy
Hello Everyone!!Well after another week passes here in beautiful Taranto, I am happy to report that all is well on the Italian front. In fact, I heard there were a series of small earthquakes here in Taranto but I felt no such thing. I claim that those who say there was an earthquake are crazy […]
Week #60 – Desire AND Willingness
Hello Everyone!!So I ended up staying here in Taranto and my companion was transferred! I have a new companion now who is named…guess…just guess! Anziano Andersen! Do you see the difference? First I had Anziano Anderson, then I had Anziano Anderson, and now I have Anziano Andersen pretty funny, huh??? I think it is. Anyway […]
Week #59 – Have Love
Hello Everyone!!I think few things can make a missionary happier than general conference weekend!! Seriously it was everything I needed it to be. I had the option of watching it English, but I preferred to watch in Italian in order to be around the members and investigators we had present. Oh yeah, we had investigators […]
Week #58 – We Sorely Underestimate
Hello Everyone!!I’m going to be completely honest this week completely zipped by. I don’t know where it went, but somehow we’re back to Monday. We saw Mariella (mom of Matteo) a few times this week which was good because I think she really needed us. We have become like her adopted kids since Matteo left. […]
Week #57 – Work Hard & Stop Worrying
Hello Everyone!It was a bit crazy this week because we had almost-mission-wide conference in Rome with the presiding authority of the Europe area. His name is Elder Kearon and he is awesome; from England and a convert when he was 26 years old. He and I had an interesting exchange during the conference that I […]
Week #56 – Testify With Boldness
Hello Everyone!!!Alright people, this week was a good week. It had happy times and sad times, but definitely a week for the memory book. We’ll start from the top. I’ll go day by because it was actually that good.MondayWe got some super cool soccer gear that was on sale in this sports store, and I […]
Week #55 – Yes, There Is a Difference
Hello Everyone,Well, this week was definitely one for the recipe books if I do say so myself. You know you’re a missionary in Italy when a majority of your appointments with members, less actives, and investigators all involve some kind of cooking instruction. I don’t mind it! I made pizza dough in a pizzeria owned […]
Week #54 – It Was All The Spirit
Hello Everyone!!To start off, I’m sure you all heard that all of us missionaries are safe here in Italy. The earthquake hit very close to where I was in my last area, Ascoli Piceno, so I have been trying to get in contact with all of my old friends/members/investigators who are up there and I […]
Week #53 – Recognizing In The Moment
Hello Everyone!!A bit of a hectic week! We ended up hosting a few missionaries for a couple days in a row between permesso stuff and transfers. Monday night Anziano Segura came in from Cagliari, Sardegna so he had to take a plane to Rome then to Bari and then a train to Taranto. He’s pretty […]
