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 #40 – A Powerful Experience
Hello Everyone! What a week it has been! The highlight was undoubtedly the opportunity to witness the baptism of Massimo and Anabel this past Saturday. I still can’t believe that only about 5 weeks ago they walked into the church in Pescara, as complete strangers, looking for more information on the church. Since then they […]
Week #39 – The Ugliest Human Quality
Hello Everyone,This week was a bit of a roller coaster ride which was nice because it’s been a while since I rode a roller coaster and I really miss them. Except in life they might not be quite as fun in reality as they are in an amusement park.We were super busy this week which […]
Week #38 – Pray to Know the Truth
Hello Everyone!!Quite an eventful week I would say! Rome and back twice and miracles along the way. It’s a good time to be a missionary.We had zone conference on Wednesday and it was awesome seeing everyone, plus Anziano Coe is now the zone leader up here in Rome east! I got to catch up with […]
Week #37 – Confidence and Conviction
Hey Everyone!!What a crazy week. Transfers here in Italy can be quite the event. We unexpectedly had to go to Pescara on Wednesday afternoon in order for Anziano Ponce to take a bus from there to Rome Wednesday evening so he could take a train at 7:30 in the morning on Thursday. I stayed in […]
Week #36 – Hungry for Truth. Willing to Learn.
Hey Everyone!What a week it has been. First off, I will be staying in Ascoli for the next transfer and I’ll be getting a new companion, Anziano Anderson, who was actually the greenie of my follow up trainer Anziano Coe!Alright, so pretty much this whole email is dedicated to the literal angel that we are […]
Week #35 – Miracles
Hello Everyone, So many things to say about this week but don’t worry I won’t overload you guys with every little detail! Best one word summary: MIRACLES. Started off Monday with having to spend half of pday in a super ghetto school for my companion to do a cultural course for his permesso. Despite that […]
Week #34 – Trust In Things Greater Than You
Hello Everyone!!This week was awesome. The zone leaders stopped off here in Ascoli to do an exchange and it was a really great experience. I was with Anziano Mika, who finishes his mission in two weeks. As a side note he plays basketball for BYU and started his freshman year. We’re the same age and […]
Week #33 – Knowing Beyond What One Can Reason
Hello Everyone!What can I say about this past week… 1) it flew by. I seriously don’t even know where days began and ended. 2) we had a massive 3 day move for a member and it was very very tiring! 3) GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!I don’t think I need to elaborate on number one so I’ll skip […]
Week #32 – All Those Who Diligently Seek
Hello Everyone!Well I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I’ll tell you what Easter in Italy is quite…interesting. Weird how people seemed even grumpier and closed off this week compared to others. Oh well! I had a GREAT WEEK!!!!The Triumphant Return to the Promised Land of Napoli!! Alright let’s start from the top. Tuesday morning we […]
