Zone Conferences - April 2018

We are blessed to serve with such wonderful missionaries.  

When we rise together to do this wonderful work

there is unity and energy that is founded in faith.

Our trainings were great.  

The itinerary is as follows:

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Song and prayer.

Recitations.

Introduction of new missionaries.

Spiritual thought.

President Allen - Welcome 

We follow the example of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in Daniel 3:

17- "If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning

fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

18- But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods,

nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up."

We do our part.  We work hard.  We receive what we receive at God's hand

and if we receive not, we still work hard and do our part.

STL's - Mostra Examples

The word "mostra" means "to show".

This is the modern version of a street-board or "soapbox preaching".

A group of missionaries use one of various methods 

to show people in an area something that will

spur an interest in our message. 

ZL's - New Approach to Old School Finding.

The most important thing we do is find.

If this does not take place there will be few,

if any, people to teach.  How can we be better at this 

important aspect of missionary work?

Assistants - Efficiency Report and

Working with Members and Family History Finding.

We have improved our efforts according to the charts.

We have a wonderful opportunity to offer people to connect to their

ancestors.  This in turn will possibly connect them to the gospel.

Sister Allen - More, Better, Strive, Miracles

We want to have more of many things...

more investigators, faith, work.

We need to do better if we want more.

Better requires seriously striving.

More + Better + Strive = Miracles.

The song, H# 243, "Let Us All Press On" is an anthem 

of what we need to do.

President Allen - Challenges

To find 400 contacts in the remainder of this transfer.

To fast from Facebook for one week.

Closing testimonies of outgoing missionaries.
Mission hymn and "family prayer".

~Our great missionaries by zone~

 Milano Ovest Zone

Rimini Zone

 Bologna Zone

Toscana Zone

Venezia Zone

Verona Zone

 Torino Zone

Genova Zone

Milano Est Zone

Next are random pictures from our times with these great missionaries.
Please accept my apologies if you do not see your son or daughter.
We love them all.  We are grateful for each and every one.
Thank youfor your loving support from home.
It is so very important.

We will end with our new granddaughter, Rose, who was born during
 zone conferences.  She is half a day old in this picture - number 10 granddaughter
out of 12 grandchildren.  Life is good.  We are richly blessed.

Mission Leadership Council - April

It was a great Consiglio!

(Mission Leadership council)

We trained and counseled about things

that are important to the mission.

Missions are living, breathing "animals".

They are either moving forwards or backwards.

There is no such thing as

still, resting, pause.

We constantly strive to move forward.

There is no other acceptable way to go.

If we slip backwards in some way

 we simply correct course

and move forward again.

We count on these leaders to

hold the lantern

(and mission standards)

high.

To help their fellow missionaries

to do what we came to do - 

Preach repentance and baptize converts. 

Sister Trainer Leaders -
Bowthorpe, Mitchell, Henderson, Dawson, Berrey, (Slla. Allen) Santoro, Pope, Evans,
Henson, Mineer

Zone Leaders -
Gilette, Kewene-Hite, Petersen, Johnson, Haws, Ross, Sanchez Di Bella, Gleave, Stratton, Gould, (Pres. Allen) Laudert, Crowther,  Calton, Dalton (AP), Montalto (AP), Baker, Challis, Johnson, Wagstaff, Workman

A Changing of the AP Guard

We would like to announce

a change of assistant assignment.

An Assistant to the President

will typically serve for six months.

It can occasionally be a transfer more or less,

but Anziano Brown served faithfully 

(with his companion Anziano Dalton)

 in an exemplary and dedicated way for the last six months and

is now out in the field of Udine with a new companion.

Sincere appreciation from President and Sorella Allen,

as well as from all Milano Missionaries, for his hard work

in moving this mission forward.

Your example is not to be forgotten.

Grazie Mille Anziano Brown!

Anziani Brown and Dalton

We welcome Anziano Montalto.

We enjoy working with all our missionaries

and when change comes we never replace someone,

we simply open the door for a new person 

to continue in the Lord's work.

It is HIS work.

We all simply do our best

and lives are blessed... including our own.