What a heavenly time the Italy Milan Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints experienced between February 9th and February 20th! Eight Zone Conferences were held in locations from Torino to Mestre. The mission leaders in each zone prepared and discussed thoughts and ideas taken from talks given by President Thomas S. Monson entitled "Decisions Determine Destiny." With inspiration from our Father in Heaven, Preach My Gospel and the lives of the people shown in the movie, "Meet the Mormons," we learned things personally and collectively about how decisions can change eternal destinies and how our choices will determine what happens in our mission and in the rest of our lives.
Because of the training we received, we will seek to create more ways to love our companions, our investigators and our message. We gained insights into how realizing the promises in our Patriarchal Blessings can help us to become more successful missionaries. We shared our talents and our photos of our missionary efforts. We practiced to become more effective teachers while finding those searching for the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We committed to use time wisely and teach more effectively. We laughed and cried, and sang and prayed together. We were given tools and learned ways to serve with our ward members to carry out our Europe Area Plan. We felt the harmony of the Spirit of God. We became united in our zones and in our mission as our mission leaders led out to invite us to make this the best year ever in the Italy Milan Mission. It will become the best year ever --- as we make decisions to assist ourselves and others to determine a glorious mission and a grand eternal destiny!
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| Torino Zone - February 9, 2015 |
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| A companionship shares their talents in Torino. Zone leaders are in the foreground. |
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| Role play for "Teach to Find" |
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| More role play |
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| And more |
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| Then they "taught to find" President Dibb in Torino. |
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| Celebrating birthdays in Genova at the Alessandria Zone Conference |
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| Our pianist in Genova |
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| And our soloist at the Alessandria Zone Conference |
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| Listening and learning at the Alessandria Zone Conference |
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| The Assistants to the President were awesome teachers |
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| in showing us how to "teach to find." |
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| And then we practiced |
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| and practiced |
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| and practiced |
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| until we found President at the door while practicing casa. |
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| Alessandria Zone - February 10, 2015 |
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| Birthday celebration in Modena for Modena and Rimini Zones |
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| Sharing a special musical number (sorry for the blurriness) |
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| Our pianist in Modena |
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| Modena Zone - February 12, 2015 |
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| Rimini Zone - February 12, 2015 |
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| Birthdays in the Firenze Zone |
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| Zone Leaders teaching in Firenze |
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| Special choir in Firenze |
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| Pianist in Firenze |
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| Assistants teaching in Firenze |
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| Role play with "bumped fists" afterward |
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| More practicing of teaching to find |
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| And more |
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| Mezzi finding practice (how about that bus driver!) |
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| More practice at the Firenze Zone Conference |
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| Teaching to find in casa |
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| Mezzi (public transportation) finding practice |
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| Preparation for the photograph of the Firenze Zone |
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| Firenze Zone - February 13, 2015 |
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| On to Verona - watching the mission video |
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| Birthdays in Verona for the Verona and Bergamo Zones |
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| Performers of musical number in Verona |
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| Assistants teaching in Verona |
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| And then some practice of "Teach to Find" |
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| And more practice |
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| One of our great mission couples visiting at Verona |
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| Bergamo Zone - February 16, 2015 |
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| Verona Zone - February 16, 2015 |
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| Milan Ovest birthdays |
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| Our soloist and accompanist at the Lampugnano Chapel |
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| Role play with a mission leader mentor looking on |
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| Mezzi finding practice |
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| President Dibb summarizing the day in Lampugnano |
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| Milan Ovest Zone - February 17, 2015 |
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| At present, all three of our French missionaries serve in the Milan Ovest Zone. |
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| We are so glad to have them in our mission. |
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| One of the great couples in the mission who are serving in Milan. |
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| Singing the opening hymn (Zone Leaders on the right) |
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| at the Milan Est Zone Conference. |
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| Practice |
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| Practice |
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| Practice |
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| Practice |
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| and more practice |
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| Milan Est Zone - February 19, 2015 |
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| The final February 2015 Zone Conference at the beautiful Mestre Chapel |
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| Birthday celebration |
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| during lunch for the Venezia and Bologna Zones |
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| Our soloist and accompanist in Mestre |
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| Our wonderful Italian senior couple who serve in Treviso. |
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| President and the Assistants sharing "pointers" for teaching |
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| Mezzi finding practice |
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| Bologna Zone leaders teaching about working with members |
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| Venezia Zone Leaders teaching about the Mission Vision for 2015 |
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| Venezia Zone - February 20, 2015 |
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| Bologna Zone- February 20, 2015 |
We could be in many places around the world, doing many other things. However, we have chosen to serve a full-time mission for our Savior, Jesus Christ, and have been called by a Prophet of the Lord to serve in Northern Italy. Our time is precious and brief in this beautiful country. We are striving each day to follow Him and share the message of joy of His restored Church on the Earth with others - that all who choose to accept our message may fulfill their eternal destiny.
