I am sorry that a new blog has been such a long time coming. Internet at the Mission Home has been down for a few months, so we have a few blogs to catch up.
September brought many missionaries to the mission and we also said goodbye to a few. A visa-waiting sister missionary was added to the August group before the new missionary training.
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| This Sorella was a Visa waiter from Italy going to the United States. |
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| Here she is with her companion and Presidente and Sorella Dibb. |
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| Class of August 20, 2015 - Trainers and Trainees after new missionary training at Cimiano Church |
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| A couple of our departing missionaries |
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| Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders at Conseglio (Mission Leadership Council) - September 14, 2015 |
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| President and Sister Dibb attended Zone Training in the Brescia Zone |
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| This is a great young woman in La Spezia (center) who was baptized last year and her mother (left) was baptized this year. |
Then the new missionaries began to arrive. We had a Sorella and an Anziano who were from Italy waiting for their Visas for the United States. What a blessing it is to have these native Italians jump right into their missionary service in our mission.
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| Then, here they are waiting at the airport for the missionaries coming from the Provo MTC |
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| And here they are! |
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| New Missionaries - September 30, 2015 |
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| And a cheer for Italy! |
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| President talking to the new missionaries |
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| Off to load the luggage and go to the mission offices for training |
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| Loading the luggage |
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| Getting to know the Office Anziani |
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| Financial training |
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| iPad training |
The next day was training at the Cimiano Church and meeting the trainers and match-ups. Then it was off to their first cities of service.
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| Here come the new missionaries! |
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| The trainers reciting Doctrine and Covenants Section 4 to the new missionaries |
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| The new missionaries reciting "Our Purpose" to the trainers |
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| Instruction by President Dibb |
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| Getting ready for the match-up |
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| New missionary and trainer with President and Sister Dibb |
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| Another new missionary and his trainer |
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| The new missionaries with their copies of the Book of Mormon (with bookmarks) to read as our "gift to the Savior." |
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| The new missionaries are excited to get to their first areas of service. |
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| Departing Missionaries - October 1, 2015 |
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| Conseglio - October 5, 2015 |
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| Eating lunch at New Missionary Training in Pisa |
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| A more formal shot of New Missionary Training in Pisa |
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| New Missionary Training in Cimiano |
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| New Missionary Training at the Mestre Church |
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| Assistants training the new missionaries at the Mestre Church |
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| Formal shot of the group in Mestre |
It was a busy and action-packed September. We look forward to serving with these great new missionaries and will miss the departing missionaries greatly. More blogs soon to come of the November and December groups.
