The Office

The work of the Milano Italy missionaries grows with each passing week. There are 124 anziani and 54 sorelle. That number is expected to increase over the summer. The missionaries share the gospel in northern Italy with more than half of the 60.72 million Italian residents. Italy supports 100 congregations with about 25,000 members.

The boundaries of the mission stretch from areas South of Sienna and Ancona to the northern borders of Italy and the Ticino Province of Switzerland, which speaks Italian.

One mission office coordinates missionary endeavors. The office is located in Opera, a small attractive town outside of Milan. The English translation of Opera is work.

 

The staff:
• Obtain permessi and renewals
• Organize trainings and events
• Keep records
• Facilitate missionary projects

• Liaison with families, church and governments
• Obtain, furnish, and maintain apartments
• Organize and distribute supplies
• Arranges travel
• Manage finances
• Provide telephones
• Support personal missionary needs
• Create and communicate reports
• Sort and deliver communications
• Teach and encourage
• Help members and leaders
• Provide media correspondence

The office consists of a conference room, kitchen, four offices and a stock room that supports missionaries with pamphlets and scriptures of many languages. The Church has published the Book of Mormon in 82 languages.

Welcoming 31 new missionaries

Last week we welcomed 31 new missionaries into our mission, which is the largest group coming into the mission in a very long time. It is also the first group to come in who were all called since President Monson's announcement of the age change for missionary service.

The twenty-eight missionaries who arrived from the Provo MTC just outside the airport.

Just the Sorelle outside the Milano Duomo after contacting some people in the piazza there.

All thirty-one new missionaries at the restaurant after their first day. Some of them were really struggling to stay awake.

Arriving and departing missionaries.

We just had another group of missionaries arrive and one leave us.
Eleven new Sorelle just came in this week and sixteen new Anziani. We're very excited to get to know this fantastic group of new missionaries and we're sure that they'll do great work as they begin teaching many people about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.

New missionaries meeting their trainers. It's a very exciting moment!

The whole group of new missionaries and their trainers.

As always happens when one group comes into the mission, we have to say goodbye to a different group, this time it was a group of seventeen great missionaries. We wish these missionaries the very best as they return home.

Comings and Goings...

A great bunch of leaders have moved on to the next phase of their lives.  They will be missed.

But like always, their replacements have arrived, sharper than ever!!!  Welcome to 'The Best' mission in the world!

President & Sister Dibb called to the Italy Milan Mission

Check out 'President's Corner' for a small biography.

'Just Called' page now running!

We have recently updated out 'Just Called?' page!  Check it out!

In With the New, Out with the Old

A great new bunch of missionaries came in this transfer!

From left to right they are: Anziano Garner, Anziano Bartholio, Anziano Cook, Anziano Murphy, Anziano Reeve, Anziano Miller, Anziano Walden, Anziano Allen.

But we had to say goodbye to a big group of our favorite missionaries...

In the back from left to right: Anziano Minà, Anziano Portellano, Anziano Webb, Anziano Smith, Anziano Wilkey

In the Middle: Anziano Scheurn, Anziano Bushman, Anziano Warren, Anziano Ellsworth, Anziano Russo, Anziano Boscia.

And our Sisters: Sorella Sloan, Sorella Lloyd.

They will be missed... But we wish them the best of luck in the next phase of their lives!