Aug01
August 1st, 2016 // #31 of 2016
Hello friends and family.
August is here. Time is moving quick. Things are going well out here
in Bari. Elder Borough is seriously a stud and we are getting along
really well. The weather isn't too bad, but I feel like we are going
to be getting some real heat here soon.
Last Monday was a pretty wild PDay. We had to reorganize practically
everything for the upcoming conference last second, and so I apologize
that I didn't have a ton of time to email. We reorganized all of the
times when our missionaries would be arriving from their cities,
amongst other things. It was hectic, but it was still pretty fun. That
evening we went on exchanges with our Assistants to the President. I
was fortunate enough to go out to work with Elder Taranto. Elder
Taranto is honestly one of the greatest human beings that I have ever
met. I would not be surprised if he finds himself sitting upon the
stand during General Conference someday. He is incredible. He is one
transfer younger than me and we have served around each other a lot.
We are good friends, and it is always a pleasure to be around him. We
stopped one lady and began talking about the family. We had a good
little discussion, and then she shook our hands and left and we hadn't
received her information yet. Elder Taranto and I looked at each other
like shoot...We should of had that one. Well next thing I know, we
were chasing that lady down, shouting her name and trying to get her
information. We ended up getting that information and sent it to our
sisters. They have a lesson with her sometime soon. Im sure that it
was funny for everyone else in the park to see two young kids, dressed
up in white shirts and ties running through a park full of people
going after one lady, and only one lady....but the worth of every soul
is great in the eyes of God. Im sure we looked like idiots, but now
she will have her opportunity to hear and accept the gospel. Also on
Monday, I had my first interview with President Pickerd. He is no
doubt one of the most incredible people that I have ever met. He
reminds me a whole ton of Grandpa Lyle. Im almost positive that he
knows the scriptures better than those who wrote them, haha just
kidding...but he knows them like the back of his hand. Our interview
went really well, and his love for the mission and us missionaries is
tangible. I love the guy..
Last Tuesday we had our first official zone conference with President
Pickerd down here in Bari. Everything that happened outside of the
conference was a disaster, but the conference went well. It started
out at 5 AM, when we woke up with our Assistants to the President to
go exercise a little bit by playing some soccer together. I
accidentally grabbed the wrong key chain and we were locked out of the
house. We weren't super worried because we figured that some other
missionaries from our district had out spare (because that is how it
is supposed to be) and we headed to our church because we have a
soccer court out back. We start playing for honestly 30 seconds and a
guy came out on his balcony and started screaming at us. Some out of
respect for him, we quit playing even though that court is owned by
the church. We began to call all of the missionaries in our district
to find out who had our spare and no one had it. We called our bishop,
our ward mission leader and practically everyone else...but nobody had
it. By this time it was about 6:30 in the morning and we had to be
showered and out of the house at 7:20. Elder Taranto and I began
running on foot all over the city to the other missionaries apartments
to check and see if they had our spare. They didn't have it. Finally
we got ahold of the man who owns our apartment and he told us that he
would be to our apartment at 7:30 with the spare. So finally we got in
to the apartment...BUT at 7:40 we had missionaries coming into the
Bari Train Station because they had tori interviews starting up at
8:00. So we hopped in the car, because our car keys were also locked
inside of the house, and picked up those missionaries and hauled them
to the church house. Anyways we got all showered up and ready for the
conference. As we were getting ready, we decided to call the guy that
we ordered our lunch from to make sure that everything was going well.
Turns out we accidentally called another guy, but were unaware... The
main guy we go through is always messing with us, and so we figured
that he was doing the same with us....but we accidentally called
another guy which we didn't find out about until later. So we get to
the church at 9:30 and we had a little pre conference meeting at 10.
The conference got started up and everything went well. Elder Kelly,
the other assistant to the president, and Elder Borough, my companion,
went to grab lunch that was supposed to be ready at 12:30. Well they
got to the sand which place and he was still working on our order...
So instead of eating lunch at 1:00 pm as was planned, we ended up not
eating until about 2:00 pm. I was furious at the feller and luckily
the other missionaries went to pick up the food because I would have
ripped that guy to shreds. The problem in this country is that many
people, especially the people that we go to often for food or for dry
cleaning or for whatever else, often take advantage of us because we
are so kind. So things like a lunch order coming in an hour and a half
late or taking three weeks to dry clean one suit happen often, and it
really gets under my skin... Oh wells. We got our lunch, and got the
conference going again. The rest of the conference went well and we
finished at about 3:30. Here is where the fun started once again. We
receive a call from a guy that sounded really upset and he asked us
why we hadn't picked up our food yet? Confused, we explained that we
had picked it up around lunch time. He then went off and assured us
that we hadn't picked up the food yet. We were both super confused and
then it clicked in our minds that we accidentally had placed two
separate orders with two separate stores. It was such a mess. Anyways
we payed for the food and got it all worked out... But it was a super
long and stressful day. I got home and was the most tired feller in
the whole world.
the rest of the week we got back to work. We were able to find many,
many people who are interested in our message and want to learn more
about the gospel. We also taught a bunch of lessons this week and it
feels so good. Yesterday we were finally able to present ourselves to
our ward, by bearing our testimony during sacrament meeting, and it
really warmed many members up to us. Afterwards we were able to get a
bunch of member appointments for this week which we always love.
I love being out here. Preaching the Gospel and talking about Christ
has become a joy. I love this country and I love these people. Bari is
an amazing place, full of amazing people. I'm lucky to be here. Family
and Friends I love you all so much. I pray for you and I hope you all
have a good week. I'll talk to you soon.
Much Love.
--
Anziano JarDee Nessen
Italy Rome Mission
Romans 8:35-39
August is here. Time is moving quick. Things are going well out here
in Bari. Elder Borough is seriously a stud and we are getting along
really well. The weather isn't too bad, but I feel like we are going
to be getting some real heat here soon.
Last Monday was a pretty wild PDay. We had to reorganize practically
everything for the upcoming conference last second, and so I apologize
that I didn't have a ton of time to email. We reorganized all of the
times when our missionaries would be arriving from their cities,
amongst other things. It was hectic, but it was still pretty fun. That
evening we went on exchanges with our Assistants to the President. I
was fortunate enough to go out to work with Elder Taranto. Elder
Taranto is honestly one of the greatest human beings that I have ever
met. I would not be surprised if he finds himself sitting upon the
stand during General Conference someday. He is incredible. He is one
transfer younger than me and we have served around each other a lot.
We are good friends, and it is always a pleasure to be around him. We
stopped one lady and began talking about the family. We had a good
little discussion, and then she shook our hands and left and we hadn't
received her information yet. Elder Taranto and I looked at each other
like shoot...We should of had that one. Well next thing I know, we
were chasing that lady down, shouting her name and trying to get her
information. We ended up getting that information and sent it to our
sisters. They have a lesson with her sometime soon. Im sure that it
was funny for everyone else in the park to see two young kids, dressed
up in white shirts and ties running through a park full of people
going after one lady, and only one lady....but the worth of every soul
is great in the eyes of God. Im sure we looked like idiots, but now
she will have her opportunity to hear and accept the gospel. Also on
Monday, I had my first interview with President Pickerd. He is no
doubt one of the most incredible people that I have ever met. He
reminds me a whole ton of Grandpa Lyle. Im almost positive that he
knows the scriptures better than those who wrote them, haha just
kidding...but he knows them like the back of his hand. Our interview
went really well, and his love for the mission and us missionaries is
tangible. I love the guy..
Last Tuesday we had our first official zone conference with President
Pickerd down here in Bari. Everything that happened outside of the
conference was a disaster, but the conference went well. It started
out at 5 AM, when we woke up with our Assistants to the President to
go exercise a little bit by playing some soccer together. I
accidentally grabbed the wrong key chain and we were locked out of the
house. We weren't super worried because we figured that some other
missionaries from our district had out spare (because that is how it
is supposed to be) and we headed to our church because we have a
soccer court out back. We start playing for honestly 30 seconds and a
guy came out on his balcony and started screaming at us. Some out of
respect for him, we quit playing even though that court is owned by
the church. We began to call all of the missionaries in our district
to find out who had our spare and no one had it. We called our bishop,
our ward mission leader and practically everyone else...but nobody had
it. By this time it was about 6:30 in the morning and we had to be
showered and out of the house at 7:20. Elder Taranto and I began
running on foot all over the city to the other missionaries apartments
to check and see if they had our spare. They didn't have it. Finally
we got ahold of the man who owns our apartment and he told us that he
would be to our apartment at 7:30 with the spare. So finally we got in
to the apartment...BUT at 7:40 we had missionaries coming into the
Bari Train Station because they had tori interviews starting up at
8:00. So we hopped in the car, because our car keys were also locked
inside of the house, and picked up those missionaries and hauled them
to the church house. Anyways we got all showered up and ready for the
conference. As we were getting ready, we decided to call the guy that
we ordered our lunch from to make sure that everything was going well.
Turns out we accidentally called another guy, but were unaware... The
main guy we go through is always messing with us, and so we figured
that he was doing the same with us....but we accidentally called
another guy which we didn't find out about until later. So we get to
the church at 9:30 and we had a little pre conference meeting at 10.
The conference got started up and everything went well. Elder Kelly,
the other assistant to the president, and Elder Borough, my companion,
went to grab lunch that was supposed to be ready at 12:30. Well they
got to the sand which place and he was still working on our order...
So instead of eating lunch at 1:00 pm as was planned, we ended up not
eating until about 2:00 pm. I was furious at the feller and luckily
the other missionaries went to pick up the food because I would have
ripped that guy to shreds. The problem in this country is that many
people, especially the people that we go to often for food or for dry
cleaning or for whatever else, often take advantage of us because we
are so kind. So things like a lunch order coming in an hour and a half
late or taking three weeks to dry clean one suit happen often, and it
really gets under my skin... Oh wells. We got our lunch, and got the
conference going again. The rest of the conference went well and we
finished at about 3:30. Here is where the fun started once again. We
receive a call from a guy that sounded really upset and he asked us
why we hadn't picked up our food yet? Confused, we explained that we
had picked it up around lunch time. He then went off and assured us
that we hadn't picked up the food yet. We were both super confused and
then it clicked in our minds that we accidentally had placed two
separate orders with two separate stores. It was such a mess. Anyways
we payed for the food and got it all worked out... But it was a super
long and stressful day. I got home and was the most tired feller in
the whole world.
the rest of the week we got back to work. We were able to find many,
many people who are interested in our message and want to learn more
about the gospel. We also taught a bunch of lessons this week and it
feels so good. Yesterday we were finally able to present ourselves to
our ward, by bearing our testimony during sacrament meeting, and it
really warmed many members up to us. Afterwards we were able to get a
bunch of member appointments for this week which we always love.
I love being out here. Preaching the Gospel and talking about Christ
has become a joy. I love this country and I love these people. Bari is
an amazing place, full of amazing people. I'm lucky to be here. Family
and Friends I love you all so much. I pray for you and I hope you all
have a good week. I'll talk to you soon.
Much Love.
--
Anziano JarDee Nessen
Italy Rome Mission
Romans 8:35-39
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