Italy Milan Mission Anziano Jackson Puzey August 2022-July 2024

It has been said that there was a gas strike today. So to save our gas (as we had a 3 hour roundtrip drive today to visit a family) we had a very calm p-day. But I did get to buy House of Gucci in Italian. Late once again but I have a feeling this one will be much shorter. The past 2 weeks we have been in charge of Facebook Blitz. We meet with a zone and give a 30 minute training on how to find online and what to text and how to be genuine. Then the next day everyone would try to message as many people as possible. They went really well and people loved my bingo idea (not trying to brag hehe). Each square had something like "message someone who has a dog" to "Share a link to the book of Mormon". Some zones did better than others but it was still really fun overall. We're also working on our landing page so we can put more ads on Facebook. Self referrals are always the best. Our friend Giulia back in Rimini was a referral through Facebook, meaning she sorta reach...

What a couple of weeks it has been. Complete with 2 trips to Milan, over 24 hours of driving, a new assignment, an Italian woman praying on my downfall, nights spent on the floor, a success getting gas, and dead people. The first week went a bit like this: We were able to do our normal service project on Thursday. We go to Haus der Solidarität, which is a place for all sorts of people in need of shelter and food. This week we got to cook lunch for everyone! We made some pasta and potatoes and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. We baked treats for and took them to our members, complete with an hour searching for a house that was actually on the complete other side of the city. We also had our first couple successful street contacts in our new area (update...no contact). W e visited a friend that has met with missionaries a bit and we talked about Baptism and just enjoyed meeting her. But the highlight was definitely her son. He looked pretty young, maybe 2? When we walked in he was...