Mission-wide Conference

We had another jam packed week and it looks like the work is really progressing forward. One of the highlights has to be the mission wide conference we had with President Kearon from the area presidency of Europe and his councilor Elder Sabin. They had almost all the missionaries meet together in Rome and we had the privilege of being taught by these marvelous leaders. There was a major focus on 'being the message' and not stressing. It was really helpful and it was a blast to see a lot of the old missionaries I've served with.

Our boy chino had to go to the hospital this past week to have an operation done. We were able to visit him a couple times and thankfully he's out now. We had an incredible lesson with him yesterday on the gospel of Jesus Christ and he's really searching for the truth. Andrea is still coming up clutch with referrals ha, he hasn't made lots of progress but he keeps introducing us to different people who want to learn. He introduced us to this guy named Valentino who we can hopefully start teaching this up coming week.

The cooking adventures have also continued here in L'Aquila. We got a huge thing of turkey last week from the Mensa and decided to deep fry it haha. The entire outside just turned black and burned but the inside was amazingly good, so remember that for thanksgiving this year. Something really incredible has been the power I've been able to feel recently in my prayers. It's very humbling to think that God gives us a chance to speak with him and if we really listen we are able to receive the answers to our problems. It's something incredibly simple yet highly underutilized. So say your prayers :) Vi voglio bene Anziano Whiting

Nice picture of the sun setting in L'Aquila by the hospital

MTC Group from the Conference