Anziano Jolley

Carissima Famiglia!

I heard that mommy waited anxiously for my letter last week, so I decided I'd send this first thing.

 

This week has gone by extremely fast. Joseph is leaving today! I've been here longer than I have left here!

This week's devotional was a really old emeritus seventy with a sweet combover and a french accent. He talked about something. I was too intrigued by his combover. I'm sure I paid attention, but I can't remember now.

 

I went to the RC again at some point... called nearly 100 people.... no answers.

 

Most of my week is swallowed up by the awesomeness that is general conference.

 

First of all, during President Monson's first talk... I was pretty sure he'd lost it at one point... and then he brought it back. The first session had so much cool stuff. also all the rest. After this conference, all of my questions that I was going to ask President Monson were answered. Also... I'm excited to be a daddy. (hopefully not for a few years) Like... every single talk was about being a parent. That was awesome.

 

Elder Christofferson's talk was AWESOME. Read the scriptures. They expand our memory. "many christians believe in a Christ that would have them pursue 'social justice' but has no claim on their personal life." That man... is my hero.

 

I decided that Elder Bednar's talk applies almost as much to investigators as to children. In a way, Children are investigators. They MUST gain their own testimony.

 

Elder Holland, as always, is super cool. "You shouldn't be serving tea anyways." :)

 

Priesthood session was awesome, as President Monson said. Uchtdorf: We must have patience. It's one of the most important character traits.

 

Actually, I noticed that the talks NOT about raising a family were about the Christlike attributes in PMG. Work on those... is something I need to do, I guess.

 

I encourage all of you to do as Elder Nelson suggests, and do SOMETHING in New FamilySearch. It's not difficult. If all you can do is help an old lady get on there, go for it. New FamilySearch is cool. If you want somewhere to start, I suggest finding the interactive family tree part. You can display a massive tree of your family back to adam if you want. It's really cool!

 

To Emily, Eliza, and Caroline. In Neil L. Andersen's talk, he told YOU to read the gospel of John and ask your parents any questions you have. DO IT! ask mom and dad and everybody else questions! Pray about what you read. But... read it. I think that's great advice.

 

Back to an account of my week, Yesterday, I went to TRC, and I was amazed by the fact that even though the investigator spoke super quickly in Italian the whole time, I picked up 99% of his words. I was able to respond with decent ability as well, and my collega noticed the same thing! I can understand the Italian! I'm excited!

 

Vi Amo!

Benjamin Jolley