transfer 16

From: Benjamin Jolley <benjamin.jolley@myldsmail.net>Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:14 AM

Subject: transfer 16

Well. Transfers again. Anziano Nelson is off to Reggio Emilia. lucky duck. I'm getting Anziano Guest. My district is also changing significantly. The Rimini Elders are getting "Pinkwashed". They're leaving, and Sisters Simkins and Arume are coming in. So no more scambios for me! That's a huge change. There haven't been sisters in the Rimini District for a LONG time. maybe as much as 15 years. crazy.

 

So on Friday, we went out and taught Yvette about the plan of Salvation with our new convert, Moreno. He is awesome. Bore super awesome testimony of the restoration. the prayer at the end offered by one of the boys was funny. He had had the question "my teachers say that Christianity is the child of Judaism. what does that make Mormonism? So Moreno said look, this is the true church and this is why... so in the prayer, he said "Heavenly Father, we thank thee for making us know that the Mormon church is the true church." I'm sitting there thinking, "I have not seen so great faith, no, not among all the people of the Italians." It was awesome.

 

Saturday, we went with our Branch President and taught Moreno and Laila, and then we went and taught Roger. Roger has a question. "What are the doctrines of the church?" President Dago tells him, look, we want more specific questions. When you see something in church that you don't understand, ask questions. write down your questions, and ask them to the Anziani. That was an interesting lesson. It was really good for that fact. He commited to church on the 29th.

 

Sunday, we went and did some finding work and knocked into a house of students. It was funny our door approach. In the background, one of them is yelling "Jesus Christ!" obviously taking the Lord's name in vain. I say to the girl my usual approach, "Hi, we're here talking about Jesus Christ." She yells around the corner, "Don't Blaspheme! These guys are here talking about Jesus Christ!" So then we go and explain to them the restoration of the gospel and the Book of Mormon, and invite them to English class. They were curious, if not particularly interested in learning more. maybe in the future.

 

Monday, we cleaned up the apartment and I helped anziano Nelson packed his bags, on the surety that he's leaving. Then we went and taught Roberto, an interesting guy. We taught him two weeks ago, and we invited him to read the Book of Mormon from the introduction, then changed our minds and said from 1 Nephi 1, and then again to 3 Nephi 11 and 12. He read all three assignments. He has a rather interesting character. In my first transfer, we taught our member, Nick. He's a similar type of person. He commited himself to church on Sunday, and said he'd have to think about what we taught. He believes that "god will save all mankind". He also accepted the commitment to read 2 Nephi 2. Then we went and taught Sister Tassi in our branch, and she was super good.

 

Tuesday, we went and taught Padre Claudio again. The only reason we went back is because I didn't have the courage to say no. The man is very fixed in his beliefs. It really hurt when he said "as I opened the Book of Mormon, I saw that it was pure fantasy." Excuse me? I don't go around calling your most cherished beliefs fantasy. I don't tell you that your claims to an unbroken chain of priesthood authority are fantasy. Please be respectful at least! Then we left. He said he'd read the Book of Mormon from start to finish, and then he'd give us a call. Then we went and taught Moreno and Laila. Laila has been struggling the last several days, so we gave her a priesthood blessing. She felt a lot better afterwards. Then we went and saw the Garcia family, who are pretty discouraged about doing missionary work here. Fratello Garcia then inspired me with a vision for my last transfer. The Forlì branch has had to import branch presidents from other branches for years. So I am going to pray and work to find a Forlivese Branch President, and then baptize him. I'm excited about it. I love you all tons. Pray hard for me to finish well.

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Fwd: The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything

From: Benjamin Jolley <benjamin.jolley@myldsmail.net>
Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:34 AM

42. That my friends is a scary number. It has a lot of meanings. It is the number of days in six weeks. Which happens to be the time I have left as a missionary. That is a crazy thought. thinking about it, it feels like a LONG time still, but also very short. I'm coming to realize that this time will soon come to an end. I love my mission. There is nothing better I or anyone can do but serve the LORD full-time. I know that. I love it. It is so fun and rewarding. I had an experience yesterday that made me think. As I rode the train home from a Zone Conference in Verona, three of the most worldly and materialistic girls I've ever seen in my life sat down next to me and my companion. One of them got a text message and went out of the carriage to cry for a bit. She came back, and started playing solitaire. She has not found happiness in material things. These girls had EVERYTHING the world says makes you happy. They had jewelry, a lot of it. Dolce and Gabbana watches. Brand name clothing. designer glasses. a smart phone. they obviously had money, and plenty of it. I started to talk to Liam, and asked her what makes her happy in life. She responded, "not a whole lot right now." then silence for a bit, and then smiled and said, "being with my family and my friends." I told her we have a message that will help her to have lasting happiness. then we had to go. So I handed her a pass-along card that says on the front, "Faith brings Hope." I know that that is true. The only thing that will bring her lasting happiness is personal righteousness and a resulting happy family. As I walked past the train 30 seconds later, her friend was looking at the pass-along card. I don't know if that will end up causing her to actually be happy or will result in a baptism, but I felt the spirit testify that I had done right. I love the gospel. It will solve all the problems that we face, indivually and collectively. Designer clothes and watches and smartphones and all of the toys and things that the world offers don't bring true happiness.

 

I've had a lot of other interesting experiences this week. some happy, some sad, some ridiculous. On thursday, we went and taught our new converts shortly, and then had a rather LONG ward council meeting. then we passed by Ciro and Manjola's to give their son Giovanni a birthday present.

 

Friday, we planned and then immediately afterward I got a phone call. Manjola called, saying that she and Ciro feel too rushed, and want to take some time to think about baptism and what we've taught them. I think "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" but I respect their choice and will continue to pray for them. Later that day, we taught Yvette and her children the plan of Salvation, and it went quite well. unfortunately, they cannot see us more than once a week, and we have not taught them nearly all they need to know to receive baptism. So it was a rough day. six baptisms at the end of the month sorta just disappeared. oh well. We keep on going.

 

Saturday, we went and did some casa and found a man wearing a muslim worship robe, and said "Hey we're talking about Jesus Christ, can we come in?" "sure." so now we're teaching Inouss. he agreed to read the Book of Mormon and we'll be back this coming Saturday. Later on we taught Roger, who still can't come to church because he feels Catholic and doesn't seem to have enough time. darn.

 

Sunday, Yvette and one of her sons came, along with several dry members. It was a pretty good Sunday, but pretty disappointing compared to last week. Then we went out and did some strada and found a few potentials.

 

Monday, we taught Sorella Gutu and her son a lesson about family. Her son was rather distracted and started playing his PSP halfway through the lesson. his prayer at the end was very very short too. oh well. We'll keep trying. Then we went and found Jimmy, an inactive member who was drinking Vodka as we walked in. It was... interesting. Then we went directly to Padre Claudio's church on the top of a mountain and more or less bashed with him. He is an interesting man. and refuses to read the Book of Mormon cover to cover, thinking that the index in the back is more important. oh well.

 

Tuesday, we went to a park, and my companion was bit by a terrible horrible beast as he tried to pet it. The beast is called a "Coniglio" in Italian, or for you English speakers, a bunny rabbit. Yes, a bunny rabbit. We called Sorella Wolfgramm, and since we have no normal family doctor, we went to the ER. for a bunny rabbit bite. and since they use triage, we waited. eight hours. It was a fun day. Then we went home with a prescription for antibiotics. Moral of the story: avoid rabbits. other moral: have a family doctor.

 

Wednesday, we went to Verona where we were trained by Elder Caussé of the Seventy. It was a great conference. And then we went home. and now we are here, writing emails. I love you. a lot.

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Ravenna and other fun

Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:59 AM

So today I'm emailing from the old capital of the Western Roman Empire, the city of Ravenna, on the Adriatic sea. We're going to look at some of the famous mosaics here, which should be fun and interesting. It's been an interesting week under all aspects. A lot of disappointments on Sunday when none of our investigators came, and then a lot of miracles in getting back in contact with them and finding out why they didn't come. So... Thursday, my companion got sick, and he didn't get better until Sunday. so... there wasn't much going on there. I cleaned the house.. really well. I was INCREDIBLY bored. we went out once or twice to teach some planned lessons. Like on Saturday we went out and taught Roger, who still feels very catholic, and was asking us if we wanted him to come to our church and stop being catholic. We responded by saying that what we want doesn't matter and he should ask God. Then my inspired companion asked him an important question. "How do you think your answers to prayers will come?" "Boh (I don't know)" So we explained that concept and invited him to pray some more.

 

Sunday, like I said, no investigators showed up. Ciro, Manjola, Yvette, no one. That's a depressing sunday. So we go out after church and drop a note in Ciro's box since he's also not answering the phone. then we went out and worked. I've never been so happy to work in my life. I was smiling super big. Nothing in particular came out of our finding work, but going out and working for the first time in 3 days felt REALLY good.

 

Monday, we had a good district meeting with our zone leaders. We talked about commitment invitations. Afterwards, Anziano Nelson and I went and taught Yvette a pretty good lesson about the gospel, faith repentance etc. Those children are awesome. and it was super good because our WML was there too. Then we went and did some casa, and got in on the third door to a very nice family. I taught probably the worst lesson of my life, where they were presenting a concern, which I understood, but I just kept going with my lesson. That was bad. They didn't give us a return appointment. I guess it just shows that I'm human. during the course of the day we also met a guy who overheard my companion say "wannabe wallabys" randomly, and thought that he had said "Wallace" which is the name of a missionary that was here about a year ago.

 

Tuesday, we headed to Bologna, and started a scambio with our capi. I came back to Forlì with Anziano Andrew Strobelt from Philadelphia. We went and taught a catholic priest who we had met on the street on Sunday and who called ME on monday. He was pretty cool. We sorta presented the restoration, once again with our WML. He said he'd read the Book of Mormon. His name is Padre Claudio. cool guy. then we went and did some casa. Later on, as we were going to centro Forlì to do some street contacting to wrap up the day, Anziano Strobelt hit a car. I rode past, and the lady opened her side door, which he ran into. His neck hit the corner of the car, and he was winded. The lady, Maria Rosa, was really concerned, and called her husband and an ambulance. The ambulance took its sweet time getting there, like 1/2 an hour, so we had the chance to talk to her and her husband about the church. We ended up getting their number and giving them a copy of the Book of Mormon. so... God works in mysterious ways.

 

This morning we just came out to Ravenna. Good week, all in all. I love you tons.

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A very nice week

December 28, 2011

Well, this week's been a pretty good one. Wednesday night, we did some finding work and knocked into a couple, Ciro and Manjola, from Italy and Albania respectively. They have two beautiful children named Giovanni and Rebecca. As I and my companion had not gotten in doing casa in nearly a month, I had no idea what to say to them. So we taught probably the worst lesson of my life. We sorta presented the Book of Mormon and invited them to read it. They said they would and we said a prayer and set up a return appointment. As I walked away, I thought "Why in the world do people like that even let us into their homes?" In fact, I remember thinking at the door approach, "Look's like they're busy. Darn, another door knocked." Then they invited us in. Shortly afterwards we taught English Class and it was good. we talked about Christmas traditions.

 

Thursday, we met with Roger, and he didn't understand the baptismal invite the first two times we gave it. When we explained better, he said "If I come to know the Book of Mormon is true, it's normal that I'd get baptized." We then invited him to church on Sunday, which he commited to. Later, we did some strada and casa, and taught a few people on the street.

 

Friday, we did a lot of finding and we ran into the girl we gave a Book of Mormon to on Sunday the "where's my Book of Mormon?" girl. We got her number and set up an appointment to teach her. We then planned.

 

Saturday, we decided to make a tiramisù for our members, thinking it would take 1/2 hour. It took us about 1.5 hours. oh well. We went over to the Garcias house for a Christmas eve lunch and ate an incredible amount of food. then we invited their daughter's boyfriend to listen to the lessons. He said "later." Afterwards, we were exhausted, so we took a short nap, and then we got a call from the Rossi's asking if we could go caroling to their neighbors with them. So we did. This took the rest of the night, and we came home.

 

Sunday was fun. We went to pick up Roger for church, and he came. In our Sacrament meeting were 4 dry members, and Roger and a mother with three sons who are Gertrude's friends. That would be 9 investigators. Wow. The Lord dropped a good one there. We got an appointment with Yvette and her sons, and went to the Rossi's for Christmas lunch. We ate some delicious food and I called home. Shortly afterwards, my companion tried to call home, but... no one answered. He was a little distraught the rest of the night. Around 9 he tried again, but no response. Then we went home, and slept.

 

In the morning, we studied, and with President's approval, he called again. This time he got a hold of them, while I washed the Rossi's dishes. I learned some really good Italian language jokes from them too. Example: Qual'è il contrario di Abbondantemente? (What is the opposite of abundantly? Answer at the bottom) After that we headed to Rimini and did a scambio. Anziano Scalese from Maryland and I went back to Forlì and did some good work. I called a member wanting to pass by and they responded "Didn't you know that you are supposed to be coming for FHE tonight?" oops! Anziano Scalese is a great missionary with a great talent for being grateful. As we walked into Piazza Saffi, the main town square, I thought "eh, the thousandth time I see this piazza." He says "WOW! this is ITALY! It's so pretty in this country!" I took a step back, and agreed with him. We talked a lot about Faith and obedience and how he can help his companion. I was amazed. Our conversations the whole scambio were about gospel topics and ideas and how to help missionaries and investigators and why we're on missions and such, as opposed to normal scambio discussions like girls and america and JW's and such. It was an awesome scambio.

 

Tuesday, we studied and went down to Rimini for district meeting. It went pretty well. We talked a lot about Finding Work, and it was pretty cool. My companion is awesome. After that, we grabbed lunch at Burger King, and then went back to Forlì. We got back and I was exhausted, as was my companion. We had appointments in about 20 minutes though, so I just got on my knees and prayed for the strength and alertness to be able to teach after little sleep. We went, and miracles happened. The first appointment was with Ciro and Manjola. We taught them the restoration, and as we brought up baptism, Manjola was fascinated. She has always wanted to be baptized, but has never had the chance. This family has been prepared by the Lord. They accepted a conditional Baptismal date for the 28th of January, if they come to know it's true before then. Afterwards, we went and taught Yvette and her 3 sons. We started out talking with Yvette, and the TV was on, and then we asked to say a prayer to start the lesson properly, and so we turned off the TV. Suddenly her sons, ages 9, 11, and 13 are fixed on us. We start to explain the restoration, and these boys understand EVERYTHING. They are full of faith and I'm amazed. "What did Jesus do while he was on the earth?" I ask. "He was baptized by John the baptist, he did miracles, he called 12 men to be specially taught by him to then teach others and he was crucified." I look at my companion in utter disbelief that this is happening. As we explain the First Vision, the 9 year old says "I would die of joy if I saw God. How did Joseph Smith not die of joy?" As we explain the Book of Mormon, the 11 year old notices a picture of Alma baptizing and says "We've been baptized Catholic. Do we need to be baptized Mormon? Yes." Will you read the Book of Mormon? Absolutely. Will you be baptized? YES! Mom says, they've already been baptized Catholic. 13 year old says, No, mom, We have to be baptized again because the LDS church is the Lord's new restored Kingdom. I have NEVER met such amazing children. They were super excited to learn more. End result of day? 6 baptismal dates for the 28th of January.

 

Investigators as of now:

Roger from Burkina Faso

Yvette, Raphael, Cesare and Jean Jacques, from Benin, Baptismal Date, 28 January

Ciro, Manjola, Giovanni and Rebecca, from Italy and Albania baptismal date 28 January

 

Answer to joke above: A Berlino Petrarca dice il vero. (In Berlin, Petrarch tells the truth). Why is this funny? Abbondantemente spoken sounds like a sentence A bonn, Dante mente. (In Bonn, Dante lies).

 

I love you. Keep praying for us. We're seeing miracles thanks to your prayers.

 

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A scambio and some work

From: Benjamin Jolley

Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:18 AM

Well, another week gone. Thursday was an interesting day. All of our appointments fell through, but we still had an opportunity to speak with someone and place a Book of Mormon. I love the feeling of a bag that has been carrying a Book of Mormon all day that is now empty. Another person has the opportunity to find truth. I hate the feeling of having a full bag at the end of the day. It feels so heavy on my shoulder, even though it's like 1/2 pound. It feels SO heavy. Otherwise, we taught Moreno and Laila about the Temple and Family History work, and they were pretty excited to get started.

 

Friday, we planned. My companion is senior companion this week. So far he's doing a WONDERFUL job. I feel like a huge burden is off of my back. And that frees me to just work super crazy hard. We went and taught our African friends, and gave an Urdu Book of Mormon to a man from Pakistan, and then we were able to teach several other people, including an adorable old man that looks like the grandpa from Up! who was an ex investigator and is now an investigator again. His name is Sandor.

 

Saturday, we were able to teach a father in a park about the restoration, he has wondered what we believe since he was a little boy, because he's seen the missionaries before but never talked to them. He wasn't particularly interested in learning more, but he was grateful that we satisfied his curiosity. We taught lots of people on the street. Then we went to our less active's house and talked about Temple work, and they got pretty excited about doing their family history and preparing a name to go get baptized for is the future months. We then taught Daniel one of the best lessons we've ever had with him. He was awake, active, and interested. He commited to church this coming Sunday.

 

Sunday, we didn't have any investigators in church. In fact, it was a rough day. But we worked anyways. We found our new investigator Raffaele, who tried to give us back the Book of Mormon, but he still has it, and he commited to English class, even if he dropped us as an investigator. Then we taught a few other people on the street. It was good. By the end I was REALLY wanting to go home, but my great senior companion kept us outside till it was time to properly go home.

 

Monday, we had a scambio with Rimini. I went down with Anziano Portellano, from Marseilles, France. It was an interesting scambio. I learned a ton about what I need to do better as a missionary and a district leader. We taught a wonderful member family about scripture study.

 

Tuesday, we had district meeting, and we talked about consecrating our missions. I realized how not perfect I am, but I'm trying. and especially I feel like I've made a lot of progress this week itself. That afternoon we did some contacting, and then we taught a member who has been coming back to church and is starting to understand things now as she reads her scriptures. It's super good to hear.

 

This morning we've come to email our dear families. I love you all.

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Some miracles

Well, it's another week gone. This week was interesting. Thursday, we went and did some casa after P day and found a family to teach, and then we went and taught a member family. We'll hope that that family turns out well.

 

Friday, we put up some english class publicity, around the city. It was pretty cool to see how in 4 days practically all of the little tickets we'd put up were taken. It was one of those ads that you see with the little things to pull off on the bottom. In theory, each of those went to a different person. If so, and they all come to english tonight, we should have an english class that is about 45 people, as opposed to our usual 5-8. That'd be cool. That evening, we taught Sorella Veronica about repentance.

 

Saturday, we were looking at having taught 7 lessons all week. We really wanted to get our 20 for the week. On Saturday, we taught our africans, then a cool guy named Davide, who we gave a Book of Mormon to and who wants to come to church, and then we talked to some ragazzi on the street who were decently interested.

 

Sunday, we were at 10 lessons. I was convinced that reaching 20 lessons for the week was impossible, especially given that we had zero appointments set up. Somehow, we did it. We talked to people on the streets and in houses, and we taught 11 lessons in one day. Some highlights: First person we stop is an ex investigator named Diana who has read nearly the entire Book of Mormon but hasn't prayed about it yet. We invited her to pray about it. We'll see her this evening. Raffaele is an engineer who really liked the analogy between a line with two dots and the bible and Book of Mormon. Several atheists started to doubt their atheism. It was a sweet day.

 

Monday, we did a scambio with Rimini, and Anziano Snedaker and I did some good work in Rimini. It was a good scambio. I learned some good stuff, and got to know him better than I think I know my own companion. We taught their investigator Aniko about the Plan of Salvation and baptism. She was excited, but doesn't think that she can possibly keep all of the commandments.

 

Tuesday, we riscambioed, and got many a bidone. It was a less than effective day. I think my companion and I were tired from Sunday and that scambio.

 

Today, we cleaned our apartment. and set up a Christmas Tree. Yay! Christmas! I have a advent calendar too. Anyway, I love you!

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Transfers!

Well, I'm leaving Reggio Emilia. Surprise Surprise. I'm headed back to the Rimini District, to the city of Forlì. I'll be companions with Anziano Nelson from Wales, and I'll finishing his training. Explanation: Training now is a 12 week process. He's been in the mission 6 weeks, so I'll be finishing his training. I'll also be district leader over Rimini and Forlì, with Anziani Snediker and Portellano in my district. In my place here in Reggio will come Anziano Jeter as district leader. Exciting!

 

My address will be:

 

Anziano Jolley

Via Francesco Greca, 67

47123 Forlì

Italia

 

So, Wednesday, we taught Stefano about the law of chastity. He said he'd keep it. That was good. He's interesting. Believes everything we tell him, accepts all the commandments, but doesn't have a super strong testimony of God and Jesus Christ. Then we went and taught Samuel and we set up his baptismal program. He's a stud. Then we went and talked with Ella, who wants to get baptized, but is super sketchy about the commitment to come to church. We'll see what we can do.

 

Thursday, we taught Pacomeo, who was back for the weekend to get his stuff before he permantently moves to Nice, France. Then we went and taught Fratello Rene, who still doesn't want to come to church. bummer. oh well. Then we got on the train, got on our bikes and made the half hour ride to the church in 12 minutes, just as ward council started. It was pretty funny. We come in, all sweaty and out of breath and the bishop says "you can catch your breath Anziani." It went well.

 

Friday, we taught Samuel in the morning, who handed us a bag with all of his worldly possessions, and we sorted out his baptismal clothes. Then we headed to Modena, filled up the font, and showed Stefano and one of Modena's investigators how to start on their genealogy. Then we baptized Samuel. Anziano Wilkey baptised him, and I confirmed him. As the bishop welcomed him to the ward, he looked straight at me and told us his conversion story, which he's shared all of about 3 times in his life. It was interesting. Then we headed home.

 

Saturday, we taught Godfrey, who looks like he's 30 but is 20, about the restoration and invited him to baptism. He said yes. 26th it should be.  We then went to Gioel's, where we met a super cool guy named Tiziano who was super interested in our message and commited to read the entire Book of Mormon. sweet. Then we went over to Salome and Giovanna's, and taught them about scripture study.

 

Sunday, we went to Stake Conference, and Stefano came, along with several less actives. It was sweet. In the morning, the hours changed, so now the sun sets at like 5:30. that's annoying. We got a bunch of bidoni, so we did some casa and found a couple potential investigators.

 

Monday, we moved all of our stuff to our new apartment by the station. That took basically the whole day. We did a little finding work and got a few more potentials. Also President called to tell me about transfers.

 

Tuesday, we helped Ivan, a member from Milano get started painting the apartment on Via Jodi, where we were. Then we taught Victor the restoration. He still wants to get baptized, and he comes here every day, so hopefully we can get him there. Then we had coordination meeting with Fratello Pianegonda, where he bid me farewell, thanking me for my work and my professional attitude (professionalità... not sure how to translate it.) He gave me a huge hug and said "Anziano Jolley, non è un Anziano per me. è un amico." (Anziano Jolley, you're not just an Anziano for me, you're a friend.) That was sweet. I'm glad my work was appreciated. After that we went to Parma and found Fratello Peralta, a sweet Peruvian member who doesn't come to church because he's upset that Parma got closed. But he's willing to help us teach in Parma, drive us around Parma, and generally help out. We'll take advantage of that, and hopefully he'll return to activity. He's super cool. He did a scambio with the missionaries during transfers when he was six years old (weird, but ok. in Peru.)

 

Today we helped Ivan a little more, and then started doing email. I love you all.

 

Anziano Jolley

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