Anziano Mitchell Hosford: A branch of 17 souls!

Dear Hosford Family,

I’m here in Crotone now. It’s my second Sunday here in a tiny branch. There were 17 here last Sunday. The work here is really good. We don’t really do a lot of finding, but we have a lot of appointments. It’s a pretty city. Right on the beach. I am very tempted to go to the beach. I won’t though.

My new companion is Anziano Kafel from Genova. His accent if really different from Anziano Furia’s. That’s not the problem for me. The problem for me is the Calabrian accent. It’s hard for me to understand. I already miss Sicily, however, there is one thing here that I ate in Caserta (Napoli) that I really like. It’s called Nduja. It’s a meat with lots of oil and hot red peppers. It’s really unhealthy, but I love it on sandwiches.

The work here is fun and crazy. We have three new converts we are working with. One is great and is going to the temple in November. The other two would be able to go, but we are helping them overcome some things first.

Then we have 4 baptismal dates as well. One of them I haven’t met yet because she’s really busy, but her date is in September. The other if for a guy named Pino. I don’t think he’ll make his date for this month. It’s okay however. He was taught everything in Rome then moved back to Crotone. We want to reteach everything. Then we have Giuseppe, who is 21 and told us the Book of Mormon was true during out last appointment. We are jus waiting for him to tell us when. Then last Sunday a member brought a friend to church and she wants to get baptized now. Her date is August 11th. We need to see her more often to get her ready. It will be difficult because we are out of town for 6 workdays over the next 2 weeks.

We picked up a less active family yesterday. Mother and daughter and we might have the opportunity to teach their boyfriends. We will see.

Hope everyone is well at home. Look forward to getting everyone’s letters … if they come. I sent home a box, but I have no idea when it will come. Love everyone lots.

Anziano Hosford

The car Mitchell and his new companion are standing in is used for handy man stuff. cars are very different here. You don’t see this one often though. We rode in the back of it. Here are some photos of me, AnzianoKkafel, and a new convert name Vincenzo...in the back of an ape ... the name of the car. (ah pay) instead of ape.