Mitchell was transferred from Siracusa to Crotone last week.  It’s a small town of about 60,000 with a branch of less than 20.  The economy is very depressed in Crotone and has been since the late 80s when several business shut down.  He hasn’t said much about the people yet.  His emails are very cryptic but here’s a little from the last email.

My new comp’s name is Anziano Munir Kafel.  He’s half Italian and half Moroccan so he’s taller than Anz. Furia. Me and my companion never stop talking. We are always saying something. We have three baptismal dates right now. Crotone, is actually the smallest branch in the smallest district in Europe. We had 17 people in church but we have the best work in our zone right now. We have 3 dates. one for july 28...which will get moved back. another for august 11th which we set Sunday...and another for September 27th or so. The work is great...I am just really really tired.

Well...I haven’t done finding in a week. we have a member that does it for us. all of these are referrals. i have never seen anything like it before. The branch is great cause of this member. i will tell more about him and our work here in the letter.

I haven’t found my slot here yet.  I don’t think I’ll be here long. It feel s a lot like Caserta.  I will go to state...in puglia for my first time while my comp goes to Rome for a zone leader conference. my comp tells me that i will be training soon. i hope not.