Happy 4th of July and A New Mission President

Hey Fam,

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!! Today to celebrate the

4th we are going to meet up with some other missionaries in Agrigento

(city nearby) and have a BBQ so that's American. Haha

This week was a very interesting one, a lot of neat things happened.

Like I said last week, this week we had the opportunity to go to

Catania and meet our new mission president. His name is President

Pickerd. Him and his wife actually served in the great Italy Rome

Mission some years ago so that's pretty neat. The conference went good

though. Learned some new things and got to see a ton of mission

friends. We ate a lot of Granita at the conference and in the city.

For those who don't know Granita is like shaved-ice or a slushee on

steroids. It's probably my favorite thing. It's dang good. I'd

recommend it if you ever get the chance. Also at the Catania

conference the Elders from Malta came and I got to see one of my

favorite ex-companions from Rome, Anziano Castillo. I haven't seen him

in a while but it's always a fun thing to see an old companion.

Especially when you got along so well. Love that guy.

Also this week here in Sciacca they are having their annual St. Peter

festival. Sciacca is a fishing town. Peter fished. So it works out.

But they have this Carnival thing down at the harbor and a bunch of

street vendors and stuff. It was pretty neat. The coolest thing, for

me, was Saturday night. They set up a big projector for the Italy -

Germany soccer game. So like a thousand people gathered around at game

time to watch it. It was super cool. I've always seen videos of people

in Europe gathered in town squares to watch important soccer games

together but I've never been able to be a part of it until now.

Unfortunately, though Italy lost in the end after 9 penalty kicks.

Everyone was sad Sunday morning haha. I was sad too though.

Well I guess that's about all the updates for the week. The rest of the

time was filled with blue Sky's, pristine seas, and lots of sweat and

humidity while preaching the good word. This Saturday we have transfer

calls so let's see what happens, I'm expecting a change here in

Sciacca but with a new mission president who knows what's going to

happen. Anyways, love you all. Have a good week. And stay classy!

Anziano Yskes

Catania

The District

Celebrating the Birth of America by eating burgers made of horse meat

"The Game" Italy vs. Germany in the Euro cup soccer