Last Easter we made a marvelous journey around the island of Sicily, took a ferry across the Strait of Messina to the toe of the Italian peninsula, followed the Adriatic coast northward through Paestum, the Amalfi coast, Pompeii and Naples, and ended up in Rome. On the last day of our two-week trip, we spent the afternoon at the newly dedicated Rome Temple. In the temple visitors' center, we spoke with some senior couple missionaries who are assigned to serve there. In the course of our conversation, they mentioned that in addition to full-time missionaries, they have a few volunteers that come on tourist visas for three month assignments. They suggested that if we might be interested we should mention it to the temple president. When we spoke to the president and told him we were interested in serving, President Pacini took us right into his office and filled us in on all the details. As soon as we returned home we made the commitment to go, found an apartment, purchased plane tickets and started studying Italian two to three hours per day. In two weeks from today we will arrive in Rome for this exciting three month opportunity.
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