karen | October 23, 2008
The current Mission President in the Rome, Italy area is President Jeffrey Acerson, from Lindon Utah. He himself served as a missionary in the Italy Milan and Italy Padova Missions.
Prior to his calling to preside over Saints and friends of other faiths in the Rome area, President Acerson served as a counselor in the Lindon [...]
karen | October 13, 2008
The Italian press attended the Sunday session of the 178th Mormon General Conference in Rome, Italy, and news of the building of the Rome, Italy temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is beginning to spread throughout Italy and worldwide.
karen | October 13, 2008
President Acerson shares the Lord’s hand in the preparation and selection of the land designated to hold a House of the Lord–or Mormon temple in Rome, Italy.
Apparently, to qualify for a building permit, the land must be free of any ancient Roman ruins. To check the land, the city officials actually dig trenches across [...]
karen | October 13, 2008
Karen Acerson, wife of Mormon Mission President, Jeffrey Acerson, journaled her thoughts as they flowed during the historic announcement of the Rome, Italy temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
On Saturday morning in Utah (Saturday evening in Rome), our prophet, President Monson announced that five new temples would be built. As he [...]