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Hello everyone! On today’s show, I speak with Nick Galieti who served in the Louisiana, Baton Rouge mission from 1997 to 1999. If there was one person who I could point you to who knows pretty much everything about podcasting, it’s Nick. He’s done over 900 podcast episodes. He’s given me pointers and has helped me with the sound quality of my podcast, something as a sound engineer that he’s very good at. 

One thing I did want to mention. We discuss some racism that Nick experienced. I thought about taking it out of the episode because I didn’t want anything controversial but I think that we need to confront racism. In October 2020 President Nelson the prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told its members that all people are equal in God’s eyes.  He said, “Today, I call upon our members everywhere to lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice.” He went on to say, “listen carefully to what I am about to say. God does not love one race more than another. His doctrine on this matter is clear. He invites all to come unto Him, ‘black and white, bond and free, male and female. Favor or disfavor with God is dependent upon your devotion to God and His commandments, and not the color of your skin.  President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency also said, “We must do better to help root out racism.”  So, I left the part in about racism and I hope that it will help us to recognize that it does exist, even possibly within the membership of our Church, but any form of racism goes against God’s will and the prophet has spoken out against it.

 And in my missionary minute, I talk about meals with missionaries.

So let’s get to it!

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A big thanks to my friend Nick Galieti

In today’s missionary minute I asked Nick about the food in his mission, and after recording the episode he was talking to me and told me how amazing it was to have people they were teaching or members of the Church teach them how to make jambalaya or gumbo. It creates a real bond and connection. I know it might sound like I obess a bit over food since I talk about it a lot on this podcast, but I think it’s such a powerful way to connect with people. I think that was one of the big downsides of the pandemic is that for a long time we stopped having missionaries come over for dinner. If we signed up to feed them, we would just drop off food at their apartment. I know that they appreciated the food, but we lost that time to break bread together and have meaningful conversations and to have fun around the dinner table. You get to know a person as you share a meal with them. Through my career, taking someone to lunch has been such a big part of what I have done with my customers and occasionally my vendors have taken me out to dinner. I don’t think there is anything that can replace that type of connection that you make.

And it’s especially true when you’re a missionary. Like any other member, we love to have the missionaries in our home. It blesses us to have them in our home. It blesses us to get to know them. We pray together. They share a message. And we find out about their families, about their goals for when they return home, and we hear about their success and challenges as a missionary. So there you have it, coming to you from this podcast, go out and share a meal with the missionaries. Don’t just drop off a pizza at their apartment, but make them a part of your family even it it’s just for an hour in your home. That’s where they’ll make the best memories and you’ll see your life blessed with their association.

Well, that’s about it for today’s show. 

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