news & updates
JULY, 2009
| Dear prayer partners, Thank you all for your regular encouragement through prayer and financial support. A lot has happened in these past couple of months, but I will try to be brief! I know you are all busy ; ) Family stuff: Sara finished her degree! According to the Italian University system, she is a Doctor in Scienze della Formazione Primaria -for more info, google it ; ) When we got married she still had quite a few classes to take, plus here thesis. We thank God for giving her the strength to complete her studies, having a husband, two kids, and being in the ministry. Josh has continued with his discipleships. One of the two young men has the desire to begin discipling another one, which is how it should work. Because of the impending transfer to Imola he is no longer playing in the city band of San Lazzaro. Everyone was very curious to know why we were moving. One of the clarinet players boiled down our move to “so you are going there to make people become Evangelical”. At that Josh answered that really all we want people to do is know God in a personal way. Pray in particular for Vito, the trombone player who sits next to Josh. Rebecca is reverting back to being a little baby. She is trying to do all the things that little brother does. She does have quite a bilingual vocabulary though. She knows that when she is at Nonni’s house (Sara’s parents) she must speak Italian, and at home English. |
 Samuel is working real hard on his teeth. He is wondering when the pain will end! Other than that he is a happy, healthy and super active 7 month old baby. |
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MINISTRY STUFF: As mentioned before, the discipleships have continued on, regardless the summer heat. But what’s on our mind most right now is Imola. We have not found the right apartment for our needs. Yesterday we actually went to sign a contract on an apartment that we weren’t 100% sure on. Josh had prayed before going, that God would either give a huge confirmation to rent that apartment, or to give a clear sign that we should not get it. When we explained our job situation, the manager at the rental company demanded a 25,000 Euro deposit. That would be about 35000 dollars. That was clear indication that the apartment was not for us! We thank God for His clear answer, right when we needed it the most. Of course that leaves us still looking. |
Please pray that we will find the right one.
We have begun planning a couple of evangelistic events for the fall. One will be a series of lectures on the life of Calvin, hopefully in the high schools of the city. This will give us a great opportunity to explain what the Bible teaches, will give us a way to get our name out there. We are also planning a distribution in the high schools. Please Pray that we will receive the necessary permits to do these events.
Thanks for reading all the way to the end of this letter! If you have questions, please send them our way. We can’t write about everything that we do here, but we love to talk about it!
Love in Christ,
Josh, Sara, Rebecca and Samuel