Americani!

our first l s t group is here! we are very excited. me in particular. i came to italy with l s t (let's start talking) in 1988 to vicenza for 6 weeks with friends from pepperdine and really enjoyed serving in that capacity. now here is our own long-stay l s t group. wayne, rachel, zach and erin. wonderful people. i almost wrote 'kids'...as it was noted by wayne, i think, that i went with l s t the year before he was born. so either i'm old or they're kids.
kids or not, they have a great love for the Lord and an enthusiasm that will be contagious among the people here. italians are slow to attach themselves, or open up, but once they do you are theirs, and the church has already become attached to these, yes, kids. i can't wait till sunday when all the church can meet them.

we don't have the readers we would like as of today, but there is time and the main goals are 1) to get people reading the Bible!!! and 2) to get people connected with those in our church. i'm sure that will happen. God works things the way He wants them working and as long as we make ourselves available to be worked through, it'll get done. a nice note, that when i was showing them one of the parks nearby (the villa), a boy called to me and i turned around. it was gabriele from the l s t group 2 years ago! we had lost contact with him and i was so pleased to see him and he us. perhaps God intends for him to reconnect...i hope so. be praying for him, as it seems that he is entangled in some activities he shouldn't be... but as i said, maybe this is the reason he needs to reconnect. he is such a sweet boy and i remember how he loved reading the Bible...so many questions!

what a great time to be here...i do wish we could stay longer, but as we say, 'come Dio vuole'...as the Lord wills.