Summer 2021

Italy Update!

Hey ya’ll, here are some things that the Lord has been doing in Italy in the last couple of months:

Church:

• Youth Camp - this year I served at the youth camp again. I taught the middle school group for the second year in a row. We had an amazing time looking at what it means that Jesus served us with His life, and as a result of that truth how we can serve him with our lives. The final evening of the camp we had a special time dedicated to minister to the kids. I got to pray with many to either receive the Lord or renew a previous commitment.

• College Group - one of the highlights this summer was the barbecue we did together. Everyone brought something to share, we had a time of volleyball and feasting. Then to close the night off we studied Romans 6. At the end of the study we had an extended time of worship together. During the time the group was able to pray for each other. It was a great way to end our summer.

• Baptisms - We also baptized twelve people this September into the church family here. More than have of them are from the youth group. Then a couple of amazing stories of people coming to Christ through difficult periods in their lives.

Bible College:

• Mission & Evangelism - I have taught this class now for four semesters in a row. It is a real joy for me to be involved with this class. Because it is a great mix of local ministry with the combination of showing the foreign (American & Canadian) students a little taste of missions. The class is broken up into two parts. The first part is the in-class theory. The second part being the actual mission. The first week of the class this fall was an overview of the Old Testament and what it has to say about missions. Then we got to put it into practice right away. We had an opportunity to go and serve at Calvary Chapel Feltre’s inauguration. I took the students up to help with children’s ministry. Pray for us we are going to Sicily this year for our seven day mission trip.

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for Abigail and I marriage. It has been a wonderful start, but that we would keep the Lord in the center of everything.

• Pray for our College Ministry that we could continue to raise up disciples in the local church body.

• Pray for our Bible College, it has been hit hard because of the difficulty of international travel. Our attendance is a 1/3 of what it was before covid.

• Pray for the gospel of Jesus to be spread in Italy!

Thank you all for your love and support! Praying that God would richly bless you.