Dear friends,
November is almost done and it is good to look behind and see what God has done. Not always the things that He makes are the things we would want to happen but in His sovereignty he drives our path.
We don't have our car yet but it is ready... just a few problems that hopefully will get resolved soon.
Last week Josh lost his wallet with all his documents and cards. Some of the documents are American so it is gonna take a little extra time to get. His Italian form of green card was in it too so considering that the immigration offices in Italy don't work very well a lot of patience will be needed!!!
We had many opportunity to share the Gospel with people of the English lessons or new friends that we made.
One of our neighbors has been pretty interested in wanting to know more about the Gospel, he had several conversations with Josh on many biblical topics and also on salvation. His name is Mario.
This week we are going to celebrate Thanksgiving at the church building,we have invited, along with the other missionaries, many friends. It will be a good time of being part of an American tradition, eating food with different flavors, but also of getting to hear the Gospel. In fact Josh will be sharing the good news sometime during the meal. So if you remember about us at this special event pray for Josh, for all the preparation and all the Italian that will be making american dishes :) and especially that God may touch people's heart with His Word.
We, as a family, are going to make several apple pies (since Josh is the apple pie master), the stuffing and apple cider. The wife of another missionary is going to cook our 32 pound turkey, and other believers are helping making other dishes.
Last Saturday we went up on mount Etna and had a good family time. It was not as cold as we expected and there was no snow. But we had fun looking at all the lava and showing it to Hannah and Benedetta and explaining to them what that was. I have to admit that Hannah was a little scared about the volcano...:) we looked at a crater of 2001, Josh and the girls went down at the bottom of it but I decided to stay up and take some pictures. We had a picnic and it was fun just sitting on the side and see the calm around us, the mountain in front of us with a tiny line of smoke coming out of its mouth.
Josh is going to have a Bible study with one of the guy attending the church, he is a soccer player for the city team and comes from Brasil, his name is Orlando. We had him and his wife over this past week and they are very nice. Both Benedetta and Hannah love Jacqueline(his wife)!
There is also another guy that came to church this Sunday that is wanting to know the Bible better so,please, pray for this future Bible study, his name is Salvo.
in Him
Carmela for the fam
