Last Saturday we had our Thanksgiving dinner. We as a family and people from the local church invited many people and we are thankful for all those who came. We also invited some of Hannah school friends and it was good to see them there.
Josh started with the history of Thanksgiving and in between turkey and dessert Marco (a co-worker) gave his testimony and Josh used a children's story to share the Gospel.
It was a very good time and we had good one-on-one conversations.
Gabriella(the sister of a believer) went up to Josh after the story off Thanksgiving and started asking him questions about his faith. Gabriella comes to the English lessons and she has never once come to anything that the church organized before the english lessons and this outreach. So seeing her there was already a blessing but than hearing her wanting to get to know us better was even more fantastic. Last week at the end of my english lesson Gabriella came close to me and we were chatting and in telling her about me and Josh and how we met. Faith came up in conversation and I was able to share my testimony with her.
There is also another lady that comes to the english lessons with her son, her name is Fiorella, she has had good spiritual conversations with one of our coworkers and was challenged to read the Bible more and deeply.
So we had a good time and good opportunities to show Christ and we are very thankful for all of what god is doing here in Acireale. We are sorry not t have pictures to post yet! Josh forgot to take pictures and so did I...:)
This month will be busy with many events. We will have another oureach in 2 weeks. It will be a Christmas dinner and a day later we will be caroling in the main square of town...and that will be quite interesting because Italians don't carol!!!
This coming Sunday we will have AGAPE, it is what we usually call our potluck. My dad, mom and brother will be here. I don't know if my dad will come to the service but he will be there for lunch and as you know he is not a believer, so my prayer are that he will decide to come and that God touches his heart.
Later on this month Josh's dad and mom will come down to spend Christmas and New Year together.
other prayer requests are:
Josh started with the history of Thanksgiving and in between turkey and dessert Marco (a co-worker) gave his testimony and Josh used a children's story to share the Gospel.
It was a very good time and we had good one-on-one conversations.
Gabriella(the sister of a believer) went up to Josh after the story off Thanksgiving and started asking him questions about his faith. Gabriella comes to the English lessons and she has never once come to anything that the church organized before the english lessons and this outreach. So seeing her there was already a blessing but than hearing her wanting to get to know us better was even more fantastic. Last week at the end of my english lesson Gabriella came close to me and we were chatting and in telling her about me and Josh and how we met. Faith came up in conversation and I was able to share my testimony with her.
There is also another lady that comes to the english lessons with her son, her name is Fiorella, she has had good spiritual conversations with one of our coworkers and was challenged to read the Bible more and deeply.
So we had a good time and good opportunities to show Christ and we are very thankful for all of what god is doing here in Acireale. We are sorry not t have pictures to post yet! Josh forgot to take pictures and so did I...:)
This month will be busy with many events. We will have another oureach in 2 weeks. It will be a Christmas dinner and a day later we will be caroling in the main square of town...and that will be quite interesting because Italians don't carol!!!
This coming Sunday we will have AGAPE, it is what we usually call our potluck. My dad, mom and brother will be here. I don't know if my dad will come to the service but he will be there for lunch and as you know he is not a believer, so my prayer are that he will decide to come and that God touches his heart.
Later on this month Josh's dad and mom will come down to spend Christmas and New Year together.
other prayer requests are:
- for us and the kids...I think we are still adjusting, I notice it in some of the kids reaction, so please pray that the Christmas break can help us get in our routine and family habits.
- we got our car back finally, we had to pay 300 euro more but the car still doesn't work right. So please pray for provision and wisdom to understand what we should do next.
- family health
Glad to see your family is getting settled in to the new surroundings! We'll pray for you. We miss you and Italy!
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