October was a very busy month. We travelled all the way to Sant'Agata sul Santerno, near Ravenna (northern Italy), left our kids and drove down to Chianciano for the annual Focus Conference. We spent 5 days there and were blessed with the teaching, helping out with practical work at the conference and with fellowship. Then we had to drive back to my sister's house and stayed there for two days. We enjoyed spending time with family but mostly we were excited to see Carlo, our brother in law being baptized. It was a good testimony for everybody there.
When we came back Josh attended a week at the Academy finishing a class he had started 3 years ago.
On the 31st of October we hosted a Bible Character Party. We didn't have many kids but were able to have Bible story, memorize Scripture and sing songs. Obviously the kids dressed up and we all had fun!!! There were two friends of Hannah and Benedetta and then a family came that attends church. He is a believer but she is not. Vanessa (the mother our girls' friends) was excited at the way we teach Bible stories, she said "wow that's why kids don't complain about coming to church!!!"
Last week, Valentina, an english student, has asked to start a Bible study and that is awesome!!! We will probably start next week. Pray that God can do a mighty work in her heart and her family.
We have started an english class with the kids from Hannah's class so please pray that we can get more opportunities to share the Gospel with their parents.
