Notizie d’Agosto
“August News” is the most creative title I could come up with just before midnight. Then, in a burst of inspiration, I thought I would translate it into Italian to sound really international. My readers who speak Italian are now thinking, “Big Deal.” I didn’t say it was a very large burst of inspiration.
On Sunday the 7th, Sandy turned 29 - again. She’s decided to plateau around 29 for 10-15 years if nobody will mind. Since we were together with the congregation on Sunday morning, we had some large cakes decorated and we all celebrated her birthday together. The ladies then gave a wonderful presentation and outpouring of their gratitude to Sandy for her dedication to the work of the Lord. It was a very special moment for both of us to see.
During the invitation to the preaching, about 8 men & women came forward for various decisions in their lives. One of those was a man named Paul. Our church (and particularly one of our LifeTeams) has been praying faithfully for Paul and reaching out to him for over a year now. Paul fell under conviction and turned to Christ Jesus there in our midst. Paul will now be baptized & discipled through the LifeTeam. We are joyful over the work of the Lord Jesus.
The property owner of our new worship center has now come to our church the last two Sundays. In fact, Tiberio is now coming every morning to meet us at the conference table to read the Word of God and hear us pray. Tiberio is a Romanist and devoted to Mariolotry. However, he also has a growing hunger to know the Word of God and its power. We need you to help us pray for Tiberio and his salvation along with his wife Antoinetta. The agency that rented the building four years ago still owes Tiberio many thousands of euro in back payments. In Italy, people have no recourse in which to seek and obtain their money because of the corruption of the people and weakness of the judicial system. So, Tiberio feels as if he’s left without an option. Today, we prayed by faith in front of Tiberio that the Lord would do something mighty to reveal His glory through this situation. We want to ask you to join us in that prayer so that only the Lord’s power would be seen and that His power would accompany the Word of Truth that we are daily sharing with Tiberio.
Tomorrow, Sandy and I are heading out for a couple days break as part of Sandy’s birthday gift. One of our couples will be watching our two children. We hope we can still be friends when we return. My idea of a break is a nice lounge chair, a wonderful new book (I have 3 of them that I have yet to crack — I’m taking along 1776 by McCullough for this trip), and an ice-cold drink in the mountain air. Pure learning and thinking with no decisions to be made is a great way for me to get a break. Sandy, on the other hand, … well, let’s just say… she wants to make sure that we remember these get-aways. So, I’ll try to get a few pages in and balance my drink while white-water rafting down a river in the Julian Alps of Slovenia tomorrow afternoon. Buon Viaggio.
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