Ciao!

Last wednesday I started language school and it is going very well, my last day is tomorrow so although I haven't learned a ton, I'm able to communicate with people to some extent.

On saturday we had an American birthday party for Giulia, one of the daughters of a couple here that works with world team. It was a great time and Amy and Ron had a chance to meet some Italian parents and make first contact with those people which will hopefully help them continue to build relationships.

Sunday morning I went to church with Corrie and then had an interesting and very awkward conversation with a man on the metro on my way home from church. He spoke only Italian and wanted to know more about where I went to church and what time and all of that so it took a little while and some probably horrible Italian on my part but he found out the information he needed. hopefully that conversation will be used in some way.

After church I went out to Monza which is a town just north of Milan, I met Angela and her daughter Alessia, Angela goes to the cooking class that Daniel and Joi teach and both of them know some english but are trying to learn more so I'm getting together with Alessia tomorrow to spend some time with her. I am excited to see how God will use my relationship with her to talk with her about the gospel and anything else.


prayer requests since I last wrote:

I am hoping to get to know Alessia better and spend time and develop a friendship with her over the next few weeks.

The prayer conference is next week and we still have some details to work out along with some planning to do. Also prayers for the conference itself that it goes well and God is working with and through the people coming as well as here in Milan. Prayer that people would see the need in Milan as well as in all of Europe and recognize the difficult spiritual battle that is going on here.

Continue to pray for the relational evangelism project I am working on. It seems that having conversation at the enlgish night at a local pub might be a great way to connect with people.

Finally that I would continue to work through things that God is putting on my heart and that I would be teachable and moldable and that I would be changed and would grow in the ways He wants me to during my time here.