just a few updates.

i feel like there is so much i want to update you on, and so much to tell you that is upcoming.

but i'd like to pause for a moment and ask for your prayers. pray for spiritual strength for those who are working in italy. pray against the enemy as he fights against all we [and other ministries in italy] are trying to do. we expect and believe that the Lord is about to do something amazing here. pray that Satan would have no foothold.

we are seeing great suffering and attack amongst the believers in italy. it's coming in various forms: sickness, disease, discouragement, and actual physical attack. i humbly ask for your prayers.

wednesday afternoon we are having an informational meeting about this summer's project in malawi. our hope is that students, believers and non-believers, will join us for 2-4 weeks as we continue work in malawi. italian students of all types are drawn to humanitarian aid and so this provides a wonderful opportunity for us to build into their lives. [as an aside, i will not be going to malawi this summer but 3 of my teammates will].

my family was here this last week. it was wonderful to have them in florence- i wish they could have been here longer- but we did a little traveling and of course, it was great to see them after being apart for 6 months.

la bibbia.

my team has spent the last two wednesdays partnered with the gideons. we have passed out hundreds of new testaments [with psalms as well].

i want to write more about the entire experience later, but in the meantime, i want to ask for your prayers.

we know that God's Word does not return void. pray that students would open and read. that hearts and minds would open. that lives would be transformed.

thank you.