On Monday night, Maddalena led the Bible study. She has only been a Christian for a couple of years, but I had noticed from the way that she participated in the studies that she would be good at leading as well, and so it turned out. There was also the person that became a Christian […]

We all survived the sleepover, with three teenagers eating home made hamburgers under the sign of the inverted golden arches (W for Wilson fast food restaurants, if you don’t get it) and watching two films, and two remaining to sleep in Stefania’s room whilst her cot was in our room. It was certainly hard to […]

Two messages ago I mentioned some doubts I had that the Da Vinci Code had been an appropriate film to watch in the cell group, given the presence of two non Christian husbands. I don’t know how much the film and subsequent discussion contributed, but during the week one of them rang one of the […]

Last night (Friday) was a bit complicated for us, because occasionally the different church ministries we are involved in overlap, and this was one of those times with both the Women’s Bible Study and the Rovereto cell group on at the same time. So I took Pinuccia and Stefania to the church office, where they […]

At the Monday cell group this week, there was a pizza and video night at our house. It was good to sit around a table and talk together. For the film, it had been decided to watch The Da Vinci Code, as no one in the group had seen it, and the others thought it […]

Yesterday evening, not only did all three of the (mostly) regular people come to the group, but two of them also brought a friend (both of whom had come a couple of times last year before the summer break, but not at the same time). So we suddenly found ourselves which five youth, as well […]

I have finished my responsibilities for the week now - a bit earlier in the week than usual, but it is how the programming worked out this time. The Monday night cell group was mostly dedicated to a time thinking about how we wanted to witness together to our friends, and it was decided to […]

This afternoon there was the Reformation Day service in church, to remember the principles on which the church is founded. So we looked back at what some of these principles were, and our guest speaker reminded us that the real reformation starts from a personal encounter with God, which then can change external forms, even […]

For most of the week Stefania has had a slight cold, meaning a running nose and a few problems sleeping, but not much else. However she did manage to pass something on to us, as we have both had sore throats for a few days. Pinuccia took the day off work today, as she probably […]

This is one of the exceptions to getting one night free a week, as I mentioned last week. Today is a public holiday, so I have both today and tomorrow night free. Public holidays used to be a bit of a nuisance to me, as it didn’t change much except I was able to do […]