At the GBU conference
Monday, December 11th, 2006The long weekend at the GBU [the Italian Christian student movement] conference went well. Don Carson’s talks were as good as I expected them to be. There was quite a crowd of 350 people, which is a most I have ever seen at a Christian meeting in Italy. There were many people that I knew from my time working with the GBU and that I hadn’t seen for a few years, as well as a number of missionaries that I regularly meet with for fellowship, and it was good to see them all again. Although with so many of them, the time with each of them was a bit limited.
There was also a good group from the church who went – 13 adults and five children. From what I have understood from them, they benefited a lot from the meeting – they don’t often get to hear a speaker as good, clear and deep as Carson.
It was also the first time that we have been about to leave Stefania in a crèche during a conference or church. Pinuccia said that it was too good to be true! We wondered how Stefania would cope with all this time without us, but she had a great time and didn’t complain at all when she was left with the other children. It happened that a number of the other missionaries that we see regularly have children within a few months of Stefania’s age, so I pray that they will build good relationships together as we travel around Italy for meetings.