News and prayer information from Richard and Pinuccia Wilson

Into the last week now, and yesterday the Monday night cell group had its traditional social activity, pizzas and film. It was at our house, as we are one of the few with a lounge large enough to accomodate everyone. Although with 19 people for the film, it was a bit tight and hot. (There aren’t that many in the group, but since two couples with children split their attendance with the husband going to one group and the wife to another, we also had the family members that don’t belong to the group.) So I went off to my local take away pizza shop to pick up four double and one normal pizza; still have some leftovers for lunch today as well.

For the film, we watched End of the Spear, which I saw in English at an ECM meeting in Spain in February, and which has just come out in Italian (on DVD, I don’t believe it ever appeared in the cinemas). It is the story of Jim Elliot and the other four missionaries killed in South America in 1956, although it actually does not speak much about them: it is mostly about the tribe and the son of one of the missionaries and the effects the killing had on them. It speaks a lot of the cost of following Jesus, and the power to transform that He has as well. There were some very moved people in the audience at the end.

Stefania had a great time too. She didn’t like the pizza as much as we were expecting – maybe they were not up to the standards of Daddy’s pizzas which she devours. She ate a lot of Mummy’s pop corn however. Even though the night went late for her, she is a social character and since there were three (older) children, as well as all the adults, she was very active playing the whole evening. The moment she went to bed however it was straight to sleep, and she had a nice little sleep in this morning as well.