Today Stefania had her birthday party with her friends of the same age. At least that was the idea, but two of them came down sick, and although one of the mothers did come (whom I have known for many years in both bands I have played in), only one almost two year old could come (the daughter of my ex-flat mate). So a bit like in Jesus’ parable, we had a quick ring around a couple of hours beforehand, and invited some children from the church who are a few years older than Stefania and that she likes to play with. So it ended up being a great time together, even though I would have liked to have had more opportunities to be friends with the people of Lavis who were not able to come.

Today was also mission day in the Sunday School, where they are supporting a Christian school in India. So Pinuccia dressed up (more or less) as an Indian and told a story about some Indian children, whilst the other teachers encouraged the children in other ways to help the children in this school. I of course missed it, looking after Stefania and Daniele in the service, but Pinuccia told me it went very well.

There are two special events to pray for this week. Tomorrow (Monday) the whole family goes to Desenzano on the southern shore of Lake Garda, for a day together with the other ECM missionaries in Italy to encourage each other and to do some organizzation. On Saturday there will be the first combined meeting of the Young Adults’ and Teenagers’ Groups. We hope to meet together every two months, and it should be a big help for the teenagers who usually meet at our place to get to know better other Christians not quite of their own age, but at least relatively close. It will actually be quite a long meeting (from 1pm to 7pm), with lunch, a study, and sport and games together.

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