News and prayer information from Richard and Pinuccia Wilson

There has been a lot going on the last few days, as mentioned in my message last week. But I will just write about one of these events, the retreat of the Young Adults’ group that we went to for half of Saturday. It was very encouraging to see such a keen group of young people, some of whom no doubt will be leading the church in the future, especially when I think what this age group was like 18 months ago – there was nothing in the church, there were hardly any even attending. It was also a good opportunity for us to get to know a few of them better, and them us, as we were able to talk a bit. Apart from the fact that we were with them for more time than usual, it was also because we were able to leave the children with Pinuccia’s mother. The contrast with the church lunch after the service today was obvious to me. We spent most of our time looking after Stefania and Daniele (and for me teaching my second lesson at the Sunday School), and had little chance to be able to speak much with the others despite being in the same place as them for a few hours.

The other thing that I thank God for was that the GBU group restarted at the university last week, after a pause of 5 years since I stopped working there. There were no less than 10 students at the meeting (the most I got in a decade of student work was 5), of which three from the church, three not currently at the church but with some contact, and four friends of the others. I am really glad to see what God is doing there, and how he brought someone (Andrea) to Trento to look after this group at just the right time.

This week again there are some extra events to pray for:
* Thursday night there is a coordination meeting for all the small group leaders, which I look after.
* Saturday afternoon the children in the Sunday School will be creating Christmas cards, which will then be sold after church on the 30th to raise funds for the school in India that they support. I will also be teaching them a song that they will perform at the service.