We are now back from one and two half days near Lake Garda, where the ECM Italy team (and a few guests) met for their annual time together. We certainly did pray, as the name suggests, but it was also an opportunity to just spend time together and get to know each other better, especially […]

The cell groups have now all finished for the year - although with the last band practice tomorrow, the events I am about to describe, the first of three summer Bible studies I will lead for those still at Trento, and then the church committee meeting, it will still be more than a week before […]

We got back at 11 o’clock last night, and all three of us are happy to be back in our home. It was a good week for getting to know what ECM wants to do, and to have some input in how it goes about it, and for Pinuccia to get to know better this […]

We are here now at the conference, after a couple of days of tourism and a day to find a place to log on to the wireless network here. Amongst other things, we managed to do a long work around the Westminster area the first afternoon, then the National Gallery and the British Museum on […]

In a couple of hours (Thursday morning) we will all be leaving to go to England. There is an ECM leadership training and consultation meeting from Saturday until the following Friday, and we decided to have a couple of days of tourism at London first, as Pinuccia has never seen it, and it is a […]

I’m into my third day of meetings now - 9am to 8pm of discussions is a long day, but it is important. Pinuccia is coping OK, although her cold has got slightly worse whilst Stefania is feeling better. But she has managed to get out, and to invite some friend home or to go shopping […]

On Monday afternoon the ECM Field Ministries Director came to visit, and then on Tuesday we travelled together to Milan for the ECM-Italy Field Council meeting, so it was a good long time for talking about various ECM matters, both in Italy and in Europe. And the meeting went well discussing some issues, hearing how […]