http://richard.laparola.net Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:18:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There were no less than three birthday parties in the church this weekend. The first was for Stefania, who turned three on Saturday, and so some of the children (and parents) in the church came to our house in the afternoon. Then on Sunday there were two separate lunches to ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/10/12/party-time/ It was good to hear yesterday from one of the cell group leaders that his group has become too big (16 people) and that he doesn't want anyone new in the church. Unfortunately for him, there was a new lady at church who wanted to join a group, and the ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/10/06/new-groups-at-trento/ You may remember that Daniele had three health problems when he was born. Two of them fixed themselves up, but in the last week he has had a few check-ups to confirm that the third did not - his undescended testicle has still not descended (although it is there). So ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/09/29/danieles-operation-more-students-and-babies/ I'm back at home now after three days in Spain, looking at the future vision of the mission (which we will be doing again in February and April, so there are a few more trips coming up still). The rest of the family coped in my absence as well, although ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/09/26/back-from-spain-2/ It has been a slightly quieter week for me, because on Tuesday there was a meeting about the couple with a visiting speaker. So the Rovereto group did not meet, and Pinuccia went out to that whilst I put the children to sleep. So I only had the one study ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/09/19/going-away-maybe-and-to-sleep-or-not-to-sleep/ I've completed my first week of normal activities now, with two Bible studies and a small group coordination meeting. I should be out tonight for band practice as well, but we will instead go out together as a family to celebrate - there is a birthday today! Next Monday the ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/09/12/back-to-the-routine/ Stefania has successfully overcome her first week of pre-school. She quite enjoyed it, and looked forward to going each day. She didn't actually speak to the other children or the teachers (in either language), but she did at least play with some others instead of playing by herself with other ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/09/05/school-sunday-school-and-bookstall/ First day of school today for Stefania and Pinuccia. Stefania seemed to cope with her hour and a half, although she is so calm that she doesn't usually let anything upset her. Daniele seemed more upset, because he wasn't allowed to stay with all the toys. Pinuccia had a longer ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/09/01/first-day-of-school/ Pinuccia went this morning to the meeting that assigned the various available jobs to the relief teachers, and got the second last one going. So this year she will be working two and half hours a day in the afternoon in a small town on the other side of Trento, ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/08/29/pinuccias-work/ Maybe it is not quite holidays, since there are a lot of things to do around the house, and small projects (like my tax return and making a family video of our time in Australia) that I want to wrap up before the church and school commitments start up, but ... http://richard.laparola.net/2008/08/27/on-kind-of-holidays/