http://richard.laparola.net Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:50:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_325" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Wilson Family Restaurant"][/caption]A lot of last week was spent thinking about and planning the dinner on Saturday night for the young adults of the church. And then on Saturday the whole day was spent preparing the house (a super cleaning session, and furniture rearranging) and then ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/03/07/dinner-at-the-wilson-family-restaurant/ The highlight of this week was the cancellation of the church leaders' training meeting on Thursday night. Not because it isn't good - Pinuccia goes to those meetings and finds them very helpful - but because it was also Pinuccia's birthday. Since I am out most nights, and Pinuccia out ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/02/28/time-together/ I spent most of the week thinking it was the wrong day. Firstly because on Monday the whole family went to the ECM-Italy meeting a couple of hours to the south of Trento, which seemed like a weekend activity. So Tuesday seemed like Monday. As well as that Stefania had ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/02/21/a-strange-week/ I went to Spain and back again this week. Two and a half days of meetings, but it was a good time. In particular, there was a day dedicated to thinking about what it means to be a part of ECM in each country, which is what the ECM missionaries ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/02/14/to-spain-and-back-and-my-program-in-the-bands/ I did (just) manage to prepare the last two studies of the two series of Bible studies that we are doing in the church this academic year (until the end of June). So that gives me about three months of extra time, to dedicate to my Internet ministry, improving my ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/02/07/bible-studies-prepared-and-off-to-madrid/ I got through my big week, with 6 studies in 8 days. Some of them went quite well, and I could see understanding in people's eyes, and I enjoyed doing the two Sunday School lessons. I also taught the children the first verse of my new song on the life ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/01/31/work-week-and-minimal-wee/ Pinuccia got through her week with various commitments - ladies' Bible study on Thursday and Sunday School teachers' meeting on Saturday. The teachers' meeting is always interesting: with eight females and myself, there is a different way of discussion to what I am used to in male dominated meetings! This week ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/01/24/work-weeks/ I'm getting ready to go out for the monthly service at Rovereto (where it will be my turn to preach), but apart from that the week is over for me, and so I can write a bit. In any case, when I return from the service, it will be straight ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/01/17/teaching-time/ Most of this week has been spent getting over jet lag. It used to be a lot easier for me, maybe getting older means it takes me longer to recover. In fact, it took the whole family a while. The second morning after arriving we were all up and wide ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/01/10/recovery-week/ We arrived back at Trento yesterday afternoon after a long trip (36 hours from door to door), but it went smoothly. At least until the last part, when we got caught on the highway from the airport to our house in all the traffic going to ski, so that was ... http://richard.laparola.net/2010/01/03/back-in-italy-2/