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Monday, October 20, 2008

Jesus IS the message

Today I got to meet my new student, Francesco. He is 12 years old. His English is minimal, but so is my Italian. I apologized and told him that I would help him with his English if he would help me with my Italian. He smiled really big because I said that to him in Italian, so he understood. His sister, Manuela will be coming tomorrow for her first session. Lisa also came back for her second session today. She did a great job. I am glad that I am going through the process of learning a new language at the same time they are, because it really helps me to understand what they are going through. It is an incredible experience.

After our lessons, Mr. Jim sat Chad and I down to talk to us about cross-cultural communications and the message of Jesus. He took us through some scriptures and shared with us his thoughts and the story of how he came to understanding the message. If you know Mr. Jim, you know that his joy is contagious and you never tire of being around him. I appreciate so much his taking time out to share with us some of his thoughts. It is always a pleasure to hear what he has to say.

"...God annointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him...they put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear...and he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
Taken from Acts 10: 38-43

Oh yeah, and Italian telephones say "Drin Drin" instead of "Ring Ring"

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