I was looking back over some of the posts and realized that there are so many things I haven't talked about!
For example, Anna Maria and her mother left on Saturday to move down to Catania. We are very sad, but I know that she is very happy to be back with her husband! Pray for her new life there and her sweet baby that is due in the next couple of months.
In case you don't know...we have guests come and stay here ALL the time! I don't want to write about all of them, cause I am not sure how they would feel having their names and whereabouts on the internet. Just know that it is extremely common for people I have never seen to walk past my room looking for the bathroom. Haha. I don't think there has been a single night since I arrived that there was not at least one guest staying somewhere in the building. They are all very welcome here!
I also haven't said anything about the friends I have made here that are not connected to the Bible School. I don't want them to feel like they are a part of some reality show or something-ha. Just know that they exist, and you might occassionally see some pictures on my photobucket. I am very thankful for them, especially when I get a little homesick. They are wonderful people!
I don't think I have mentioned that Debbie made it back safely from her cruise. I don't think she would mind me telling you about some of the people that she worked with. She was working as a sign language interpreter for the deaf. One couple was both deaf and blind. I can't even imagine what that would be like. She said that they love to travel, and they study up on things before they go to "see" them. The way they see things is by touching them. They must be very brave. Stories like that are so humbling.
David and Debbie are leaving tomorrow for a week to go visit Rosa and her family down in Puglia where she is from. They will be helping them with their olive harvest and visiting some churches in Sicily. Please pray for their safe journey.
Also, for those of you who followed my blog from Recife, you might remember Danny and Lee! They have set the date for their wedding to be December 13 of this year! Congratulations, love birds! To continue following the work in Recife, click here!
The Boyce's are an amazing missionary family in Brazil, that I had the opportunity to spend some time with when I was there this summer. I received a prayer request from Chris, for a 7 year old girl named Bianca, that I would like to pass along:
"... Bianca's sickness is going on 3 weeks now. Over the weekend, Bianca's condition worsened. She has a staph infection in her heart and the bacteria moved to her lungs and she has pneumonia. What caused more concern was she was hemorrhaging in her lungs and that some of her organs had shut down. The doctor told Bianca's family that it would take a miracle for her to live. He even told them to get ready for the possibility of her dying. Glory to God, today, we understand she has improved some. Her platelet count is higher (all of the brothers in the church here are donating blood to her; she is receiving platelet transfusion). Her hemorrhaging has stopped. She still has pnemonia and the staph infection. The fight is far from over. We need you to continue to pray for her."
To see a picture of Bianca and her family, and to follow the work of the Boyce family, click here.
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