ABC...

My time in Udine (where I am living right now) began when I visited Italy for the first time in 2007. I spent three weeks in Italy visiting my stepmom (at that time, she was still my dad's fiancee!), stepbrothers and stepsister.

In 2007, I met Ken and Ruthann Wells (along with their six kids). Ken is the leader of the church plant here in Udine.

I also met Jesse and Heather Faught, a couple who was ministering with the church in Udine. One day while talking to Heather, she mentioned that Italy is a really tough place to do ministry. She said it was the missionary graveyard -- most people who come to Italy to minister don't last. My initial thoughts on hearing that were: Well, good for you. You're in Italy and YOU'RE making it. I am just going to go back to America and continue ministry there. But when I got back to America, I could not stop thinking about the people. God has put this desire in me to go back to Italy, to tell them about Jesus, to share life with Italians. I am not sure what the future holds, but I am more willing today than I was in 2007.

While I am here, I go to ABC... Assemblia Biblica Cristiana. It is at 5.30 pm.

The street the building is on:

*side note: Don't go to the website. It is not active.

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Romans 8.35

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11.28

 This church plant is part of the Saints Equipped to Evangelize (S.E.E.). It include SBI (the Bible school I have written about before) and ABC Language School. In October, I had the chance to sit in on a few classes. The kids met in a library.

Young ones:

The older kids:

Adult class:

That night Maureen, Emily, and Sarah (the English teachers) had a Mexican night for the advanced students.

There is something appealing to me about teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) because of the interactions that would bring with Italians. I am checking out my options, but coming back for a few months to do ESL would be a good step along this journey.