you got some 'splainin' to do

I have been meaning to fully update you on my time here in Italy. What I experienced in my 11 day cross-country adventure through Italy. I have shared the night train conversations, but now I will devote some time to posting about the specific ministries I visited.

First Stop: ROMA!

I found out about ReachGlobal through Facebook. Actually, come to think of it, maybe Lucy (my stepmom) found them... I can't really remember that detail...

Their Rome Team is wonderful!

Trinity Kay: the woman I stayed with while I was in Roma.
Sarah and Brian Bennetch: the team leaders. Wonderful historical tour guides.

One reason why I decided that I needed to make this trip to Italy was this video that the Bennetchs posted on their blog. The need is HUGE over here in Italy.

There are great things happening in Roma! It was really exciting to be in such a historical city, although at the same time it was sobering to remember that so many were persecuted for their faith in Jesus.

I saw a lot of great sites: Trevi Fountain, Mussolini's house, Victor Emmanuel's monument, Saint Peter's Basilica, Colosseum, Roman Forum, and the Pantheon.

I ate lots of great gelato!

I was able to go to their Friday night Bible study. It was amazing to me. We sat down and had dinner together. There were about 12 people who came, most were in their 20's. I think there was only one Italian in that group -- the rest were foreigners. I LOVE that large cities are so international.

This is the beginning of their network/church plant. No Sunday morning meetings yet, so for now they are attending a church in Roma!

Sunday morning (October 31) we went to a church in Trastevere. Afterwards they took four little plastic Martin Luthers out into the streets and did a little Reformation history lesson for people passing by.

I am not very good with history, but they said that it was the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther coming to Roma. I tried to find something online about it, but I didn't have any luck. If anyone's a better researcher than me, feel free to leave a link! :)

We had pizza at a place called The Mirror Pizzeria where they serve pizzas for 4 euro on Sundays! YEA!

Then, I took a night train to SICILIA!