Florence

City of Florence

Thank you all for your prayers this summer. It has been going very well. I just got back from Florence, the one time capital of Italy, and pretty much the place where the Renaissance started. It was amazing to be in a city with such history. Of course, it was no different then any other city in Italy with the fact that there is no gospel influence there at all. They have two Catholic Church buildings dedicated to Mary, and one of those buildings has the world's largest dome attached to it. Yesterday Bro. Childers and I went back into the mountains to help a church member with his house and yard. We weed whacked the whole yard and there was a lot of grass!! It was good hard work and at the end of the day we sat around and sang some hymns in Italian. Sunday was very encouraging. We had lady, that works at the Pizzeria owned by one of the members, come to the service. She has a lot of questions and she is very interested. Please pray for her; her name is Julia. Also, I talked with Bro. Bloyd, the missionary I was with in Terni. Bro. Bloyd allowed me to preach when I was there. There was an Italian lady, who is an English teacher at one of the schools. One of the points that the Lord led me to mention was compassion, that we must have compassion, the Holy Spirit has been convicting her about that, Bro. Bloyd said that she is asking a lot of questions, she also is unsaved. Please pray for her, I apologize, I was told her name, but it was one those deals where I can't pronounce it, and I can't spell it. Its amazing to me how God works through vessels like us. It is humbling to know that God chooses to use us, and wants and desires to use us. I only hope that I please Him and that my testimony this summer is that I pleased Him. Please keep praying! This is my last week in Grosseto, and I know that it will be hard to leave. I then will be going to Rome or Naples on Saturday: I am not sure exactly where I am going first. I then will be leaving on August 3rd, which is two weeks from today. Please keep praying for God's power and God's presence here, and please pray for me that I will please the Lord. Also, I am preaching again on Thursday. Lord willing I will be bringing a message from I Chronicles 22:16 which says, "...Arise therefore, and be doing and the LORD be with thee." God bless you all. Again, thank you for your prayers.

Singing, "In my Heart There Rings a Melody"

Part of the Yard we Weed Whacked

Church Dedicated to Mary, built in the 13th Century