Traveling and Preaching - Exciting things Happened!

Hello to all of you! Thank you for your faithful prayers. It has been a busy week traveling. This past week, Bro. Childers had me preach in the church. It went very well. We then had a fellowship afterwards with all the church. I left on Saturday to go to Naples. The Lord gave the opportunity to teach Sunday School, and to preach on Sunday Morning and Sunday Evening. The Lord used it to encourage the people. I preached Sunday morning on Psalm 103:15 "As for Man" and Sunday Evening on II Corinthians 2:12 "To Preach Christ's Gospel." I arrived back in Grosseto on Tuesday. I have some very exciting news about my train ride back to Grosseto!! From Rome to Grosseto, I had three young men from England in the train compartment with me. When I asked them where in England they were from , they said, "Birmingham". I couldn't believe it! The Lord gave me the opportunity to talk to them about what I was doing in Italy, about Crown UK over in Birmingham, and how the castle was purchased. They didn't know of the castle, but I told them where it was located and one of the young men said that he lived about fourteen minutes from where that would be. I couldn't believe how the Lord works, but I am thankful that He works the way He does. Though it was good, it was also heart breaking to talk to them. They explained to me how they didn't have anything to do with religion, but they confessed to me that England use to be very religious and how they have fallen away from that. I was able to tell them just a little bit about my Christian heritage and how it comes from Europe, and a lot of it comes from England. I asked them to go to Crown's website and look at the castle, see exactly where it is, and go visit it someday. Please pray for them. Their names are Joey, Charlie, and David, and they are all eighteen. Something else happened on Tuesday! While I was waiting for my train in Naples, I was doing some praying, and an elderly lady sat next to me. I noticed as soon as she sat down that she was holding her prayer beads in her hand. As I was sitting there, it hit me that I was talking to my Father, because of Jesus Christ. I can go to the throne of grace at any time I want or need. This lady was just trying to get her morning prayers in, probably through Mary, and of course, she needed her beads. I was able to give her a tract. The Lord has caused me to be so thankful for prayer. I don't think I have ever been as thankful for prayer as I have been this summer.

This Friday, Bro. Childers and I will be traveling to Naples again. The church down there will be starting Revival meetings on Friday. Please pray that during these meetings, man military men and women will be reached. After the meeting, I will be traveling as far as Rome, and I will be in Rome until Monday. Please pray for me: Sunday will be my last day in Italy. I will be flying out of Rome on Monday at 8am est. It has been a great summer!! I can't believe that it is over already. Thank you for all of your prayers this summer. They have been appreciated, and I know that they have been used by the Lord. Thank you for following my blog this summer as well. Please continue to pray for the missionaries in Italy as they continue to work for the Lord, for the Italian people, that they will open up to the Gospel, and that a great awakening will happen in this country. God bless you all. I will post my last blog on Tuesday, letting you all know that I have made it to the states, and letting you know how Friday night's meeting went.